. Musical instruments . y,j. |;aM!i;ia. „Ii li. ) i,ili liiiIiii\. I . .; ill. .\ ?\H:|i .iimI Alli II ic- IIaui. Iri^li. II. :;. ill., W. 4 ; ill. N^i. tiio-\ ;inil .\1Iki1 niii. tit Irish antiquities belonging to Thomas Crofton Crokcr, fromwhich it was purchased, in the year 1854, at an auction inLondon, by Thomas Bateman, Esq. It bears on its front theinscription, Made by John Kelly for the Rev. Charles BunworthBaltdaniel, 1734. At the contentions or meetings of thebards of Ireland, between the years 1730 and 1750, wh

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. Musical instruments . y,j. |;aM!i;ia. „Ii li. ) i,ili liiiIiii\. I . .; ill. .\ ?\H:|i .iimI Alli II ic- IIaui. Iri^li. II. :;. ill., W. 4 ; ill. N^i. tiio-\ ;inil .\1Iki1 niii. tit Irish antiquities belonging to Thomas Crofton Crokcr, fromwhich it was purchased, in the year 1854, at an auction inLondon, by Thomas Bateman, Esq. It bears on its front theinscription, Made by John Kelly for the Rev. Charles BunworthBaltdaniel, 1734. At the contentions or meetings of thebards of Ireland, between the years 1730 and 1750, which weregenerally held at Bruree, county Limerick, the Rev. CharlesBunworth was five times chosen umpire, or president. Al-though this harp is not of high antiquity, it is an interestingexample of the ancient form and construction, and likewise ofthe ancient manner of ornamenting the instrument. A woodengraving of it, from a drawing by Maclise, is given in ADescriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities and MiscellaneousObjects preserved in the Museum of Thomas Bateman, atLomberdale House, Derbyshire, Bakewell, 1S55. An ac-count of th

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