. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Fig. 2. GOLD ORNAMENTS FOUND NEAU CLOYNE, CO. CORK. 415 1722, DuhJin Penny Journal, 1833, page 244, Collectanea Antiqua,1854, Archoeologia, vol. ii., Transactions, ,^ vol. 6, wherethe finding and description of similar gold plates are described, andon the anthority of Mr. Windele, two others. One of these is thatfrom Castlemnrtyr, described and figured by Croker. The other was inthe possession of the late Mr. Wm. Wrixon Leycester, of Ennisniore,Cork, shortly after whose death I acquired it. It was said to have beenfound at or near
. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Fig. 2. GOLD ORNAMENTS FOUND NEAU CLOYNE, CO. CORK. 415 1722, DuhJin Penny Journal, 1833, page 244, Collectanea Antiqua,1854, Archoeologia, vol. ii., Transactions, ,^ vol. 6, wherethe finding and description of similar gold plates are described, andon the anthority of Mr. Windele, two others. One of these is thatfrom Castlemnrtyr, described and figured by Croker. The other was inthe possession of the late Mr. Wm. Wrixon Leycester, of Ennisniore,Cork, shortly after whose death I acquired it. It was said to have beenfound at or near Ballyvourney, Macroom, and is a remarkably fine ^^^^-^^^^^^^^yy ->. Fig. 3.—Gold Disc found near Cloyne. example of its kind, measuring 4^ inches in diameter (fig. 2). There areyet two others of smaller size, for which I am indebted to the lateMr. Abraham T. Porster, of Garrettstown, that were preserved^ formany years in his picturesque home on the Old Head of also, among the family heirlooms, is the silver collar of SS.,given by Queen Elizabeth to Maurice Roche, Mayor of Cork, in 1 Vide Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, vol. i., 2ndSeries, 1895, p. 328. 2 Smiths Cork, p. 231. (Guy & Co., 1893.) JOUR. , VOL. IX., PT. IV., OTH SER. 2G 416 ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQirAllIES OF IRELAND. Mr. Forster informed me that this pair of discs, which are verymuch alike, was found near Cloyne, county Cork, many years are of the same description of decoration as the larger plate fromBallyvourney, and may be described (fig. 3) as having a series of fourconcentric circular bands, that diminish as they ap
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