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Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . y the , Mrs H. C, 33 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin : proposed by H. C. Mooney, , Associate , Enri M. S., 14 Seafort Parade, Blackrock, Co. Dublin : proposed by F. J. Bigger, Vice-President. A paper on Monuments of Some Archbishops of Dublin wasread by Rev. Canon H. J. Lawlor, , Member. Portions of a cinerary urn, etc., from Kn^kadea, Co. Limerick,were exhibited. The*, programme of field-work arranged for this meeting wascarried out on Wednesday, 27th Taking the roadthrough Finglas and passi
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . y the , Mrs H. C, 33 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin : proposed by H. C. Mooney, , Associate , Enri M. S., 14 Seafort Parade, Blackrock, Co. Dublin : proposed by F. J. Bigger, Vice-President. A paper on Monuments of Some Archbishops of Dublin wasread by Rev. Canon H. J. Lawlor, , Member. Portions of a cinerary urn, etc., from Kn^kadea, Co. Limerick,were exhibited. The*, programme of field-work arranged for this meeting wascarried out on Wednesday, 27th Taking the roadthrough Finglas and passing within sight of the* fine tower ofDunsoghly CastJe, now in courj-e of repair as a National Monument,the party ran northward in mild misty weather, brightening as thedistrict to be vkitefl was approached. The first objects examinedwere the wayside crosses from Balrath to Duleek, a late group,comprising the Aylmer cross at Balrath, the White Cross at Athcarne,the high cross by the mad at Annesbrooke and the cross in the Plate XXII] [To face page 201. EAST WINDOW OF SOUTH CHAPEL (EXTERIOR) AND WESTERN TOWER, DULEEK PROCEEDINGS 201 street at Duleek ; the three last named being erected by JennetDowdall in memory of her husband William. Bathe. The Balrath Cross stands in the bank of a garden plot behind ahouse at the north-east angle of Balrath croosroads. It has beenfractured and has been riveted with iron, and in its present stateis an interesting palimpsest with the appearance of being the oldestamong the group. An original inscription, which perhaps com-memorated a member of the Bathe family, as the surname seemsto have commenced with the letter B, runs, so far as it is now legible,in raised Gothic letters : Orate p aia | yoaiiii b | 810 in |and lower down, in incised Roman capitals is the later inscription : SR ANDREW AYLMER OF | [m]OUNTAYL[m]ER | BAR & HIS LADY?CATHERINE | AYLMER HAD | THIS CROSS | BEAVTIFIED | 1727 |PR H. SMITH. The figure of a female saint is carved o
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