Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . mmonly in England. The smallenrichments, however, have quite the character of Irish work. It is not impossible tha1> it may be an insertion of not verymuch later date than the rest of the work, but the question isnot one easily to be settled, nor is it, I think, of very greatimport. r There is one other interesting fragment on the site, a smallwheel type cross, much weather worn, with a full length, skirtedfigure of Our Lord and a loose cap stone of semi-spherical shape. There are traces of interlaced ornament on the sides of the shaf
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . mmonly in England. The smallenrichments, however, have quite the character of Irish work. It is not impossible tha1> it may be an insertion of not verymuch later date than the rest of the work, but the question isnot one easily to be settled, nor is it, I think, of very greatimport. r There is one other interesting fragment on the site, a smallwheel type cross, much weather worn, with a full length, skirtedfigure of Our Lord and a loose cap stone of semi-spherical shape. There are traces of interlaced ornament on the sides of the shaftand the whole is set in a heavy base stone. In Ledwichs map more extensive remains on two islands-are shown. At the time of my visit I was unaware of this mapand therefore did not extend my investigation beyond the imme-diate neighbourhood of the ruins here described. From later in-formation I also gathered that further search in the neighbourhoodmight reveal the existence of some other fragments stated to haveheen removed from the site in past 36 ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND NOTES ON THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, TRADI-TIONALLY SAID TO HAVE BELONGED TO THE IRISHHOUSE OF COMMONS, PRESENTED TO THE OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND, BY LORD-RAGLAN IN MARCH, 1919. By W. G. Strickland, Fellow.[Read 29 April, 1919.] The following notes are, firstly, on the Book itself; and, secondly,,as to the tradition of its having belonged to. or been used by, the-Irish House of Commons. In 1721 George Grierson, the Dublin printer and publisher,brought out an edition of the Book of Common Prayer the finestwhich had yet been printed in Dublin. In this was an elaboratelydesigned frontispiece engraved by the Dublin engraver, JamesGwim. Subsequently, in 1750, Grierson published another, andsimilar, edition in which Gwims frontispiece was again is the edition which has been presented to the Society byLord Raglan, late Governor of the Isle of Man. The two editions of 17
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