SECT. IX. Page 163. Literature in Ireland many centuries earlier than in Caledonia.-Macpherson's Offian spurious—the fory ef Finn Mac-comkal dijrobed of fable-bis defcent Scandinavian-kis birth Irifb.-Fiona Erisn.-Clanna-Morne and Clan-na-Boijkene.-Often-OfkerBattle of Ardratha.-Sir Triftram and La-belleIzcd. SECT. X. Page 188. State of the Church-not fo diftreffed by the Danes as reprefented by Keating-feveral Archbishops of Cafbel exalt themselves to the throne of Munster.— Cormac Macullenan, filed the old Poet, the pious Bishop, and the potent Prince-falls in battlehaving first made his will—the primacy of Armagh goes in hereditary fucceffion for fifteen generations -feveral Primates not Ecclefiaftics, and all married men.-Termon, or Church-lands, exempted from taxes . and civil jurisdiction.—Comorbans, Erenaghs, &c.— Pope Adrian beftows the kingdom of Ireland on the King of England.-Injunctions in the Bull-Prejudices and misrepresentations of Mr. O'Conor.— Pfalter of Cafbel.-Marianus a Scot of Ireland. SECT. XI. Page 209. Source and progress of Papal power.—The Pope's claims to Ireland. Donagh, fon of Brian Boiromhe, lays the Crown of Ireland at the Pope's feet.-Anecdotes of Primate Malachy-made Pope's Legate-labours to abolifh matrimony among the Clergy-but in vainobliged to abandon Armagb-refused the Pall-the fuft of the Irish who built a Church of stone and lime. -Irisb -Irifb bellfries built in a round form, when the SECT. XII. Page 233. the Council of Armagh, upon intelligence of the English in- SUPPLEMENT. Page 257. Mifquotations of Colonel Vallancey, in his vindication of LETTER I. OTHO to IERNEUS. Page 260. Heideck a Jewish Rabbi.-Officers gorget.-Urim and LETTER LETTER II. OTHO to IERNEUS. Page 263. Round tower.-African fea champions.-Gibberish of LETTER III. VERITAS to IERNEUS. Page 266. No. 10. Collectanea de rebus Hibernicis diffected.—Tuath LETTER IV. VERITAS to IERNEUS. Page 273. Colle&tanea No. 12. and 5-vain etymologies.-Phani- LETTER V. OTHO to IERNEUS. Page 277- Mr. O'Conor neither founded in argument nor fact.- LETTER IX. IERNEUS to Colonel VALLANCEY. Page 296. POSTSCRIPT upon POSTSCRIPT. Page 306. Parallel between Swift's difcourfe upon the antiquity of the English language, and the Colle&t. de rebus Hibernicis-curious etymons !-Silver medal-faid to be a Talisman of the 12th century—and said to be a Morrocco coin, of the 18th, called Ounfe. —A Yola Zong, tune Collin and Phebe-faid to be introduced by the firft English colony in Ireland-and faid to be the production of father William Devereux, lately deceafed.-N. B. fince this article was printed, the fong which begins with these words: Fade teil thee zo lournagh, &c. published in the 2d. Volume of the Tranfactions of the Royal Irish Academy, and there faid to be handed down by tradition from the 12th century, has been produced to Henry Archer of Ballyfefbin, Efq; in the barony of Bargy, by father Peter Devereux, parih priest of Kilmore, in the band writing of his uncle William Devereux, parish priest of Drinagh, in the Barony of Forth, whom be certifies to be the original author of said song, and of feveral others in the fame dialect; whereof be has produced the copies, all in his Uncle's band writing. An EXTRACT from PINKERTON on Irish Coins. Page 313. An HISTORICAL SKETCH of the GOVERNMENT and CONSTITUTION, &c. Page. 318. APPENDIX |