Excerpt from The Journal of the Royal Historical and Arch ological Association of of Ireland, Vol. 1: Originally Founded as the Kilkenny Arch ological Society, in the Year MDCCCXLIX The opening Volume of the Fourth Series of our Journal is herewith brought to a conclusion and, in the variety and value of its papers, it will be found to be not unworthy of its predecessors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.