PREFACE. THE Second Volume of the Transactions of the Kilkenny Archæological Society, being now brought to a conclusion, is dedicated to the Members as the fruit of much labour, willingly undertaken for the sake of the noble cause of Archæology. It is hoped that so far from being found inferior to its predecessor in any respect, a marked improvement will be acknowledged due to the increased expenditure bestowed upon it, as well as to the anxious care of the Editors. The aid afforded by Richard Hitchcock, Esq., in revising the sheets of the Part issued for 1852, is gratefully acknowledged, and the Committee have also to thank that gentleman for contributing towards the illustrations of the volume, as also to express their obligations to Albert Way, Esq., on behalf of the Archæological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, to J. Richardson Smith, Esq., Thomas L. Cooke, Esq., and Richard R. Brash, Esq., Architect, for similar aid. It will be perceived that the arrangement of the present volume is in some degree different from that of its predecessor—a condensed summary of the Proceedings of the Society being supplied for the years 1849, 1850, and 1851, whilst fuller reports of the General Meetings which were held during the years 1852 and 1853 have been added to the more important communications which comprise the greater portion of the volume-thus affording a connected history of the Society's existence and progress, which has been taken up, and continued in its publications for the years 1854 and 1855, already issued to the Members. Kilkenny, May, 1855. An Authentic Account of the Death of Wallenstein, with a Vindication of the By Francis Prendergast, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. The Ancient Fabric, Plate, and Furniture of the Cathedral of Christ Church, Waterford; illustrated by Original Documents supplied by the Very Rev. Communicated by James G. Robertson, Esq., Architect, Notes on the Excavation of a Rath at Dunbel, County of Kilkenny. 184 6. Knockmary ... To face Title. To face p. 41 Glencullen and Kilternan ... 7.*Details of sword belt and scabbard. Effigy at Graigue-na-managh, County of Kilkenny ... 8.*Effigy of one of the de Canteville Family, at Kilfane, County of Kilkenny 9.*Fragment of an incised slab at Jerpoint Abbey, County of Kilkenny 10. Buttevant Abbey, County of Cork, No. 1. 11. Church of the Franciscan Friary, Buttevant, County of Cork, No. 2. 12. Buttevant Abbey, County of Cork, No. 3. 42 .... Part of the Original Plan 18. Antiquities found in the Dunbel Raths 19. Kilkenny Token, No. 1. To face p. 116 To face p. 119 ... 45. Fictile Vessels found at Ballon Hill, County of Carlow, No. 1. 124 Sat To face p. 2437 To face P. 277 To face ib. The Illustrations marked with an asterisk are in the text; the remainder are Plates, and the binder is requested to place them as above indicated. |