Gaul; . . . . they pushed bravely into the ocean, and returned home at length, enriched with all that the western world could produce, the gold and olives of Iberia, the lead and tin of IERNE, and of Britain." (Introduction to Duffy's Poets of Ireland, page 15.)

It is the IERNE of Claudian, Strabo, and Stephen of Byzantium, and of

"Conloch, haughty, bold, and brave,

Who rides upon IERNE's wave.'

Also of a poem from "The Shamrock," published in Goldsmith's time by Bladen, 28, Paternoster Row, which, alluding to the peaceful time Erin once enjoyed, says—

"Fair were the streams that laved the peaceful glades,†
Fair were the shades that trembled o'er the stream;
Sweet were the lays that echoed through those shades,+
And Land of Saints, was then IERNE's name."

Not to multiply authorities, I shall conclude with a few lines from Thomas Campbell's beautiful poem, "The Pleasures of Hope," (line 199–204.)

"Iona's saint, a giant form,

Throned in her towers, conversing with the storm,
(When o'er each Runic altar weed-entwined,
The vesper clock tolls mournful to the wind,)
Counts every wave-worn isle and mountain hoar,
From Kilda to the green IERNE's shore."

Those lines are from Miss Brooke's very elegant translation of "Conloch," probably the most ancient and beautiful poem of these islands, the MSS. of which has been preserved to the present day, and which is believed to date back as far as the time of the Christian era.

"Such peace and concord reigned among the people, that no music could delight them more than the sound of each other's voices."-Hardim an's Irish Minstrelsy, vol. i., page 6.

The very name of the Palace of its Ardriagh. Temur (Tarah), "the wall of music," seems to have arisen from the celebrity of its melody.

LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS

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IERNE.

ADARE, the Lord, Adare Manor, Limerick.
Aylward, Mrs., Shankill Castle, Kilkenny.

Alcock, Edward V., Esq., Ballynoe, Carlow.

Ardagh, Smyth, Esq., Waterford.

Burgoyne, General Sir John Fox, Bart., K.C.B., &c. &c.,

Inspector-General of Fortifications.

Brewster, Mrs., Merrion Square, Dublin.

Beresford, Denis W. Pack, Esq., Fenagh Lodge, Carlow, and Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London.

Browne, Robert Clayton, Esq., Browne's Hill, Carlow.

Brady, John Beauchamp, Esq., Myshall, Carlow.

Browne, Joseph S., Esq., Knocklow, County Wicklow.

Brady, John Cornwall, Esq., Myshall Lodge.

IERNE.

Borrer, Dawson, Esq., Altamont House.

Butler, Thos. Crawford, Esq., Roseville, Carlow.
Burchael, Peter, Esq., Summerville, ditto.

Bolding, G. F., Esq., Union Street, Birmingham.
Brett, Henry, Esq., Wicklow.

Crichton, the Lord, Crom Castle, Fermanagh.
Cooper, Rev. Robert, Sandbrook Park, Carlow.
Cather, Rev. John, The Glebe, Westport.
Cavet, James, Esq., M.D., Waterford.
Courtenaye, J. E., Esq.,, London.

Cox, John, Esq., Ballyneal, County Limerick.

Cayley, William, Esq.,, London.

Carroll, William, Esq., Monaghan.

Chandlee, the Messrs., Baltinglass, County Wicklow.

Cohen, Lewis, Esq., Horse Fair, Birmingham.

Collins, Mr. J. B., Abbyfeale.

Donoughmore, the Countess of

Dillon, Lieut.-Colonel, C.B., &c., late 18th Royal Irish,

Stone-hall, Pallaskenry, Limerick.

Downing, Samuel, Esq., Professor of Engineering, T.C.D.

Drake, Mrs. Deane, Stokestown, County Wexford.
Deane, Miss, County Wexford.

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Davidson, Henry, Esq., Armagh.

Dillon, Mrs., Limerick.

Davidson, William, St. John's Wood, London.

Deane, Jervis, Esq., Cork.

Davis, Mrs., Blackheath Terrace, London.

Dawson, Richard, Esq., Egbaston, Birmingham.

D'Arcy, Nicholas, Esq., Newcastle, County Limerick.

Dartnell, Mr. Edward, Newcastle, Limerick
Dawson, Mrs. Cullaghmore, Carlow.

Elly, Sandham, Esq., The Walks, New Ross.

Fishbourne, Rev. Robert, St. Eden's Rectory, Ferns.
Ferrey, Benjamin, Esq., T.P., Charing Cross, London.
Feltus, Benjamin B., Esq., Hollybrook, Carlow.

Fenwick, Robert B., Esq., Burlington Gardens, London.

Foster, F. L., Esq., Fiveways, Birmingham.

Fitzmaurice, Arthur, Esq., Carlow.

Greene, Right Honourable Baron, Stephen's Green, Dublin.

Grant, Sir George M'Pherson, Bart., Oxon.

Garrett, William, Esq., Janeville, Carlow.

Grant, J., Esq., M.D., Essex Street, London.

Garrett, Rev. William, East Witton, Bedale, Yorkshire.

Graves, Samuel R., Esq., Mayor of Liverpool, The Grange,

Wavertree.

Garrett, Rev. John, M.A., Vicar of St. Paul, near Penzance. Graves, Anthony, Esq., Rosbercon Castle, New Ross.

Grantham, Richard B., Esq., Great Scotland Yard, London. Graves, James Palmer, Esq., Waterpark, Waterford.

Hope, Henry Thomas, Esq., Blayney Castle, Monaghan; Deepdene, Surrey; and Piccadilly.

Hickey, Rev. William, Mulranken Rectory, Wexford. Howlin, James, Esq. (jun.), Ballyharren Kyle, Wexford. Haughton, Samuel, Esq., Burren House, Carlow.

Hawkshaw, Charles, Esq., Monaghan.

Haughton, James, Esq., Eccles Street, Dublin.

Hauszihl, Professor, 35, Ely Place, Holborn Hill, London.

Haughton, William, Esq., City Quay, Dublin.

Hill, John, Esq., Tullamore, King's County.

Harke, Mrs., Edge Hill, Liverpool.

Inchiquin, the Right Honourable Lord, Dromoland,

Newmarket, County Clare.

Jones, George, Esq.,, Birmingham.

Jowett, Mrs., Fairfield, Liverpool.