[Footnote 202: In the following pages it is proposed to follow the popular and pronounceable spelling of Irish proper names. One half of the difficulty of following the Irish annals is the unfamiliar and uncouth mode in which proper names are spelt, and which we learn, from Eugene O'Curry's lectures, never represents the mode in which they are pronounced. In a learned work intended for Irish scholars, like the 'Annals of the Four Masters,' the scientific mode of spelling is, of course, the only one that could be adopted, but in such a work as this it would be only useless and prejudicial pedantry.] [Footnote 203: 'Lough Corrib, its Shores and Islands.' Dublin, 1867. Sir William possesses a residence on the battle-field, where I was hospitably entertained for some days when I visited that neighbourhood last year.] [Footnote 204: These, and all the particulars of the battle of South Moytura, are taken from the eighth chapter of Sir W. Wilde's book, pp. 211-248, and need not, therefore, be specially referred to.] [Footnote 205: 'Annals of the Four Masters,' translated by J. O'Donovan, i. p. 23.] [Footnote 206: Eugene O'Curry's 'Materials for Ancient Irish History,' p. 246.] [Footnote 207: Stokes, 'Life of Petrie,' p. 253.] [Footnote 208: _l. c._ p. 242.] [Footnote 209: I regret very much that the state of my health, and other circumstances, prevented my mapping and drawing these remains, but I hope some competent person will undertake the task before long. Carrowmore is more easily accessible than Carnac. The inns at Sligo are better than those at Auray, the remains are within three miles of the town, and the scenery near Sligo is far more beautiful than that of the Morbihan; yet hundreds of our countrymen rush annually to the French megaliths, and bring home sketch-books full of views and measurements, but no one thinks of the Irish monuments, and no views of them exist that are in any way accessible to the public.] [Footnote 210: It is unfortunately only an eye-sketch, hurriedly taken, and thus not to be implicitly depended upon. The two stones outside, that look like the rudiments of the avenue, I take to mark only an external interment.] [Footnote 211: These, and several other photographs of the field and localities near it, were specially made for me by Mr. A. Sleater, 26, Castle-street, Sligo, who executed my commission both cheaply and intelligently.] [Footnote 212: O'Curry's 'Materials for Ancient Irish History,' Appendix xxv. p. 41.] [Footnote 213: "Meaba Regina occisa est a Furba dio filio Concobari 7 Vespasiano," ii. p. 23.] [Footnote 214: Stokes, 'Life of Petrie,' p. 256.] [Footnote 215: Petrie's 'Round Towers,' p. 107.]