In the sixth instance, the name Cormac has nothing whatsoever to do with Charles (which means _noble-spirited_), for it is explained by all the glossographers as signifying “Son of the Chariot,” and it is added, “that it was first given as a sobriquet, in the first century, to a Lagenian prince who happened to be born in a chariot while his mother was going on a journey, but that it afterwards became honourable as the name of many great personages in Ireland.” After the accession of Charles the First, however, to the throne, many Irish families of distinction changed Cormac to Charles, in order to add dignity to the name by making it the same with that of the sovereign--a practice which has been very generally followed ever since. In the seventh instance, Sir Richard is probably correct. I do not deny that Art may be synonymous with Arthur; indeed I am of opinion that they are both words of the same original family of language, for the Irish word _Art_ signifies _noble_, and if we can rely on the British etymologists, Arthur bears much of a similar meaning in the Gomraeg or Old British. With respect to the eighth instance given by Sir Richard Cox, I have no hesitation in asserting that the Irish proper name Domhnall, which was originally anglicised Donnell and Donald, is not the same with the Scriptural name Daniel, which means _God is judge_. I am at least certain that the ancient Irish glossographers never viewed it as such, for they always wrote it _Domhnall_, and understood it to mean a great or proud chieftain. This explanation may, however, be possibly incorrect; but the _m_ in the first syllable shows that the name is formed from a root very different from that from which the Scriptural name Daniel is derived. With respect to the names Goron (which is but a mistake for Searoon), Jeofry, and Magheesh, Moses, the two last instances furnished by Sir Richard Cox, they were never borne by the ancient Irish, but were borrowed from the Anglo-Normans, and therefore I have nothing to do with them in this place. What I have said is sufficient to show that the Christian names borne by the ancient Irish are not identical, synonymous, or even cognate with those substituted for them in the time of Sir Richard Cox. * * * * * The most valuable part of every man’s education is that which he receives from himself, especially when the active energy of his character makes ample amends for the want of a more finished course of study. * * * * * “Would you know this boy to be my son from his resemblance to me?” asked a gentleman. Mr Curran replied, “Yes, sir; the maker’s name is stamped upon the _blade_.” ELEGIAC STANZAS ON A SON AND DAUGHTER. In Merrion, by Eblana’s bay, They sleep beneath a spreading tree; No voices from the public way Shall break their deep tranquillity.