[3] I saw the same custom in full swing in some of the lay schools before 1847. Many a time I prepared my lesson--with some companions--sitting on the grass beside the old abbey in Kilmallock, or perched on the top of the ivy-mantled wall. [4] The Irishmen who went to the Continent in those times always took Latin names, which were generally translations of their Irish names. [5] Translated in my “Reading Book in Irish History.” [6] Translated in my “Old Celtic Romances.” [7] For the originals of all the above names, and for numerous others of a like kind, see Irish Names of Places, vol. II., chap. IV., on “Poetical and Fancy Names.” WORKS BY P. W. JOYCE, M.A., LL.D., T.C.D.; M.R.I.A. ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE ANCIENT LAWS OF IRELAND; PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES, IRELAND; LATE PRINCIPAL, MARLBOROUGH STREET TRAINING COLLEGE, DUBLIN. _Two Splendid Volumes, richly gilt, both cover and top._ _With 361 Illustrations. Price £1 1s. net._ A SOCIAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT IRELAND. A Complete Survey of the Social Life and Institutions of Ancient Ireland. All the important Statements are proved home by references to authorities and by quotations from ancient documents. Of the 31 Chapter headings, 27 are the same as those given below for the Smaller Social History. _One Vol., Cloth gilt. 598 pages, 213 Illustrations. Price 3s. 6d. net._ A SMALLER SOCIAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT IRELAND, Treating Of the Government, Military System, and Law; Religion, Learning, and Art; Trades, Industries, and Commerce; Manners, Customs, and Domestic Life of the Ancient Irish People. Traverses the same ground as the larger work above; but besides condensation, most of the quotations and nearly all the references to authorities are omitted in this book. PART I.--Government, Military System, and Law.--Chapter I. A Preliminary Bird’s-eye View--II. Government by Kings--III. Warfare--IV. The Brehon Laws. PART II.--Religion, Learning, and Art.--Chapter V. Paganism--VI. Christianity--VII. Learning and Education--VIII. Irish Language and Literature--IX. Ecclesiastical and Religious Writings--X. Annals, Histories, and Genealogies--XI. Historical and Romantic Tales--XII. Art--XIII. Music--XIV. Medicine and Medical Doctors. PART III.--Social and Domestic Life.--Chapter XV. The Family--XVI. The House--XVII. Food, Fuel, and Light--XVIII. Dress and Personal Adornment--XIX. Agriculture and Pasturage--XX. Workers in Wood, Metal, and Stone--XXI. Corn Mills--XXII. Trades and Industries connected with Clothing--XXIII. Measures, Weights, and Mediums of Exchange--XXIV. Locomotion and Commerce--XXV. Public Assemblies, Sports, and Pastimes--XXVI. Various Social Customs and Observances--XXVII. Death and Burial. Index. _Third Edition. Thick Crown 8vo. 565 pages. Price 10s. 6d._ A SHORT HISTORY OF IRELAND FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 1608. _Cloth gilt. 528 pages. Price 3s. 6d._