[92] For a full description of Irish copper celts, see a paper by Mr. George Coffey in the _Journal_ of the Anthropological Institute, vol. xxxi., p. 275. [93] For an account of the ‘Early Metallurgy of Copper, Tin, and Iron, in Europe,’ see a paper by W. Gowland in _Archæologia_, vol. lvi., p. 267. [94] _Ten Years’ Digging in Egypt_, p. 144. [95] _Egypt under the Great Pyramid Builders_, by E. Wallis Budge (1902), page 136. [96] _Ten Years’ Digging in Egypt_, page 28. [97] _Catalogue_, p. 384. [98] _Ancient Bronze Implements of Great Britain_, p. 472. [99] _Horœ Ferales_, Kemble, p. 190, _et seq._ [100] See _Proceedings_ Roy. Irish Academy, vol. iii., 3rd series, p. 486. [101] _Lake-Dwellings of Ireland_, by Col. Wood-Martin, pp. 136–7. [102] These objects are a kind of pear-shaped bell, containing a piece of metal within and admitting ‘a dull feeble sound.’ See Wilde’s _Catalogue_, p. 613. [103] _Journal_ Roy. Soc. of Antiq. Ir., 1874, p. 22. [104] For the process of riveting, see Wilde’s _Catalogue_, p. 632; and the _Journal_ Roy. Soc. of Antiq. Ir., 1876–8, p. 277. [105] See Roy. Soc. Antiq. edition, p. 32. [106] For a summary of these, see an Article by R. R. Brash, _Journal_ Roy. Soc. Antiq. of Ir., 1870–1, p. 509. [107] _Catalogue of the Antiquities of Gold_, p. 2. [108] See _Archæologia_, vol. 55, p. 391; _Journal_ Roy. Soc. Antiq., 1902, p. 211. [109] _Lake-Dwellings_, vol. i., p. 23. 2nd ed. [110] _Catalogue_ R.I.A., p. 235. [111] _Archæologia_, vol. xxvi., p. 361. [112] _Lake-Dwellings of Europe_, by Robert Munro, M.D., p. 477. [113] _Lake-Dwellings of Ireland_, Col. Wood-Martin, p. 236. [114] _Prehistoric Scotland_, p. 427. [115] _Journal_, Roy. Soc. Antiq. Ir., 1893, p. 27; 1894, p. 315. [116] _Journal_, R.S.A.I., 1897, pp. 205, 389; 1901, p. 204. [117] _Proceedings_ R. I. A., vol. ii., 2nd. ser. [118] _Journal_, R.S.A.I, 1872, p. 10. [119] _Journal_, R.S.A.I., 1897, p. 373. [120] _Lake-Dwellings of Ireland_, Col. Wood-Martin, pp. 145–60. _Catalogue_ R.I.A., pp. 229–33. [121] _Lake-Dwellings of Europe_, p. 489. [122] See Adamnan’s _Life of St. Columba_ (Bishop Reeves), p. 286; and _The Celtic Church_ (Dr. G. T. Stokes), p. 107. [123] _Ecclesiastical Architecture_, George Petrie, p. 432. [124] _Eccles. Arch._, p. 284. [125] This is described in Petrie’s _Eccles. Arch._, pp. 242–6. [126] _Journal_, Royal Society of Antiquaries, Ireland, 1856–7, p. 315. [127] See Wright’s _Louthiana_, Plate 14, Book iii. [128] See _Transactions_ Roy. Ir. Acad., vol. xx.; also vol. xxx., p. 303. [129] See _Some Notices of the Castle of Trim_ by the late Rev. R. Butler. [130] Mr. Butler, in his book on the Castle of Trim, remarks that in 1449–50 Richard, Duke of York, held his Court there; that he was a benefactor to St. Mary’s Abbey; and that the ‘Yellow Steeple,’ as the tower is popularly styled, may probably be assigned to his time. [131] _Journal_ Roy. Soc. of Antiq. Ir., 1872–3, p. 435. INDEX