171 CHOIR ARCH OF CANNISTOWN CHURCH, 371 172 ST. DOULOUGH’S CHURCH, CO. DUBLIN, 373 173 ST. DOULOUGH’S WELL, 375 174 KILCARN FONT, CO. MEATH, 380 175 KILCARN FONT--NO. 1, 381 176 KILCARN FONT--NO. 2, 381 177 KILCARN FONT--NO. 3, 382 178 KILCARN FONT--NO. 4, 382 179 MALAHIDE CASTLE, CO. DUBLIN, 385 180 CASTLE OF TRIM, CO. MEATH, 387 181 SCURLOUGHSTOWN CASTLE, 393 182 BULLOCK CASTLE, NEAR KINGSTOWN, CO. DUBLIN, 394 183 ST. LAURENCE’S GATE, DROGHEDA, 397 184 THE WEST GATE, DROGHEDA, 398 185 THE ‘SHEEP’ GATE AND YELLOW STEEPLE, TRIM, CO. MEATH, 399 HANDBOOK OF IRISH ANTIQUITIES CHAPTER I STONE MONUMENTS. INTRODUCTION--PILLAR-STONES--HOLED-STONES--ROCK SCRIBINGS AND CUP MARKINGS--ROCKING-STONES--DRUIDS’ CHAIRS OR SEATS--BULLÁN-STONES. Ireland is, perhaps, more remarkable than any other country in the West of Europe for the number, the variety, and, it may be said, the _nationality_ of its antiquarian remains. An archæologist upon arriving in Dublin will find, within ready access of that city, examples, many of them in a fine state of preservation, of almost every structure of archæological interest to be met with in any part of the kingdom. Sepulchral tumuli--several of which, in point of rude magnificence, are admitted to be unrivalled in Europe--cromlechs, pillar-stones, cairns, stone circles, and other remains of the earliest archæological periods in Ireland, lie within a journey of a couple of hours of the metropolis. The cromlechs of Howth, Kilternan, Shanganagh, Mount Venus, Hollypark, Shankill, and Brennanstown (Glen Druid) are within easy reach of the suburbs of Dublin. The county has several round towers, and many churches of a very primitive type. An hour’s journey by the Great Northern Railway to Drogheda, with a car drive of about twenty miles, affords not only an opportunity of seeing the great prehistoric remains of Newgrange, but of viewing at Monasterboice, amongst other remains, two crosses, which are amongst the finest in Christendom. In the National Museum, Dublin, will be found the Royal Irish Academy collection of weapons and implements of the New Stone and Bronze periods, gold ornaments, crannog remains, Ogam stones, and relics of early Christian Art, which, we think it is not too much to say, is one of the finest and most representative that any country in Europe can show.