Kirkwood, James, Esq., Woodbrook, | Mac Donnell, Edmund, Esq., Glen hill, Armagh. Lindesay, Frederick, Esq., Barrister. Lloyd, Captain Kingston, Carradooy, Lloyd, Owen, Esq., Besor House, Torquay. Lloyd, William, Esq., Rockville. Low, Rev. Richard H., Ahascragh. Lynch, J. M., Esq., Whiteleas. M'Caul, Charles, Esq., Edinburgh. Mac Dermot, The, Coolavin. Mac Dermot, Mrs., Lakeview. van. arm Castle. Mac Hugh, Rev. John, Kinsaly. Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh. Mac Keogh, Peter, Esq., Solicitor. Mac Loughlin, William, Esq., Castlecoote, Roscommon. *Mac Loughlin, Cornelius, Esq., Fitzwilliam-place. Mac Namara, Mrs., Loughscur. Mahony, Pierce K., Esq., Account ant-General of Court of Exchequer. Mahony, David, Esq., Kingstown. *Maley, A. J., Esq, Barrister. Mandeville, Rev., N. H., Armor Castle, Clonmel. Mapother, John Esq., Kilteevan (3 copies). Mathews, George, Esq., Dublin Castle. Molloy, Anthony, Esq., Tullamore. Molloy, Brian Arthur, Esq., Barrister. Monahan, James Henry, Esq., Q. C. Moore, Christopher, Esq., Sculptor, London. Moore, Rev. Philip, Rosbercon, New Ross. Moore, Richard, Esq., Q. C. Moore, Thomas, Esq., Sloperton Cottage, Devizes. Moriarty, Henry, Esq., Abbeytown, Roscommon. Moutray, John Corry, Esq, D. L., Favour Royal, Aughnacloy. Mulloy, Rev. Coote Charles, Guern sey. Taaffe, Patrick, Esq., Foxborough, Talbot, William, Esq., Castle Talbot. rister, Port-Nelligan, Tynan. Tennant, R. J., Esq., Belfast. Thompson, Mrs., Knockadoo, Boyle. Tighe, William F., Esq., Woodstock Park, Inistiogue. Toke, Mrs., Godinton Hall, Kent. Toole, Charles, Esq., Moatfield, Bray (2 copies). Tredennick, John, Esq., Camlin, Bal- | Webber, Charles T., Esq., Q. C. xi Webber, Daniel Webb, Esq., Q. C. Winter, John Pratt, Esq., D. L., Wood, William C., Esq., Woodville, Young, G. W., Esq., Coroner, Knockbawn, Tynan. Young, Rev. Walter, Lisbellan, Enniskillen. While many of the above Subscribers have also honoured some of Mr. D'Alton's other Works with their encouragement, those, before whom in this List a star* is prefixed, yet more confidingly communicated their names at once for any Work he might ever publish. 12th April, 1845. JOHN D'ALTON. BRIEF ESSAY ON THE NATIVE ANNALS, AND OTHER SOURCES FOR ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF IRELAND. ACCORDING to bardic accounts, one of the early pagan kings of this country ordained, that a triennial assembly of its subordinate rulers and chiefs, in the nature of a Parliament, should be held at Tara (in the present County of Meath), the seat of sovereignty and legislation, where, amongst other matters, considered of the highest national interest, a committee was specially appointed, and from time to time renewed, whose sole business it was, to refresh the existing traditions of early colonizations, collect the narratives of passing events, and perpetuate the knowledge of all, by frequently renewed intercourse and communication. Chronicles and genealogies thus collected and verified, were, thereupon, woven in the legends of the "Seanachie," or yet more enduringly and popularly transmitted in the song and the music of the bard. When the light of the Gospel broke in upon the country, these memorials of revered adoption were not suffered to remain in the shade, and, while the continuance of such legislative conventions, as above mentioned, was provided for, a similar committee was constructed, at |
