Dr. Lawson.
It would be a pity not to give the matriculation above his—
“Barry Yelverton, Siz. Filius Franc. Gen. Annum agens 17. Educatus sub. fer. Mr. Egan. Natus in Comtu Cork.
Mr. Radcliffe.”
These two poor Sizar boys, one from the North and the other from the South—meeting probably for the first time in the College hall and sitting side by side—what careers the College opened to them! Probably, there is not in all the matriculation books a more interesting page than the page which contains these two consecutive entries.
[105] “Wellington Correspondence.”
[106] For a full account of this school see “The Old Latin Schools of Dublin,” by the Editor.
[107] Fitzgibbon’s father had been a Catholic, and was intended for the priesthood. He and his wife Eleanor are buried in St. Bride’s churchyard, without any sort of monument or tombstone.
[108] Mr. Blackburne’s “Causes of the Decadence of the Industries of Ireland,” p. 19.
There are two copies of the work in the College Library, both of which have been recently obtained, and from one of them, by the obliging indulgence of the Provost and Board, the present re-issue is taken.