[47] Egyptian Decorative Art, chap. ii.

[48] Journal of Hellenic Studies, xiv., p. 329.

[49] See Journal, 1894, 1895; also Trans. Roy. Ir. Acad., vol. xxx. pt. 1, xxxi. pt. 2.

[50] A somewhat similar example occurs in the sepulchral monument at Glenmalin, Co. Donegal. See Journal Roy. Soc. Antiq. Ir., 1890, p. 264.

[51] Rude Stone Monuments of Sligo, p. 136.

[52] Catalogue of Antiq., p. 27.

[53] See Journal, R. S. A. I., 1870, p. 579.

[54] Politics, Bk. iv., Ch. 2.

[55] Murray’s Handbook of Ireland (1902), p. 350.

[56] See Reliquary and Illustrated Archæologist, vol. i., p. 35.