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in Henry's face. Henry again stroke Louis with the chessboard, drew blood with the blow, and had presently slain him upon the place had he not been stayed by his brother Robert.

ST. SWITHIN.

3. (a) The lines are a reminiscence of Scott's ' Pibroch of Donuil Dhu ' : Leave untended the herd,

The flock without shelter ; Leave the corpse uninterred,

The bride at the altar.

(&) " Bid me good-bye and go." A well- known song by Tosti, the words by F. E. Weatherly. There is a waltz refrain in it, which made it popular in drawing-rooms and other places. T. F. D.

[Several other correspondents thanked for replies.]

SCULLY FAMILY or TIPPERARY (10 S. viii. 347). GENEALOGIST inquires about the history of the Tipperary Scullys. The Hearth Money Returns of 1665-6 and 1666-7 disclose the existence in the county of several families of that name. I should begin by stating that the family belong to the old Irish, and the original habitat of the sept was, according to my information, placed in some part of the present county of Westmeath.

The following are the names and addresses of the various branches of the family name returned as living in co. Tipperary in those years :

Rory Scully of Clorane, parish of Cloneen.

Derby Scully of Laynestown, parish of St. Patrick's Rock.

William Scully of Corbally, parish of Corbally.

Dermott Scully of Finogh, parish of Finogh.

Michael Scully, parish of De Lorrha.

Daniel Scully of Ballyfarsny, barony of Middlethird.

Robert Scully of Cloran, parish of Clo- neene.

William Scully of Shronelltowne, parish of Curroge.

John Scully of Ballykerrine, parish of Crohane and Mownie.

John Scully, without gates, Thurles.

William Scully of Corbally, parish of Corbally.

Matthew Scully of Clonevim, parish of Ballymurreen.

John Scully, parish of Ballingarry.

Dermott Scully of Marrineagh, parish of Ardcrony.

Donnogh Scully of Marrineagh, parish of Ardcrony.

I have examined the list of those who

received grants of land in Connaught in 1651 on being transported thereto from co. Tipperary. I do not find therein the name of any member of this family. These lands, which were a poor substitute for lands in Tipperary, were only granted to those who were deprived of estates else- where.

The next item in the account of any one of the name will be found in two entries (relating to the same parties) in the Registry of Deeds Office, Dublin. They are both identifiable with the branch of the family which in the early years of the nineteenth century had come to own fee-simple pro- perty in Tipperary, and which have long been recognized as the Tipperary Scullys. The means of identification are afforded by the possession of a small holding at a- place called Deansgrove, Cashel. This re- mained in the possession of the family until far into the nineteenth century, when it was disposed of by the late Mr. Francis O'Ryan to the grandfather of the present Mr. Thomas Downey of that place. I should mention here that Mr. F. O'Ryan was the grandson of Mr. Edmond Scully of Cashel,. from whom he inherited considerable means. The following are the numbers and dates of the entries in the Registry Office : No. 101, 167, 704445, regd. 7 Jan., 1740, and No. 91, 50, 63265, regd. 15 April, 1738.

To anybody who desires to prosecute the study further, and learn the precise condition of the Rodolph of his race, these numbers will afford a certain and cheap means of access. The further evolution of this prominent family presents many points of interest, and much tradition links itself with it. As I am merely answer- ing a query, and not writing a genealogy, I probably should not be allowed, even were I disposed, to be more diffuse. There is one important matter, however, on which I must dwell, because I can conceive nothing of greater importance than the accuracy of inscriptions on tombstones and monu- ments.

I am led to make this observation from what appears to me to be a mythical ad- mixture in the list of ancestry inscribed on the beautiful cross erected on the Rock of Cashel by one of the late heads of this family. After an announcement that the remains of all these ancestors are buried around, there follows a list. It is, I think, very desirable that those who are guardians of that list should supply the general public with the proofs on which the earlier names are founded. Several objections to their