Drawn with Pen and Pencil

BY

RICHARD LOVETT M.A.

AUTHOR OF NORWEGIAN PICTURES,' 'PICTURES FROM HOLLAND, Etc.

WITH A MAP AND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS AND SKETCHES,

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,

STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

The illustrations on pages 24, 25, 28, 39 to 44, and 149, are from coloured drawings by Miss MARGARET STOKES, and were engraved by Mr. J. D. COOPER for her handbook on Early Christian Art in Ireland, published for the Science and Art Department by Messrs. CHAPMAN AND HALL.

A LIST OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF
THIS BOOK.

An Ancient Circular Window in the Church at Rathain, near Tullamore
An Ancient Irish Bell.