MR. JUSTIN HUNTLY M'CARTHYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, What works have been printed by the Royal Academy since 1880 by means of the money received from Parliament under the annual votes "for the researches in connection with Celtic MSS.;" and, what Irish-English MSS and translations have been published since 1880 by the Royal Academy under the annual grants made to it "for the publication of Celtic MSS.?"
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANThe Secretary of the Academy informs me that since 1880 the grant for researches in connection with Celtic manuscripts has been devoted to the preparation of materials for an Irish-English dictionary, which it will take several years to complete. The Academy have not published any Celtic manuscript since 1880, in which year The Book if Leinster was issued; but very considerable progress has been made with The Book, of Ballymote, a very large manuscript which is in course of publication with Dr. Atkinson as editor.