HIS venerable Relique of the

ancestors, while yet frangers to the licentious and rude novelties, which our invading neighbours introduced into the Chriftian Church must excite in the breafts of Catholics, a lively idea of the purity and powers of a Paith, that unaided by worldly fplendour, by its fimple and bumble induftry triumphed over the Pagan and lettered fuperftitions of the ancient Empire of the civilized World. Moderns and fantaftical fectarists, aided by the arts of Legiflators, force of Armies and terrors of perfecution, may boaft of detaching by terror and temptation, a few of the weak and voluptuous from the Catholic Faith, and then arraying the ftrayed victims under the banners

of modern Philofophy, quote them as authorities againft the infallibility of the church.

The church of St. Doulach or St Doulagh, was built about the year 1009, it is forty-eight feet long, and eighteen feet wice; the roof is of tone, and the ridge forms a very acute angle.. It was fo finely connected by the excellent cement, and fquare flabs, fo well jointed, that after the lapfe of feven centuries, and frequent dilapi dations by the irreverent hands of fanatical reformers, it admits neither the light or rain. An anonymous author gives the following account of St. Doulach and his chapel.

In Bove-fiteet, now called Fifhamble-ftreet, ftood formerly a chapel of cafe to St. John's church, dedicated to

St.,