I have the honour to exhibit to the Society of Antiquaries drawings and photographs of two remarkable objects of early Irish workmanship, one of them being a shrine destined for the reception of relics, the other a costly box or cover for a copy of the Gospels. Besides the ecclesiastical destination common to both these works, there is another link between them, namely, their traditional connection with the two famous Irish Saints whose respective names they bear, and who, during their lives, were closely united in the bonds of friendship.