promontory situated in the county of Cork, and province of Munster, four miles south of Kinsale, in the barony of Comeragh, Ireland, which runs far into the sea, and on which is a lighthouse for the convenience of shipping. A mile from its extremity is an ancient castle of the lords of Kinsale, built from one side of the isthmus to the other, which defended all the lands towards the head: this place was formerly called Duncearmo, and was the old seat of the Irish kings. The isthmus, by the working of the sea, was quite penetrated through, so as to form a stupendous arch, under which boats might pass from one bay to the other. Among the rocks of this coast there are aviaries of good hawks: also the sea eagles or ospreys build their nests and breed there.

Oldmixon, John, was descended from an ancient family in Somersetshire: he was a violent party-writer and malevolent critic, who would scarcely have been remembered, if Pope, in resentment of his abuse, had not condemned him to immortality in his Dunciad. His party-writings procured him a place in the revenue at Liverpool, where he died at an advanced age in the year 1745. Besides his fugitive temporary pieces, he wrote a History of the Stuarts, in folio; a Critical History of England, 2 vols 8vo; a volume of Poems, some dramatic pieces, &c.; none of them worthy of notice, his principal talent being that of falsifying history.