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Mr. PETRIE'S Inquiry into the Origin and 



that of the ancient parish church of Britway, in the barony of Barrymore, 

 and county of Cork, one of the most interesting remains in the county : 



In this doorway, which is composed of sandstone, it will be seen that the flat 

 architrave, which occurs in so many of the quadrangular doorways, is carried 

 along the sweep of the arch, till it terminates in a curious figure in the key- 

 stone. This doorway is six feet in height to the lintel, and in width two feet 

 seven inches at the top, and two feet ten inches at the bottom ; and the jambs 

 are two feet seven inches in thickness. Of the origin of this church I have dis- 

 covered no historical mention, but its style throughout would indicate that it 

 is of the time of St. Bridget, to whom it is dedicated. 



Of triangular-headed doorways, such as are found in some of the Saxon 

 churches in England, I have discovered no examples in the Irish churches, ex- 

 cept in two instances, namely, in the south doorway of the church of Killa- 

 dreena, near Newtown-Mountkennedy, in the county of Wicklow, and in that 

 of Oranmore, near Galway ; but neither of these churches appears to me to be 

 anterior to the twelfth century, and the latter is probably not so old. 



I have next to speak of the windows. In these features, which are always 

 of a single light, the same simple forms are found, which characterize the door- 



