Description of the Barnaan Cuilawn, and some conjectures upon 
the original use thereof; together with an account of the su- 
perstitious purposes to which it was latterly applied. Also a de- 
scription of the remains of an ancient Mill, which were re- 
cently discovered near the ruins of Glankeen Church, in the 
county of Tipperary. By Thomas Lalor Cooke, Esq, 
Read January 7, 1882. 
THE curiosity commonly called the * Barnaan Cuilawn”, which 
is now in the possession of Mr. Cooke of Parsonstown, in the 
King’s county, was found, some centuries since, in a hollow tree, 
at a place named Killcuilawn, situate in the mountains, and dis- 
tant about two miles from the village of Burrissileigh, in the parish 
of Glankeen, and county of Tipperary. This Antique is likewise 
called, in the Irish Language, “ Obajp na Sao”, that is, the Saint's 
© Work.” 
The Barnaan Cuilawn in shape resembles a mitre, and is made 
internally of wrought iron; which internal part, although now 
nearly eaten away by rust, appears to have been originally about 
three tenths of an inch thick, having in its summit two round 
holes of about three tenths of an inch in diameter, which do.not 
seem to have been ever intended for receiving any kind of screws 
or rivets, It is about eleven inches and an half high, and the 
bottom (in shape a parallelogram) is about eight inches long and 
four inches broad; whence its Jength and breadth gradually di- 
