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appears to me to be the precise parish in which the Barnaan 
Cuilawn was found; for this parish was part of the ancient ter- 
ritory of Sliegh, as that territory, which is now united with Kilna- 
mana and Kilnalougurty, under the common appellation of the 
barony of Kilnamana, comprehended the entire parish of Glan- 
keen and of Bamacurra, being part of the adjoining parish of 
Ballycahill.* As it appears by the cross which still remains in- 
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of the counties of Galway and Clare. Whether these tracts of country be the same or not, it is 
evident that the place mentioned in Colgan is the parish in which the Barnaan Cuilawn was 
found. Archd. Monas. Hiber,. p. 46, which mentions Gleanchaoin amongst the Abbies of the 
county Clare, says, “ This valley is in Hi Luigdheach in Munster, at the bounds of the See of 
‘¢ Killaloe.—Saint Patrick built an Abbey here.” It then adds “‘ This place is now unknown.” 
In the first part of this statement the Monas. Hiber. quotes Acta SS. 207; but, although I 
have searched there, 1 have not found any thing to warrant it. As Archdall, placing Glean- 
chaoin in the county Clare, admits that it is unknown, or, in other words, that such a place can- 
not be found there, it is reasonable to conclude that there is no such place as Gleanchaoin in that 
county, and that it is to Gleanchaoin zn Sleigh in the county Tipperary Archdall alludes. This 
latter place corresponds with that mentioned in the Monas. Hiber. in every particular except the 
county. Thus that book describes Gleanchaoin as situate at the bounds of the See of Killaloe 
and Glankeen, where the Barnaan Cuilawn was found, is in point of fact one of those parishes 
in the Archbishoprick of Cashel, which are next adjoining to the Diocess of Killaloe. The 
Monas, Hiber. says, that Saint Patrick built an Abbey at Gleanchaoin, and Colgan (ubi supra) 
giving the same topographical description of the place, writes that Culanus or Cuilen erected a 
church there. In reality, the remains of two buildings raised in different periods still present them- 
selves in the ruins of Gleanchaoin or Gleankeen church. Besides, both Colgan and the Monas. 
Hiber. agree in describing the place as a valley, and Glankeen church lies in a glen near the foot 
of Knockanura mountain. Add to this the coincidence of the name of Saint Cuilen with that of 
the place near Glankeen church called Killcuilawn, and also with the Barnaan Cuilawn, which has 
certainly been for many centuries in that parish. I think I have heard, that there was an old 
building formerly at Killcuilawn, the stones of which were carried away about 30 or 40 years 
since by the Rev. Thomas Ryan, who was then R. C. Vicar of the parish. He made use of 
them, as well as I remember, in building a house. Perhaps, as Kilcuilawn is not above a quar- 
ter of a mile from Glankeen church, this was the building of which Colgan speaks. 
* Beaufort’s Map of Ireland. See alsqan ancient Geography of Ireland, which says Sleigh 
