O'Hanlon — Antiquities in Killenny and Kinteale Parishes. 145 



(Leix).* Such must have been the original name for this church, in 

 all probability, since it lies within ancient Leix. In the copy of the 

 Feilire, now preserved in the Franciscan Convent, Dublin, and in- 

 tituled, Marty rologium Cathaldi Maguir sive JEngussius Auctus,] the 

 Scholiast enters precisely the same statement, so far as the proper 

 name Lapaip, or Lassara is concerned. Whether this entry of the 

 Saint's festival be correct, or otherwise, it is important to find, that 

 in the Scholiast's opinion, the church of Cill inline bpcmin, some- 

 where in Leix, must have been tbe one dedicated to her. We can 

 hardly entertain any reasonable doubt that Killenny thus took its 

 name, especially as, in the Deanery of Leix proper, it seems to have 

 been called, in the year 1615, Killanna, which had for rector Nicholas 

 Geering, a reading minister. The value of this living was then 

 £6 13s. 4d. The Church and its Chancel were in repair, while a 

 Communion Book in the Irish language was there preserved-! This 

 old church probably fell into a state of total decay and neglect, after 

 the civil wars of the seventeenth century. 



Within the townland of Killenny, and near the old church, as 

 shown on the Ordnance Survey Map, rises a very steep limestone hill, 

 covered over with hazel and other dwarf shrubs. § When last visited, 



* The original Text of -33ngus, and its English translation, are here inserted : — 



" Lapp aj\ gpeni aine 



Gppal epenb oise 



Pacpaic co mec mile 



Nopbiciu bi aj\ cpcige." 

 " Flame of noble sun, 



Apostle of perfect Erin, 



Patrick with many thousands 



May he he a protection to our wretched ones." 



To this the Scholiast has added the following commentary. But it would ap- 

 pear probable he mistook the Irish word Lappap, "flame," put in apposition with 

 Pacpaic, for the proper name of a female St. Lassar, or Lasera. 



".1. pinel mac pmbchaba t>o uib gapchon ipe ceo- buine bo baipc pa- 

 cpaic in epirm, -| Neppan copcaige cum pacpicio in hacbie; No lappaip 

 nomeTi pepcimae pilia bpanin, -| i Cill lngme bpanm i laigip aca -| clibna 

 ainm mgine ele bo o ca conb clibna." 



" i, e. Sinell son of Findchad of Uibh Garchon ; he is the first person whom 

 Patrick baptized in Erin (recte Eriu), and Nessan of Cork — cum Patricio in hac 

 die ; or Lassair nomen septimae filiae BraniD ; and in Cill Ingine Branin (Church 

 of the daughter of Branin), in Laiges (Leix) she is ; and Clidna [was] the name of 

 another daughter of his, from whom is [named] Tonn Clidhna." 



t This copy was made by Rory O'Luinin, for Cathal Maguir of Senat-Mac 

 Manus, in Lough Erne, and now known as Belleisle, as we learn from an Irish 

 note by the transcriber, on the last page but one of this old vellum MS. 



% See the Liber Regalia Visitationis, for a return furnished from Carlow on the 

 5th and 6th of July, in power of a commission appointed by James I., and dated 

 22nd of June, 1615. A copy exists among the Boyal Irish Academy's Mamiscripts. 



§ The ancient name of this hill seems lost or unknown. At present it is called 

 Lyons' Hill, from a gentleman farmer who holds the lands. 



