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XXVI.—On some Ancrent Rematns at KInMACLENINE, witH ILLvUs- 
TRATIONS FRoM THE Pipa Cotmani. By Rev. Tuomas OLpen. 
(With Plates VI. and VII.) 
[Read, November 80, 1881.] 
Tue parish of Kilmaclenine, in the county of Cork and barony of 
Orrery and Kilmore, lies about five miles north-west of Mallow. It 
is a prebend of the diocese of Cloyne, and the entire parish, which is 
very small, formed one of the estates of the See of Cloyne down to the 
middle of the seventeenth century. There are but two townlands, 
that of Kilmaclenyn, 6094. 1. 33p., and Knockaun-a-vaddreen, 4324. 
Qn. 15p., making a total of 10424. Or. 8p. 
When I came to reside in this neighbourhood, my attention was 
attracted by some remarkable ruins here, of which I could not find any 
history or local tradition; but on turning over the pages of the Pipa 
Colmani I found Kilmaclenine so frequently mentioned that I was led 
to make further inquiries, which have enabled me to put together the 
following remarks. Before referring to the ancient record alluded to, 
it is desirable here to notice briefly its nature and contents, which I 
may presume to be but little known. 
This document was known to Sir James Ware, who terms it the 
Pipa Colmani, or Pipe-roll of St. Colman of Cloyne; but in the middle 
of the last century, when Smith wrote his History of Cork, it had 
disappeared, and was supposed to be lost. 
It turned out, however, to have been all the time in the Registry 
of Cloyne, where it was found some years ago, and having been placed 
in the hands of Dr. Caulfield, was published by him in 1859.1 The 
Roll is 17’ 8” long by 7%” broad, and is composed of ten membranes 
sewed together. It was begun in 1364 by Bishop Swaffham, and re- 
cords ‘‘the findings of juries, and various acts and deeds relating to 
the temporalities of the See of Cloyne.” It was continued by subse- 
quent bishops, and entries were made which relate to events during 
the time of eleven occupants of the See, from David (1228) to Adam 
Pay (1421). Intermingled with the Latin text are English and Irish 
words, spelt phonetically, and in the case of the former evidently by 
writers whose pronunciation was French. Thus, the hill is ‘‘le hylle’’; 
a horse, ‘‘a hores,” &c. The French definite article, as well as the 
preposition ‘‘de,” is of constant occurrence, and there are other indi- 
cations of the Anglo-Norman character of the document to which I 
need not refer. 
But to return to Kilmaclenine. Amongst the antiquities of the 
place some pre-historic remains may be first noticed. One of these is 
1 Rotulus Pipe Clonensis, opera et studio Ricardi Caulfield, B.A. Corcagiz, 
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