108 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



Dwyer and Mr. Prost, in their histories and topographies of the district, 

 are equally silent. 



At last, in 1897, Mr. "W. Copeland Borlase published several descrip- 

 tions and a fairly complete list in " The Dolmens of Ireland." He 

 gives his own notes on ones at Miltown, E'ewgrove, Cloonyconry, and 

 Formoyle ; Mr. M. Brogan's notes on Dromandoora ; 0' Curry's notes 

 on Miltown (2) and Ballyeroum (2), and my notes on Tyredagh (2),. 

 Miltown, Maryfort, Eosslara, Elmhill, and Ardnataggle. The only 

 other contributions are two short descriptions of Tyredagh Upper and 

 the lower dolmen of Corbehagh in 1897, and a paper on the thi'ee 

 monuments at Ballyeroum in 1900 — both in the Proceedings of this 

 Academy. 



Though these descriptions need only be noted briefly in the present 

 paper, it is necessary to repeat the plans for comparative study. 



The Baeoa^t of Titlla Upper. 



In the following survey I give the name of the townland and 

 parish, the sheet of the Ordnance Survey of 25 inches to the mile, and 

 the description (if the structure is hitherto undeseribed) at some length. 



Ttjua . 



(22). Tyeedagh Uppee, TuUa Parish (0. S. Sheet 27, ^o. 13).— 

 This townland, the Tir Aodha of 1390,^ contains a very remarkable 

 monument not marked on the maps of 1 840. It lies in a pleasant little 

 recess or shallow valley, hemmed in to the north-east by low but 

 pictxu'esque cliffs. A little stream flows past and has undermined its 

 west end ; one block has fallen down the bank. It has been fully 

 described, and the plan and view of it published from my notes by 

 Mr. Borlase. "We may briefly note that it is of five compartments, 

 with an extension to the north-east ; that it tapers slightly eastward ; 

 that the covers have fallen; that it measures at present 27 feet 



1 " Tiresheeda " in the list of lands in the teimon of Tulla Church, 1397, 

 copied (it appears) from the ancient "Black Book of St. Moehulla" into the 

 Inquisition taken at Ennis in 1611. The termon comprised: — Tulla, Killeen, 

 Lisoffin, Cloonteen, Dromlig (Knockdi-umleague), Sloymore, Fomerla, Kiltanon, 

 Tiresheeda, Dromcaha, or Kildonalballagh (Ardbooly, according to a Molony and 

 "Westropp deed of November 1720), Ballyore, Cregancryan, Dromaghmartin, 

 Bonavorey, Furhee, Loghan, Cutteen or Cahercutteen, and (apparently) Eine. 

 O'CuiTj-, without citing any ancient -n'riting, says the name is " properly Tir 

 Eiada." It is pronounced " Tir'eeda." 



