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Pour other dolmens lay along the southern side of the valley in this 

 parish. 



(45). PoiiMOYLEMORE, Killokennedy Parish (O.S. Sheet 44, No. 9). 

 — This is the Formaol of the 1390 rental of the Macnamaras. A fine 

 long dolmen stands (as the name implies) on a conspicuous bare ridge, 

 to the east of the road from Limerick to Broadf ord, before it dips boldly 

 into the valley near the perfect earth fort of Lisnagry. It has been 

 planned by Mr. Borlase^ in his usual careful manner. It was embedded 

 in a modern house, of "which (like the dolmens of Slievenaglasha and 

 Commons in this country) it formed a part. The buildings are nearly 

 ■demolished; but the dolmen is almost perfect. It consists of four 

 blocks of sandstone and slate to the north, and five longer blocks to 

 the south ; outside and parallel to these are others — one to the north and 

 two to the south, showing that, like the grave at Ballyogan, it had 

 side rows. Two large cover slabs rest upon it, and others lie about. 

 Its axis lie E.S.E. and W.N. W. It measures 17 feet long, and tapers 

 eastward from 3 feet to 2 feet 4 inches. 



(46). Clooijyconiiymoee, Killokennedy Parish (O.S. Sheet 44, 

 No. 7).— This townland, the Cluan Ui Chonaire of the 1390 rental, 

 possessed a group of three dolmens. The two existing ones arc on a 

 rounded shoulder; the larger on a choice situation, crowning a hummock 

 of cultivated land. It is in sight of the dolmens of Lackareagh, 

 Killokennedy, Ardskeagh, and, I think, Formoyle, and looks out of the 

 mouth of the valley over Broadford. The larger dolmen is of coarse 

 and shapeless sandstone blocks, and has been planned and figured 

 by Mr. Borlase." It has the west end, two blocks to the north and one 

 to the south. The cover measures 7 feet 6 inches by 4 feet 3 inches. 

 Seven of the side blocks remain.^ 



The second cist lies lower than the first, which is in sight of it. It is 

 not marked on the maps or noted by Mr. Borlase. It has a small chamber, 

 8 feet 3 inches by 3 feet 8 inches to 3 feet 4 inches internally, and 

 tapering eastward. There are two slabs to the north, one feet by 2 feet 

 by 2 feet thick to the south, and one at the west end ; the top has been 

 removed.* The third lay high up the second ridge of the hill. I saw 

 no trace of it ; and the new maps mark its site under a fence, by 



1 "Dolmens of Ireland," vol. i., pp. 98, 99. Plan. See also p. 121, fig. 2, 

 supra. 



^Ibid., pp. 99, 100. View and plan. 



'Plan, p. 121, fig. 3, supra; Plate vii., fig. 2. 



^ Plan, p. 121, fig. 6, sxpra. 



