Westropp — Lesser Castles or Peel Toivers of Clare. 365 



villages, 20 cows (or 30 pence sterling in lieu of each cow), when 

 their eldest sons were married. They also took food for horses and 

 boys from other villages when they kept Christmas or Easter in their 

 house of Dangan, " and not else." Twenty-seven townlands paid 

 certain quantities of oats in lieu of "horse and boy's meat." Mac- 

 namara and his "kearntyes and huntsmen had duties off other specified 

 lands." Macnamara himself had all felon's goods, and kept courts 

 baron, he held as his own inheritance, "in the town of Quin, 20 tene- 

 ments and gardens, many now fallen to ruin and decay." The Earl 

 of Thoraond and his ancestors had certain charges on specified town- 

 lands in the Barony of Dangenyviggen ; also, a compulsory rent 

 called a " borome " ^ of certain cows (or 30 pence for each cow) on the 

 death of each Macnamara. The said Earl, "what tyme he wolde go 

 of a forrey," could claim a footman for each quarter of the said Barony, 

 with food for two days, after which the Earl had to support them. 

 Macnamara could claim one-third of all booties. Other lands are now 

 acquitted of all rent, and the headship and land are now held by 

 English tenure, and not by Irish custom. 



COEEECTION". 



The lower part of Shallee Castle was blocked up by a haycock and 

 thatched shed in 1894, when I made the sketch section given on 

 p. 353, supra. 



Since this was engraved I find that the obstacles have been 

 removed, and that the lower story is vaulted (as in the other diagrams 

 on same page). 



The wicker marks on the vaults made a pleasing fishbone pattern, 

 which is not common in these structures. 



Explanation- of Figures (p. 358). 



1, 2. Window ; Newtown, Clonlara. 



3. Typical Upper Window. 



4. Finial of a Gable ; Cleenagh. 



5. Window modified by a "shot hole"; 



Coolistiegue. 



6. Late "shot hole"; Ballyportry. 



7. Corbel; Lemeneagh. 



8, 9, 10, 12, 13. Fireplaces ; Ballina- 



lacken, Moyree, Lemeneagh, 

 Teerovannan, and Ballyportry. 

 11. Typical Door ; Moghane, &c. 



' When the Macnamaras (following the example of O'Brien) made term? with 

 the English Government in February, 1542, they were granted back their lands, 

 exempt from all "boroughs" hitherto paid to the king. Probably, as Dr. G. 

 Macnamara suggests, their relations with the O'Briens were left unaltered. 



