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DIOCESE OE KILFENORA. 



BAHONY OF BITRKEN. 



1. GiENiNAGH, Sheet 2. — Parish church, 38 feet by 13 feet 4 inches. 



A plain riicle building, with a pointed south door, and lintelled 

 south window. Eound-headed east window. " Grlaniednagh," 

 1302. 



2. Deomceeekt, Sheet 2. — Parish church, 52 feet by 21 feet 6 inches. 



An early chui'ch, with large masoniy, and finely built windows, 

 probably of the eleventh century. The eastern is thickly 

 ivied, the south has a well-made splay, and a semicircular 

 moulded head. The north door is round-headed, and similar 

 to the west doors of Quin and Abbeydorney, it is of the 

 earlier fifteenth century. The west end has fallen, also the 

 chancel arch. Founder diovihiivl. "Dromcruth," 1302. The 

 well is named Tobercore, and Colman is traditionally the 

 patron. Bescriftion, E.S.A.I., 1900, p. 301, 



3. Otjghtmama, Sheet 3. — Parish church. IN^ave and chancel, 45 by 21 



feet, and 21 by 18 feet. The west door has inclined jambs 

 and a massive lintel ; the two south windows and the chancel 

 arch have semicircular heads. In the south-west corner is set 

 a font carved with two struggling animals. The semicircular 

 head of the fallen east window is used by the peasantry to 

 cure headaches, i^o^m(?^/■ uncertain ; "the three Colmans " of 

 this place are named vnthout clate.^ The church dates before 

 A.D. 1000. Descriptions, E,. R. Brash, p. 16 ; M. Keane, p. 375 ; 

 Lord Duni'aven, i., p. 102; J. Erost, p. 25; T. J. "Westropp, 

 U.S. A.I. 1895. Monuments, several slabs, with defaced Irish 

 inscriptions, lie in the chancel. The ruins are vested as 

 I^ational Monuments. 



4. Same. A second oratory lies 27 feet east from the last, 24 by 



15 feet. The west door and east window have semicii'cidar 

 heads. It probably dates from the eleventh centmy. 



5. Same. A third oratory lies to the north-west of the other chui-ches. 



Only the east gable remains, with a slit window, with plain 

 splay and semicircular head. 



1 Calendar of Oenarus. 



