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Pointed soutli door richly moulded, with a broken double-oped 

 stoup in the right jamb. Founder unknown. " Eayth," in 

 1302. Some trace remains of the rath from which it is named, 

 "the Eath of Burren," it is included in the graveyard. 

 There are some modern crosses of a very archaic type, with 

 square head and arms, and expanding base.^ 



10. KiLBEACT, Sheet 9. — Rathhorney Parish, near Cahermacnaughten. 



The walls and gables remain thickly ivied. The name is pre- 

 served in the Book of Distribution, 1655. 



11. EjxMooif, Sheet 21. — Parish church, 52 by 18 feet. Its feature- 



less north wall, and the south-east angle, of large and very- 

 early masoniy, with a plinth, remains. A carved corbel, with 

 a bishop's head, and the pier and corbel of an arched canopy 

 over the altar, are alone of interest. A late fifteenth-century 

 mortuaiy chapel, 24 feet by 20 feet, lies 5 feet from the south 

 wall of the church. There is also a holy well (Tobermoon), 

 with a tree and " cursing stones." A plain pillar, called " the 

 cross," stands some distance to the east. Founder, perhaps 

 Mogua (but the present form of the name is difficult). " Kil- 

 mugoim," in 1302. Descriptions, O'Hanlon, vol. ii. (illustra- 

 tion), p. 180. 



12. EJCLLEAifT, Sheet b.— Parish church. IS'ave, 34 feet 6 inches; 



chancel, 19 feet 2 inches long; and both 19 feet 2 inches 

 wide. The east gable dates c. 1080, with a neatly moulded 

 and splayed semicircular-headed window ; the outer head has 

 a di-aconic ornament. There is a projecting moulding under 

 the window, like that at Manister Kieran, in Aranmore. The 

 altar is extant. The other features of the church date fi-om 

 the fiiteenth century, being a large pointed chancel arch, and 

 several windows in the south and west gable ; the south door is 

 defaced, but was pointed. There are corbels for a gallery at 

 the west end. In the graveyard, to the south-east, is a 

 remarkable altar, 10 feet 6 inches by 9 feet 6 inches, of large 

 and well-cut blocks, with many rounded "cursing stones." 

 The church is not far fi-om the lai'ge stone fort of Caher- 

 cloggaun. Founder, St. Enda, of Aran, c. a.d. 500. " Killeny," 

 1302. Fescription, O'Hanlon, m., page 915 (illustration), 

 R.S.A.I., 1900. (See Plates IX. and XL, fig. 12.) 



1 Similax modern crosses are illustrated in " Untrodden Paths in Roumania," 

 by Mrs. Walker, p. 27 ; she also gives the type with the circle so common ia 

 Ireland. 



