Westropp — On the Churches of County Clare. 135 



a rock near it. Founder, traditionally St. Columba, " Gleann 

 Choluim Chille," 1599 (Annals Four Masters). A separate 

 parish, Glanecolmekill, 1584. Monument, O'Brien, 1753. 



22. Templeline, Sheet 10. — Carran Parish. A rudely built late 



church, all the features destroyed. 



Baeont oe Cohcomroe. 



23. KiiiiLAGH, Sheet 8. — Parish church, 57 feet 6 inches hy 19 feet. 



A late plain building, probably c. 1500. It has a southern side 

 chapel, 17 by 22 feet. The east window is round-headed, 

 and the west gable has a square bell chamber ; the west and 

 south walls have several plain, flat-headed and chamfered 

 window slits ; the south door is pointed. A beautifully 

 chiselled roxmd arch, with patterns punched on its blocks, 

 leads into the side chapel, which has an ogee-headed light to 

 the east and west, and a double window, with similar heads, to 

 the south ; its shaft is gone. Founder, probably St. Lonan, to 

 whom the well is dedicated, c. a.d. 550. " Killadlagh," in 

 1302. Monuments, Queley, 1779 ; Davoren, 1784 ; Haverty 

 and Kibnartin, 1794; Thynne. Description, E.S.A.I., 1900, 

 p. 287. 



24. OuGHTDAEEA, Sheet 4. — Eillilagh Parish. Only a few feet of the 



walls remain in a graveyard. Founder and age unknown. 

 Possibly the "WafEerig," of 1302, and the Owghtory, of 

 1584.1 



25. TooMTDXLiN, Sheet 8, — Killilagh Parish. A late church, probably 



c. 1480, 33 feet by 17 feet 6 inches. The east window has a 

 single light, with a trefoil head, and triquetras in the spandi'els 

 of the outer face. There is a bell chamber on the west gable, 

 and outside it a priest's room, with a pointed door. Founder, 

 possibly Brecan, to whom the well is dedicated, c. 500. It was 

 a separate parish, " Thuomlynny," 1302. Description, U.S. A.I. , 

 1900, p. 287. Yiew of interior, O'Hanlon, vii., p. 388. 



26. KiLMACEEEHY, Sheet 15. — Parish church, nave and chancel, 40 



feet by 22 feet 6 inches, and 35 by 17 feet. It is built of 

 flagstones, but part of the north wall is of large, early 

 masonry, the rest being of the late fiiteenth century. The east 



1 MSS. T.C.D., E. 2, 14. 



