144 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



pointed and late, witli a cuiious tHckening of tKe walls. The 

 round tower stands due north, from the church ; it is 40 feet 

 high, and 50 feet 6 inches in cii'cumference. The door, 13 

 feet above the ground, and having a raised band round the 

 sides and head, was extant in 1809; also two oblong windows, 

 only one of which remained in 1839. Founder unknown. 

 "Dronileb," 1302, Dromcliabh, 1389. Descriptions, Dutton, 

 p. 307; Dwyer, p. 489; T. J. TTestropp, E.S.A.I., 1894, 

 p. 332. Tested as a jS'ational ]\Ionument. (See Plate X.) 



63. ENK[s,!FiiAS'CiscANriiiAiiT, Sheet 33. — Dromcliff Parish, The ruins 



consist of a nave, chancel, belfiy, ti-ansept, thi'ee chapels, chapter- 

 house, and domicile round an arcaded cloister. Founder, Donchad 

 Cairbreach O'Erien, Prince of Thomond, about 1240. The side 

 walls of the church belong to this period. It was restored by 

 Torlough ]y:ore O'Brien, Prince of Thomond, 1287-1306. The 

 east window probably was of his restoration. " ITath " Caech 

 Macnamara built the vaulted refectory, or chapter-house, before 

 1314. The belfry, cloister arcade, and a side chapel, date 

 from about 1400. The rest of the transept, with two chapels 

 and the fine " Macllahon" tomb, were built about 1460 ; the 

 latter by More ni Brien, wife of Macllahon, of Corcovaskin. 

 The cross was destroyed and used as materials for a quay in 

 1711.^ Manistii' Innsi, 1240. Monuments, More ni Brien, c, 

 1460; Barons of Inchiquin, c. 1500; Teig O'Brien, c. 1590; 

 O'Hehii', 1622; Considine, 1631, 1686; O'Kerin, 1687; 

 Hickman and Colpoys, 1677; Macnamara, 1686; Woulfe, 

 1697, 1742; Banks, 1728, 1773; Gore, c. 1697; Stacpoole, c. 

 1745; Fmucan, 1750; Eoche, 1755; Power, 1761; Crowe, 

 1772, &c. Descriptions, Mooney, 1617; Wadding, 1634; 

 Bruodin, 1643; Dyneley, 1680; Brigdale, 1695; Grose n., 

 p. 42; Dwyer, p. 489 ; Prost, pp. 112, 114; T. J. Westropp, 

 E.S.A.I., 1889, p. 44; 1895, p. 135, and 1900 (plan and 

 illustrations); P.M.D., 1895, p. 34 (illustration). Tested as a 

 jS^ational Monument. 



64. Teiiplehahagha^^, Sheet 33. — Dromcliff Parish. jS'ow entii'ely 



demolished ; it stood in a fort now nearly levelled. 



65. KiLQUAA^E, Sheet 33. — Dromcliff Parish. Entii'ely levelled site, 



marked by a gxaveyard. 



1 Dwyer, p. 491. 



