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66. KiLMALET, Sheet 40. — Parish church, 67 feet 6 inclies by 20 feet. 



The east gable and south wall remain, and date about 1450. 

 The east window has two trefoil heads (shaft gone) ; the iron 

 staples of its shutters remain, and a " Patrick's cross" is cut on 

 the jamb. The splay has a well built semicircular head. The 

 plain south door has a stoup in the outer right jamb. Founder, 

 probably Screbanus ; identity and date unknown ; perhaps the 

 "Sribanus" in the 1302 Hst ; "Kelhnaley," 1302. Monu- 

 ments, Burke, of Strasburg, County Clare, 1780, &c. ; see 

 P.M.D. (1897), p. 396. 



67. KiLLONE, AuGtJSTiiiriiJsr Coi^'vekt or St. Johin', Sheet 41. The ruins 



consist of a church, crypt, and domicile round a cloister garth. 

 The east window has two beautifully built lights, having semi- 

 circular heads, with raised chevrons and lozenges, and dating 

 about 1180. The double north window is of the fourteenth 

 century. Font remains. West gable has a bell- chamber ; the 

 pointed arch is made of pitched slabs, cut out in curves. The 

 well of St. John lies to the east of the convent. The altar was 

 built 1731 by Anthony Roche ; it has round stones laid on it ; 

 there is also a bathing tank. Founder, Donald More O'Brien, 

 c. 1180. " Kellonia," 1189.^ Monuments, Lucas, 1759 ; Daxon, 

 1800 ; Macdonnell, 1793. Descriptions, Dwyer, 491 ; T. J. 

 "Westropp, B.S.A.I., 1900, p. 126 (illustrations, plan, and 

 section); P.M.D. , m. (1897), p. 395. Vested as a National 

 Monument. 



'68. Clare, Augustiniax Abbey op SS. Peteb and Paul) " de Poegio," 

 Sheet 33. It consists of a church and domicile round a cloister 

 garth. The fabric chiefly dates 1189: but there are late 

 fifteenth- century details. Founder, Donald More O'Brien, on 

 site of Kilmoney; his charter dates 1189, and another con- 

 firming it in 1461. Monuments, Hallinan, 1692; Haugh, 

 1726; Hassett, 1786; Costelloe, 1788. Descriptions, Grrose, 

 n., p. 80; Prost, p. 121; T. J. Westropp, B.S.A.L, 1892, 

 p. 78; 1900, p. 118 (Plan and illustrations). Vested as a 

 I^ational Monument. 



€9. Kellxje, Sheet 33. — Clare Alley Parish, Sheet 33. A small 

 chui'ch, 37 feet 9 inches by 19 feet 4 inches. East window has 

 a slightly pointed head, and is chamfered ; the splay is rudely 



^ Charter of Clare Abbey. 

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