Westropp — On the Chnrches of County Clare. 153 



102. EjxcEEDAUNABOBEii, Sheet 62. — Killeely Parish. Entirely levelled. 



103. Ceatioe, Sheet 62. — Killeely Parish, 57 by 21 feet. The gables. 



are levelled to the height of the sides. A fluted basin of a 

 piscina remains in the south wall. It and the adjoining well 

 are dedicated to St. John, and it appears to be a very late 

 building. This place was called " Cretsallach " in a.d. 845 in 

 " The Circuit of Ireland." 



104. KnaTTAi^E, Sheet 62. — St. Munchin's Parish, 36 feet 6 inches by 



17 feet 6 inches. The church is very much defaced and ivied ;, 

 the walls are of large masonry. The east window is hidden in 

 knotted ivy. The side walls are breached,'the west gable feature- 

 less, and the south door injm'ed. Founder, Cuanna. The Abbot 

 Covanus.^ " Kilcohan," 1302. Monuments., Macadam, 1708, 

 P. M. D. IL, 1894, p. 452, &c. 



105. KiLEtjsH (Old CHrnRCH), Sheet 62. — St. Munchin^ s Parish, and in 



the Liberties of Limerick, 30 feet 6 inches by 19 feet. A very 

 ancient church. The east window is roimd-headed, the door 

 has a lintel, and both have inclined jambs. The south window 

 was destroyed, and in its space Mr. Robert O'Brien of Oldchui'ch 

 inserted a window with a late and enigmatical inscription (of 

 the Quinlinan family) which had been found in the city of 

 Limerick, i^oim^^r unknown. " Kilrussce," 1302. 



Baeont of Tulla. TJppek. 



106. TtJLLA,^ Sheet 35. — Parish church. A portion of the north wall 



remains, about 5 feet high, and with the chamfered edge of 

 an ambry. South of it is the ruined seventeenth century church, 

 with a barrel-vaulted chancel. The east window and three 

 south windows are round-headed, and the west door pointed. 

 Founder, Mochulla; date and identity uncertain. " Tulach," 

 1302. "Tullach na neaspuig," 1317. '' TuUynenaspill,"' 

 1604. Monuments, Molony, 1702 ; Harte, c. 1710 ; Mac Mahon, 

 1711; Browne, 1717; Westropp, 1762; O'Callaghan, 1792 ; 

 P. M. D., m. (1896), p. 236 (1897), p. 400, &c. 



1 Eev. J. White's MSS., 1658. 



• MSS. T. C. D., I. i. 2, states that TuUanaspull of the Colidei was built by 

 Convarn (Cumara ? or Cuvea?) Macnamara, then Lord of ClancuUen, and granted 

 to his son Teig, a priest, about 1367. 



■^ MSS. R. I. A., 14 B. 18, p. 257. 



