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stone, with a neat trefoil head (Plate XII., fig. 12). South door 

 is pointed and well moulded. It has a stoup (with two semi- 

 cii'cular opes) in the right jamb. There are a rock-cut bullaun 

 and holy hawthorn to the north. Founder, Senan Liath, tra- 

 ditionally a brother of Mochulla; the well is, however, 

 dedicated to the latter. ISTot named 1302. '' Kilsenan," 

 15821 . u Xiltenayn," 1584, It may be the chui'ch of " Cluoyn- 

 lard in Oblayd," whose rector, Malachy Maconmara, was 

 removed for gross misconduct by Thady Maconmara, priest of 

 Killokennedy, in 1462, imder a letter of Pope Pius II.- 



136. Gaeeatjn (Teampul Mochulla), Sheet 63. — Kiltinanlea Parish. 

 28 feet of the south wall and 18 feet of the north remain; 

 the south window is of the late fifteenth century, with a 

 chamfered angular head cut out of one block (Plate XII., fig. 9). 

 Founder, probably St. Mochulla of Tulla. 



Baeony of Ibeicane. 



137. KiLFAEBOT, Sheet 31. — Parish church, 65 feet 9 inches i^by 

 17 feet. The west gable had fallen in 1839. The ruin is of 

 the late fifteenth century. The east and south windows 

 have ogee heads, the former has got trefoils cut in its spandrils. 

 The south door is weU built (Plate XII., figs. 10, 11). It has 

 a pointed arch, and a stoup with two round-headed opes in the 

 right jamb (see illustration, Plate XIL, fig. 10). Founder, St. 

 Laughteen, " Kellinfearbreygy," 1302^; " Kilforbric " and 

 " KiHearbaigh,'' sixteenth century, said to have been founded 

 A.D. 740 ; it was governed by Bishop Cormac, who died a.d. 

 837. Monuments, Fitzgerald, 1778 ; P.M.D., m. (1897), 

 p. 396. 



MoxMOEE (Iistisdia), Sheet 23. — Kilfarhoy Parish, 40 feet by 

 19 feet 6 inches. The east window has two round heads (the 

 shaft gone) ; south window and door. Founder, unknown.'' 

 Patroness, Inghean Baoith. The place was called "Magh o 

 mBreacain," 1599. 



' Grant to E. Waterhouse. 

 ^Theiner, " Moaumenta," p. 433. 



2 This disposes of the popular legend, "The church of the yeUow men," 

 i.e., Spaniards of the Armada, 1588. 



* For possible connexion with Luchtighern. See Ennistymon, p. 138, supra. 

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