Westropp — On (he Churches of County Clare. 163 



belfry tower with stepped battlements at tbe west end, which 

 was struck by lightning in 1826. It contains a residence for 

 the priest, 8 feet 8 inches by 8 feet 5 inches, and opens into 

 the church by a low pointed arch. The east window has 

 inclined jambs, but is late Gothic, and had a shaft and transom 

 now lost. The south wall has (beginning at the west end) a 

 square slit; a pointed door (21 feet from the belfry) ; it has a 

 heavy angular weather ledge; 15 feet eastward is a slit with 

 an angular head 7 inches wide; 13 feet eastward is a narrow 

 pointed door, 1 foot 5 inches wide ; while a foot from the east 

 wall is a window with square splay and semicircular-headed 

 light. Founder, unknown. '' Disert Miu-thill," 1302 ; " Disert 

 Miu'thaile," c. 1284i; "Desert Morehely," 1584; and " Killa- 

 dysert murhull."- 



146. Inisdadrttm: (Costet Island) Sheet 60. — Killadysert Parish. 



There are two churches. Brash^ describes the older building as 

 an oblong church, 16 feet 8 inches by 9 feet 10 inches. The 

 masonry is of large blocks, and the west door has a lintel and 

 inclined jambs. The east window is defaced. Founder, 

 Brendan,* a.d. 550. Imar, the Dane, and his sons were slain 

 at Inis da Dromand, and Inis Mor, a.d. 977, by the Irish^ ; and 

 " gold and silver, much wealth, and various goods," recovered 

 in the islands and their fortresses. 



147. Same. A chiu'ch not marked on map, but mentioned by Brash. 



148. Canons' Island (Atjgtjstinian Abbey), Sheet 60. — Killadysert 



Parish. The remains consist of a church, belfry, two side 

 chapels and domicile round an arcaded cloister. A gate-house 

 remains to the west. The east window has three plain lancets 

 under a large splay arch; the quoins were removed to 

 Killadysert chapel. The western door leading into the cloister 

 has a stoup with two opes in the right jamb ; the cloister had 

 pointed skew arches at each angle. The arcade had plain 

 piers and flag sills. The belfry is lofty and plain. The 

 west doorway, porch, and window of the church, are of 

 the fifteenth century. The window has two trefoil heads 

 and a square hood. Founder, Donaldmore O'Brien, c. 1189. 



1 " Wars of Torlough." 2 Dwyer, p. 499. 



* O'Hanlon, vol. v., p. 442. * P. 16. 



5 " Wars of the Gaedhil with the Gaill," p. 103. 



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