"Westropp — On the Churches of County Clare. 165 



155. KixMiTREY MacMahois^, Sheet 58. — Parish church. Entirely 



destroyed in 1819 to build the modem Protestant chm-ch. It 

 had in 1640 a fine monument of the MacMahon, 1460.^ 



156. KJNOCK, Sheet 58. — Kilmumj Parish. Entirely levelled, it stood 



in Kilmore demesne. It was a parish church " Cnoc " in 1302. 



157. KiLxncEE, Sheet 67. — Parish church, 50 feet 6 inches by 17 feet. 



The east window was ancient, round-headed, and well cut in 

 gritstone, the sides inclined. The west gable has a broken bell- 

 chamber. The south door is pointed, near it is a rude door now 

 closed. Founder, St. Emeria, locally " lomaigh," traditionally 

 a contemporary of St. Senan. Her "leac" and well lie to the 

 east. "Killadmyr" in 1302. 



Baeont of Motaeta. 



158. Xtt.feaeagh, Sheet 56. — The gable of a late eighteenth century 



church alone remains. Founder, Eiachra. " Killif eheragh " 

 (Kelliheneragh), 1302. Perhaps, " Cil Eiabra," near Kilkee, 

 in O'Brien's Eental, 1390. It was rebuilt early in the last 

 centuiy by the llacdonnells of Erlkee.^ 



159. Bishop's Island (" Illatjn- an Espig Goeiaig"), Sheet 56. — Kil- 



fearagh Parish. Two very ancient dry stone buildings and 

 two plain pillars stand on an inaccessible sea rock, 215 feet 

 high, and are clearly visible at no great distance from the 

 opposite cliff. The oratory is about 18 by 12 feet ; the walls, 

 2 feet 7 inches thick, with a lintelled east window and south 

 door. West from it lies a circular clochan, 115 feet in circum- 

 ference, with a domed roof built in stages externally, and a 

 lintelled door to the east. Description, "W. "Wakeman, in 

 " Archseologia Hibernica," p. 58. "Waring, Plate vi., fig. 9. 



160. KiLKEE, Sheet 56. — Kilfearagh Parish. Is said to derive its name 



from a lost chuixh of St. Caeide, near his well. The place is 

 " Cil Caeidi," in O'Brien's rental, 1390. 



161. Ejlnamanoeha, Sheet 56. — Kilfearagh Parish, near Poulnishery 



Bay. 



1 Bruodinus, "Propugnaculum," book v., chap. xvii. - Mason, p. 431. 



