Westropp — On the Churches of County Clare. 169' 



176. Same, Temple Sena^, An oratoiy built of flagstones, 32 feet 



3 inches by 13 feet. The north and south walls have fallen, 

 except a fragment of the last. The gables remain ; they were 

 rebuilt from 6 feet above the present level of the gi'ound. 

 The east window is lintelled ; there is a small lintelled window 

 in the west gable which was crowned by a socket and cross 

 which had fallen before 1839. 



177. Same, Seipeal Beg Shenan. An oratory, 1 1 feet 7 inches by 9 feet 



8 inches, stands near the last ; the east window is lintelled ; 

 the sills of the south door and vmidow remain. 



178. Same, jSTameless Oeatoet, 30 feet 3 inches by 16 feet 6 inches. It 



is levelled to its foundations, and lies at the west end of Temple- 

 Senan. 

 179 to 185. Iniscatuaoe Scatteey Island, Sheet 67. — Kilrush Parish. 

 The island lies opposite Kilrush, and possesses six churches, and 

 a fine archaic looking round tower, over 100 feet high, and 

 52 feet 4 inches in circumference. The corbelled door is on 

 the ground level. Founder, St. Senan, son of Gerrchin, of 

 Moylough (a man of good family in Corcovaskin), about a.d. 520. 

 It suffered much from the ravages of the Danes and English. 

 It was a bishopric till 1188. " Inis Cathaig," a.d. 86I.1 

 Descriptions — There is a large amount of printed material relat- 

 ing to this Island. We need only note — Dyneley (1680); 

 E.S.A.I., 1866; Lady Chatterton's "Eambles"; Dutton, 

 p. 304 ; Dwyer, p. 499 ; Keane, p. 377 ; Frost, p. 80 ; Miss 

 Stokes (Plate 20); Malone, E.S.A.I., 1874; T. J. "Westropp, 

 E.S.A.I., 1897, p. 276 (who collects the earlier notices). 

 Illustrations are given by Miss Stokes, J. Trost, and T. J. 

 Westropp. Tested as a jSTational Monument. 



179. Same, The Cathedeal. — 68 feet 4 inches by 27 feet 6 inches. 



The lower parts of the walls are early, with large masonry ; the 

 upper parts are of flagstones. The west gable has antae and a 

 door with lintel and inclined jambs. The south windows have 

 been replaced, probably in the fifteenth century, by trefoil -headed 

 slits. The east end is of the same period, and has a fine pointed 

 window, which had two trefoil-headed lights, with a quatrefoil 

 above them, but the shaft has fallen. A mitred head is carved 

 on the keystone. A sacristy adjoins the building at the north- 

 east corner, and there are two pointed doors near the west end. 



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