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Froeeedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



of a "Santito" situated on the south shore of the Bay of Comillas, 

 province of Santander, of rehatiyely recent construction, and having a 

 Tbelfry exactly like that of Dalkey church. 



"While the first part of these extracts show an interesting relation 

 between early Christian Architectru'e in Spain, and that found to 

 exist in Ireland at ahout the same period, the second, descriptive of 

 the early church or " Oratory " architecture of Ireland, would rather 



