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shown as the saint's bed. The structure is unfortunately decayed and 

 the south wall injured ; little would get it into secure repair, and this 

 little, in justice to posterity, ought to be done. There are some 

 remarkable carved stones; the "Saints' stone" was found by Mr. 

 Charles Elcock in 1884. Its head is cut so as to form two bold 

 " scallops " ; in the centre is a bald and bearded head in high relief, 

 surrounded by six bosses decorated with raised crosses, knots and frets. 

 Several stone altars remain surmounted by crosses ; the north-east 

 cross is fairly perfect, with a tapering shaft and a round unpierced 

 head. Another cross is richly carved, it has squares at the centre and 

 ends of the head, foot and arms, and is enclosed by a circle. A third 

 is boldly cut in relief, the base has a key pattern ; the fifth is a great 

 cross, 6 feet 6 inches high, it had expanding arms and head and a 

 circle ; there are also fragments of another richly carved encircled 

 cross and of some circular cloghauns. 



The parish church of Moyruss (Plate xxv., fig. 1), though late and of 

 little interest compared with the last, is worthy of a visit. It is finely 

 situated, near a beautiful strand, on Eoundstone Bay, with a noble view 

 of the Twelve Bens. It is oblong in plan, and measures internally 

 18 feet 10 inches by 39 feet. The east window was broken, even in 

 1838; it was originally glazed, and is 8^ inches wide. The north wall is 

 featureless, save for the lower stones of two inclined jambs; the west 

 gable is also blank, save for an ambrey 2 feet long. The south wall 

 has a beautiful late door, round-headed, and recessed, of two orders, 

 the edges neatly moulded, with leaves at the ends of the mouldings 

 and stop-pieces inside, the piers being chamfered. The outer face was 

 intact in 1838, and a sketch appears in the "Letters" it has since 

 fallen, and only the inner face remains. The south window is oblong 

 and plainly chamfered ; the walls are coarsely built of granite and 

 quartzite, 33 inches thick ; the west gable and S.W. comer are much 

 shaken. The Lackshinnagh lies to the north towards the shore ; it is 

 mentioned by O'Flaherty, in 1684, as being kept in the church at 

 Moyruss, dedicated to the saint Sinnagh Mac Dara, where his festival 

 was kept on July 16th. 



We did not visit Croaghnakeela, nor could we find^any description 

 of its church ; the Ordaance Survey letters imply that it has vanished, 

 and that only some cairns remain, said to be over the graves of some 

 persons who died of starvation. Of the castle near the creek at Ard 

 east, only foundations remain. 



St. Ccelan's day was kept at Moyruss on February 3rd. 



We saw no forts, cromlechs, or pillar stones, though the place 



