22 Proceedings or the Royal Irish Academy. 



Inse mhor— "Large River-holm." 

 Poirtin— " Little Embankment " ; a field. 

 Leacan — "Glen-slope"; a field. 



Parish of Ballydeloher. 



Ballydeloher parish is. like Ardnageeha, within the Diocese of Cork. It 

 is of small extent, and generally of very hilly character. Its name, which it 

 does not at present share with any townland, is ancient ; we find it, under 

 the form Ballydnfloythyr in the Papal Taxation of 1291. The taxation form, 

 supplemented by the local pronunciation, furnishes a key i<> its derivation — 

 Baile Duibhe Luachra — "Homi Black Rushes." Present-day features 



offer little explanation of the name. There is neither hog nor morasses where 

 rushes might be found; the present Brookville, however, before drainage, must 

 have produced them in plenty. " Dia<-k" rushes appear to he the withered stalks. 

 In this d it may he well to state that Luachairre also signifies bad 



ther, ami Ihihh Luachair is used figuratively for the dark season of 

 the year — February. Mr. Richard Foley, whose local knowledge is exact 

 ami minute, thinks the name is Baile L'i Dubhluachair, "O'Deloghei 

 II imestead." Tradition, as e in the name of the Glebe (Kilruane 

 ami Hoi) Well Ruane . attributes foundation of the church to a 

 St. Ruane o r Ruadanus. Speculation as to identity of our present Ruadan 

 is futile; almost certainly there wen- many saints ami church founders of 

 the nam which coi nave and chancel, was standing, 

 though ruinous, in L615.' To-day nothing remains of the building, which 

 must h h of. and run parallel with, the present small 

 Protestant church. Greater part of the parish is demesne land, hence 

 antiquities are few; a holy well, a pillar-sto r two. and some lioses 



exhaust the list. 



I Nt.ANI'S. 



Balltvistkalk, Baile Ifhisteil — " Mitchel'a Homestead." Area, 250a. 

 There are t ; . circular, and quadrangular, and one 



pillar-stone 



1». Bin Bhuide— " Yellow Field." 



The Close Dove; a held. I> • - almost certainly for Dubh, black. 



■ Tl 3 V from a dallan, 5 feet high 8 feet in girth, which 



ads therein on Fenton's farm). Within "The St,, no Field" wa 

 souterrain, now closed up, which connected with a lios now prosti 



Canon Lyons, Cork Archaeol. Journal, \"1 lii. \>. 66. I: ■> .1 Visitation. 



