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IX. 

 PLACE-NAMES AND ANTIQUITIES OF SJE. CORK 

 Part II. 

 r.y REV. PROFESSOE PATRICK POWER. 



[Read Decubii 10, 1917. Published Skptemher IS, 1<<1S.] 



Parish of Caiie: 



Th;~ which h the diocese of Cork and is of comparatively 



small extent, lies on the summit and along the southern slope of the high 

 ridge which run- _ he harony. Owing mainly to the 



id its consequent exposure to Anglicizing 

 influence?, its ancieir are neither numerous nor well preserved. 



r important. There is no Caherlag town- 

 village, a glebe, a church site, and 

 a g: _ . town] ind of Kilcoolishal. Caherlag (Cathair 



^:one-fort. The name appears as 



Lage in 12 -in 17'>7. : Mr. R A. Foley and 



•, both • bring special knowledge of local usage to 



: on the sul me the true Irish name is Cathair Laga (" Laga's 



>. There was a Laga, daughter of a King of Feara-Muighe, 



but it is n<>t neces-- Laga, the princess, and our Laga 



.ace-name are identical. The {>arish t<x>k its name from the church, 



and the latter got ite uion from the Cathair; and as this last was 



situated on a ridge summit, there is nothing about the locality to sug. 



a log or hollow. Almost certainly the original church was within, or beside, 



the cathair, of which, unfortunately, not a trace remains. Indeed, the church 



has almost as comph -peared as the fort, and, even as long ago as the 



time of the Ordnance S= native had ever seen any trace of 



either. Bishop Dive Downes, however, tells us> he saw the Church of 



Records, quoted by Brady, vol. i, : 

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