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traces of vaulting. A curious feature is the outward splay of the opes; 

 evidently the design was defence rather than light. Ballyroberta was a 

 Barrymore castle in the seventeenth century, and as such it was besieged in 

 1645 by the Earl of Castlehaven. 1 Probably destruction and final abandon- 

 ment of the castle date from the Confederate period. Thenceforward, 

 owing to the development of ordnance, there would be but little inducement 

 to castle-rebuilding. There is a sketch of the castle in the Windelc MSS., 12 

 I, 11. It. LA. p. 2.39. Close to, and partly underneath, the east boundary 

 fence of the townland is a rather noted Holy "Well, popularly dedicated to the 

 Blessed Virgin under the title of Lady's "Well, with devotions on August 15th. 

 The Pattern had degenerated into a scene of drunkenness and faction- 

 fighting, till it was finally abolished, nearly a century since, by Mr. Mackey 

 and the local clergy. At date of my visit the well was in a very neglected 

 condition — dirty, bare, and nearly empty. Close to the well, separated, 

 however, from the latter by a fence, and, therefore, within the townland of 

 Grange, is a pillar-stone, at which " rounds " are also made ! perhaps it 

 would be more correct to say that the well " rounds " were prolonged to the 

 pillar-stone. 2 The lios is a remarkable specimen, covering about an acre of 

 ground, and defended by no fewer than three perfect concentric ramparts, 

 of no great height or strength. This fine monument will be found within 

 Mr. Mackey's lawn close to the entrance lodge. Near the lios there was found 

 in 1838 a fibula of pure gold, which was sold in Dublin for £27. 



S.DD. Poll Buidhe— " Yellow Hole," from the yellowish, marly soil. The 

 name is applied to a field within which is a fox-covert. 



Tobar na Faille—" The Cliff Well," by the riverside. 



Clais na gCoinini — " Trench of the Babbits." 



Pairc na Mona— "Turf Field." 



Ballytrasna, Baile Trasna — "The Homestead Across (the Stream)." 

 Area, 419 a. 



Ballytrasney (Inq. Car. I.). 



There is a single circular lios of medium size on Ivis's farm. 



S.DD. Collatrom (O.M.). This is the name of a stream which tonus 

 the eastern boundary of townland, parish, and barony. There is a place "i 

 the same name in the parish of Kilbrogan, near Bandon, ami in the latter 

 case Canon Lyons 3 renders it Caladh-Trom, i.e., " Holm of the Elder- 

 bushes." Prof. O'Donoghue thinks it most probable the name is Caladh. 



1 Vid. Waterford Aichaeol. Journal, vol. x, p. !•. 



2 See under Grange, infnt. 



3 Cork Archaeological Journal, vol. ii (1893), p. !t. 



