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but, though uo traces of a vallum now survive, an artificial earthwork may 

 once have crowned it. 



Pairc a Dallain — " Field of the Pillar-Stone"; this is on Stewart's farm ; 

 but the monument has disappeared. 



Old Court, Seana Chuirt — Idem. Area 17 a. 



S.D. Tobar na Spaineach — "The Spaniards' Well," because Spanish 

 vessels trading to Cork took their fresh-water supply hence. 



Eingacoltig, Einn a Chomhaltaigh — Meaning uncertain. O'Donovan 1 

 makes it " Promontory of the Fleet," and no doubt ships in number waited 

 off the point for fresh water and a favourable wind. The qualifying word is 

 undoubtedly comhaUach, but it is not so easy to determine the sense in 

 which it is used. Area, 135 A. 



There was one lios, of medium size, on Kirby's farm, but it exists no 

 longer. 



Elngmekn, Einn Mhin— " Smooth Green Promontory." Area, 251 a.= 



Eynemyne (D.S.E.). 



S.DD. Newtown, a small subdivision. 



Ban na gCloch — " Field of the Stones "; another (or the same) sub-division. 

 The clocha here are not pillar-stones, but ordinary surface boulders. Newtown 

 and Ban na gCloch seem to be names applied to the same area. 



Parish of Clonjiult. 



This is not of more than medium extent, and it embraces an undulating, 

 or rather decidedly hilly, country, with a limited area of mountain. The 

 place-names are as interesting as the physical character of the country would 

 lead one to expect — that is, they are above the average in variety and 

 importance. Though the parish name be the name of a townland within 

 the parish, singularly enough it is not the name of the townland on which 

 the ancient parish church stands. The antiquities comprise slight remains 

 of the ancient church, a holy well, some pillar-stones, two other early church 

 sites, an unusually large number of lioses, and the remains of a earn, with its 

 stone circle. Portion of the parish runs into the neighbouring barony of 

 Kinataloon. 



1 Ordnance Survey Field Book. 



2 Ownership of Ringmeen and Ballinterry was the subject of a lawsuit in 1634, when 

 it was established that these lands were the ancient patrimony of the Barrys. Later on, 

 in the same seventeenth century, the two ploughlands in question were declared forfeit to 

 the Crown, and were granted by King James II to the ancestors of Lord Midleton. Dr. 

 Caulfield, by the way, thinks that Ballinterry may be the present Ballyleary. (Cork 

 Archaeol. Journal, vol. xxi, p. 17S.) 



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