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Kilcoana (Kilquane) churches ; officials of Emly intruded ; a robber from 

 Adare fled through it to Cork ; Eccholy McEnery took other felons who fled 

 from it, and certain robbers took refuge with Donell O'Brien, evidently of 

 Aherloe.' The villate of Dermeho (Darrach Mochua) was fined for harbour- 

 ing a man who stole two horses from one Nevin O'Cahel, and it supplied a 

 juror, who, of course, was resident in Fontymchill cantred. When, however, 

 we turn to]the other record (eliminating all the names in Carbry), we have 

 even weightier evidence, for there appear fugitives to the churches of Kil- 

 malloek (Kylmehalloc), Effyn, Duntrileague, and Dermeho f one of the 

 jurors (necessarily of the district) lived at Effyn ; inhabitants of Kilmallock 

 appear as residents. Among the jurors is a Martell of the family of Mortells- 

 town, near Kilfinnane, and a Meagh of Villa Marriott (and Kilmallock). One 

 of the Bailiffs of Fontymchyll is Eobert Fot, of a family owning Fotisland, 

 Kilmallock.' Another juror, Thomas Russell, is of Sawyu (the ancient battle- 

 field of Samhain, or Knock Sawna, at Tankardstown) and the villate of 

 Stephen Godmond (Downgodmond* in Particles Parish), all appear. This 

 seems decisive that Ardpatrick in the 1199 grant was, like all the other 

 places, in Fontymchyll, and that Fontymchyll closely corresponded to the 

 west part of the barony of Ooshlea, with Kilmallock and part of Coshmagh 

 west and south of the Morning Star.* This entirely disposes of theories based 

 on the alleged " doubtful location of the cantred of Fontymkill," and 

 establishes the correctness of the identifications of Eev. John Begley and 

 myself, that " it lay to the west and south-west of Kilmallock," and to " the 

 south-east" of that place.* In the same way, I may add that Huamerith is 

 not the alleged imidentified place depending on " the slight indications given 

 by Huidhrin," for (as the Cathreim Thoirdhealbhaigh' shows) it lay near 

 Sixmilebridge in Co. Clare. I write this only to clear a point of topography 



' Domhnall Carrach Ua Brian was chief of the Cuanach line late in the thirteenth 

 century. 



- For these places see Proc. R.I. Acad., vol. xxv, pp. 419, 423-7, and vol. xxvi, 

 pp. 173, 189. 



^ Black Book of Limerick, p. 68, circa 1234, and Fotislac in 1290, p. 67. 



^ There was also a Stephenstown in Athenessie, 1655 (Civil Survey, vol. xxv, p. 11). 



° In addition Fontymkill was one of the eastern cantreds which supplied the levy of 

 hobilers and foot soldiers against Mac Brene of Nathirlagh (Aherlo), the western half 

 beyond the Maigue not being assessed (Pat. Roll Irish, anno xxxii Edw. III. 1358, 

 No. 10). 



^ Mr. Orpen's paper, loc. cit., p. 87. 



^ " They coasted along the Cratalachs . . . entered into Ui Aimrid . . . past hazel woody 

 Baile maoil caisil towards . . . CuUane," May, 1318. It extended (as we see) to the 

 Shannon in 1199. There was another sept of Ui Aimbrit, which, perhaps, was a colony 

 from Thomond, or sent a colony to the debatable land at Tradraighe. It dwelt in 

 Ciarhaighe Luachra, or North Kerry. 



