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Travellers between Limerick and Kerry know well that beautiful view 

 from the railway as it curves round Barna Hill, overlooking the whole 

 northern part of Co. Limerick, out to Cork, Tipperary, and Clare, from the 

 Galtees to Aughty. There were eight forests here in 1586, spread over Barna 

 itself, and the glens of Glanbane and Kyllhealnaglan. One of these woods 

 covered at least four quarters of land. Six others lay along the hilly western 

 edge of Kilcolman, near Shanid (102) ; and five with a mine and a fishery at 

 the brook, Gayley, lay near Templeclee (Athea) (121). Portrinard manor and 

 castle, the successor of Curoi's fortress of Tara Luachra, had woods extending 

 from Athea to the Feal river (170). Dyrren Maymoore had also a notable 

 forest, probably of oak-trees, near Templeclee (174). 



There were twelve parcels of plantation between Graunsha or New- 

 grange and the hills. I find them vaguely located, save that of Glendalough 

 on the flank of the hills. It was evidently a large oak-wood fl44). Another 

 lay at Ballyrala (236). Knockamony in Templegianton, and Caherlawerr 

 near it, had wood ; at the last was a mine of some unspecified mineral. 

 Kyllconeleye on Slieve Glanton had two forests, with underwoods, called 

 Laekekyll, Coyneleye, and Beall Anegall (174a). 



KiLLEEDY. — Next to Glaunowhiun lay the manor of Killydye ; it had 

 three forests in Glandowell and other woods in Kyllerogh. No less than 

 sixteen woods are named round Kyntogher, running on towards Newcastle. 

 Ballyquirke wood in Monagay, or Monaghadair ; Glananurlare wood, with a 

 third " Ayeria accipetrum vocat Goshawkes," and three others are named 

 (133-143). The Survey ascends the valleys near Clenlishe, with the wood of 

 Seveneclonlese, Lisnesallagh (fort of the sallow trees) and ten specified woods, 

 making vague mention of many others with timber trees and an ironstone 

 mine. A wood covered three quarters of land and sixty acres in Glandavoure, 

 Glannecappagh,and the neighbourhood, with six other woods, divers unspecified 

 woods, underwoods, and thickets, some underwoods of twenty acres, thirds of 

 woods with thickets, giving, despite the vague details, a clear impression of 

 the weary commissioners and their staff breaking down in their attemj)t to 

 record the endless leafy wilderness of glens and stream valleys, verdant hills, 

 and lonely forests in the heart of Slieve Luachra. 



The Woods in 1665. 



(26) Some seventy years, pregnant with change, had passed away ; 

 twice civil wars had swept over the land ; the last ended with the fall of 

 Limerick in 1651. Now was to be commenced a greater confiscation than 

 even that of 1586, and up-to-date surveys were required. As we adopted 

 Peyton for our basis of the survey in the reign of Elizabeth, so now we 



