270 CONIFER. (Taxus. 
I. In several places about Kenmare and some fine trees in 
Ardtully demesne, 1904 ; about the Cloonee Lakes, especially 
fine on an island in the Middle Lake, 1900-12.—II. Sparingly 
about Kenmare, Blackwater bridge, Darrynane, 1904, and 
more frequently in the Owenreagh valley south of the Upper 
Killarney Lake, 1909.—III. Sparingly in the Lickeen woods, 
Glencar, 1911.—IV. In Beaufort woods and two or three fine 
trees by Dunloe Castle, 1901 ; sparingly on the west side of 
the Purple Mountain, 1904, and very sparingly above Lough 
Gouragh in the Hag’s Glen, Reeks, 1911 ; in the Glencar 
valley and on the east side of Caragh Lake near the Sugar- 
loaf, 1913.—V. About Fermoyle, Brandon Bay, 1905.— 
VI. Plentiful about all the Killarney Lakes and on most of 
their islands as well as about the Long Range, &c., 1888- 
1914, sparingly in Glenflesk, 1904.—VII. Frequent in Bally- 
seedy demesne east of Tralee, 1890.—VIII. About Ardfert 
Abbey, &c., 1907 ; in Ballinruddery demesne near Listowel, 
1899.—IX. About Lislaughtin Abbey near Ballylongford, 
1904: R.W.S. 
From sea-level, to 1,275 feet above Lough Gouragh, 
Reeks, and to 1,550 feet beside Lough Glas on the Purple 
Mountain (R.W.S.). 
First record in 1756: Dr. Smith, Hist. of Kerry, p. 382, 
No. 97. 
There can be no doubt that the Yew like the Arbutus and 
the Oak was formerly much more abundant in Kerry than 
it isnow. The Irish equivalents for this tree—eo (o’ or yo’) 
and iubhar (oor or yure), and eochaill (ohill) a yew wood 
enter frequently into the county place-names. In several 
of these localities, however, as at Aughils on the north side 
of Castlemain Harbour where it must once have been a 
prominent feature not a tree is now to be seen. Dr. Smith, 
writing in 1756, states in his History of Kerry, p. 382, that 
“it grew in prodigious quantities on the mountains of all 
our southern baronies, until it was destroyed for making 
coals for the iron-works”’ ; it is now quite a rare tree in 
Kerry outside the Killarney lake district and most probably 
cannot claim to be native in some of the stations given above. 
Many fine trees may still be seen about Killarney. The 
Muckross Abbey Yew was mentioned by Dr. Smith in 1756 as 
one of the tallest he had ever seen and as even then over- 
shadowing the whole cloister, while in 1780, Arthur Young, 
in his ‘‘ Tour in Ireland” states it to be “the most pro- 
digious ’’ he had ever beheld and as then measuring 2 feet in 
diameter and 14 feet in height. In 1904, this tree was found 
