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IX 



THE A^^-CIENT CASTLES OF THE COUOTY OF LIMERICK ' 

 (CEOTRAL AIN-D SOUTH-EASTERN BARONIES). 



By THOMAS JOHNSON WESTROPP, M.A. 



[Plates XIIL-XY.] 



Eead June 25. Ordered for Publication June 27. Publislied Sept. 4, 1906. 



The second portion of a survey of the castles and peel towers of 

 Limerick- is intended to cover the Maigue valley and the adjoining 

 baronies down to the Galtees. The Connelloes are reserved, because 

 their natural and historical unity marks them o&. from the rest of the 

 county. "We, therefore, now examine Kenry and Pubblebrian, on the 

 Shannon, Coshmagh. which completes the Maigue valley, Small 

 County, and Coshlea, the latter leading us up into the beautiful glens 

 of Aherloe and Cloghnodfoy, under the great peaks of the Ballyhoura 

 Mountains and the Galtees. Several places of especial interest are 

 included — the towered rock of Carrigogunnell, the Desmonds' Castles 

 at the ford of Adare, and at Lough Gur, and the venerable Kilmallock: 

 We also are brought to such notable early sites as Knockaney, Knock- 

 long, and Duntrileague. We have made one slight alteration in treat- 

 ment by putting into their proper topographical positions notices of 

 certain traditional or badly attested sites of castles ; but we are careful 

 to mark them as ''doubtful." 



^ Continued from p. 108, stipra. 



- A full table of contractions is given, p. 74, supra. For ease of reference Ave 

 repeat the principal :— A.F.M., Annals of the Four Masters ; B.B.L., Black Book 

 of Limerick; B.D., Book of Distribution ; C, Castle; Dep., Deposition ; Des. E., 

 Desmond Roll, 1583; Fi., Fiants ; Inq., Inquisition (Chan., Chancery; Exch., 

 Exchequer); Len., Lenihan's "Limerick"; P.R.O.I., Public Eecord Office, 

 Ireland; R., Rolls ; R.I. A., Royal Irish Academy ; R.S.A.I., Royal Society of 

 Antiquaries, Ireland; S., Survey (D., Down; 0., Ordnance). 



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