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Falric. — A tall peel tower, one side in good preservation for its 

 full height ; the opposite side with the doorway, having a staircase to 

 the left, is levelled. It has two vaults and an upper room ; the 

 masonry and features are good, of well-cut limestone, and date from 

 the later fifteenth eentuiy. The usual ambreys and angle-slits occur ; 

 also a slight turret at the battlement. It stands on a low rock over- 

 looking the Maigue valley and northward into Clare. It is tradi- 

 tionally a ritzGerald tower. 



164. CuLLAM (12). Marked. 1201 Kildacolum held by Limerick 

 Cathedral (B.B.L., p. 14). 1651 It was defended by Capt. Thady 

 Burke, who surrendered to Sir H. Waller after a few shots had been 

 fired with sakers. Some men on the tower, being unaware of the 

 capitulation, fired, killed two of the] English, and wounded AValler, 

 who, convinced of the mistake, insisted that his men should spare 

 the Irish. 1655 Healy held KillacoUum ruinous C. (C.S., p. 11; 

 D.S.B., 16).^ 



Fabric. — The northern wall stands near the Maigue ; but all its 

 features are defaced. The lower story was vaulted. It had a bawn.. 



165. EiNEKiKKY in Mellon (4). jS'ot marked. 1569 Eynekirkey 

 C. in Kenry surrendered to the English (C.S.P.I.). 1583 The Knight 

 of Glan, Eoynkyrkey in Ardecanghe (Des. E., 74b; Peyton, 215; 

 Hardiman Map, 1590, No. 63). 1637 Eeinkirky and Mollane held 

 by Garrett EitzGerald (Inq. Chan., 227, 249) ; Mullane with a good 

 house and six small cottages, Gerrott oge and Morrish EitzGerald 

 (C.S., pp. 6, 7). 1703 Sold to Phineas Bury, who granted it to 

 T. Westropp, of Ballysteen, who in 1744-5 left it to his second son 

 Mountiford, whose descendants hold it. It is at the mouth of the 

 Maigue. 



COSHMAGH. 



This long and straggling barony is practically the valley of the 

 Maigue, as its name implies. The name "Foot of the Plain," or 

 "Bank of the Maigue,-" is evidently purposely contrasted with the 



1 Plate XIII. 



- " Magh " is perhaps the plain rather than the Maigue, as we find the compound 

 in the river Commogue, and also used for the Ahbey de Magio," i^o miles from 

 the Maigue. 



