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Proccndings of the Royal Irkh Academy. 



Xilkellin and Kilkellin itself (charter). 1244 Adam de Anno held 

 Kilcallan at rent of a soar hawk and ^ mark of silver. Godfrey de 

 Anno was heir (C.S.P.I.). 1287 J. Daundon held it from Sir T. de 

 €lare, as of Any manor, at rent of one pair of furred gloves and six 

 pence {Ih.). Kalph Brun, of.Kilkelen, fined {lb., 155). The Browne 

 family appear to have held it thenceforward. 1583 T. Browne held 

 KylkyllaneC. and Camas (Des. R., 67b; Peyton, p. 13; Inq. Exch., 11). 

 1607 Grant of these to "Walter and E. Browne (Pat. B.). 1610 

 Edra. Baggott and D. O'Grady were granted Kilkillane. 1655 The 

 •decayed C. held by Teige O'Grady (C.S., xxxi., p. 22 ; D.S.A., 38). 



Caheecoeney. 



230. Rawleystown Couet (23). ^larked. The Rawleys or de 

 Raleics are one of the oldest Anglo-Norman families in Co. Limerick, 

 having settled there before 1222. In later days they have been 

 •confused with supposed descendants of Sir Walter Raleigh. (See 

 EitzGerald's assertions, vol. i., p. 305). 1587 Sir E. Eytton was 

 granted the head-rent of Jas. Rowley, of Ballinrowley (Ei. 5032). 

 1600 Pardon of Ric. Rowlie, or Raleigh, of Raleighstown, pardoned 

 after the Sugan Earl's rising (Ei. 6452). 1607 The head-rent of 

 Jas. Rawley, of Ballinrowely, granted to Nic. Haward (Pat. R.). 

 1609 C. held by D. O'Grady, of Kilballyowen (Inq. Chan., 2a), to 

 whom with Jas. Rawley it was granted, 1610 (Pat. R.). 1655 

 Rawlighstown C. ruinous, Redmond Rawley.' It was then part of 

 Kilpeacon Parish. A tower, with a garth and turrets at the angles 

 shown (D.S.A., 31-37; C.S., xxxi, p. 21). 1667 Lord Kin gstou 

 confirmed in it (Act Sett.). 1709 E. Croker held it. 



Fabric. — It probably dates from the reign of James I. ; traditior 

 -attributes it to Rawleys, and says that it had been sold to the Crokers 

 The enclosure is about 180 feet by 120 feet; it has a square turre 

 with loopholes at each corner, and walls 12 feet high and 4 feet thick 

 Within is a strong house, 80 feet by 30 feet, of three stories. Th( 

 two Down Survey maps show it as a battlemented peel tower in ; 

 square court, with turrets at each angle.^ 



^ Lenihan, p. 746, gives the epitaph (in the Church of the Recollects, Paris) c 

 " Messire Michel Raleigh de la famille de Raleighstown," Knight of the Order ( 

 ■St. Louis, died 1732, aged 76. The family still flourishes in Co. Limerick. 

 Plate XIII. 



