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Later the Ca?tle and demesnes were granted to Sir John Davis, bv 

 whom they were assigned to llichard Aylworth (Smith's "History of 

 Waterford," p. 103). 



T. 2. Kilharry was granted to the Templars by the Charter of 

 Henry II already cited, where it is described as "the vill near 

 AYaterford whose church is dedicated to St. Earry." Kilbarry is 

 situate about one mile from Waterford, and within the ancient 

 Liberties of the City, on the road to Tramore. Possibly the marsh 

 whicli adjoins it is the " small marsh between the King's houses 

 and the sea, near Waterford," mentioned in Henry II's Charter. 

 According to Archdall, the manors of Kilbarry, Crook, and Kilclogan 

 were assigned in 1311 to the support of the destitute dispossessed 

 Templars throughout Ireland ; but they ultimately passed to the 

 Hospitallers (" Monasticon Hibernicum," p. 228). Kilbarry was 

 granted at the dissolution to Thomas, tenth Earl of Ormond, in fee- 

 farm, and by him assigned to Thomas Wadding (Smith's "History 

 of Waterford," pp. 99, 100 ; and see Fiant Elizabeth, 2592). 



3. Killure is situate in the Earony of Gualtier, three miles from 

 Waterford. According to Ware, it belonged, like Crook and Kilbarry, 

 " first to the Templars and after to the Hospitallers." But I can find 

 no evidence of any Templar foundation. Killure is certainly not 

 included in the Grant of Henry II to which that Order owed the two 

 latter commanderies ; nor is it mentioned either in the list of Templar 

 possessions in 1307, or in the certificate of 1326. Eut even more 

 conclusive than this negative evidence is the record of a suit heard 

 at Waterford, in the year 1300, in which " Erother Hughes, Precep- 

 tor of the House of Killeur, Attorney of the Priory of St. John of 

 Jerusalem in Ireland, was plaintiff " (Calendar of Justiciary Eolls 

 of Ireland, p. 300). After the dissolution it was leased in 1578 with 

 Crook to Robert Woodford, and in 1583 to Nicholas Aylmer (Fiants 

 Elizabeth, 3227 and 4159). According to Charles Smith (" History 

 of Waterford," p. 104), it was subsequently granted to Francis Felton, 

 by whom it was assigned to Laurence, Lord Esmonde. 



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T 1 . Eilclogan, now known as Templetown, is situate in the Barony 

 of Shelburne, about two miles from Fethard, and two miles from 

 the outer entrance to Waterford Harbour. The precise origin of 

 this foundation cannot be traced. The grants to the Templars in 

 Henry II's Charter, which speaks of " the Church of St. Alloch 



