O'Keilly— 0/^/ Churches of Kill-of -the- Grange, 8fc. Ill 



Bruigen, Luigen, Luicell, Macha, and Riomhtach (6th March) ; and 

 who are supi^osed to liave flourished about the sixth century. 

 Together with the lands, the church came into the possession of the 

 Priory of the Holy Trinity before the English Conquest (Norman 

 Invasion ?), and was subsequently confirmed to it by the Archbishop 

 of Dublin and the Pope. After the dissolution of the priory, it 

 became a portion of the dignity of the Dean of Christ Church ; and 

 appears to have been served in the sixteenth century by the chaplains 

 of Dalkey. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, in 1615, 

 it was roofless, as it has since remained." 



On page 96 of vol. i., Mr. Ball gives an excellent photo-engraving 

 of the western doorway: (see also O'Hanlon's Lives of the Irish 

 Saints," vol. iii., p. 196). The plan of this church herewith submitted 

 (p. 112) presents characteristics of marked interest. The western door 

 (of which a photo-engraving is given, as abeady stated by Mr. Ball, 

 in his "History of the County Dublin," vol. i., p. 96) is well preserved, 

 and presents the following dimensions : height from sill to soffit of 

 lintel, 187-5 cm. (6' 1*87") ; breadth at sill, 72 cm. (2' 4-35") ; breadth 

 under lintel, 61 cm. (2') ; thickness of western wall on sill (south 

 side), 83-5 cm. (2' 8-88"), (north side) 84 cm. (2' 9-07") ; thickness of 

 wall under the lintel (south side), 79 cm. (2' 7-1"), (north side) 

 78 cm. (2' 6-71"). The batter of the wall is therefore very well 

 marked, and so far favour's the presumed antiquity of the building. 

 The material employed is much the same as that of the chui^h on 

 Dalkey Island, that is, granite roughly worked, and the mica-schist 

 of the neighbouring hill, and that now to be found in Killiney Park, 

 with the use of abundant " spawls." The present south-eastern window 

 of the nave is relatively large, mullioned, and well worked in granite, 

 with full splay on the interior side ; it may be taken as of relatively 

 recent construction. There is no trace of there having been a small 

 narrow opening here, as occurs in the other churches already described. 

 The chancel, however, shows an opening at its south-east corner, but 

 in a ruined state, so that the original dimensions cannot now be 

 determined; the remaining edge of the window is at 161cm. 

 (5' 3-39") distance from the exterior south-eastern corner of the 

 building, and therefore is comparable in this respect to the corre- 

 sponding opening of Dalkey town church, as described in my previous 

 Paper. The eastern opening of the chancel is well preserved, has an 

 aperture of 16 cm. (6-3"), and a height of aperture of about 76 cm. 

 (2' 5-92"), with perpendicular jambs, and so far showing no inclina- 

 tion of these sides. The splay on the interior is about 86 cm. 



