Westkopp — Ancient C/rurc/ies in Co, Limerick. 357 



Donaldmore O'Brien, a tombstone, with four lions round a Celtic 

 cross, 1194; Bishop Donat, 1208; the Bultingforts and Galweys, 

 1404-45; John Budston, 1427; John Fox, Prior of Holycross, 

 Limerick, 1519 ; Dean Gefey Arthur, 1519 ; Dean Andrew Creagh 

 (after 1543) ; J. and E. Harold, 1529 ; Bishop Cornelius O'Dea, 1434, 

 restored 1621 ; Donough, Earl of Thomoud, 1619, restored 1678 ; 

 Bishop Bernard Adams, 1626 ; Thomas Mahon, and A. Creagh, 1631 ; 

 Standish Hartstonge, 1663; AY. Yorke, 1679; Samuel Barrington, 

 1693. And of later monuments — Lord Glentworth (Pery), 1844; 

 S. Barriugton, 1842; Bishop Jebb, 1833 ; Thomas AYestropp^ " 1830 " 

 {recte, 1839) ; and Col. Thomas Gloster, 1861 — a hero in the Peninsular 

 War. Bells, ^^c. — A peal of bells was given by John Budston, 1401 ; 

 another by W. Yorke, 1679, still extant ; the caryed Misereres, c. 1480, 

 of black oak, are well preserved. Descriptions — Thomas Dyneley's 

 Tour, 1680-81 (Journal ll.S.A.l., viii., 1866, p. 343)'\yare's "Bishops," 

 ed. Harris; Histories of Limerick, by W. Eerrar, 1767; Bev. 

 P. Fitzgerald, and J. J. MacGregor, 1827; Maurice Lenihan, 1866; 

 and Eev. J. Dowd, 1896 ; Guide Books to the Cathedral, by Rev. 

 Canon Meredyth, 1883 and 1887, and Rev. J. J)owd, 1899. Journal 

 R. S.A.I. , Monuments, by M. Lenihan, 1866, p. 334 ; Mitre of Bishop 

 Thomas Arthur, vii., Ser. iv., p. 369 ; Carvings and History, by 

 T. J. AYestropp, ih., xxii. (1892) ; Plan and Growth of Cathedral, ih., 

 xxviii. ; Limerick Field Club Journal, vol. i,, part 3 ; Crozier of 

 Bishop Cornelius O'Dea, and Mitre, <'The Reliquary," July, 1893; 

 Carved Oak Seats, by D. A. Walters, Ecclesiologist," 1861 ; 

 Limerick Cathedral restored. 



2. St. Munchln's Church. — Parish and Prebend. It is reputed 

 to be the oldest church in Limerick ; and its foundation is attributed to 

 St. Mainchiu,^ son of Sedna, son of Cass (king, 400), who was cousin of 

 Cairthin Finn, the first Christian king, and lived c. 480-500. It was 

 used by the Cliristianised Ostmen as a cathedral. " Ecc. Sci. Manchini," 

 1201 ; numerous deeds relate to it.- Fahric — It has been rebuilt on 

 many occasions; the present church only dates from 1827. The 

 Hardiman map^ shows the church as a building with aisle, side chapel. 



1 **Mart. of Donegal," p. 351. 



2 In August, 1698, it was "out of repah- for Divine Service" ; it held a third of 

 the tithes of Kilrush. "Limerick Terriers," V. E. 0. I., No. 12. 



A portion of this most interesting map, showing the English town, is repro- 

 duced in R.S. A. L, xxxiv., p. 177. The date, 1590, is, of course, only upproxi- 

 ouate, as the corners of the original are cut away, with possibly the surveyor's 



