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late Mr. Eobert Yere O'Brien. Be8cri])tion — T. J. Westropp, in Proc. 

 E.I.A., Ser. 3, vol. vi., p. 153. 



19. KiLLEELY (5). — A parish. Attributed on late " authority " to 

 St. Lelia the virgin, sister of St. Munchin ; her day was August 11th. 

 John Pincerna warranted the lands of Killele to Bishop Hubert, 1250 

 (B.B.L., p. 50). Kilheil, 1302. Priorsland, to the north of Thomond 

 Bridge, and Pfarrenykilly belonged to St. Mary's House. It was the 

 glebe land of the rector of Kileely, and held by the parson, March, 1615 

 (Inq., p. 163). Fabric — The walls and gables stood in ruins in 1657 

 (Petty, p. 63). The graveyard alone remains. 



Churches South of the Eiver. 



20. St. Patrick's Church, Singland (0. S. 5), Parish and Pre- 

 bend. — St. Patrick is stated to have baptised Cairthenn, son of Blatt, 

 chief of the Dalcassians, the children of Toirdelbach, at Sengal, about 

 440 Tripartite Life, "x. cent.,ed. W.Stokes, p. 207). Monkishlegend 

 derived the place-name from " Sois aingel,'' because another angel " 

 than " Victor " appeared to the Saint. A great victory was gained by 

 Ceallachan, of Cashel, over the Norse at Saingeal (Wars Gr. G.) in 943. 

 Sengola, 1201, Eathgerallan, and Dromohiba pertained to it, 1 224. A 

 charter of Bishop Hubert, ante 1250, and a quit claim of John de 

 Penrys to Sennkyll, to be held in pious memory of Bishop Eobert 

 (died 1275), remain (B. B. L., xlviii.). Sen na ghauil, 1410 ; Sangole^ 

 (valor), 1591 ; St. Patrick in Singlelandprope civitatem," 1615. On 

 July 18th, 1597, the Dean, Chapter, and Yicars Choral granted to 

 James Cromwell, Singleland, of which the mearings were, Aghnebegh, 

 Curraghbirrin, Frelinfourde, or Aghkillfellin, or Cloghanenemagarte ; 

 along with the ''personages" and vicarages of Corkmohead, Drom- 

 collohon, Killmyde, Cloencath, Cloneltie, and Killmollanie, with their 

 chapels and " gleabes " to be "paid at the stone within the said 

 cathedral" (P.E. 0. 1., Deeds and Wills, Ko. 6). ^^Y^— The grave- 

 yard alone remains. A broken round tower and ruined church are 

 shown on the Down Survey map, 1657 (p. 13),- and were levelled in 

 1776 (Pitzgerald, ii., p. 561); near them stood the Singland battery in 

 the sieges of 1690-91. 



21. Killalee (5). — Kelilin, 1410, Kilelie de Douaghmore, 1614; 



^ Sengolhad a sanctuary, B.B.L., p. 11. Molago, of Saingel, was commemorated 

 August 13th. 



- See copy, Plate XII. 



