Westropp — Ancient ChurcJtcs in Co. Limerick. 38-3 



87. Knoce:nagranshy(22). — In same. One of the granges named in 

 the charter of 1185. Henry Hammond and Alex, de Rupe f ought 

 at " ^^ywegraimge, near the Ahbey of Magio," in 1319. The latter 

 gave two wounds, and received three from Henry, who fell dead on 

 the spot. Thereupon Henry's " alumnus " struck Roche dead with a 

 lance. It was found that all three were felons, and their lands forfeit 

 to the Crown (Plea E., xii Ed. II., m. 54). Cnocknegranshye, 

 1584 (O'Brien's Inq.). Fabric — A ruined church and a well, called 

 Toberlaughten, remain. 



88. Ceean (31).— Same. Chapel of Cran, given with Magio, 1410. 

 Site — A burial-place at Crean, to south-west of Manister. 



89. KiLCTJRLT (22). — Same. Ceall mac Cerill, given toMagio, 1185- 

 1200. Kilkerely, held by Magio at the dissolution, 1540 (King, 

 p. 344) ; Kilkirily, 1655 (Civil Survey, p. 4). Site— Foy gotten in 

 the town] and. ^ 



90. CnooM (30). — A parish in Coshmagh and Pubblebrian. 

 Cromadh, chief seat of the Ui Cairbre Aobhdlia, burned by Torlough 

 O'Conor, 1151 (A.F.M.) ; Crumech Castle and lands, held by Maurice 

 Fitzgerald, 1215 (Pat. R. England, xvii John) ; Cromuch, and 

 Cromyeh Church, 1291 ; Crometh, 1302. The lands were the portion 

 of Basilia Thursteyn, 1323 (Plea R. 147 of xvii Ed. II., m. 4). 

 John Route was parson of Cromut, 1376 (Mem. R.) ; Thomas Hunter 

 was rector, 1408 (Pat. R.) ; Thady O'Muleran (Mulrian), 1550; 

 Irwen (or William) Hurley, 1551 (Lib. M. H. ii., pp. 97, 9, 8); 

 Donald Kean, or Rean (Mulrian), rector of Cromye, vacant by death 

 of Thady Kean, or Rean, and late usurped by William O'Hurnley, 

 1552 (Fiant 1159); Cromothe, 1581.^ Site—T]iQ I. C. church is on 

 the old site. Map. D.S. (B.), p. 24, 1657. 



91. Dkomassell, oe ToeyHill (22). — Same. There were two forts 

 here in 902, Maglmasail, and AsaiP (Book of Rights). Juliana 

 Fitzgerald and Henry Berkeley claimed land at Drumassell, 1289 

 and 1311 (Plea R. 14 of xviii Ed. I., and v Ed. II.); Capella 

 de Drumassyll, spect ad Cromothe, 1418, being given separate from 



^ KildeiTy, in Croom parish, is probably a " wood," not a " church." 



- Asal M as brother of the great fort-builders of Aran and Clare. See ''Dindsen- 

 chas," Revue Celtique, xv., 1894, p. 481. The " Colloquy of the Ancients," Silva 

 Gudelica, vol. ii., p. 201, also alludes tp the Drum (ridge) of Asal mac Timor. A 

 fine, though broken, "diadem" of gold was found near Tory Hill, 1856. See 

 K.I.A. Catalogue of Antiquities of Gold (W. R. Wilde), p. 24. 



