Westropp — Ancient Churches in Co. Limerick. 385 



tells how a chief, Dola, opposed St. Patrick when building Grene 

 Church ; but the saint drove him to Dalmodo, or Delias, in Airther 

 Cliach. Site — Now forgotten in the townland. 



96. Cloonanna (12). — Same, in a detached portion. An ancient 

 parish in Pubblebrian, now merged. Clonany, 1291. John Purcel 

 claimed dower on Clonany Hyrtherag, 1318 (Plea E. 123 of xi Ed. II., 

 m. 4) ; Cluainanny, 1418 ; Clunany, in Croom, 1615 a. ; Cluonnanna, 

 a parish, 1655 (D.S. (B.), 27 ; Civil Survey, p. 34) ; Clounana Temple 

 granted to W. Barker, 1667 (Act. Sett.), i^a^r/^?— The west end, and 

 much of the sides, remained in 1875. I am told that much has been 

 since levelled. 



97. Anhid (30). — A Parish and Prebend in Coshmagh. Atnid, 

 1201 ; Athnyde, 1291, 1302, and 1418; license to John f. Kichard, of 

 Athnyd, to cross the sea, 1297 (C.S.P.I., vol. iv., JN'o. 461) ; Athneady, 

 or Adneady, 1306 (Plea E. 31 of xxv Ed. I.). Fahric—^omQ ivied 

 fragments of walls stood in 1875. The west end alone appears on the 

 new maps ; near it is Toberregan well. 



98. Dysekt Aenghtjs (30).— A Parish and Prebend. In 1083, 

 Conn, son of Maelpatric, erenagh of Mungairit and Disert Oenghusa, 

 died (A.E.M.). Eobert, Abbot of Magio, granted lands about the 

 white stone cross of Limerick city to the prebendal church of Disert 

 Engus {^c. 1230-40 (B.B.L., No. Ixxviii). Disert Engus, c. 1251 : 

 see under Caherass (92), Disert, 1302. In 1358, David Dencourt, 

 Dr. of Laws, of Imelac, was made canon and prebend of Dysert, void 

 by promotion of Dean Stephen de Yalle (Cal. Papal Letters, i., 

 pp. 307, 327 ; and Theiner,Vet. Mon. Hib., p. 339) ; Prebend of Dissert 

 Engussa, 1418. It was wrongly identified by 0' Donovan with Disert 

 Muirdeabhraigh, or Morgans^ (m/r<?, 132), q.v. Dr. Eeeves first set 

 the identification at rest. St. Oenghus, the Culdee, lived 780-815. 

 Fabric — The church and round tower remain in Carrigeen townland, 

 and were in 1827 surrounded by a strong, square cashel (Fitzgerald, i., 

 p. 332). The church is 54 feet by 1 8 feet ; the walls 3^ feet, part of south 

 wall and the broken door being very massive and old, the door having a 

 flat band round its outer face. The east gable is late (Dunraven says the 

 reverse) ; the west had a window, but fell, and was rebuilt by Mr. Luke 

 Christy before 1869. The head of a late fifteenth-century window 



^ O'Donovan, O.S.L., 9, p. 189. Dysert Engus and Ballyhoregna are usually 

 named together (e.g., B.B.L.) ; and in the Limerick Terriers, 1698 and 1805 (44, 45), 

 the latter deeds unmistakably refer to Carrigeen. 



