Westropp — Ancient Churches in Co. Limericli. 397 



139. LoGHiLL (9). — A parish. Lemchaell, 1201 ; quit claim of 

 John de Penris to Laukyll, 1274 (B.B.L., xlvi) ; Roger Waspayl 

 granted to John Maltravers the manors of Eadghel and Kilcoleman, 

 and Lochkyl, 1280 (Feet of Pines, Ed. I., No. 97, C.S.P.I., vol. ii., 

 1778). LauTvhull church destroyed in war, 1302; Leamkaill, 1336 

 and 1418; Loughill, 1615 a; LaughiU, 1657 (D.S.(B.) 14). George 

 Crofts grants Loghill to Mountiford Westropp, 1670 (Atkins Davis 

 MSS., Ulster's Office, i., p. 108). The name means ' elm wood,' or 

 perhaps ' marshmallow place ' (see Joyce, "Irish jS'ames," ii., p. 32). 

 Fabric — An early church on the hrink of a valley. Choir, 7 feet 

 10 inches by 9 feet 8 inches. T^ave, 15 feet wide. Only fragments 

 of east end, choir, arch, and south wall remain ; the latter 8 feet by 

 3 feet, of large stones. St. Colman's "Well to the north is good for sore 

 eyes (O.S.L., 9, p. 160). 



140. KiLFEEGUS^ (18). — A parish in Shanid ; the church is 

 detached in Loghill : Killergussa, 1201 ; OTergus" church, in O'conyll, 

 granted to the See by Adam Keyting, 1223 (B.B.L., xxxii.). Bishop 

 Eobert grants Kilmurly and Kilfergus to John le Persoun, 1254 {Ih., 

 xix.), John Brathnach grants them to the See, 1296 (73., Ivi). 

 Kilfeargussa, 1418 ; Kilfarasye, 1586 (Peyton, p. 227) ; Kilfergussagh, 

 1615a; Cil peap^apa, O'Donovan. Fabric — 'It stands near Glin, and 

 is 42 feet by 22 feet ; west and north walls are down ; east window 

 has a flat arch of flags inside, and has a rectangular light with 

 inclined jambs. The south wall has a rectangular window and a 

 defaced door of rude, hammered stones. "Walls, 12 feet high by 3 feet, 

 of small stones i^O.S.L. 9, 147). 



141. Gliu- (17) — Same. Bishop Hubert confirmed the grant by 

 Kic. de Londiniis of one ecclesiastical benefice at Glyncorbry in pure 

 alms, c. 1230-40 (B.B.L., xxxix.) ; it may refer to the neighbouring 

 Kilfergus. 



142. KiLLEAXY (18).— Same. Kyllynye, 1452 (rental). Site— 

 Church and burial-ground. 



1 Besides the cliurch sites given below, we may note Killacolla (9, 17, 18j, 

 three lowiilands and Kylbecan, in Senede Manor, 1298. Inq. of The. f. Maurice 

 (C.S.P.I., vol. iv., p. 258). I have no direct evidence of churches having 

 stood at these places. 



- This is certainly Kilfergus, hut as the manor of O'fFargus lay in Clonagh, 

 1452 (rental), caution must be used , in "O'fergus" entries. The church of 

 Rathfergus was resigned by Athissell Abbey, 1237 (B.B.L., p. 75) ; but it is 

 probably not Kilfergus. 



