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It is 45 feet by 18^ feet ; the gables fell before 1840, and 26 feet of 

 north wall remained ; there were two defaced windows, and a round- 

 arched door. ]S"o burials had taken place there since 1810 (O.S. L. 8, 

 p. 165). St. Molua's Well near it. 



156. Clonagh (27).^ — A parish. Cluonech, 1201. Eishop Robert, 

 and Martiu, the chaplain of Clounath, made grants 1252 and 1257 

 (B.E.L., xiii., xviii.). Clonagh, 1302; Cloainech, 1418; Clounach, 

 and Clonagh, ruinous, 1615 e. CUiam eac or Cluain at (O'Donovan). 

 Fabric — The east and middle gables, and part of the north wall alone 

 stood in 1840, and appeared to be late. St. Kieran's Well, with a 

 pattern, on September 9th, stood near the ruin (O.S.L. 9, p. 163). 



157. KiLscANNKLL^ (28). — A parish. Killscannell, 1201. Quit 

 claim to Kilscanylle by Ade Palmifer, 1280 (B.B.L., Ixix.). Mcholas 

 O'Cathbuoyg, the unlawful occupant, ordered to assign the perpetual 

 vicarage of Kylscanyll to Gilla-Seanayn Ohalphy, dispensed, though 

 the son of a priest. It was void, because Ric. Burchs held it a year, 

 without ordination, 1396 (" Cal. Papal Letters," iv., p. 530). Kil- 

 scanyll, 1302; Kystannyl, 1418; Kiskaunell, ruinous, 1615 b. Site — 

 The ruined I.C. church was built on the old site, 1822. 



158. KiLMTJKRY, oE CooLAMORA (28). — Same. Site — A " kyle " 

 burial-ground; the church stood in ruins in 1839, when it was 

 demolished to build a house. 



159. KiLSMATTYEE, iu Deanery of Eathgel, 1302. Eev. J. Dowd 

 says " Castlematrix," near Rathkeale ; but no such church is known. 



Two other churches, not in County Limerick, belonged to the 

 deanery. 



160. KiLMUREiLY, in Kerry (O.S. 3). — In the barony of Iraghti- 

 conor and parish of Kilnaughtin. Kilmurrily, or Killumrille, 1201 ; 

 Killmorill, 1291 ; Kilmorill, in Eathgel deanery, destroyed by war, 

 1302, given before Eathnaser; Keilmily, or Keilmuarille, 1410; 

 Kilmeely, alias Kilmurreelie, 1615 b. It lies just over the border of 

 County Limerick. Falric — Kilmurrily church measures 50 feet by 

 23 feet; walls, 2 feet 10 inches thick, of small stones. The east 

 window is rude, narrow, and high, made of thin, hammered slabs. It 

 is 7 feet high, and 7 inches to 10 inches wide, the jambs sloping. 



1 Clonagh coincided with the Manor of Offargus, 1452 (rental). 

 2Killeheen (28).— Killeline, in Kilscannell, 1655 (D.S. (B.) 4) ; there is also a 

 Killeline near 2^ewcastle, may be also a church site. 



