Westkopp — Ancient Churches in Co. Limerick. 405 



vacant by marriage of Tho. O'Grada, 1389 Cul. Papal Letters," iv., 

 p. 346); Killedy, 1418; Kyllyde, in O'Conyll, 1452 (rental); 

 Killeedie church m good condition, chancel thatched, 1615 b. It was 

 in ruins, 1655 (D. S. (B.), 1). St. Ita, the abbess, 530-569; her 

 day was January 15th ; she, with St. Senan, was patron of Ui Chonaill. 

 The church was finally bui'ned by the Rockites (Lewis, ii., p. 136). 

 Fahric — A nave and chancel, 47 feet 3 inches by 29 feet 2 inches and 37 

 feet by 18 feet ; the choir was used till 1800. Tlie walls were 10^- feet 

 by 2^ feet, the chancel arch was pointed, and of cut-stone 10 feet 

 9 inches wide, the other features modern. The nave was early 

 Eomanesque ; the west end had fallen long before 1840, but old people 

 remembered its door as round-headed, with several recessed concentric 

 arches. "Walls, 19^ feet by 3 feet 2 inches. Fragments of the 

 north and south sides remained ; the latter had two round-headed 

 windows 5 feet 3 inches and 31 feet 10 inches from the west end. 

 St. Ita's AYell was dry ; it was reputed to cure smallpox in children 

 (0. S.L. 9, p. 75). 



178. Glexmore, OR Straxd (44). — Same. Temple InncAve, or Kil- 

 linewee, the ancient name uni'ecorded. Ceampull (or Cill) na ll in- 

 line baoic, after the Dalcassian saint, " the daughter of Baoith,"^ 

 patroness of Kilnaboy, near Inchiquin Lake, Clare. Lewis (ii., pp. 

 87, 136) wrongly called it Teampull na Hinghine bugdhe, 'of the 

 devout daughter' ; it was a reputed templary. Fahric — It was 67 feet 

 by 18^ feet, and entirely defaced in 1840. The inner south wall 

 had a late fl.at arch of hammered gritstone, and gaps of two windows ; 

 the west end was featureless, and the east and north had fallen in the 

 ^' great gale" of 1839 (O.S.L. 9, p. 142). It was surrounded by a 

 strong mound and ditch, which are well preserved to the west, but 

 barely traceable elsewhere. 



179. KiLLEEN (54). — Same, Detached part in Killagholeghan. 

 Site — A burial-ground. 



180. K1LLAGHOLEGHA.N (54). — A parish. Kelldeochaliathan, 1209 ; 

 Killalechan, 1291 ; Kellolethan destroyed in war, 1302 ; Killocholia- 

 than, spect. ad prior, et conv. de Kellys (in Ossory) et secundum 

 antiques rotulos fuit de decanat. de Ardacha, sed novos, de dec. de 



1 See Journal U.S. A. I., xxiv., p. 28, and xxx., p. 409 : Proc. R.I.A., ser. 3, 

 vol. vi., pp. 109, 139. An Ingen baith meic Seona Ui Feidlimid is given in Book 

 of Lecan, f. 44. MacFirbis says that she\vas descended from Aonghus, who was 

 son of Cormac Cass, and ancestor of Clan Itfernain (O'Quin), in Clare. 



