Westropp — Ancient Churches in Co. Limerich. 439 



314. KiLMOYLiJN- (16). — Same. Killmuline, 1655 (Petty, 66). 

 Site — It has a well, Tober Pintan. The saint's day was Jan. 3 (Calendar 

 of Oengus). 



315. KiLMOEE (25). — Same. It forms a spur projecting into 

 Tuoghcluggin. Site — A burial-ground. 



316. Castletown, Coonagh (25). — k parish in Coonagh, named 

 from the MacBriens' Castle. Fabric — It is of the fifteenth century, 

 49 feet long; the walls being 10 feet by 3 feet. The east window has 

 a pointed light and oblong splay. The south wall has a slit near its 

 east end, and a defaced door ; the west end fell before 1840 (O.S.L. 9, 

 p. 430). 



317. OoLA (25).— A parish. Ula& and Uibla, 1285-7 (Wars 

 of Torlough). Wlys and Wide chapel, in deanery of Wethiiey, 1302. 

 Mcholas Fanning was granted Owlys, 1542 (Fiant, 311); Thady 

 MacBrene, of Ullay, chaplain, 1551 (Fiant, 881), Owlo all repaired. 

 In deanery of Tipperary, 1615. Site — The church was in the grave- 

 yard, near the railway, and was levelled before 1840. Ulloe Church 

 ruins stood in 1826 (Fitzgerald, i., p. 281). 



318. Tdogh Cluggin, oe Cluggii^ (24). — A parish. Tohtclogyn, in 

 Tipperary Deanery, 1302; Twogh Cloigin Church, down, 1615; 

 Cuac an Clm^in, 'country of the little bell ' (O'Donovan). Site — It 

 was levelled before 1840. Tobernacruhauneeve, ' the well of the Holy 

 Cross,' was near the graveyard. 



319. Clonkeex (14). — A parish in Clanwilliam. It has been 

 asserted by Lord Dunraven and Miss Stokes that it was the ancient 

 Cluam cam motumoc,^ which O'Donovan placed in Eogbanacht Caisil. 

 O'Conor's army in 1135 came to Clonkeen in ships, ^ according to 

 Dunraven (^^"otes, ii., pp. 113-115). The "Annals" make it plain, 

 however, that 0' Conor made first an extensive raid through Limerick, 

 and not merely one for five miles from the Shannon to Clonkeen. It 

 is " Clonkenyn Chapel, down, in Carkinlis Deanery," 1615. Cluonkeen 

 was in ruins, 1657 (D.S. (A), 14). What early records of this veiy 

 usual name refer to this church I am unable to decide. Fabric — An 

 interesting little Romanesque oratory of the late eleventh century. It 

 is 46 feet by 17 feet 10 inches; the walls, 14 feet by 3 feet 10 inches, 

 with antse at each corner. The east, north, and two south lights had 



1 The Calendar of Oenghus and Leabhair Biecc, p. clxxxi (ed. Stokes), say, " Mo 

 Dimoc, i.^., of Cluain Cain Arad, in Munster, ?.(?., of Ross Conaill," Dec. 10. 



2 The stream apparently could never have been navigable, even for boats. 



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