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roTind-headed splays and lights ; the south ones defaced, and the east 

 replaced by two pointed lights. The west door is of three recessed 

 orders ; the arch highly decorated, with dog's-tooth mouldings and 

 headings.^ Descriptioiis — Dunraven, ii., p. 113, and Plate cxix. 

 Report of Board of Public Works, 1880-81, p. 93 ; both illustrate the 

 doorway. 



320. Caherconlish (14). — A parish. It was once a walled town, 

 with four castles, and the ruins of a "college." A fortified gate 

 stood till not long before 1826 (Fitzgerald, i., 285). Carkynlys, 1259 

 (Plea K.) ; Cac;aipcint)liop, 1285-7 (Wars of Torlough), when its 

 castle was stormed and burned by Torlough O'Brien, king of Thomond. 

 He "faced for rampart-guarded solid stone Cathair cind lioss." In- 

 quisitions about persons killed in this raid are numerous. They are 

 usually described as " slain at Karkynlys by Terdeluach Obreen, and 

 other felons." The harbouring of the Irish by de Burgo, of Castle 

 Connell, and the abbot of Wetheney, and the plundering of " Kar- 

 kenlys Church," are fully recorded^ (Plea E., vol. ii., p. 126, xviii 

 Ed. I., m. 31 ; in 40, p. 135, &c., &c.). Eecords are numerous. 

 Karkynglissi, in Wethney, 1302. Murage to provost and bailifPs of 

 " Catherkenlysche, as lying on the marches, with the Irish rebels on 

 every side" (Close R.). King Edward's charter is preserved, ISTov. 9, 

 1358 ; Carkynlis deanery, 1615. The rectories of Carkynlishe, 

 Killyvorly, Hathiordan, and Cayrelly, granted to Walter Ap. Howell, 

 1552 (Fiants, 1020). The parishes of Caherconlish, Luddenbeg, and 

 AVillestown United, 1791 (L.M.H.). Fabric— L Dyneley gives a 

 sketch in 1680. It shows a ruined wing, with five-stepped battle- 

 ments. The rest had a cross-shaped light and pointed door, and a 

 triple window of oblong lights.^ In 1840 a fragment of the east end, 

 12 feet high and 7 feet long, stood, supported by a vault. The I. C. 

 church covered the rest of the site. Monuments — Gabbett andBourke. 

 Theo. Bourke and his wife, Slaney Brien, "1441" {recte^ 1641); 

 mentioned also by Dyneley ; and Annabel Gould, and the relatives of 

 John Maunsell, 1662 (see Fitzgerald, i., p. 285). 



1 See Plate XIII. 



2 Mr. Bartholomew, '* official of Emly," was accused of having prevented 

 the opening of wills, and tampered with the goods of deceased persons. He took 

 advantage of the raid to take 8s. from Aney and 2s. from Karkynlys, when the 

 church and cemetery were broken. Nic. O'Dowerthy also took 40 pence from the 

 executors of Ade Wrgan, and 2s. from said church, 1287. Plea E,., 1289, m. 10. 



3 See Plate XII. 



