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named from Aine, a famous banshee^ (O'Donovan). An Augustinian 

 priory was founded by John f. Eobert, i 190-1200. In 1226 Geffry de 

 Mariscis was granted an eight-day fair on his manor of Anya 

 (C.S.P.I., No. 1415). The prior of Lanthony claimed the advowson 

 of Anye {ih., l^o, 1555). It was reserved for the dower of Alienor, 

 the queen consort, 1253 {ih., JS"©. 271). Tho. de Clare exchanged the 

 manor of Bleburg, in England, for Any with Warin de Bassingburn, 

 1278 {ih., 141). In 1356 Eichard Chaumberlayn was vicar of Any 

 (Pat. E.). In 1309 Eobert Bagod had a suit with John Dun for 

 repair and maintenance (Plea E. Eepert., pp. 40, 50). An Inquisition 

 of 1413 finds that Any Barony was worth 10 m. It had been in the 

 hands of the late Earl of Ormond by exchange of AV. de Clifford, 

 knight, and was violently occupied by David f . ^Maurice, knight, and 

 then by Lord Thomas le Botiller, Prior of (St. John of) Jerusalem. 

 The manor, in 1566, paid £46 45. " in old money called haulface." 

 There are two elaborate maps showing Any town with the chui'ch 

 and two castles in 1657 (D.S.(A.), 31 and 33).- Fabric — It is said 

 to date fi'om 1400. The chancel undertaken by Sir Tho. Browne, 

 1615. The nave was then roofed. It was in good repair, 1840. 

 The E. C. church was built 1836. 



348. ]N'ew Church, Lough Gur (32). — Same. The place is called 

 5aip, ante 900 (Book of Eights). It is remarkable for great stone 

 circles, cromlechs, pillars, and fort sites.^ There are two castles. The 

 gTange of Loc Geir, which belongs to the vill. of Locgeir, with a moiety 

 of the Island of Dungeir, 1185 (Charter of Magio); Loych Gir, 1287. 



^ In the Colloquy (Silva Gadelica, ii., p. 225) the place is "Sid Eogabail, or 

 Knoc Aine," The banshee, by biting off the ear of her too ardent wooer, Olioll, 

 "Olum," gave him his nickname, "bare ear." Eunches of hay and straw are (or 

 were) carried on poles in her honour round Knockaney Hill, and to the little mound 

 on its summit. The O'Briens, Dillanes, Creeds, Laffans, O'Deas, and Fitzgeralds 

 of the district claim her as an ancestress {Revue CelHqne, iv., pp. 188, 189). The 

 meadow-sweet is her favourite flower. 



2 Aine is identified as Carn Feradaigh in Eolls Ed. of " Chronicum Scotorum," 

 pp. 81, 117, 143. 



3 The folk-lore of this lake is of exceptional interest; see C. G., Heme 

 Celtigtie, iv., p. 188. The dolmens and circles are described by Rev. Mr. Lynch, 

 in Cork Hist, and Arch. Journal, i., p. 296. Beaufort, in Trans. R.I.A., xv., 

 p. 138. Borlase, in "Dolmens of Ireland," vol. i., pp. 47-49. Gentleman's 

 Magazine (reprints), ii., 119 [i.e. 1893, pp. 105-112). Twiss's "Tour in 

 Ireland" (1775). Fitzgerald and Macgregor's " History of Limerick," vol. i., 

 p. 298. T. Crofton Croker, " South of Munster," 1824, p. 63, barely alludes to 

 them. 



