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hardly be fed there. It evidently lay in the eleventh century near 

 the borders of Coonagh and Small County. If it were the Capella 

 "^N'alech" of 1302, it lay adjoining KilcuUaneand Ballinard, possibly 

 near Kilteely. ^^o trace is known. ^ 



358. Knocklojsg"^ (41). — A parish in Coshlea. It is called 

 Cnoclumge, hill of the camp, and Opom Daiii §aipe in the Book of 

 Lismore, being the traditional scene of the battle (a.d. 250), when the 

 Ardrigh Cormac mac Airt endeavoured to tax Munster. Loinge, 1568 

 and 1578 (Fiants, 1258 and 3250) ; Knocknelongie, 1584 (Desmond 

 Eoll), Long, 1657, with sketch of the castle (D.S. (A.), 55). Fabric — 

 The church was entirely defaced before 1840 ; only a few fragments 

 stood in 1903. It is 45 feet by 25 feet ; the walls are of very large 

 stones. The east window is rectangular, and there is the gap of the 

 south door. The well was dedicated to SS. Patrick and Paul. 

 (O.S.L., 8, p. 277.) 



Deaneky of Aheeloe. 



Qcaplac. — Natherlach, 1291 ; and Yharloragh, 1592 (valor) ; 

 Atharlach,^ Aherloe, Arlo, 1615, lies on the roots of the Galtees, 

 their peaks rising over its beautiful glens for 3000 feet above the 

 sea. The Deanery runs northward, being almost bounded on that 

 side by the railway. 



359. Ballinahinch (40). — Same. Site — A burial-ground; and 

 Tober Gobnait, or Deborah's Well. Pattern, August 3rd. 



360. Ballyscaddan (41). — A parish. Bealanescadane, 1657; in 

 explanation of D.S. (A), 54. Ballinescaddan, 1666 (Act Sett.). 

 Locally bealac na S^atDan, Pord mouth of the herrings — lucus a non 

 lucendo (0' Donovan). There is no reason to adopt this difficult 

 translation, as a family called " Scadan " and Hareng " is found in 

 Tipperary in mediieval times, and the place may be named from one 

 of these. Some say that this was Kilrath, near Duntrileague. The 



^ Another possible church site, though not so named, may be given in a note, 

 " Kildroram, in Com. Lym et Dioc. Iraelac." In 1317 W., Bishop of Emly, 

 consented to the partition of Kyldroinyny, or Kildrura, granted by Florence, late 

 Bishop of Emly. Nicholas Nef, a free tenant, claimed that he was unjustly 

 disseised (M.R., vol, ii., m, 76, 79). 



2 Knockloynye, in Bellaneneashe parish {sic), in Cossetlerogh, or Cossherleioo, 

 1584 (Peyton, p. 237). 



^Etharlaige, in Dindsenchas, 118 : Eevue Celtique, xvi., 1895, p. 69. 



