Westropp — Ancient Churches in Co. Limerick. 471 



Lachv, Stackbole, Fleming, Mixon ; (41) Particles, 1667 — names 

 also : Lisrady, alias Liscready Church, in Loghill ; (42) Kilmallock ; 

 (43) Kilreedy, 1755; Eallycahan, 1769— Dromin, 1745; (44) Disert, 

 1698 — and part of Balliouregan adjoins " Crume and Donaman " ; 

 (45) Same places, 1805 — a prebend; (46) Chancellorship — and " Don- 

 daniel," Eathkeale, Killskannill, Clonagh, and Clonshere ; mentions 

 "decent church" at second, ruined churches at the others; "no 

 timber trees on any of the glebes," and similar survey of 1781. 



It only remains for me to acknowledge my indebtedness to some 

 of those who especially helped me in obtaining notes on the Limerick 

 churches — my late sister and brother, Bessie Anna "Westropp and 

 Ralph Hugh Westropp, b.a,, the late George Studdert O'Sullivan, 

 Mr. J. Grene Barry, Mr. John Wardell, m.a.. Dr. George Fogerty, 

 Dr. Henry Molony, and Dr. Joyce ; and I enjoyed (as so often) the 

 help of Mr. James Mills, Mr. Henry Berry, and Mr. M. M'Enery, 

 P. R.O.I. ; the last especially, by many valuable suggestions and 

 pointing out of helpful documents, assisted me to numerous identifica- 

 tions. I have also to thank the Royal Society of Antiquaries of 

 Ireland for the loan of several blocks of plans. ^ 



I must reiterate my indebtedness to the various authors of the 

 Ordnance Survey Letters. It is much to be wished that a carefully 

 edited series of selections from these documents could be published. 

 jSTo antiquary would desire a full verbatim publication, in view of their 

 hasty character, and of the small knowledge of architecture shown by 

 some of the writers. It would not be profitable to Irish archaeology 

 to publish views and errors hardly possible with our present-day 

 knowledge and material. Students using the manuscripts are usually 

 sufficiently trained to detect such mistakes, but the harm to the general 

 reader of publishing errors over venerated names is manifest. An old 

 work, even where incorrect, lacks the fatal sense of " the latest word " 

 on the subject, which would attach to a modern publication of these 

 letters in the form in which they were written. 



For many years to come Irish archaeology must weed out mistakes, 

 and strive after more critical and ever- widening views ; and as we have 

 been compelled to correct even the most valued works of our pre- 

 decessors, so we hope our own mistakes may be speedily found out 

 and eliminated from the fields of Irish archaeology. 



i Plans of Limerick Cathedral, Plate XV. Monasternenagh plan, Plate XVII. 

 Askeaton, Plate XVI. Old Abbey, Plate XV. 



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