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Ko. 26. — ^Enlarged views of the grotesque heads carved on project- 

 ing stones at the summit of the east and west angles of the north and 

 south side walls of the same old church. 



IN^o. 27. — Ground plan of the old church of Kilmalkedar, showing 

 the probable size of the original chancel. 



E'o. 28. — View, looking north-east, of "the Chancellor's House" 

 at Kilmalkedar. This singular building lies to the north of and 

 close to the old church, and is well worthy of study. It is not by 

 many centuries as old as the church adjoining, as is clearly demon- 

 strated by the form of the window in the west gable, and the upper 

 doorway in the south side wall, which are headed by the equilateral 

 pointed arch, and are clearly in the style of the fourteenth century. 



In plan this building is rectangular, and the walls are of massive 

 proportions; it is divided into two floors, the basement being arched. 

 Access to this room is by a large fiat-headed doorway in the south wall, 

 in front of which is a massive flight of steps parallel to the wall. This 

 room is lighted by two narrow loops, one at either side of the doorway ; 

 without doubt this apartment was intended as a granary or storeroom, 

 in which the worthy ecclesiastic laid by his tithes. The only present 

 apparent access to the upper floor is by the small pointed doorway in 

 the upper part of the south wall, just below the string course of the 

 roof ; access to this was by a ladder, which when pulled up rendered 

 the place a safe retreat from any sudden attack. A well of excellent 

 water gushes out of the gravelly soil close to the south-west angle of the 

 house. 



This concludes the present collection of the architectural anti- 

 quities from the county of Kerry ; and I shall now call your attention to 

 a very interesting group of ecclesiastical antiquities at Labba Mollogga, 

 in the county of Tipperary, close to the bounds of the county of Cork, 

 and within a walk of Mitchelstown, in the latter county. 



1^0. 29. — Doorway and west gable of the older of the two churches 

 at Labba Mollogga. This doorway is quite Cyclopean in its character, 

 being formed of a very massive flat lintel, resting on a single massive 

 block on one side, and on two such stones at the other. A broad flat 

 moulding surrounds the doorway, and is its sole ornament. At either 

 side of the gable there project massive buttresses, formed by the pro- 

 longation of the side walls. "Without doubt this building is contempo- 

 raneous with the Saint whose name it bears, and who died about the 

 close of the seventh century. 



Dr. Eeeves has kindly informed me that St. Mollogg was the first 

 who introduced the hive bee into Ireland from Wales, with which 

 latter country he was intimately acquainted. This Saint travelled into 

 Munster in the year 664, and cured numbers of people afliicted with the 

 plague called the Buidhe conaill, or yellow distemper. His life is given 

 by Colgan in the ''Acta Sanctorum," page 145, and his day is the 20th. 

 of January. 



1^0. 30. — Two views of the upright flag said to mark the grave of 

 St. Mollogga. On the west face there is a slightly raised flat cross en- 



