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in the old district of Moy Femen, situated about midway between Clon- 

 mel and Pethard, in the county of Tipperary. This building, the late 

 Dr. O'Donovan informed me, was characteristic of 12th century archi- 

 tecture. I have selected this view of the church as that which shows 

 best the relative position and size of the nave and chancel, the latter 

 being roofed with stone. 



All the windows of this building are small, with converging sides, 

 and semicircular headed, having their outer angle deeply recessed, in 

 which respects they accurately resemble the windows in the side walls 

 of Kilmalkedar old church. 



The window at the summit of the chancel gable lighted a small apart- 

 ment over the chancel, which was evidently the abode of the resident 

 ecclesiastic, and access to which was by a ladder from the nave through 

 a doorway over the chancel arch. 



ISTo. 37. — View of the chancel arch and east window of Donaghmore 

 old church, showing the doorway in the wall above the chancel arch, and 

 the small window in the summit of the chancel gable lightiug the apart- 

 ment just alluded to. 



IS'o. 38. — Enlarged view of the capitals of the pilasters of the choir 

 arch of Donaghmore old church. 



1^0. 39. — Enlarged view of the ornamentation on the soffit of the 

 outer arch of the doorway of the same church. 



40. — Ornamentation on the inner jam of the doorway of Donagh- 

 more old church. 



^0. 41. — Interior and exterior view of the east window of the same 

 church. 



]S"o. 42. — Plan of the choir arch and doorway of Donaghmore church. 



]S"o. 43. — Plan of the old church of Donaghmore. 



"No. 44. — Yiew of an ancient doorway and adjoining blank arcades 

 incorporated in the west gable of the abbey of Ardfert, county of Kerry. 

 This relic of a highly decorated twelfth century church is called on the 

 Ordnance Map " Templenagritty." 



]S"o. 45. — Enlarged view of the decorations on the jam of this door- 

 way, north side. 



1^0. 46. — Rough sketch of the exterior of the higlily decorated win- 

 dow in the south wall of the old church, marked on the Ordnance Map as 

 Temple-na-hue," at Ardfert, county of Kerry. This window is in many 

 respects unique. Its semicircular head is cut out of massive horizontal 

 stones, after the manner of the oldest churches ; and its outer margin is 

 deeply recessed ; — the entire window is surrounded by a broad flat band 

 of the most intricate interlaced ornament, engraved on the stone, and 

 bounded by a narrow fillet moulding. This is the most imperfect sketch 

 in the present collection, as when I visited the spot I had but a few 

 moments to spare. I present it, however, as a memento of the window, 

 and to direct attention to a work of singular skill and beauty. 



]^o. 47. — Details of the ornamentation at the angles of the gables 

 of the old church of Temple-na-hue. As I have not a ground plan of the 

 building, I may remark that its form is simply rectangular, having the 



