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No. 37. Tower of the old church of Moylagh, county of Westmeath, 

 between Pore and Oldcastle. 



]STo. 38. Plan of the tower of Moylagh old church, showing how care- 

 fully it was adapted to form a residence, as it contains a fireplace 

 and necessarium, and 'recess for a bed. The window loops have seats 

 at either side, and access to the body of the church was by a flight of 

 steps in the north wall of the tower. Probable date, the fourteenth 

 century. 



No. 39. Plan of the outworks of Carlansto wn Castle, county of West- 

 nieath, the date of which may be the sixteenth century. The tower at 

 the north-west angle is singular, as the following illustrations will ex- 

 plain : — 



No. 40. Plans of the basement and two upper floors of the tower at 

 the north-west angle of the outworks at Carlanstown Castle. 



No. 41. Loops for musketry from the same tower. 



No. 42. Yiew of the tower of Clonarney old church, county of West- 

 meath. 



No. 43. Interior view of the same tower, looking north , showing the 

 window in the north wall, and the adjoining doorway to the necessarium. 

 This tower was set apart for the residence of the ecclesiastic, as at Moy- 

 lagh church. 



No. 44. Plan of the tower of Clonarney old church. 

 No. 45. Yiew of the tower of Kilpatrick old church, county of West- 

 meath. 



No. 46. Plan of the same tower, showing the alterations in the base- 

 ment of the east wall by which the choir arch was built up, and a fire- 

 place constructed over its crown to heat the apartment just below the 

 arch of the tower. I believe the date of this building to be the four- 

 teenth centmy. 



No. 47. Doorway of Tagshinod old church, county of Longford, re- 

 stored from fragments lying about. 



No. 48. East window of the same old church, showing the introduc- 

 tion of the triquatra ornament at the head of the opening below the drip 

 moulding. 



No. 49. Plan of the same old church, the date of which may be the 

 sixteenth century. The east gable has been propped up by a very mas- 

 sive buttress, at a comparatively recent date. 



No. 50. Plan of Lacken old church, county of Westmeath, showing 

 the more modern chancel and choir arch, and the small circular stairs to 

 the west of the doorway, which probably led to the gallery, which was 

 supported on the corbels at the eastern end of the nave. I think it pro- 

 bable that this church may date to the fourteenth century, if not earlier. 



No. 51. Interior view of the tower of Tristernagh old church, county 

 of Westmeath, looking west, and showing the two doorways to the body 

 of the building, one in the north, and the other in the south side wall. 

 The doorway in the west wall of the tower leads to the upper floor of 

 that building, which was set apart and adapted for the dwelling place 



