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• CARLOW. 149 4 a Church of Rathvilly. as will be seen by reference t o the Appendix (20). It would seem t hat the walls of Hah i11 were pul led down for ths Btone~. a s many of them lie sca ttp.red a t s o m~ yards dista nce." According to our measureme nts the old Ch urch is sixty three feet long. twen ty one feet in breadth ; the west gable to the height of sixteen feet Is standing. This ruin is mentioned in the Name Book. 4S1 The Parish of Kineagh. pr on. Clnn Etch (ch slender) is boun­ ded on the north by the P~ r ish of Rail; east by the Parishes of Rail and Ra thvil l y; south by t be Par1shes of Rathvl11y & Rath~ore. In the Glebe of Kineagh are the ruins of an old Church, a scattered portion of which only remains. The western part is forty two feet iong. twenty four feet broad. The ~astern part or (Chancel?) is twenty four feet long and fifteen feet in breadth. It is built of granite. In Name Book. Twenty four feet from the north side there 1S a granite stone cross out of its socket; the l ower end rests on the pedestal, which 1s circular; what was the upper end now rests on the ground. Length 6 ft. 8 inches. Pedestal Brea~th above I ft 9 inches. Height 18 inches. ~readth helow 1 ft 5 inches. Diameter 2 ft. 6 inches. The cross is raised on the All rights reserved - www.askaboutireland.ie Sunday's Well is about one furlong north of the old Church; 484 it is a running spring not resorted to at present. This well Is ncticed in the Name Book. There is a large moat on Ballyhacket Townland. There is also a fort in Rathdonnell. A detached portion of tbe Parish of Crecrin is in this Co . • Barony of Rathvilly; the remainlng portion is 1n the Co. Wicklow. The ruins of the oJd Church of Crecrin in the Townland of tbe same name are In the Co. Carlow and are noticed in the Name Book. The names have been settled by Mr. O'Donovan, in the Co. Wlcklow. .

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