. A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century. ., m. 23; Will of Christopher Barnewall;Dublin Journal, Xos. 1S3^, 2487; Anthologia Hihcrnica for 1793, p. 323;Coopers Note Book. 90 PARISH OF RATHMICHAEL. castle was in a very ruinous state, and desciibes it as a lowsquare castl(> l)uilt of the mountain stone, with a dwelling houseadjoining, wliich was also in need of repair. ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. The ruined church of Rathmichael occupies the site of what wasdoubtless an important Celtic religious establi
. A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century. ., m. 23; Will of Christopher Barnewall;Dublin Journal, Xos. 1S3^, 2487; Anthologia Hihcrnica for 1793, p. 323;Coopers Note Book. 90 PARISH OF RATHMICHAEL. castle was in a very ruinous state, and desciibes it as a lowsquare castl(> l)uilt of the mountain stone, with a dwelling houseadjoining, wliich was also in need of repair. ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. The ruined church of Rathmichael occupies the site of what wasdoubtless an important Celtic religious establishment, and althoughthe ancient remains have suffered extremely from destroyers, andeven from those who intended to preserve them, there are stillsufficient traces of that establishment left to make Rathmichael,with its fine position and wide outlook, the most attractive site ofa Celtic religious foundation to be found in the southern portionof the County Dublin. Extensive remains of the circumvallation,partly of earth and partly of stone, by which the Celtic establish-ment was surrounded, were to be seen early in the nineteenth. 10 0 10 10 30 FEET • BULLAUN RATHMICHAEL \JOk Plan of Rathmichael Church. Bi/ Mr. Thomas J. Wtstropp. century. Dr. Petrie, who mentions that the entrance to the cashelwas eight feet in width, formed then the opinion that there hadbeen an arched gateway (i). Within this enclosure originally lay,probably, a small quadrangular church, and a number of huts, theresidences of the ecclesiastics and of such wayfarers as sought their (1) Petries Essay on the Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 443, 447. ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 91 hospitality, and in the terroi of the Danisli invasions, as a placenf refuge, a i-ouiul tower was begun, liuf wliothcr it was ever(i)iiipleted is still a subject for speculati(jii. The great ring wall and mound in Hie centre of wliicli theruined church lies, is about three hunched and fifty feet in character and exceptional siz
Size: 1881px × 1329px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidhistoryofcou, bookyear1902
