. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. tes, an illustration of the little edifice is here re-produced, and from the same work the following descriptive extractsare taken. (For more recent illustrations, see pp. 328, 329, and 342) :— Externally the chapel of St. Flannans is a low quadrilateral building ofuncemented stones, with slightly sloping walls and a stone barrel-vaulted roof risingfrom its spring to a height somewhat higher than tlie height of the supporting the measurements are :—Length of north side, 11 feet 11 inches; length ofsouth side, 12 feet 2 inc
. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. tes, an illustration of the little edifice is here re-produced, and from the same work the following descriptive extractsare taken. (For more recent illustrations, see pp. 328, 329, and 342) :— Externally the chapel of St. Flannans is a low quadrilateral building ofuncemented stones, with slightly sloping walls and a stone barrel-vaulted roof risingfrom its spring to a height somewhat higher than tlie height of the supporting the measurements are :—Length of north side, 11 feet 11 inches; length ofsouth side, 12 feet 2 inches ; width of east end, 10 feet 3 inches ; width of west end,9 feet 2 inches; height 8 feet 10 inches. Within the dimensions are:—Length, 7 feet 3 inches ; width, 4 feet 5 inches ; height from floorto roof, which isformed of narrowslabs laid across,5 feet 9 i n g 111 a r 1 yenough, the onlyaperture in thebuilding is a door-way, 3 feet inheight and 1 foot10 inches in width,in the west outside andwithin, the ma-sonry is very rude,. Ground-plan of one of the Buildings on Eilean Mor, called theBothies of Macphaills Sons. the stones being of all sizes and shapes, in greater part closely united, but in the joint-ings no lime has been used. The other buildings, two in number, called by IainMac Donald Bothien Clann Igphail (Bothies of Macphaills sons or kinsmen), aresituated near to the edge of a high precipice at the west end of the island, the largerone is a low narrow erection, internally about 30 feet in length. It stands east and Theodoric (Torlough), King of Thomond, and a lineal ancestor of King seems to have been born near Killaloe, and sent to St. Blathmet for his earliereducation. Having distinguished himself by his piety and obedience, he returned andentered the monastery founded by St. Molua at Killaloe, from which that placederives its name. Being elected bishop by advice of Molua, he seems to have visitedRome, and been confirmed in h
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