Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . Banagiier—West Door : Interior and 3 ft. wide internally. Many of the stones which formed the eastwindow lie scattered in the churclryard. There is a round-headed window in the south wall of the nave,with a bold moulding on the outside. The arch is scooped out oftwo stones. The jambs outside cannot be measured, one being PROCEEDINGS 235 partly broken away. This aperture is of cut stone. The inner archis 5 ft. 8 in. high, 2 ft. 9 in. wide at the top and 2 ft. 11 in. at thebase ; there is a very deep splay downwards. On the sides, top andb
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . Banagiier—West Door : Interior and 3 ft. wide internally. Many of the stones which formed the eastwindow lie scattered in the churclryard. There is a round-headed window in the south wall of the nave,with a bold moulding on the outside. The arch is scooped out oftwo stones. The jambs outside cannot be measured, one being PROCEEDINGS 235 partly broken away. This aperture is of cut stone. The inner archis 5 ft. 8 in. high, 2 ft. 9 in. wide at the top and 2 ft. 11 in. at thebase ; there is a very deep splay downwards. On the sides, top andbottom of this window holes may be seen, which are meant apparentlyfor a frame on the sides. The south window in the chancel is veryremarkable. The aperture outside is rounded at the top, and Til1,. Banagher—South Window in Chancel measures 6 in. wide and 2 ft. 11 in. high. The jambs are internal moulding is remarkable. An old man, upwards of seventy years of age, informed DrPetrie in the year 1832 that he remembered the chancel archstanding when he was a boy, and that it was a round arch, theheight of which he could not recollect. 1 1 Champneys : Irish Ecclesiastical Architecture, p. 112. 236 ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND Much uncertainty still exists on several points regarding thischurch of Banagher. Though it must have ranked as a place ofsome consequence, only one reference to it has been found in theAnnals, which, perhaps, is due to the identity of its name (Benn-char in its early form) with the more celebrated Bennchar Ulad,
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