Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland . except in the interior. Its internal dimensions are 29 feet 7 inches inthe clear, of which 17 feet 11 inches by 11 feet 10 inches form the nave: thechancel is 11 feet 7 inches by 8 feet 8 inches. There are no remains of any * See Wilde, pp. 12S-136, the indispensable nature of whose work compels its frequent use in this district. GAL WAY. 241 altar, east window or s
Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland . except in the interior. Its internal dimensions are 29 feet 7 inches inthe clear, of which 17 feet 11 inches by 11 feet 10 inches form the nave: thechancel is 11 feet 7 inches by 8 feet 8 inches. There are no remains of any * See Wilde, pp. 12S-136, the indispensable nature of whose work compels its frequent use in this district. GAL WAY. 241 altar, east window or side light. The square-headed doorway is of the true primitive type, about 6 feet high and 2 feet wide, narrowing 2 inches towards the lintel, which is a massive stone 4 feet 8 inches long. That this church, says Dr. Petrie, is of the age of St. Patrick, as it is believed in all the traditions of the country, and as its name would indicate, can, I think, scarcely admit of doubt. From it an ancient flagged way79 yards to the southeast leadsto the second ruin, Teampull-na-Neave, The Church of the , a highly decorated structure,is evidently some centuries laterthan the former. The beautifuldoorway, a grand specimen of. Doorway of St Patricks Church early Irish decorative art, is decidedly anterior to the date of the Anglo-NormanConquest. When ODonovan visited it in 1839, two of the concentric archesof the door had fallen. Fortunately, nearly every stone has been found, and it has been skillfully restored bythe proprietor. Sir Benjamin LeeGuinness, Bart., who, at suchgreat expenditure restored theCathedral of St. Patricks inDublin. The jambs are formedby columnar pilasters, which arecrowned by human-face capitals,from which springs the arch,the middle portion of which iscarved into deep, horizontallyprojecting chevrons, over whichis a row of ten faces, each dif-fering from the other, and whichmay, for aught we know, have
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