Lives of the Irish saints : with special festivals, and the commemorations of holy persons, compiled from calendars, martyrologies and various sources, relating to the ancient Church history of Ireland . es, in a pa|H:r Iy l>clonging to the Royal Iruli Aca- before the Royal Irish Academy, June <iemy. 40 UlES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January midst. So protected from nipping winds were tlie primroses, thai theywere yet in full bloom, and in numerous tufts uniler the hedge-rows andalong the thonwovered hillsides, even at so advanecd a period in ^The old ecclesiastical building he
Lives of the Irish saints : with special festivals, and the commemorations of holy persons, compiled from calendars, martyrologies and various sources, relating to the ancient Church history of Ireland . es, in a pa|H:r Iy l>clonging to the Royal Iruli Aca- before the Royal Irish Academy, June <iemy. 40 UlES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [January midst. So protected from nipping winds were tlie primroses, thai theywere yet in full bloom, and in numerous tufts uniler the hedge-rows andalong the thonwovered hillsides, even at so advanecd a period in ^The old ecclesiastical building here had been dividctl into nave andchoir, an arrangement, in our opinion, peculiar to nearly all our Irishchurches, built since the Anglo-Norman invasion. We do not mean toassert, however, that it did not form an earlier tyj)e of our church archi-tecture. The choir is utterly ruined,* only the foundations being dis-cernible. These are about 20 feet in length by 14 in width. The navewalls are in much better preservation. Ihese measure 40 feet in lengthby 20 feet in breadth. Tlie walls are over 3 feet in thickness. A greatjurt of the side walls is removed, but in two of them doorways may yet *, VTTr. i Old Church at Dysart Gallen, Queens County. be traced. Two windows are also visible. The western gable is still veryperfect, but it is terminated by a tottering belfry. A large window likewisepierced it. A gable-wall surmounted the beautifully jointed stone arch nearthe choir. The walls of this church seem to have been well cemented,ihey are built of grit and limestone The WTiter Js indebted for the following additional information regardingthis locality. When passing by that sequestered and romantic spot, where 3 In 1870, the 1st day of June. ^ Such was the case, so far back as 1615,when other portions of the church had beenin repair, and used for Protestant the Liber kepalis Visitationis, drawnup in the reign of James I. Return fur- nished from Carl
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