Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . ne. Mr. R. Twigge gave me the extract. See Proc. R. , vol. xxxii, p. 60. Macan was the first person slain at the siege of MaghAdhair, 52 ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND commaun is possibly called alter Coman king of the Corcamo-druadh, whose son died in 702, and Duntorpa from Torptha,another king of the tribe in 750. Grianan Lachtna, near Killaloe,is most probably called after the early chief Lachtna (whose camp was on the slope of Cragliath above the Borhaime Ford1 at the raidof king Felimidh of Cashel, about 840) rather
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . ne. Mr. R. Twigge gave me the extract. See Proc. R. , vol. xxxii, p. 60. Macan was the first person slain at the siege of MaghAdhair, 52 ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND commaun is possibly called alter Coman king of the Corcamo-druadh, whose son died in 702, and Duntorpa from Torptha,another king of the tribe in 750. Grianan Lachtna, near Killaloe,is most probably called after the early chief Lachtna (whose camp was on the slope of Cragliath above the Borhaime Ford1 at the raidof king Felimidh of Cashel, about 840) rather than from the later-king, uncle of king Brian. We have met many such names in , Cahermacclanchy, Caherhurley, Cahermurchadha, Caher-shaughnessy, Cahermacnaughten, Cahermaccrusheen, Cahermacrea,Lismehan, Lissoffin (Lios Aedha fionn) and others. The Forts.—In the field next to the road we first note a lowmossy ring of filling, a house site, 27 feet inside. The foundations are10 to 12 feet thick. It lies 30 feet from the south wall of the Fig. 1. Cahermakeerila, North-East North from it on a flat low knoll are parallel rows of slabs, threeabout 4 feet square, lying north and south. I cannot suggest theirpurpose. About 70 feet eastward from the house ring is a second one,386 feet westward from the great cathair. It has a wall of largeoblong blocks, now rarely a yard high, 3 feet thick and 24 feet acrossinside. At the north-east part of its garth is a well-built sunkenand circular cell, of smaller stones, and 6 feet inside, with a door tothe west, the jambs 2 feet thick ; thence runs a curved passage,.12 feet long and 3 to 4 feet wide, running under the outer wall atits north point. The souterrain was probably enclosed in a woodenor clay house with a stone fence or even Cahermakerrila is a ring wall of very fine regular masonry,the lower- part of large blocks, the upper of regular thin slabs, laid 1 Book of Muneier ( R. I. Acad., 23 E, 20, p. 39). S
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