Grove White Notes, Cork Past and Present Doneraile:
In the year 1834 an ancient amulet was dug up near Doneraile, and
was in the collection of Mr. Anthony, of Pilltown. It was in the form of
a species of murrain caterpillar. These amulets were used as charms for
the cure of the murrain in cattle, and it is singular that the two only known
specimens have been found in the county Cork. (Smith i., 233.)
The Field Book of the Ordnance Survey, 1840, gives an account of the
Parish of Doneraile as follows:—”This is a large townland. Its antiquities
are—13 Danish forts, 1 old church, 2 graveyards, 3 old castles,
1 church, about 26 gentlemen’s houses, several streams and rivers, about
16 demesnes, 2 mills, a small post and fair town of some note, convenient
to which is Doneraile House, the seat of Lord Doneraile. (Ord. Sur. Off.,
Dub.)
In the description of Tuath Muighe Finne (the noblest district of W. Fermoy) in Fermoy Topography, it is stated that Dun Tulcha, Cill Curnain, Croch, out of which are Hi Dathail, Ard Ceanannais, and Dun ar aill, are one baile, out of which are Hi Faelain and Hi TTirisi. Dun Tulcha, or fort of the tulach or hill, may be the hill with which has been connected a variant of the tale of Cnoc an air, and it is likely t h a t this tulach was the site of a pagan cemetery, and in the pagan period was regarded as a sacred hill, like many other tulachs in Ireland. Cill Curnain means Church of St. Cnrnan, and in the Pipe Eoll of Cloyne is named Kylcornan and Kilcornan, thus at p. 16
we read: “Et Thomas Kyrry tenet………
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