ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE OE IRELAND.

177 occurrence. I may observe also, that the horizontal-lieaded window and the triangular-headed one, are usually found in the south wall of the chan- cel, and very raiely in the east wall, which usually contains a semicircular- headed window, the arch of which is often cut out of a single stone, as in the annexed example in the church of the Trinity, at Glendalough. p. 179. WINDOWS OF THK CliCKCH OF THK TRINITI ^T GLtND&Lu. " A semicircular-headed window in the east end of St. Mac Dara's church, on the island called Cruach Mic Dara, off the coast of Connamara ; and a semicircular-headed win- dow, quadrangular on the inside, ~ '"^ ^ ^ f""-i- in the east end of St. Cronan's church, at Termoncronan, in the parish of Carron, barony of Bur- ren, and county of Clare : " The same mode of construc- tion is observable in the win- dows of the ancient oratories, which are built without cement, in the neighbourhood of Dingle, in the county of Kerry, as in the east and only window in the oratory at Gallerus, of which an external view has been already given, p. 182. " As an example of the gene- ral appearance of these primitive structures, when of inferior size, I annex an engraving of the very ancient church called Tempull Ceannanach, on Inis Meadhoin, or the Middle Island, of Aran, in the Bay of Galway. This little church, — which would be in per- feet preservation if its stone roof remained, — measures on the inside but sixteen feet six inches in length, and twelve feet six inches in breadth ; and its walls, which arc three feet in thickness, are built in a stvie (piite vol.. HI. ^^ .^ Window of St. Ctonau's Church.