name, but tt e stont:s have been quarried tor building purpose~ to such an extent that the Lios .is almost cbliterated. The position of hos rendered H difticul t to capture. l U - In the sa:'De townla?1d and in view of Caiseal Caruig (VIJ which lies about 700 yds to the East, is a mound known as Crocun Charaigh. It is :1 hiEock with a Lat top, but there are no indications of habita lion there. 11- Still further West .in same townland .is a spot known as the Scalan. 12- In the townland of Castle· common to the we~t of Killybegs on Mr. Mcintyre's farrr.. is a very p et~;,i.liar structure. It consists of two paralL~l rows of standing stones of immense size, supporting covering stones of still greater size and extending eastwards under a ct:ltivated field. The local peope believe that foere was an underg::ocmd passage l ea c\i1~g to Caiseal Chomain (which \V~ were unable to locate) on lC Caiseal Cha~aig which lies almost due north from it and about 1,200 y.ards distant. 13- There is a M·egalithic monument in ·the townland of Drimanoo (0-S 97). It runs East-West and is 1G feet long 1and about 6 feet wide. There are no covering stones. 14- Remains of an old Franciscan Friary to the south of Killybegs town. 15- 0n '111 eminence to the south of the remains of the F.rancis(:an Fi·iary stand the ruins of the castle of Killybegs. lti·-l n the C<itholi c Churcr. in Ki !'.ybcgs a coffin shancd s:ab is cemented into thci Ea:;t wall. It. bears curiot:s!y carved shapes of animals and humans. 17--·In the ·same church is <:. mural tablet to comrr.em:i-- ate the sixteenth century Bishop McGonigle's association with Killybegs, He attended the Council of Trent and is believed to be buried within the walls of the o~d Franc:scan Friary, His Maror house may have been that now known as Killybegs Castle. 18-At the bridge n·ear Ivb>. Ryan's, Lough-head, there is an Altar stone about eight feet long rind two feet wi:ic. The bridge is often cal~erJ Droicead na h-Altaire. -During the Penal days Mass was celebrated on this rock and it is said that boats were always kept in readiness for the priest's escape if c!anger threatened. There is at the door side of .Jim McBrearty's house of Roughwood a large hollowed stone which tradition says was used as a Holywater fo:it at this Carraic-nahAltaire. (B. J . McNELIS, KILLYBEGS, SEPT. 193!).
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