N Munster Antiq J 43

Historical account of Clive's purchase of an estate in County Clare; includes some discussion of the estate, its management and dispersal.

Analysis of ringforts on the Loop Head peninsula indicates that they are largely typical of the country as a whole, though no examples of either cashel or platform types were identified. The location of ecclesiastical sties in areas were ringforts are absent supports the argument that these represent frontier settlements in unpopulated territory. This pattern is a tentative indicator that many of the undated church sites are genuine foundations of the Early Christian period.

On the background and working life of Griffith Parry, commemorated in a Welsh language inscribed gravestone in the churchyard at Castletown Arra in County Tipperary.