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Borris-in-Ossory castle and 1640s actions

Borris-in-Ossory · town · Laois · 1642–1643

Borris-in-Ossory was a position of great strength due to the overflowing Nore and surrounding morasses, and the Fitzpatricks adopted it as the site of a castle. In 1642, a sharp action occurred between a small English force and the Irish, and in 1643 it was taken by General Preston and besieged by Lord Mountgarret.

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BORRIS.IN-OSSORY, a small market and post town, in the parish of Aghaboe, barony of Clandonagh. Queen's co., Leinster. It stands near the nascent Nore, near the western limit of the county, and on the great road from Dublin to Limerick, 5f miles east of Rosscrea, 6^ south-west of Mountrath, and 53^ south-west of Dublin. In former ages it was a position of great strength, the Nore overflowing the grounds adjacent to it on the north, and impracticable morasses surrounding it on other sides ; and being the great pass to Munster, it was early adopted as the site of a castle by the Fitzpatricks, lords of the soil. Early in the civil war of the 17th century, it was garrisoned by the parliamefitarians, and relieved by Sir Charles Coote ; in 1642, it was the scene of a sharp action between a small English force and some Irish, in which the latter were worsted ; and, in 1643, it was taken by General Preston, and besieged by Lord Mountgarret. The village consists of a long street, has a mean appearance, and is maintained by its market, its fairs, a small retail trade, and the ordinary arts of handicraft. A small bridewell has only 1 day-room, 1 vard, and 3 or 4 cells, but is cleanly and regularly kept. A dispensary in the village is within the Roscrea Poor-law anion, and serves for a population of 6,114; and, in 1839, it received £159 17s., expended £165 13s., and administered to 2,026 patients. Fairs are held on the 3d Tuesday of May, and the Ut Tuesday of Oct., both old style. The Main Trunk railway, as projected by the Commissioners, passes within 3 statute miles of the village ; and from that point will effect a conveyance to Dublin in 2 or 3 minutes short of 3 hours. Communications by road are enjoyed by means of vehicles in transit between Dublin and Roscrea or Limerick. Area of the village, 50 acres. Pop., in 1831, 770; in 1841. 821. Houses 134.

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Borris village and its architecture

Borris · town · Carlow

Borris in County Carlow was originally an appendage to the adjoining mansion of Borris-castle, the seat of Thos. Kavanagh, Esq. The village consists of a single row of houses nearly a mile in length, with handsome cottages ornees, a Roman Catholic chapel, National schools, and a public walk shaded with venerable oaks.

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BORRIS, or Borris-Idrone, a village in the parish of Clonagoose, barony of East Idrone, co. Carlow, Leinster. It stands on the Borris rivulet, and on the road from Dublin to New Ross, 14 miles north of New Ross, and 14 south of Carlow. It was originally an appendage to the adjoining mansion of Borris-castle, the superb seat of Tbos. Kavanagh, Esq. ; and now consists of a single row of houses, nearly a mile in length, and extending parallel to the boundary of the demesne. In this line are several handsome cottages ornees, and two neat buildings, used respectively as the Roman Catholic chapel, and schools of the National Board ; and on the opposite side is a broad, public walk, shaded with venerable oaks. The village, owing jointly to its form, its situation, and its umbrageousness, has a singularly pleasing and rural appearance. A fever hospital and a dispensary here are within tbe Carlow Poor-Iaw union ; and the latter serves for a district of 31,123 acres, with 9,963 inhabiUnU. In 1839-40, the hospiUl received £117 78., expended £84 18s. lOd., and had 185 patients; and the dispensary received £230 12s., and expended £'258 Is. 8<1. In 1841, a Loan Fund in the village had a capital of £1,633, circulated £3,755 in 1,038 loans, realized £'29 Is. 4d. of clear protit, and expended £3 4s. lOd. on charitable objects. Area of the village, 29 acres. Pop., in 1831, 671 ; in 1841, 950. Houses 161.
BORRIS CASTLE, adjoining the above village, is, in every respect, the most imposing and interesting mansion in the county of Carlow. The original edifice was a large quadrangular, unornamented pile; and the present structure was, in the course of last century, altered from it, and constructed in the English baronial mansion style of the 16th century, turreted, rich in detail, and similar in character to

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Bourney church built c.1778

Bourney · parish · Tipperary · 1778

Bourney church was built around the year 1778 and had 250 sittings with an attendance of about 120. The parish also included Burrisnefarney, which had its own church.

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Roscrea to Borris-in-Ossory. The principal residences are Mount- Frisco, Longford, Dangan-sallagh, and Ballykell y. A dispensary in the parish is within the Roscrea Poor4aw union, and serves for a populatior. of 4,918; and, in 1839, it received £70 Us., and expanded £73 153. lOd. — This parish is a vicarage in the dio. of Killaloe. Vicarial tithe composition, £197 16s. 3d. ; glehe, £7 17s. 6d. The rectorial tithes are compounded for £350, and are impropriate in the Marquis of Ormonde. The vicarage of Bourney, and the rectory of Burrisnefarney [see that article}, constitute the benefice of Bourney. The two parishes are in contact for about a mile. Length of the union, 10 miles; breadth, 3^. Pop., in 1831, 4,831. Gross income, £390 6s. O^d. ; nett, £338 lis. 3^d. Patron, the diocesan. A curate for Bourney has a stipend of £69 4s. 7^d., and the use of the glebehouse. Bourney church was built about the year 1778. Sittings 250; attendance 120. Burrisnefarney also has a church. A Friends' meeting-house has an attendance of about 30. The Roman Catholic chapels at Clonakenny and Shanballymaher have each an attendance of 900 ; and, in the Roman Catholic parochial arrangement, are united to two chapels in Corbally. In 1834, the Protestants of the parish amounted to 384, and the Roman Catholics to 3,890; the Protestants of the union to 463, and the Roman Catholics to 4,636 ; and 6 daily schools in the union — 5 of which were in the parish, and 2 of these aided with respectively £10 from subscription, and £15 from the London Ladies' Society, and from subscription — had on their books 135 boys and 164 girls.

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Bourney parish: head-springs of Nore and Suir

Bourney · parish · Tipperary

Bourney parish in the barony of Ikerrin, County Tipperary, stretches from near Roscrea southward to the Devil-Bit mountains and the marshes on the boundary with Queen's County. It contains some of the head-springs of both the Nore and the Suir, drained respectively eastward and southward.

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BOURNEY, or BouRCHiif, a parish in the baronj of Ikerrin, 4 miles south by west of Roscrea, co. Tipperary, Munster. Length, west-south-westward, 6| miles ; breadth, from a few perches to 3| miles ; area, 12,981 acres, 1 rood, 38 perches, — of which 803 acres, 2 roods, 34 perches, form a detached district 2\ miles to the north-east. Pop., in 1831, 4,061; in 1841. 4,620. HoBses 738. The surfisce comprehends a large part of the northern half of the barony, from the vicinity of Roscrea southward, and from near the summit-line of the DeviUBit mountains to the marshes on the boundary with Queen's CO. ; it contains some of the head-springs of both the Nore and the Sair, and is drained partly eastward by the former stream, and partly southward by the latter ; it consists, over the one-half of Ht area, of tolerably good or at least middling upland, and, over the other half, of bo^, moor, and mountain; it is all profitable excepting 1,600 acres, but contains no prime land ; and it is traversed by the road from Roscrea to Templemore, «nd by that froos
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Bovevagh parish church built 1824

near Bovevagh · townland · Derry · 1824

The parish church of Bovevagh was built in 1824 with a gift of £830 15s. 4½d. from the late Board of First Fruits. It had 300 sittings and an attendance of about 65.

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BOVEVAGH, a parish on the west side of the barony of Kenought, 4^ miles north-north-west of Dungiven, co. Londonderry, Ulster. Length, 7 miles; breadth, 4; area, 19,636 acres, 1 rood, 25 perches, — of which 1,039 acres, 3 roods, 19 perches, constitute the district of Fermil lying a little east of Benbradagh mountain, and 3 miles east of the main body of Boveragh. Pop., in 1831, 5^531 ; in 1841, 5,174. Houses 985. The surface consists of part of the valley of the Roe, and of the glens and mountains of the western side of that river's basin. The arable land along the sides of the streams is alluvial and excellent ; that on hanging plains and on declivities is of a fair average quality ; but the soil, as the heights are ascended, becomes cold and wet; and the high grounds, except for the purposes of fuel, are generally unprofitable. The ^ognostic features and mineral properties of the district are interesting. Among the mansions are Straw, Ardiuarive, and Bally harridan,— the last the seat of W. Osborne, Esq., 2 miles west of Dungiven. The interior of the parish is traversed north- north- west- ward by the road from Dungiven to Bally kelly, and northward by that from Dungiven to Newtownlimavaddy. Archdall says that a monastery of the name of Bovevagh — anciently Beith-Medhbha — was founded by St. Columb in Kenought ; and that it was presided over by St Aidan, nephew to St. Patrick, by his sister Sinechal Had this annalist written the history of architecture, St. Paul's of London might possibly have figured in his pages as "a Norman structure built by William of Wykeham, uncle of Sir Christopher Wren." — This parish is a rectory and a separate benefice in the dio. of Derry. Tithe composition, £580; glebe, £50. Gross income, £630; nett, £528 12s. O^d. Patron, the diocesan. A curate has a stipend oif £84. The church was built in 1824, by means of a gift of £830 15s. 4^d. from the late Board of First Fruits. Sittings 300 ; attendance 65. The Presbyterian meeting-house has an attendance of 500. The Roman Catholic chapels at Ballymoney and Derrylane are attended

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Boylagh barony: Rosses district and granite plain

near The Rosses · locality · Donegal

The western district of Boylagh barony is a great undulating granite plain exhibiting a uniform surface of dark peat dotted with ponds and small tillage patches around cabins. The barony includes the district of the Rosses in the north and 12 inhabited islands off the west coast.

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BOYLAGH, a barony on the west coast of eow Donegal, Ulster. It is bounded on the west and north by the Atlantic ocean ; on the north-east by the Guidore river, which separates it from Kilmacrenan ; on the east by Rapboe ; and on the soiitk by Bannagh. Area, 158,480 acres. It includes the district of the Rosses in the north, and 12 inhabited islands, besides islets and insulated rocks, off the west coast. The estuaries of the Guidore and the Guibarra, the bays of Dungloe and Tyeenagh, and numerous unnavigable sandy marine inlets^ cat its seaboard into a constant and intricate series of variously outland peninsulse. A great undulating plain or champaign territory of granite constitutes Ha western district, and exhibits an irksome and almoat uniform surface of dark peat, dotted Mrith lougUeti or ponds, and slightly variegated with patches of tillage around the cabins. Crovehy, whose suamiit has an altitude of 1,033 feet above sea-level, is the highest ground in this wild and dreary traieti and the small and utterly sequestered village of DoQi^Oi^
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Boyle bridewell construction and condition

Boyle · town · Roscommon

The bridewell in Boyle, attached to the new sessions-house, was built at a cost of over £1,039 and contained two day-rooms, eight cells, and two yards. It was noted to be kept in an irregular and filthy state, needing reform.

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Public Buildingt.']— The old bridge of Boyle, situated nearly in the middle of the town, consists of 5 low and rather narrow arches ; and has, on its upper side, within a strong iron cage of palisade work, and on a low pedestal, a statue of William III. The new bridge, situated 500 yards lower down, between the barrack and the abbey, consists of a single arch. The new sessions-house stands on the slope of the hill, fronting the street which ran9 from the south end of the old bridge, and was built at an estimated expense of £800 to the county, aided by £500 and a free site from Lord Lorton. The old sessions house, a decayed edifice in the street or road which passes the barrack, serves fyr the uses of the Savings'-bank, the Charitable Loan office, the infant-schools, and public meetings §ot charitable and religious purposes. The bridewell is attached to the new sessions-house, and was built at an estimated expense of £1,039 17>. lOd.; i$ con* tains 2 day-rooms, 8 cells, and 2 yards ; but it is kept in an irregular and filthy state, and has pressing need of reform. The barrack was originallv the resideBCS of the Earl of Kingston. The parish-churdi, sit»* ated somewhat below the crest of the hill on tbe north side of the town, sud on the old road to i
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Boyle founds Baltimore

Baltimore · town · Cork · 1602

Around 1602, Sir Richard Boyle purchased Raleigh's estates and colonized the lands with English settlers, founding or rebuilding the town of Baltimore.

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James Fitzthomas, the nephew of the deceased Earl of Desmond, was induced by Hugh, Earl of Tyrone, when the latter unfurle<l the standard of rebellion in Ulster, to assume the title and claims of the long line of the Fitzgeralds ; but, though joined by great numbers of the Irish under Florence Mac- Carthy, he came to l>e called in ridicule the Sagaun or Straw Earl, and was ma<le prisoner in 1601, and sent to the tower of London. The Spaniards made a fruitless descent on the coast in September of the same year; and various interior turbulences menaced the country ^^nth anarchy, but speedily passed away in the dying growl of mere discontent. In 1602, Sir Richard Boyle, afterwards Earl of (^ork, purchased at a small price the whole of Sir Walter Raleigh's estate of upwards of 20,000 acres in Cork and Waterford ; about the same time, he purchased also a large part of Mr. Fane Beecher's seignory of 12.000 acres in Cork ; and he colonized the whole of these lands with English settlers, founded or rebuilt on them the towns of Bandon, Cloghnakilty, Baltimore, and Youghal, and procured for these towns charters of incorporation erecting them into parliamentary boroughs. So rapid and effective was nis process of colonization that, in a very few years, his tenantry mustered for military service 1,514 infantry and 146 cavalry, most of the latter of whom were freeholders and gentlemen. His family afUrn-ards pursue<l the policy which he so vigorously exemplified, and raised Middlcton, Castlemartvr, Charleville, and Doneraile to the condition of parliamentary boroughs ; to that they eventually controlled, or rather possessed, nearly the whole of the great parlianentary franchise within the county. During the war which commenced in 1641, Lords Broghill, Kinnalmeaky, Dungarvan, and Shannon, the sons of the Earl oi Cork, led the various bodies of the Earl's militia through a leriea of stirring and surres<«ful campaigns, which rery materially contributed to the pecitiaition ol 2 IC
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Boyle founds Bandon

Bandon · town · Cork · 1602

Around 1602, Sir Richard Boyle purchased Raleigh's estates and colonized the lands with English settlers, founding or rebuilding the town of Bandon.

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James Fitzthomas, the nephew of the deceased Earl of Desmond, was induced by Hugh, Earl of Tyrone, when the latter unfurle<l the standard of rebellion in Ulster, to assume the title and claims of the long line of the Fitzgeralds ; but, though joined by great numbers of the Irish under Florence Mac- Carthy, he came to l>e called in ridicule the Sagaun or Straw Earl, and was ma<le prisoner in 1601, and sent to the tower of London. The Spaniards made a fruitless descent on the coast in September of the same year; and various interior turbulences menaced the country ^^nth anarchy, but speedily passed away in the dying growl of mere discontent. In 1602, Sir Richard Boyle, afterwards Earl of (^ork, purchased at a small price the whole of Sir Walter Raleigh's estate of upwards of 20,000 acres in Cork and Waterford ; about the same time, he purchased also a large part of Mr. Fane Beecher's seignory of 12.000 acres in Cork ; and he colonized the whole of these lands with English settlers, founded or rebuilt on them the towns of Bandon, Cloghnakilty, Baltimore, and Youghal, and procured for these towns charters of incorporation erecting them into parliamentary boroughs. So rapid and effective was nis process of colonization that, in a very few years, his tenantry mustered for military service 1,514 infantry and 146 cavalry, most of the latter of whom were freeholders and gentlemen. His family afUrn-ards pursue<l the policy which he so vigorously exemplified, and raised Middlcton, Castlemartvr, Charleville, and Doneraile to the condition of parliamentary boroughs ; to that they eventually controlled, or rather possessed, nearly the whole of the great parlianentary franchise within the county. During the war which commenced in 1641, Lords Broghill, Kinnalmeaky, Dungarvan, and Shannon, the sons of the Earl oi Cork, led the various bodies of the Earl's militia through a leriea of stirring and surres<«ful campaigns, which rery materially contributed to the pecitiaition ol 2 IC
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Boyle founds Clonakilty

Clonakilty · town · Cork · 1602

Around 1602, Sir Richard Boyle purchased Raleigh's estates and colonized the lands with English settlers, founding or rebuilding the town of Clonakilty.

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James Fitzthomas, the nephew of the deceased Earl of Desmond, was induced by Hugh, Earl of Tyrone, when the latter unfurle<l the standard of rebellion in Ulster, to assume the title and claims of the long line of the Fitzgeralds ; but, though joined by great numbers of the Irish under Florence Mac- Carthy, he came to l>e called in ridicule the Sagaun or Straw Earl, and was ma<le prisoner in 1601, and sent to the tower of London. The Spaniards made a fruitless descent on the coast in September of the same year; and various interior turbulences menaced the country ^^nth anarchy, but speedily passed away in the dying growl of mere discontent. In 1602, Sir Richard Boyle, afterwards Earl of (^ork, purchased at a small price the whole of Sir Walter Raleigh's estate of upwards of 20,000 acres in Cork and Waterford ; about the same time, he purchased also a large part of Mr. Fane Beecher's seignory of 12.000 acres in Cork ; and he colonized the whole of these lands with English settlers, founded or rebuilt on them the towns of Bandon, Cloghnakilty, Baltimore, and Youghal, and procured for these towns charters of incorporation erecting them into parliamentary boroughs. So rapid and effective was nis process of colonization that, in a very few years, his tenantry mustered for military service 1,514 infantry and 146 cavalry, most of the latter of whom were freeholders and gentlemen. His family afUrn-ards pursue<l the policy which he so vigorously exemplified, and raised Middlcton, Castlemartvr, Charleville, and Doneraile to the condition of parliamentary boroughs ; to that they eventually controlled, or rather possessed, nearly the whole of the great parlianentary franchise within the county. During the war which commenced in 1641, Lords Broghill, Kinnalmeaky, Dungarvan, and Shannon, the sons of the Earl oi Cork, led the various bodies of the Earl's militia through a leriea of stirring and surres<«ful campaigns, which rery materially contributed to the pecitiaition ol 2 IC
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Boyle founds Youghal

Youghal · town · Cork · 1602

Around 1602, Sir Richard Boyle purchased Raleigh's estates and colonized the lands with English settlers, founding or rebuilding the town of Youghal.

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James Fitzthomas, the nephew of the deceased Earl of Desmond, was induced by Hugh, Earl of Tyrone, when the latter unfurle<l the standard of rebellion in Ulster, to assume the title and claims of the long line of the Fitzgeralds ; but, though joined by great numbers of the Irish under Florence Mac- Carthy, he came to l>e called in ridicule the Sagaun or Straw Earl, and was ma<le prisoner in 1601, and sent to the tower of London. The Spaniards made a fruitless descent on the coast in September of the same year; and various interior turbulences menaced the country ^^nth anarchy, but speedily passed away in the dying growl of mere discontent. In 1602, Sir Richard Boyle, afterwards Earl of (^ork, purchased at a small price the whole of Sir Walter Raleigh's estate of upwards of 20,000 acres in Cork and Waterford ; about the same time, he purchased also a large part of Mr. Fane Beecher's seignory of 12.000 acres in Cork ; and he colonized the whole of these lands with English settlers, founded or rebuilt on them the towns of Bandon, Cloghnakilty, Baltimore, and Youghal, and procured for these towns charters of incorporation erecting them into parliamentary boroughs. So rapid and effective was nis process of colonization that, in a very few years, his tenantry mustered for military service 1,514 infantry and 146 cavalry, most of the latter of whom were freeholders and gentlemen. His family afUrn-ards pursue<l the policy which he so vigorously exemplified, and raised Middlcton, Castlemartvr, Charleville, and Doneraile to the condition of parliamentary boroughs ; to that they eventually controlled, or rather possessed, nearly the whole of the great parlianentary franchise within the county. During the war which commenced in 1641, Lords Broghill, Kinnalmeaky, Dungarvan, and Shannon, the sons of the Earl oi Cork, led the various bodies of the Earl's militia through a leriea of stirring and surres<«ful campaigns, which rery materially contributed to the pecitiaition ol 2 IC
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Boyle parish church construction and enlargement

Boyle · town · Roscommon · 1770–1818

The parish church of Boyle was built in 1770 using parochial assessments and donations from the ancestors of Lords Lorton and Dundas, and was later enlarged in 1818 with a loan from the late Board of First Fruits.

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the dio. of Elphin. Vicarial tithe composition, ji^l47 13s. lOd. ; glebe, £41 10s. The rectorial tithes, jointly with those of Kilmacallane and Aughanagh, are compounded for £313, and are impropriate in Viscount Lorton. The vicarages of Boyle, Taun- AOH, Kilmacallane, Drumcollum, Aughanagh, Ballinarill, Balltsumaohan, and Kilross [see these articles], constitute the benefice of Boyle. AH the parishes except Boyle are in the county of Sligo; yet the whole lie aggregately contiguous. Length of the union, 15 miles ; breadth, 6 miles. Pop., in 1831, 27.733. Gross income, £576 78. 3j^d. ; nett, £505 14s. 7d. Patron, the diocesan, 'rbe incumbent is also prebendary of Kilmacallane, and holds the benefice of Mucknoe in the dio. of Clogher. Three curates in Boyle benefice have each a stipend of £69 48. 7^d. The church of Boyle parish was built in 1770, by means of parochial assessments, and of two donations of £92 6s. l|d. each, from the ancestors of Lords Lorton and Dundas ; and enlarged in 1818, by means of a loan of £923 Is. 6^d. from the late Board of First Fruits. Sittings 600; attendance 415. A church in Ballysumaghan serves for Ballysumaghan, Kilross, and BallinakiU ; and one in Kilmacallane serves for Kilmacallane, Taunagh, and Drumcollum. A Wesleyan meetinghouse, and a Baptist one, have each an attendance of 35. Two Roman Catholic chapels in Boyle parish are attended by respectively 2,500 and 1,154, and have jointly three officiates. There are two Roman Catholic chapels in Kilmacallane, and four in respectively Aughanagh, Ballysumaghan, Kilross, and BallinakiU. In 1834, the ProtesUnU of Boyle parish amounted to 1,047, and the Roman Catholics to 10,763; the ProtesUnts of the union to 2,696, and the Roman Catholics to 25,002 ; and all the Protestants, excepting 5 dissenters not Presbyterian, were Churchmen. In the same year, 4 Sunday schools in the parish were attended, on the average, by 290 children, and an additional one in the union, by 40; 17 daily schools in the pansh had on their books 674 boys and 536 girls ; and 41 daily schools in the union had 1,547 boys and 956 girls. Four of the daily schools in the parish were aided with respectively £30, £20, £15, and £30, from subscriptioD, and some of these with other advantages ; onte with £16 from the Baptist Society ; and two with respectively £12 and £8 from the National Board, and £18 and £12 from subscription.

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Bracklin House demesne near Castletowndelvin

Bracklin · townland · Westmeath

Bracklin House stands between Bracklin Bog and the river Deel, about 2.5 miles south of Castletowndelvin, and is the seat of R. Fetherstone Haugh, Esq., situated amid a highly improved demesne.

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BR AC KLIN, a bog on the mutual border of the counties of Westmeath and Meath, 1^ mile northeast of Rathfarn, and 9 east-north-east of MulUngar, Leinster. Though strictly one sheet of morass, it comprises the subdenominations of Bracklin, Lysclogher, Killeconican, and Riverdale. It lies chiefly in Westmeath, but extends into Meath in the direction of Trim. Its length, from near Islandford bridge to Coxtown, is 4^ miles; its breadth, from Bracklin to Carranstown, is 3^ miles ; and its area is 9,634 English acres. Alofig its west side it lies within from ^ of a mile to 2^ miles of the left margin of the river Deel. Its summit occurs near Bracklin, and lies 41 feet above the level of the Deel, 60 above that of the stream at Carranstown, and 279} above that of high- water in Dublin bay. The lowest part of the drainage is 60} feet lower than the summit. The bog generally declines from west to east; is wet, deep,. and spongy; is interspersed with several small hills or derries of limestone gravel ; lies in the immediate vicinity of large masses of limestone rock, and of a prevailing soil of limestone-gravel and clay ; and is traversed bv the high road from Mullingar to Trim. Estimated cost of reclamiition, £18,188 7». 7d — Bracklin-house, between the bog and the Deel, and 2j miles south of Castletowndelvin, is the seat of R. Fethcrstone Haugh, Esq., and stands in the midst of a highly improved demesne.
BRACKLINTOWN, a village in the parish of Clonbern, half-barony of Bally moe, co. Gal way, Connaught. Post-town, Elphin. Pop., in 1831, 41.

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Brandon fishing village and pier on Brandon Bay

Brandon · electoral division · Kerry

Brandon village on the west side of Brandon Bay is a fishing and coast-guard station, with about 250 men and boys employed in yawls and canoes. A pier 153 feet long was erected by the Fishery Board, destroyed, and restored a few years prior.

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mountain occupies a broad peninsula between Siner* wick Harbour on the west and Brandon bay on the east ; is situated 7 miles east by north of Cape Sybil, the north-western extremity of the Corkaguiney peninsula ; and has an altitude above sea* level ot 3.126 feet. The headland, or Brandon Head, is simply a seaward spur of the mountain; lies 4 miles north-east of the mountain's summit ; and screens the west side of the entrance of Brandon bay. This promontory forms a striking perspective in the picturesque views down Tralee bay, and seaward from spots in the vicinity of Tralee and Ard* fert ; and a new road, from Tralee to Dingle, aloiw the shores of Brandon bay, and round the skirts or Brandon Mountain, commands a series of most thrilling views over upland, and sea-lough, and ocean. ** From this road," says Mr. Fraser's excellent 'Guide through Ireland, "magnificent viewe of the coast and high lands to the northward are obtained, including Brandon bey at our feet, the whole extent and coast of Ballyheigue bay, and the mouth of the Shannon. We pass close to the lofty Brandon^ and, in our descent along the sides of Cionnor-hiil, enjov a view of the numerous valleys on the one hand, and high-peaked summits on the other, which compose the western point of this wild peninsula." Brandon bay is nearly 4 miles wide at the entranee, penetrates the land to the extent of about 3 miles, describes nearly a semicircle in its outline, with an angular addition on the south-west, and is separated from Tralee bay by only a narrow peninsula. Brandon village is a fishing and a coast-guard station, and is situated on the west side of the bay. Abundance of fish of almost every description surround Brandon Head in their respective seasons, and render the fishing-station peculiarly eligible. The boats used are chiefly jrawls and canoes, and employ about 250 men and boys. A large quantity of sea-manure also is landed at* the village. A pier 153 feet long, was erected here by the late Fishery Board, and having been destroyed, was, a few years a^o, restored. The grant from government toward it was £5Q\ 7s.» and from the Dublin Committee £99 10s. Pop. not specially returned.

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Bray Head promontory and its panoramic views

near Bray Head · promontory · Wicklow

Bray Head, rising 807 feet above sea level, sits nearly a mile south-east of Bray town and screens the south side of the bay entrance. Its summit commands views of the ocean, shore, town, Killiney hill, and the Powerscourt valley amphitheatre.

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BRAY, a parish, containing the larger part of the town of the same name, in the north-east corner of the half-barony of Rathdown, co. Wicklow, Leinster. Length, 2| miles ; breadth, 2^ ; area, 2,986 acres. Pop., in 1831, 3.499; in 1841, 3,326. Houses 576. Pop. of the rural districts, in 1831, 909; in 1841, 1,123. Houses 194. The river Bray bounds the north ; the bay of Bray bounds the east ; and the headland of Bray and the smaller Sugarlo«f mountain, rise on respectively the south- east and the south. The arable and pasture grounds are luxuriant; and the whole surface is picturesque. The chief features of interest, apart from the town and its villa. powdered environs, are the noble mansion and demesne of Kilruddery, the Sugarloaf mountain, and the promontory of Bray. See Kilruddert and SuGARLoAF. Bray Head is situated nearly a mile south-east of the town, and screens the souto side of the entrance of the bay. It has a broad-based site, a wide-spread range of depths and elevations, and an altitude above sea-level of 807 feet Its projections and intricacies of outline, as seen from below, form rich combinations with the surrounding scenery ; and its summit commands a charming view of the ocean, the shore, and town, the steep green hill of Killiney, and the spacious and beautitul amphitheatre of the Powerscourt valley. Among the numerous villas within the parish are those of Fairy-hill, Bay view, Newcourt, Oldcourt, Killarney, Giltspur, Springfield, Violet-hill, St. Valory, Ballymorris. Herbert, Rivorsdttle, lielleview, Edenview, and Richview. — This parish is a rectory and vicarage in the dio. of Dublin. Tithe composition, £230; glebe, £30. The parishes of Bray and Old Connaught — the latter an adjoining vicarage on the co. Dublin side of the Bray river — constitute the benefice of Bray. Length and breadth, each 3 miles. Pop, in 1831, 5.456. Gross income, £510; nett, £430 10s. The Crown presents to the rectory of

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Bray parish church repaired with Board of First Fruits loan

Bray · town · Wicklow · 1818

The parish church of Bray, situated in the town, was an old building repaired in 1818 using a loan of over £941 from the Board of First Fruits. It had 450 sittings and summer attendance of about 500.

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Bray, and the diocesan to the two vicaragea. Each of two curates has a stipend of £50. The church, situated in the town, is an old building, and was repaired in 1818, by means of a loan of £941 lOs. 9^d. from the late Board of Fir^t Fruits. Sittings 450 ; attendance, 500 in summer, and about 200 in winter. A Presbyterian meeting-house has an attendance of from 15 to 20. The Bray Roman Ca* tholic chapel has an attendance of 1,000; and, in the Roman Catholic parochial arrangement, is united to the chapels of Delgany and Stagonil. In 1834, the parishioners of Bray consisted of 603 Churchmen, 22 Presbyterians, and 2,570 Roman Catholics ; sund the inhabitants of the union were 1,184 Churchmen, 22 Presbyterians, 7 other Protestant dissenters, and 3,963 Roman Catholics. In the same year, a Roman Catholic Sunday school in the parish was attended, on the average, by 300 children ; and 7 daily schools in the parish — two of which were aided by the National Board, one was a free-school supported by Mrs. Butland, one was an infant-school wholly supported by Lady Powerscourt, and one was a classiiad school— had on their books 168 boys and 245 girls. There were 2 schools also in Old Connaught.

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Bray town as a fashionable summer resort

Bray · town · Wicklow

Bray had for many years been a favourite summer resort of wealthy Dublin citizens and gentry from across Ireland. Handsome cottages, boarding houses, furnished houses, and numerous private mansions and villas abounded in the town and its environs for visitors' accommodation.

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BRAY, a market and post town, partly in the parish of Old Connaught, half-barony of Rathdown, CO. Dublin, but chiefly in the parish of Bray, halfbarony of Rathdown, co. Wicklow, Leinster. It stands on both sides of the Bray rivulet, immediately above the bay of Bray, and on the road from Dublin to Wexford by way of Arklow, 7^ miles north of Newtown Mount Kennedy, and 10 south-south-east of Dublin. The town surmounts the steep banks of the rivulet, is a mile in length, consists principally of one street, and appears to great advantage as seen by persons approachmg from Dublin. The parishchurch and Quin*s hotel overhang the height, and are strongly foiled by the bold background of Bray Head and the smaller Sugarloaf mountain. The church, though a neat structure, is plain ; and even the new part of it forming the east end has no pretensions to architectural beauty. The Roman Catholic chapel is a handsome edifice. The infantry barrack resembles most lumpish objects of its clasa. Quin's hotel is a spacious edifice, and well-conducted establishment. The town has for manv years been a favourite summer resort of the wealthier of the Dublin citizens and of the gentry from a large part of Ireland; and it possesses, in a state of high facility and polish, the various appliances required for their accommodation and comfort, whether as lodgers or as tourists. Handsome cottages ornees, boarding, houses on different scales of economy, and furnished houses from the small abode to the luxurious mansion, abound both in the town and in its environs, for the special use of visitors. Private roansione and villas also are so numerous, and vie with one another so charmingly in architectural and parterre and demesne attraction, that a full enumeration of tben would have a similar vulgariiing effect to an auctioneer's coarse account of a choice collection of paint* ings. The most conspicuous mansions in the southern environs are Kilruddery [which see] ; Old Courts the seat of l^lajor Edwards; and Bray-Head, the beautiful seat of George Putland, Esq. ;— the mosi conspicuous on the east side of the road to Dublin, are Ravenswell, Isaac Weld, Esq. ; Cork Abbey, Colonel Wingfield ; Woodbrook, Sir J. 8. Ribton, BarL ; and Woodlawn, W. H. Magan, Esq. ;— «nd the most conspicuous on the west side of the Dublin road, are Shankhill, Miss Roberts ; Old Connaught, Lord Plunket ; and the villa of Sir F. 8. Hutdieson, Bart.

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Breafy parish scene of Castlebar skirmishing

near Breaghwy · population centre · Mayo

Part of the ground in Breafy parish was the scene of skirmishing connected with the history of Castlebar. The surface is uneven but not mountainous, presenting a variety of features from bleak to softly beautiful.

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of which 34 acres, 2 perches are water. Pop.,in 1831,2,315: in 1841,2,452. Houses 436. The surface is uneven, hut nowhere mountainou« or very bold ; it presents a variety of features, from the bleak and harsh to the softly beautiful ; it consists of land VHiying from waste to good ; and it is traversed eastward by the road from Castlebar to Balla. The chief mansions are Breafy, Hawthorn Lodge, Rockland, and Windsor. Part of the ground was the scene of skirmishing, which belongs to the history of Castlebar: see that article — This parish is a rectory, and part of the benefice of Castlebar, in the dio. of Tuam. Tithe composition, £57 16s. lid. The Roman Catholic chapel statistics are given with those of Castlebar. In 1834, the Protestanto amounted to 85, and the Roman Cat)iolic8 to 2,399 ; and 3 daily schools — one of which was aided with £8 a-year from the National Board, one had £]0 from the London Hibernian and the Tuam Diocesan Societies, and the other was a free-school at liightford, aided with £5 from Mrs. O'Neally, and £5 and
a house from John Larminie, Esq had on their

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Breda ancient parish united to Knock

Breda · townland · Down

Breda is an ancient parish in the barony of Lower Castlereagh which has from time immemorial been united to the parish of Knock, jointly constituting the modern parish of Knockbreda.

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BREDA, an ancient parish in the barony of Lower Castlereagh, co. Down, Ulster. It has, from time immemorial, been united to the parish of Knock ; and constitutes, jointly \^*ith it, the modem parish of Knockbreda : see that article.
BREE, a village in the south-east comer of the barony of Scarewalsh, co. Wexford, Leinster. It stands about 4 miles south by west of Ennbeortby, on the road thence to Taghmon. Pop. not s|pecially returned. The village gives name to a pansh in the Roman Catholic parochial arrangement : statistics given under the civil parochial division. Overhanging the village is the hill of Bree ; and« in the vicinity, respectively toward Enniscorthy and toward Taghmon, are Wilton-house £see BoKoJ, and Clonmore, the seat of Mr. Donovan.

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Bree village with hill and nearby seats

Bree · townland · Wexford

The village of Bree stands about four miles south by west of Enniscorthy on the road to Taghmon. Overhanging the village is the hill of Bree, and in the vicinity are Wilton-house and Clonmore, the seat of Mr. Donovan.

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BREE, a village in the south-east comer of the barony of Scarewalsh, co. Wexford, Leinster. It stands about 4 miles south by west of Ennbeortby, on the road thence to Taghmon. Pop. not s|pecially returned. The village gives name to a pansh in the Roman Catholic parochial arrangement : statistics given under the civil parochial division. Overhanging the village is the hill of Bree ; and« in the vicinity, respectively toward Enniscorthy and toward Taghmon, are Wilton-house £see BoKoJ, and Clonmore, the seat of Mr. Donovan.
BREEOGUE (The), a rivulet of co. Roseon* roon, Connaught. It has one source near Belana* gare, and another in the small lake Bally, both in the western section of the barony of Ballintobber; and runs about 10 miles northward through that district, and north-north-westward through the barony of Boyle to Lough Gara. It flows dee|>ly and slowly ; is from 1 to 3 perches broad ; and infliets considerable mischief on the low grounds adjacent to it by its floods. Breeogue-Bridge, a hamlet abont 1^ mile above its embouchure, takes name firon a low, winding, perforated causeway across the stream, where reeds and sedges are so predominant, that the rivulefs channel can scarcely be distinguished from adjacent * plashes.*

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Brian Boru's court at Kincora near Killaloe

near Kincora · monument · Clare

The celebrated Brian Boru held his royal court at Kincora, located on the eastern border of County Clare near Killaloe. From there, Thomond effectively gave law to the rest of Ireland under his administration.

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HUtory,'^ — Our limits will admit only a few brief and uncontmuous notices of the prolific and interesting civil history of Clare. In 298, Lugad or Le\vy, surnamed Meann, one of the Dal-Casbian kings of Leath Moth, made such new political distributions of territory, as dissevered Clare from Con naughty and connected it with Munster. Three principalities, called respectively Tuaidb-Muin, Jar-Muin, and Des-Muin, names which meant North-Munster, East-Munster,and South-Munster, and were softened or modernized into Thomond, Ormond, and Desmond — occupied the broad expanse of Munster ; and Tuaidh-Muin or Thomond, according to the treaty of Dioma, extended from the Atlantic to Slieve-Dala in Ossory, and from the Arran Islands to Knocknaine and the river Feale, and in consequence included all CUre, a small part of Kerry, and the greater part of Limerick and Tipperary. This great pnncipality was long accounted the special patrimony of the Dal-Cassians ; but was afterward* divided into two sections, — one of which wa« modern Thomond, nearly corresponding with Clare; and eventuallv was all swallowed up in the monarchy of the celebrated Brian-Boromh, or rather gave law to all the rest of Ireland, under the administration of that singular figurant in Irish story and legend, who held his court at Kincora, on the eastern border of the county, near Killaloe. — la 1543, Muragh O'Brien, after* vainly attempting a general rebellion against English authority, submitted to Henrv VIII., surrendered all his possessions, renounced the name of O'Brien, and abjured the Irish language; but, in terms of a compact which accompanied his submission, he received back his lands to be held by an English tenure, took the title of Earl of Thomond for himself, and that of Baron Inchiquin for his eldest son, and agreed to train his people in the practises of husbandry and the general habits of civilization, lovalty, and good order. The territory of Thomond, soon after, was, under the name of Clare, made one of the six new counties into which the Act of 11 Elizabeth, c. 9., ordered Connaught to be divided ; and it was, about the same time, sectioned out into 8 baronies, which widely differed from the present baronial divisions, and accorded with the possessions of the Macnamaras, and the O'Gradys on the east, the O'Loughlins on the north, the MacMahons and the O'Deas on the west and the south, and the O'Briens of the house of Inchiquin, or Earls of Thomond, in the centre. In 1001, on petition of the second Earl of Thomond. the territory vras again included in Munster ; though, in legal distribution, it continued till the latter part of last century to be comprised within the Connaught circuit. During the wars of 1G41, Lord Inchiquin adhered to the cause of Britain, and prevented any serious commotion from occurring in Clare; yet Sir Daniel O'Brien of Carrigaholt rebelled and incurred forfeiture, but, in 1662, was restored to his possessions, and made Viscount Clare, and Baron of Moyarta by Charles II. In the wars of the Revolution, Lord Clare, the grandson of Sir Daniel, espoused the Jacobite cause ; as did also Donough Macnamara, Redmond Magrath, Donough and Teigv O'Brien, and some other men of less note ; and they jointly forfeited 72,246 acres of profitable land, valued at £12,060 17s. of annual rental. The county was little affected by the rebellion of 1796; but during wious years of the

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Brian Boru's encampment at Clonturk

near Clonturk · townland · Dublin · 1014

In the Lent of 1014, Brian Boru returned from Munster and encamped at Clonturk. From there, he provoked the general action that led to the Battle of Clontarf on April 23.

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A battle, which took name from Clontarf, and was long famous over Europe, and still figures in man^ a i^tory of the Irish peasantry, and in many a disquisition of Irish antiquaries, is so very vanously narrated that we may hope to maintain ordinary correctness only by sketching its merest outlines. In 909, Maelmurry MacMorough usurped the throne of Lcin»ter ; and, in 1013, aided by the Danes and the Lugcnians, he entered and ravaged Meath. In retaliation, Maelscachlin, King of Meath, set fire to the adjacent parts of Leinstcr, and ravaged Fingall as far as the Hill of Howth ; but he was there met and defeated by MacMorough of Leinster, and by Setric, the Danish king of Dublin. During upwards of 110 years, the Danes had conducted a continual struggle with the native Irish throughout Fingall ; and now that they enjoyed the alliance of a native prince, and occupied a position of triumph, they provoked the celebrated Brian Boromh to make a stouter effort than he had yet attempted for breaking their power. Brian, though not less than 64, or, as some writers think, 88 years of age, rushed from Munster to the assistance of the defeated Muelseachlin, and encamped at Kilmainham from August to Christmas without being able to briug his foes to battle. He retired to Munster, but returned in the Lent of 1014, encamped at Clonturk, and provoked a general action on the 23d of April. The Danish forces were strengthened by the army of the King of Leinster, and by numerous auxiliaries from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the Western Islands of Scotland. Brian Boronih's army consisted of his Momonian forces, and of the troop« of Meath and Connaught headed by their respective kings; and, of three
columns or divisions into which be dispoMd ihatt, the third consisted of the Eugenians and Deariiii, the second consisted of the Conatiaas and a t(Um% body of Munster men, and the first, whidi was iatended for the commencing attack* consisted of the tribe of Dalcas commanded by himself and bk im sons, and the forces of Meath under their king Msal seachlin. At sunrise, when the signal for battle wis

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Brian Boru's encampment at Kilmainham

Kilmainham · townland · Dublin · 1013

Prior to the Battle of Clontarf, Brian Boru encamped at Kilmainham from August to Christmas but was unable to bring his foes to battle. He subsequently retired to Munster before returning to fight in 1014.

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A battle, which took name from Clontarf, and was long famous over Europe, and still figures in man^ a i^tory of the Irish peasantry, and in many a disquisition of Irish antiquaries, is so very vanously narrated that we may hope to maintain ordinary correctness only by sketching its merest outlines. In 909, Maelmurry MacMorough usurped the throne of Lcin»ter ; and, in 1013, aided by the Danes and the Lugcnians, he entered and ravaged Meath. In retaliation, Maelscachlin, King of Meath, set fire to the adjacent parts of Leinstcr, and ravaged Fingall as far as the Hill of Howth ; but he was there met and defeated by MacMorough of Leinster, and by Setric, the Danish king of Dublin. During upwards of 110 years, the Danes had conducted a continual struggle with the native Irish throughout Fingall ; and now that they enjoyed the alliance of a native prince, and occupied a position of triumph, they provoked the celebrated Brian Boromh to make a stouter effort than he had yet attempted for breaking their power. Brian, though not less than 64, or, as some writers think, 88 years of age, rushed from Munster to the assistance of the defeated Muelseachlin, and encamped at Kilmainham from August to Christmas without being able to briug his foes to battle. He retired to Munster, but returned in the Lent of 1014, encamped at Clonturk, and provoked a general action on the 23d of April. The Danish forces were strengthened by the army of the King of Leinster, and by numerous auxiliaries from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the Western Islands of Scotland. Brian Boronih's army consisted of his Momonian forces, and of the troop« of Meath and Connaught headed by their respective kings; and, of three
columns or divisions into which be dispoMd ihatt, the third consisted of the Eugenians and Deariiii, the second consisted of the Conatiaas and a t(Um% body of Munster men, and the first, whidi was iatended for the commencing attack* consisted of the tribe of Dalcas commanded by himself and bk im sons, and the forces of Meath under their king Msal seachlin. At sunrise, when the signal for battle wis

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Brian Boru's palace at Kincora near Killaloe

near Kincora · monument · Clare · 1001–1025

Near Killaloe at a place called Kincora stood the palace or castle of Brian Boru. In the 11th century, after becoming sole monarch of Ireland, he received his annual tribute from dependent princes at this site amid a group of raths.

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Antiquities.'] — Raths abound in every part of the county ; they generally are circular, and consist of either large stones without mortar, or of earth surrounded with one or more ditches ; and, in manv instances, they exhibit the neglected and haggard remains of a complete covering with firs. Though usually ascribed to the Danes, they are almost certiiinly the work of the aboriginal tribes. Amid a group of them, near Killaloe,at a place called Kincora or Ccaiichora, stood the palace or castle of Brian Boromh : and here, in the 1 1th century, after he became sole monarch of Ireland, he received his annual tribute from the dependent princes. See Kincora
Cromlechs occur chiefly in Burren, and occasionally in the other baronies. The principal are at Ballygannor, Lcnienagh, Kilnel)oy, Tullvnaglashin, Ballykisshen, and Mount (Lallan. — Round towers occur on Innis- CATTKRY and Inniscalthra, and at Dromcliffe, DvHKHT, and Kilnebot : and will be noticed in the

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Brickendown parish: old church and castle antiquities

Brickendown · townland · Tipperary

The parish of Brickendown, east of Cashel, contains the seats of Meldrum and Mayfield, and its antiquities are an old church and a castle. The road from Cashel to Drangan passes through the interior.

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BRICKENDOWN, a parish in the barony of Middlcthird. 2^ miles east of Cashel, co. Tipperary, Munster. Length and breadth, each l^ mile ; area, 1,245 acre*, I rood, 24 perches. Pop., in 1831, 431 ; in 1841, 383. Houses 60. The land is, for the most part, of indifferent quality. The seats are Meldrum and Mayfield. The antiquities are an old church and castle. The road from Cashel to Drangan
passes through the interior This parish is a rectory,

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Brideswell: holy well building erected 1685 by Earl of Antrim

Brideswell · townland · Roscommon · 1685

An old plain building at Brideswell encloses a well long held in superstitious veneration and giving the hamlet its name. An inscription over the doorway records that it was erected in 1685 by the first Earl of Antrim.

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BRIDESWELL, a hamlet in the barony of Athlone, CO. Roscommon, Connaught. It is scattered along the borders of a level green, 4 miles north-west of Athlone, on the road thence to Ballinamore. On the further side of the green stands an old plain building, enclosing a well, which was long an object of superstitious veneration, and which gave name to the hamlet. The annual ' pattern.' or festival of the well's patroness, was rivalled in this part of the country only by that of Ronan's Well, near the mountains of Lough Allen. " Tents and booths, to the utmost extent which the village green could accommodate," says Mr. Weld, " were erected for carousal ; and during several days and nights together, drinking and dancing went on merrily, the devotees being alike regardless of the glare of the day or the shades of the night." But, about the year 1829, these disgraceful and vicious scenes nearly ceased to be enacted. The old building which encloses the well announces itself, in an inscription over the doorway, to have been erected, in 1685. by the first Earl of Antrim. A dispensary in the village is within the Athlone Poor-law union, and serves for a district of 37,780 acres, with 8,216 inhabitants; and. in 1840-1, it raised and expended £172 58., and made 4,276 dispensations of medicine. Pop. of the village not specially returned.— The bop^ of Brideswell commences in the immediate vicinity of the village, and extends 3 miles southward, with a breadth varying between 2 or 3 perches and 1 1 mile. Area, 2,454 English acres. Average depth, 20 feet. Estimated cost of reclamation, £3,097 6s. 6d.
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Brideswell pattern festival: tents, drinking and dancing

Brideswell · townland · Roscommon

The annual 'pattern' or festival of the well's patroness at Brideswell was, until about 1829, a major event rivalled locally only by that of Ronan's Well. Tents and booths covered the green, with drinking and dancing continuing day and night.

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BRIDESWELL, a hamlet in the barony of Athlone, CO. Roscommon, Connaught. It is scattered along the borders of a level green, 4 miles north-west of Athlone, on the road thence to Ballinamore. On the further side of the green stands an old plain building, enclosing a well, which was long an object of superstitious veneration, and which gave name to the hamlet. The annual ' pattern.' or festival of the well's patroness, was rivalled in this part of the country only by that of Ronan's Well, near the mountains of Lough Allen. " Tents and booths, to the utmost extent which the village green could accommodate," says Mr. Weld, " were erected for carousal ; and during several days and nights together, drinking and dancing went on merrily, the devotees being alike regardless of the glare of the day or the shades of the night." But, about the year 1829, these disgraceful and vicious scenes nearly ceased to be enacted. The old building which encloses the well announces itself, in an inscription over the doorway, to have been erected, in 1685. by the first Earl of Antrim. A dispensary in the village is within the Athlone Poor-law union, and serves for a district of 37,780 acres, with 8,216 inhabitants; and. in 1840-1, it raised and expended £172 58., and made 4,276 dispensations of medicine. Pop. of the village not specially returned.— The bop^ of Brideswell commences in the immediate vicinity of the village, and extends 3 miles southward, with a breadth varying between 2 or 3 perches and 1 1 mile. Area, 2,454 English acres. Average depth, 20 feet. Estimated cost of reclamation, £3,097 6s. 6d.
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Bridge over the Suir at Carrick-on-Suir

Carrick-on-Suir · town · Tipperary · 1309

The bridge across the river Suir at Carrick-on-Suir was built in 1309. Though a plain structure, it was in better order and had a better appearance than most bridges of its age.

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CARRICK-ON-SUIR, a market and post town, on the southern margin of the above parish, stands on the left bank of the river Suir, and on the road from Waterford to Clonmel, 10^ miles east by south of Clonmel, 19 south by we^^t of Kilkenny, and 75^ south-south-west of Dublin. One long street runs from west to east, somewhat parallel to the river; three other streets intersect this, and lead down to the river; some lanes are appended and interlaced; and a spacious fair green, with some good houses around it, lies on the northern outskirt. The parish-church, in spite of great age, is in good order ; and it has a monument of John, Earl of Tyrone, who died in 1693, and a large and rather coarsely executed modern marble monument of James Power, Earl of Tyrone, who died in 1704. The Roman Catholic chapel is a handsome and very spacious edifice. The Presentation nunnery stands in Chapel-lane, and has attached to it a large schoolhouse. Large and stately remains exist, within an extensive and beautiful park, of a castle which belonged to the Earls and Dukes of Ormonde. This castle was built by Thomas Dubh, or Bkck Thomas, Earl of Ormonde, upon the site of a priory of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem ; and here the great Duke of Ormonde resided, and heard the first intelligence of the rebellion of 1641. Mason's Statistical Account, of 1816, describes the castle as containing a room 30 feet long, 20 broad, and 13 high; and as having some well-preserved old tapestry depicted with the deeds of Samson, and a sculpturing, daubed with ochre, of the arms of Thomas, Earl of Ormonde and Ossory; but Mr. Wogan, who was then proprietor, took down much of the old building, allowed only two square towers and the habitable part to stand, and erected additions and made renovations in excellent keeping with the ancient structure, and good adaptation to the purposes of a comfortable modern residence. A branch of the family of Butler takes from this place the title of Earl of Carrick. The bridge across the Suir was built in 1309, and, though a plain structure, is in better order, and has a better appearance, than most bridges of its age. The prison is a new structure, but was badly finished; and, in 1841, it underwent repair and improvement. The market-house is a tolerably good structure. The barrack contains very indifferent accommodation for a troop of cavalry and two regiments of infantry. A wall formerly surrounded the towTi, and not long ago could be dis

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Bridgetown Augustinian abbey founded by the Roche family

Bridgetown · townland · Cork · 1199–1216

On low ground peninsulated by the Blackwater and the Awbeg, an Augustinian abbey was founded in the reign of King John by the Roche family. Ruins of the church and an attached chapel survive, with Roche family monuments and architectural fragments scattered about.

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BRIDGETOWN, a parish in the barony of Permoy, 1 mile south of Castletown-Roche, co. Cork, Munster. Length, S^ miles; breadth, 1|; area, 3,240 acres. Pop., in 1831, 970; in 1841, 993. Houses 150. The surface touches the confluence of the Blackwater and the Awbeg, and includes part of the valley of both streams ; and, except about 600 acres of mountain, it consists of ^ood land. On the low ground peninsulated by the nvers, an abbey was founded, in the reign of King John, by the Roche family, for regular canons of the order of Augustine. The ruins of the church, and of an attached chapel, still exist ; but they possess little architectural interest. Two of the monuments of the Roche family, many of whom were buried here, are still discernible. Several architectural fragments, particularly grotesque corbels and pieces of highly wrought tracery, are scattered over the ground, and prove the interior of the abbey to have been profusely if not richly ornamented. Some good wood cuts, representing several of these fragments, and four ancient monumental stones, are given on pages 132 and 133 of Mr. Croker's Researches in the South of IreUnd. — This parish is a rectory, and a separate benefice, in the dio. of Cloyne. Tithe composition and gross income, £ 185 ; nett, £ 1 75 1 Os. Patron, the diocesan. Previous to the passing of the Church Temporalities act, the rectory formed part of the benefice of Castletowii-Roche. The incumbent is non-resident; and the minister of an adjoining parish receives £4 a-year for performing the occasional duties. There is no church. In 1834, the Protestants amounted to 20, and the Roman Catholics to 993.
BRIDGETOWN, a village in the parish of O'Brien's-Bridge, barony of Lower Tulla, co. Clare, Munster. It stands in the vicinity of the town of 0'Brien*s-Bridge, 4 miles south-south-west of Killaloe. Fairs are held on June 10 and Nov. 3. Area, 19 acres. Pop., in 1841, 211. Houses 41.

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Brigown round tower ruins fell c.1720

Brigown · townland · Cork · 1720

The old church at Brigown was built of large sandstone blocks brought from the mountains. Beside it stood a round tower whose ruins were said to have fallen around 1720.

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BRIGOWN, a parish on the northern border of the barony of Condons and Clangibbon, and of oo. Cork, Munster. It contains the town of BIit« chelstown: which see. Length, 4| miles; breadth, 4^; area, 15,212 acres. Pop., in I88I, 9.169; in 1841, 10,619. Houses I,49L Pop. of the rural districts, in 1831, 5,624; in 1841, 6,439. Houses 992. The Puncheon river, flowing westward, separates the parish and county from Tipperary. The low grounds consist of excellent land ; and the high grounds are part of the Galtees, and exhibit the diversified slopes, the deep ravines, the prevailing verdure, and the pleasing alternation of light and shade, for which these extensive and picturesque mountains are distinguished. Galtee Loqm, the shooting-box of Lord Kingston, in one of the glens, is exquisitely situated, and commands views of a striking range of dose landscape. See Galtbb. Other and high objects of interest fall to be noticed under the word Mitchelstown. The interior is bisected northward by the road from Fermoy to Tipperary, and westward by that from Clonmel to Doneraile. — This parish is a rectorv, a prebend, and a separate benefice, in the dio. of Cloyne. Tithe composition, £1,000; glebe, £50 18s. 6d. Grose income, £1,050 18s. 6d.; nett, £857 4s. lOd. Patron, the diocesan. A curate has a stipend of £100. The church, situated in Mitchelstown, was built in 1800, at the private expense of the late Countess of Kingston ; and enlarged, in 1830, by means of a donation of £500 from the Earl of Kingston, and a loan of £1,300 from the late Board of First Fruits. Sittings 450 ; attendance 200. A private chapel is attached to lilitchelstown college, and has an attends ance of 60. The Roman Ca^olic chapel has an attendance of 4,000 ; and, in the Roman Catholic parochial arrangement, is united to the chapel of Marshalstown. In 1834, the Protestants amounted to 390, and the Roman Catholics to 9,219; and 7 daily schools — one of which was aided with £30 ayear from the National Board, and another with £15 from subscription — had on their books 424 boys and 21 1 girls. — Brigown, ori^nallv Brighgobban, is said to have been once a considerable place, and called « city ; and, in keeping with the usual style of Irish arcbeologv, its origin is ascribed to St Abban. The old church was built of large blocks of very fine sandstone, laboriously brought from the mountains ; and beside it stood a round tower, the ruins of which are said to have fallen about the year 1720.

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Brigown said to be ancient city founded by St Abban

Brigown · townland · Cork

Brigown, originally Brighgobban, was said to have been once a considerable place called a city, with its origin ascribed to St Abban in keeping with Irish archaeological tradition.

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BRIGOWN, a parish on the northern border of the barony of Condons and Clangibbon, and of oo. Cork, Munster. It contains the town of BIit« chelstown: which see. Length, 4| miles; breadth, 4^; area, 15,212 acres. Pop., in I88I, 9.169; in 1841, 10,619. Houses I,49L Pop. of the rural districts, in 1831, 5,624; in 1841, 6,439. Houses 992. The Puncheon river, flowing westward, separates the parish and county from Tipperary. The low grounds consist of excellent land ; and the high grounds are part of the Galtees, and exhibit the diversified slopes, the deep ravines, the prevailing verdure, and the pleasing alternation of light and shade, for which these extensive and picturesque mountains are distinguished. Galtee Loqm, the shooting-box of Lord Kingston, in one of the glens, is exquisitely situated, and commands views of a striking range of dose landscape. See Galtbb. Other and high objects of interest fall to be noticed under the word Mitchelstown. The interior is bisected northward by the road from Fermoy to Tipperary, and westward by that from Clonmel to Doneraile. — This parish is a rectorv, a prebend, and a separate benefice, in the dio. of Cloyne. Tithe composition, £1,000; glebe, £50 18s. 6d. Grose income, £1,050 18s. 6d.; nett, £857 4s. lOd. Patron, the diocesan. A curate has a stipend of £100. The church, situated in Mitchelstown, was built in 1800, at the private expense of the late Countess of Kingston ; and enlarged, in 1830, by means of a donation of £500 from the Earl of Kingston, and a loan of £1,300 from the late Board of First Fruits. Sittings 450 ; attendance 200. A private chapel is attached to lilitchelstown college, and has an attends ance of 60. The Roman Ca^olic chapel has an attendance of 4,000 ; and, in the Roman Catholic parochial arrangement, is united to the chapel of Marshalstown. In 1834, the Protestants amounted to 390, and the Roman Catholics to 9,219; and 7 daily schools — one of which was aided with £30 ayear from the National Board, and another with £15 from subscription — had on their books 424 boys and 21 1 girls. — Brigown, ori^nallv Brighgobban, is said to have been once a considerable place, and called « city ; and, in keeping with the usual style of Irish arcbeologv, its origin is ascribed to St Abban. The old church was built of large blocks of very fine sandstone, laboriously brought from the mountains ; and beside it stood a round tower, the ruins of which are said to have fallen about the year 1720.

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Broadford and Killaloe slate quarries

Killaloe · town · Clare

The slate quarries at Broadford and Killaloe have long been celebrated for producing high-quality, thin slates that are considered nearly equal to the best Welsh slates.

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ing upon strong roof timbers, are raised near Innistymon, and cover the bouses over a lurroundiii; district of many square miles. Sandstone slates, similar to the former, but so much thinner that a ton will slate about a square or 100 feet* are raised at Ballagh. Slates of the same kind are quarried ako at Glenomera, and at various places in the west; and the Broadford and Killaloe slates have long been celebrated, are regarded as nearly equal to the beat Welsh slates, and are so thin that a ton will cover nearly
three squares Though workable coal is not knowa

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Broadhaven: natural harbour and former Sligo fishing trade in Erris

near Broadhaven · population centre · Mayo

A spacious bay on the north coast of the barony of Erris with an excellent natural harbour between the points of Rintagel and Inver. Sailing boats from Sligo formerly traded to Broadhaven for fish, but by 1836 only row-boats were employed in a strictly local fishery.

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BROADHAVEN, a spacious bay on the norck coast, and near the north-west extremity, of the barony of Erris, co. Alayo, Connaught. It opens between Kid Island on the east, and Erris Head oa the west, with a width of 5^ miles ; penetrates the land to the extent of 4 miles, with a minimum breadth of 3^ ; and sends off a curved prolongation of 6| miles in length, and rather less than 1 mile in mean breadth, to the narrow isthmus of the Mullet, which separates it from the head of Blacksod bay. The coast on each side of the entrance of the bay is loftf and precipitous ; but the coast of the interior lowers as the bay is ascended. A considerable arm, called Sauffodacon, ^oes off to the east, and receives two voluminous nvulets; but it is barred acroM the mouth, and is nearly filled with sand. A small inlet through the cliff, on the west side, is frc^uentlv mistaken for the main bav : bat tkMgh landlocked, it is dry at low water, and forms do karboor. Two creeks higher up, and also the greater part of the narrow prolongation of Braadhavca, are Ukewise dry at low water. But in the lower part of the prolongation, between the paints cf Rintagel and Inver, is an excellent natural harboor, aflbrdiBg good-shelter in three fathoms on soft sand. Some sailing boats from SBgo fonnerly traded to Broadhaven for fish ; but the only craft vUch fruntand it ia 1836, were row-boats employed ia a stricxlj local fishery. For some prcjects in fefereaci to Braadhaven, see Bkl- MULLBT and BukCStOA.
BROADISL AXD, m tSm naiM of the parish of TKXPLBCOiLas : wUcfc see.

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Broad-lane theatre and public execution site, Cork

Cork · city · Cork

Broad-lane in Cork once had a theatre and, for two or three years around the middle of the eighteenth century, served as the place of public execution for the city.

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ginal city^ointly form a line of 3^ furlongs southward from the North-bridge to the South-bridge; they are mutually separated— in name, at least— near the middle of the line, at the spot where now stands the exchange ; they still retain, as the site of two oi^ the old parish-churches, and in the character of many of their private edifices, memorials of their quondam importance; and they at different periods, and in compliment to successive sovereigns, temporarily bore the names of Royal-street, the Queen's Majetity'sstreet, King-street, and IIi<i Highness's-street. The Grand Parade, a very spacious street, runs 1 4 furlong northward from the river, opposite Sullivan's quay, to the west end of Patrick-ittreet, and is contniued to the north side of the island by a street utterly unworthy of so superb an associate. At the lower extremity of the Grand Parade, stands an equestrian statue of Geor^^e II. ; and near this statue is Gingle Stand, a point from which a project exiiited, in 1832, of throwing a timber bridge across the river to Sullivan's quay. The South Mull exteiuU 3 fuHungs eastward from the south end of the Grand Parade to An^le^ea bridge ; but, over about one-third of its length, is only a terrace or one-sided street overlooking the river. St. Patrick 's-strect, a very f^pacious and crowded thoroughfare, and in some retspects the most curious street in the city, goes off east south-eastward from the north end of the Grand Parade, and terminates north -north -east ward at St. Patrick's-bridge ; and it consists of three parts, each about a furlong in length, and jointlv constituting what, if completed, would be three sides of a heptagon. Another rather spacious street goes northward across the inland from Anglesen-bridge ; a straight but narrow street runs about 5 furlongs due east from the middle of South Main-street ; and very numerous streets, additional to all we have mentioned, lie east of the Main streets, and for the most part are constructed on a tolerably uniform observance of the rectilinear and rectangular alignment, but are nearly all short, narrow, dingy, or otherwise unentitled, except from incidental historical association, to any individual notice. The quays, particularly at the south point of the island in the vicinity of the Custom- Hpuse, and the ottice of the St. George Steam Packet Company, have not only a stirring and prosperous, but an ornamental and occasionally a sumptuous, appearance. Old Bride well-lant;, a very narrow and obscure alley, was formerly the site of the Corn Market, — afterwards converted into a bridewell. Portney's-lane and Dingle-lune were the site of respectively the Assembly Room and a somewhat celebrated theatre. Broad-lane also had at one time a theatre ; and, for two or three years about the middle of last century, was the place of public execution. Cross-street has its name from having: been the site of a Market Cross. Grafton's Alley has its name from bein^ the scene of the Duke of Grafton's death in I()90, from the shot of a blacksmith. Fish-Shamble-lane, now destitute of the object which obviously originated its preseist name, is said to have been known, in the days of the iri<h Volunteers, as Ireland's Kiting Liberty-street. Nilestreet was originally a canal arched over in 1705, and has its doigiiation in honour of the victory of the Nile. Grattan-street — which we formerly stated to have 'l)een so named in honour of the celelirated Henry Grattan — was ordered by the corporation, in 170f», to be called Duncan-street, in honour of Admiral Duncan ; but it reacquired its original name, in 18lM), throuii:h the influence o( Sheriff IVnrose.

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Brosna hamlet: place-name etymology near source of Little Brosna

Brosna · townland · Offaly

A small hamlet in the parish of Kilmurry, King's County, standing about 1½ miles north-east of Shinrone near the source of the Little Brosna river. The name 'Brosna' means 'a bundle of sticks,' a designation the text notes is fitting for the poor hamlet.

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BROSNA, a hamlet in the parish of Kilmurry, barony of Clonlisk, King's co., Leinster. It stands about 1| mile north-east of Shinrone, near the source of the Little Brosna; and is said to give name to that stream. ' Brosna' means 'a bundle of sticks;' and is quite rich enough as a descriptive designation of the poor hamlet Area, 8 acres. Pop., in 1831, 134; in 1841, 142. Houses 19.
BROSNA, a parish in the barony of Trughenackmy, 8 miles south by east of Listowel, co. Kerry, Munster. Length, 6 miles; breadth, 4; area, 11.960 acres. Pop., in 1831, 2,168; in 1841, 2,871. Houses 407. The Lacfottery and other mountains occupy nearly all the area, and render the prevailing

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Bruce devastates Castle-Dermot 1315-1316

Castledermot · town · Kildare · 1315–1316

In 1315, while Bruce was overrunning Ireland, the Lord-justice made a great slaughter of insurgents at Castle-Dermot who took advantage of the government's engagement with the invader. The next year Bruce himself took and devastated the town, but was shortly afterwards defeated with much slaughter near the town by Lord Edmund Butler.

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Sites ; and was a place of considerable strength. A bulous legend asserts that, about the year 500, St. Diermit founded here a priory for regular canons ; and a story, currently believed, though very doubtfully authenticated, asserts that Cormac of Cashel was educated in a celebrated school in the town, and interred in St. Diermit's priory, and that, about the same time, or in the year 842 or 844, the town was plundered bv the Danes. Earl Strongbow found the place, and the territory around it, in posteasion of the ancient sept of O'Tohills or O'Tooles ; and he conferred them on his follower, Walter De Riddlesford, the founder of the castle and the Crouched Friary. In 1264, after the Bourkes and Geraldinei had quarrelled respecting some land in Connaught, and had filled the kingdom with tumult and war, a meeting for the discussion of their claims was held at Castle-Dermot, and issued in Lord Theobald Butler, Lord John Cogan, the red Earl of Ulster, and Richard de Rupella, Lord-justice of Ireland, being seized by Maurice Fitzgerald and his party, and sent as prisoners to the castle of Ley. In 1315, while Bruce was overrunning ' Ireland, the Lordjustice made a great slaughter of insurgents at Castle-Dermot, who took advantage of the government being engaged with the invader to fling off their allegiance ; and next year, Bruce himself took and devastated the town, but shortly afterwards was, with much slaughter, defeated in its neighboarhood, by Lord Edmund Butler. In 1414, Archbishop Crawley, the Lord-justice, at the head of a smaU army, advanced as fiiir as Castle-Dermot to oppose a rising of rebels in Leinster ; and while he remained there, the royal forces defeated the insurgents at Kilkea. In 1499, a parliament was held in the town, and distinguished itself by several curious and memorable enactments, — among others, Uiat both deigy and lait^ should give the King a subsidy, and that the nobility should use saddles when they were on horseback, and wear their robes when tiiey were in parliament. In 1532, Gerald, ninth Earl of Kildare, while in rebellion, and running a career of devastation, entered Castle-Dermot on a great market-day, killed many of the persons who were assembled, plundered the inhabitants, and destroyed numerous houses with fire. During the rebellion of 1641, the town was alternately in the possession of the eontending parties ; in 1650, it was taken by Colooeb Reynolds and Hewson ; and since that period it hM been crumbling away in silence, — a stranger to the turbulence of war, and scarcely less a stranger to

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Bryansford village and its scenic surroundings

near Bryansford · population centre · Down

Bryansford is a pretty village in County Down standing amid landscapes of beauty, romance, and grandeur. The Bryansford rivulet tumbles along a channel of rocks and precipices, leading to a magnificent view of the coast and sea, with the noble demesne of Tollymore nearby.

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BRYANSPORD, a village in the parish of KUcoo, barony of Upper Iveagh, co. Down, Ulster. It stands 2 miles south of Castlewellan, and about the same distance west of Newcastle. Though a small, it is a pretty village ; and it stands amidst compositions of beauty, romance, and grandeur in landscape, inferior to few in Ireland. In its vicinity are the noble and brilliant deaiesne of Tolltmorx, the surprising eoast-seenes adjacent to Newcastle, and many of the roost interesting features of the mountains of Moorne : see these articles, and see also Sliete Donard and Dundrdm. The * Guide through Ireland' informs us, that *'tbe traveller, anxious to know this beautiful part of the country, will find comfortable accommodation at the iims of Bryansford, Newcastle, or Dundrum, which are about 3 miles from each other." The Bryansford rivulet tumbles, leaps, and makes grand falls alonf a channel of rocks and precipices, and leads out to a magnificent view of the coast and sea. The village gives name to a Roman Catholic parish. Bee KjL-
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Bullock castle and rocking-stone

Bullock · townland · Dublin

A castle of considerable size at the village of Bullock in County Dublin was formerly the seat of the Fagan of Feltrim family. The building is an oblong structure with few windows, relieved by an ornamental parapet. A rocking-stone formerly stood near the village, bearing evidence of artificial adjustment.

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BULLOCK, or Tullow,* a quondam parish, within the quoad civilia parish of Monkstown, and lying on the coast of the half-barony of Eathdown, 6^ miles south-east of Dublin, co. Dublin, Leinster. Length, 2 miles; breadth, 1^; area, 3,331 acres. Pop., in 1831, 1,385. The surface extends along the south side of the entrance of Dublin bay, immediately east of Kingstown; and partakes of the beauty, culture, and mansion-adornment which distinguish the greater part of the environs of the metropolis. The road from Dublin to Bray traverses the interior. The village of Bullock is a fishingstation, and has a small quay, erected by the Ballast Board. Its harbour is dry at low water, but has 12 feet ri.«te of tide. A castle of considerable size at the village was formerly the seat of the family of Fagan of Feltrim. The building is an oblong structure, harsh in outline, and perforated with but few windows ; but it is relieved in aspect by an ornamental parapet, which ascends pyramidally at several centres and angles. A rocking-stone formerly stood near the village, and bore evidence of having been artificially adjusted in its curious position. Area of the village, 25 acres. Pop., in 1841, 872. Houses 157. — This parish is a perpetual curacy or vicarage, and part of the benefice of Monkstown, in the dio. of Dublin. See Monkstown. The tithes belonging to the incumbent are compounded for £97 Os., and the rectorial tithes for £194 12s. ; and the latter are appropriated to the deanery of Christ's-church cathedral. The Roman Catholic chapel at Cabinteely has an attendance of 600 ; and, in the Roman Catholic parochial arrangement, is united to the chapel of Kingstown, and a chapel in the benefice of Bray. In 1834, the parishioners consisted of 213 Churchmen, 17 Protestant dissenters not Presbyterians, and 1,156 Roman Catholics; and 2 daily ichools in Clonkeen and Cabinteely, the former of
* The name Bullock is Bomctimes written Bullog and Blyokc, and Tullow lometiniet Tully.

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Bumlin parish and Strokestown

Bumlin · townland · Roscommon

The parish of Bumlin in County Roscommon contains part of the town of Strokestown. Slievebawa mountain extends within its southern boundary, and at its north base stands the mansion of Castlenod. The parish had a population of 5,257 in 1841.

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BUM LIN, a parish on the eastern border of the barony of Roscommon, co. Roscommon, Connaught. It contains part of the town of Strokestown : which see. Length, 5| miles ; breadth, 2^ ; area, 6,582 acres, 1 rood, 12 perches,— of which 20 acres, 36 perches, are water. Pop., in 1831, 4,912; in 1841, 5,257. Houses 898. Pop. of the rural districts, in 1831, 3,365; in 1841, 3.754. Houses 668. Slievebawa mountain extends within the southern boundary; and at its north base is the mansion of Castlenod. The best land lets for £3 per plantation acre ; the secondrate for £2 ; and the third-rate for 15s This parish
is a vicarage in the dio. of £lphin. Vicarial tithe composition, £164 Os. 3d.; glebe, £31 10s. The rectorial tithes are compounded for £121 3s. 5d. ; and £\Q0 3s. 5d. of them belong to a la^-impro* priator, and £21 to the prebend of Kilgoghhn. The vicarages of Bumlin, Lissonuffy, and Kiltrustan, constitute the benefice of Bumlin ; and the rectories of Lissonuffy and Kiltrustan, with part of the rectory of Bumlin, constitute the prebend of Rilgoghlin. See LiasoNUPFT and Kiltrustan. Length of the benefice, 9 miles ; breadth, 5. Pop., in 1831 , 13,059. Gross income, £555 48. 7d. ; nett, £480 I9s. lid. Patron, the diocesan. A curate has a stipend of £69 4s. 7|d. The church was built, in 1819, by means of a loan of £2,492 6s. l|d. from the late Board of First Fruits. Sittings 600; attendance 100. Four Roman Catholic chapels have an attendance of respectively 1,600, 1,000, 700, and 500. In 1834, the Protestants of the parish amounted to 233, and the Roman Catholics to 4,981 ; the ProtestanU of the union to 246, and the Roman Catholics to 13,595; 7 hedge-schools in the parish had on their books 117 bovs and 87 girls ; and 17 daily schools in the union had 538 boys and 301 girls.

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Buncrana Castle, built by O'Doherty, restored by Vaughan

Buncrana · town · Donegal · 1717–1846

Buncrana Castle, adjacent to the town of Buncrana on Lough Swilly, was built by the O'Doherty, ancient toparchs of Donegal, and restored in 1717 by Sir J. Vaughan. By the 1840s it was the seat of Mrs. Todd, with views of Lough Swilly and the Inishowen mountains including Slieve Snaght at 2,019 feet.

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27. Adjacent to the town stands Buncrana Castle, built by the O'DonneU, the ancient toparchs of Donegal, restored in 1717 hy Sir J. Vaughan, and now the seat of Mrs. Todd. " The vicinity is highly interesting; in front, the magnificent estuary oif Lough Swilly; behind, the mountains of Inishowen, among which, Slieve Snaught, the highest in the range, rises to a height of 2,019 feet" Area of the town, 48 acres. Pop., in 1831. 1,059 ; in 1841, 961. Houses 176. Families employed chiefly in agriculture, 44 ; in manufactures and trade, 99 ; in other pursuits, 50. Families dependent chiefly on property and professions, 1 1 ; on the directing of labour, 95 ; on their own manual labour, 68 ; on means not specified, 19. See Fahah.
BUNDARRA, Bunditrra, or Bundorragha, a fishing village in the parish of Kilgeever, barony of Morisk, co. Mayo, Connaught. It is situated at the embouchure of a rivulet of its own name, on the north shore of Killery Harbour, about 3 miles above its north-western headland; and has been wholly built within the last 20 years. A wharf 152 feet long, and a jetty 75 feet, were completed, in 1825, at the cost of £593 7^. 4d.. defrayed jointly by the Marquis of Sligo and the Fishery Board ; and they have greatly promoted the fishery in the vicinity, and increased the number of boats employed. A stair at the end is accessible by boats at low water ; and the quay admits any coasting vessel to load or discharge. The harbour is covered outside from Killery bav by a point of land; and within, in the mouth of'^the river, is a natural dock well suited for hiying up craft in winter. A new road leads through the mountains and along a remarkably rocky precipice, toward Westport ; and, being sufficiently level for carriiiges, has occasioned the village to be much frequented during the prime fishing season. A bridge was constructed several years ago across the Bundarra rivulet In the vicinity is a romantic fishing lodge of the Marquis of Sligo. See Delphi. Area of the village, 6 acres. Pop., in 1841, 1 15. Houses 22.

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Buncrana: market town, fishing station and bathing resort

Buncrana · town · Donegal

Buncrana is a neatly edificed town on the east shore of Lough Swilly, with a handsome church with a spire, a sessions-house, and infantry barracks. The Castle and Mill rivulets provide considerable water-power for flour and corn mills, and the town is a considerable resort for sea-bathing and a fishing station frequented by boats of ships of war visiting Lough Swilly.

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BUNCRANA, a market and post town in the parish of Lower Fahan, barony of Innishowen, co. Donegal, Ulster. It is beautifully situated on the east shore of Lough Swilly, 11 miles north-northwest of Londonderry, 80 north-west of Belfast, and 124 north-north-west of Dublin. It is a neatly edificed town, and has a handsome church with a spire, several dissenting places of worship, a good sessions-house, and a barrack for a company or infantry. The town is a considerable resort for tea* bathing ; and has a market of noticeable value for the supply of the surrounding country with general roerchanaise, and for the purchase of agricultural produce. The Castle and Mill rivulets, which here &11 into Lough Swilly, possess a considerable waterpower, and are subordinated to the driving of machinery in flour and corn mills. The creek of the Mill rivulet is narrow and winding ; that of the Castle rivulet is more capacious ; but both have bars on which the sea breaks in north-west gales ; and they cannot, at any moderate expense, be converted into sheltered or tolerable harbours for even fishingboats. Tet the town figures noticeably as a fishingstation ; it had, a few years ago, 8 bcAts employed wholly in trawling; and it is much frequented by the boats of ships of war that visit Lough Siivilly, A dispensary here is within the Carndonagh Poorlaw union, and serves for a district of 42,2H90 acre% with 11,050 inhabitants: and, in 1839, it received £135 16s., expended £138 8s., and administered to 2,203 patients. Fairs are held on Biay 9 and Jolj
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Bundoran: watering-place with the Fairy-Bridge natural archway

Bundoran · town · Donegal

Bundoran, a village on the south shore of Donegal Bay, has more celebrity as a watering-place than any other town on the north-west coast, with a small inn, lodging houses, and neat summer villas. A spacious natural archway in the secondary limestone of the bold coast is called the Fairy-Bridge, and a rivulet salmon fishery is said to be good.

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BUNDORAN, a village in the parish of Innismac-iaint, barony of Tyrhugh, co. Donegal, Ulster. It is jsituated near the south-west extremity of the barony, and county, and province, on the south shore of Donegal bay, 4 miles south-west of Ballyfihannon. The village overlooks an extensive beach, is well situated for bathing and promenading, and has more celebrity, as a watering-place, than any other town or village in the whole range of the north-west coast. Within it are a amall comfortable inn and several lodging houses ; and around it are t number of neat summer villas. A spacious natural archway occurs in the secondary limestone of the bold coast, and is called the Fairv-Bridge. The salmon fishery, of a rivulet which is 6 miles long, and enters Donegal bav at the village, is said to be good. Area of the village, 10 acres. Pop., in 1841, 209. Hou«ie* 45. See next article.
BUNDROES, a fishing village in the parish of Ilo-'-'inver. barony of Rossclogher, co. Leitrim, Connaught. It stands about a mile west-south-west of Buruloran. on the south side of Donegal bay, and at the mouth of the Bundroes river: see next urtirle. It is frequented for sea-bathing, and has a good salmon fishery, and employs a few yawls. The ro;ist all adjacent and past Bundoran is, for the most part, a blutf of conglomerate rock, with a rough skare along the foot ; and is so exj>osed to the whole swell of the Atlantic, as to be maccessible to anv craft. Yet the estuary of the Bundroes, though small and shallow, is covered by a rocky point which runs northward from Col. Caulfield*8 lodge, and n;ight, at comparatively small expense, be rendered a tolerably good dry harbour for both Bundroes and

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Bunduff salmon fishery: decline from ten tons to one ton

Bunduff · townland · Sligo

A salmon fishery in the Bunduff rivulet on the east border of County Sligo belongs to Lord Palmerston and Col. Barton. It formerly produced ten tons of salmon per year but by the 1840s did not produce more than one ton.

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BUNDUFF, a rivulet and a village hi the barony of Carbury, co. Sligo, Connaught. The rivulet has but small length of course, and flows on tha east border of the county northward to Donegal bay. A salmon fishery in the rivulet belongs to Lord Palmerston and Col. Barton, and formerly produced 10 tons a- year, but does not now produoe more than one ton. The village stands near the mouth of the stream, 4 miles west-south-wett of Bundoran.
BUNDURRA. See Bundarra.

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Bunnahone lake, source of the Sillies river

Bunnahone · townland · Fermanagh

A small but romantically situated lake in the barony of Magheraboy, Co. Fermanagh. Together with the loughlet Carrick, it forms the source of the river Sillies, both lying a little south-west of the village of Church-hill.

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BUNNAHONE (The), a small but romantically situated lake, in the barony of Magheraboy, co. Fermanagh, Ulster. This and the loughlet Carrick, of kindred appearance, are the sources of the river Sillies. Both lie a little south-west of the village of Church-hill.
BUNNANIMMA. See Criete.

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Bunowen bay anchorage and Bunowen-house

Bunowen Bay · harbour · Galway

A small bay in Cunnemara, Co. Galway, indenting the south side of the peninsula terminating in Slyne Head, affording good anchorage on a muddy bottom. In the vicinity is Bunowen-house, the seat of G. O'Neille, Esq., surrounded by one of the best cultivated parts of Cunnemara.

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BITNOWEN, a nnall bay in the district of Cunnemara, co. Galway, Connaught. It is situated 7 miles west-north-west of the entrance of Roundstone bay, and indents the south side of the peninsula which terminates in Slime Head It affords good anchorage, on a muddy bottom, and with 2( fathoms of water, in south-west winds ; and some rocks in the offing materially shelter it, but cannot safely be passed by a stranger, unless he attend minutely to the charts. In the vicinity is Bunowen-house, the seat of G. O'Neille, Esq. Jhe circumjacent country 18 one of the best cultivated and most populous parts of Cunnemara.

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Bunowen village on Killery bay, Joyce-Country

Bunowen · townland · Galway

A small village in the district of Joyce-Country, Co. Galway, standing on the south shore of Killery bay at the mouth of a rivulet forming a natural harbour. A rocky bridle road leads along the shore and across a mountain pass to the inlet of Salnick or Little Killery.

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BUNOWEN, a smaU viUage in the district of Joyce-Country, co. Gal way, Connaught. It stands on the south shore of Killery bay, at the mouth of a rivulet, which forms a kind of natural harbour. A rocky bridle road leads hence along the shore, and across a mountain pass to the inlet of Salnick or Little Killery.
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Bunratty baronies, former Macnamara territory

near Bunratty · parish · Clare

Lower and Upper Bunratty are two baronies in Co. Clare extending in a belt over 16 miles long. The barony formerly belonged to the family of Macnamara and was called Dangan-i-vigin. Much of the surface is rocky yet productive of luxuriant herbage, grazing large flocks of sheep.

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BUNRATTY (Lower and Upper), two baronies in CO. Clare, Munster. The district extends north and south, in a belt 16^ miles long, and from 3^ to 7 broad, from side to side of the county ; yet over from 2^ to 4A miles at its south end, it expands to a breadth of 13} miles. It is bounded, on the north, by co. Galway; on the east, by the barony of Tullagh ; on the south, by the river and estuary of the Shannon, which divide it from co. Limerick ; and on the west, b^ the baronies of Clonderalaw Islands, and Inchiqum. A tributary of the Fergus, the Fergus itself, the Shannon, and the Ougarnee, unitedly penin^ulate a very large proportion of the area. Much of the surface is rocky, yet not unproductive ; for it produces very luxuriant herbage among the rocks, and grazes large flocks of sheep. The barony formerly belonged to the family of Macnamara, and was called Dangan-i-vigin. Pop., in I83I, 35,816. Houses 5,440. By authority of the Act 6 and 7 William IV'., the parishes of Kilmurry and Kilfinaghty, with the exception of the townland of South Bunnabia in the latter, were transferred to Lower Bunratty from Upper Tulla. — Lower Bunratty contains part of the parishes of Killelly, St. Munchins, and St. Patrick's, and the whole of'^the parishes of Bunratty, ClonWhan, Drumline, Feenagh, Kilconry, Kilfenaghta, Kilnntman, Rilmaleery, Kilmurry, and Tomfinlough. Its chief towns or villages are Newmarket-on- Fergus and Six-mile-Bridge. Area. 69,083 acres; of which 11,623 acres are tideway. Pop., in 1841, 23,535. Houses 3,605. Families employed chiefly in agriculture, 2,896; in manufactures and trade, 553 ; in other pursuits, 467. Males at and above 5 years of age who could read and write, 3,670 ; who could read but not write, 1,277 ; who could neither read nor write, 5,288. Females at and above 5 years of age who could read and write, 1,490; who could read but not write, 1,766; who could neither read nor write, 7*041. — Upper Bunratty contains the whole of the parishes of riooney, Doora, Inchicronan, Kilraghtis, Quin, and Templemaley. Its chief villages are Quin and Crusheen. Area, 53,844 acres. Pop., in 1841, 18,370. Houses 2,916. Families employed chiefly in agriculture, 2,662; in manufactures and trade, 277 ; in other pursuits, 119. Males at and above 5 years of age who could read and write, 2,910; who could read but not write, 1 ,280 ; who could neither read nor write, 3,783. Females at and above 5 years of age who could read and write, 1 ,065 ; who could read but not write, 1,453 ; who could neither read nor write, 5«554.

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Bunratty Castle and village history

near Bunratty · parish · Clare · 1250–1653

Mucegros built Bunratty Castle in 1277, and Richard de Clare made it his principal residence, resisting sieges and invasions. The town was burned in 1314, the castle taken and sacked in 1332, restored, and later captured by Cromwell in 1649, with cannon-shot damage still visible on its walls.

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out as the richest in a large circumjacent district. Among the seats are Cloverhill, Clonroeny, and Woodpark. The road from Limerick to Eniiis crosses the Ougarnee on a stone-bridge of one arch, traverses the interior of the parbh, and is over« looked by Bunratty-castle, and the mansions of Firgrove and Clonmoney. The castle and village stand on the Ougarnee, a little above its debouch into the Shannon, and 3 miles south-south-west of Six-mile- Bridge. The population of the village is not separately returned. The castle appears, from whal remains of both the original structure and subsequent additions, to have been a strong square pile of nnassive architecture, similar to many edifices of its class ; yet, in the condition in which it stands, it is the most perfect and remarkable of all the old castellated houses in the county. Mucegros, one of the three Anglo-Normans among whom the territory of Thomond was partitioned after the Conquest of Ireland, obtained about the year 1250 the privilege of holding a market and fair at Bunratty, and. in 1277* built the castle ; but, in a short time, he surrendered his possessions to King Edward. Richard de Clare, who succeeded to the proprietorship of all Thomond, made the castle his principal residence: in 1305, he successfully resisted a besiegement of it by the native Irish; in 1311, he repelled beneath its walls an invasion of Richard Burke, the ' red' Earl of Ulster, slew many of his followers, and made himself and Lord William Burke prisoners ; but, though now victorious, he speedily afterwards was slain. In 1314, the native Irish, emboldened by his death, attacked the English settlers, drove them from their possessions, and burnt the town of Bunratty to the ground. The castle held out for some time, but, in 1332, was taken and sacked. The edifice was afterwards restored ; became one of the principal seats of the Earls of Thomond; and remained in their possession till the civil dissensions of the 17tb century. In 1642, it was closely besieged while the Earl of Thomond was within its walls ; in 1649, it fell into the hands of Cromwell ; and, in 1653, it was, for some time, the residence of General Ludlow. Its walls exhibit indentations and shatteringi from cannon-shot ; and several balU hav3 been founid around it, one of which weighed 39 pounds. The castle is now used as a police barrack. Adjoining it is the demesne of Thomas Studdert, Esq — Bunratty parish is a vicarage, and part of the benefice of Kkl- FiNAGHTT [which scc], in the dio. of Killaloe. The vicarial tithes are compounded for j^50, and the rectorial for £100 ; and the latter are impropriate in the Earl of Egremont. The Roman Catholic chapel bat an attendance of 700 ; and, in the Roman Cathelie parochial arrangement, is united to the chapels of Tomfinlough and Kilconry. In 1834, the ProtestanU amounted to 55, and the Roman Catholics to 1,340; a free-school wns under the superintendence of the incumbent ; and a hedge-school had on its books 55 boys and 14 giris. In 1840, the National Beard granted £250 toward the erection of a male scboa and a female school at Clonmoney.

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Bunratty Castle, the most important in County Clare

near Bunratty · parish · Clare

Bunratty Castle is described as the most important of all the castellated buildings in County Clare. The text notes it is described under its own article entry.

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telliited houses, and other old buildings dignified with the inune of canities, are exceedingly numerous ; but in only a few instances, are worthy of notice. &fr. Dutton enumerates no fewer than 118, and savt that trailition assigns the erection of so many of these as 57 to the family of Macnamara. Many were feudal t>tren^'th> thrown up for the defence of usurpation and robbiTv ; and not a few were ordinary mansions of Aii^'lo-Saxon settlers, fortified for protection against the jti^t n>«entment of the natives. Bunratty Castle, the luo^t important of the whole, is described under the word Hi:nratty ; and any others which can fairly challenge attention will Im; noticed in their appropriate places. Of the 118 enumerated by Mr. Dutton, 2 inhabited and 1 1 uninhabited are in Burren ; I inlialnted and 13 ruinous are in Corcomroe ; 2 inhabited and 20 ruinous are in Inchiquin ; 1 inhabited and 26 ruinous are in Bunratty; 3 ruinous, ill iNlaiid^ : 3 ruinous, in Clonderalaw ; I inhabited and :\ ruiiiou^, in Moyarta ; and 1 inhabited and 5 ruiiiou-i, in Ibriekane. — Pillar-stones and ancient cro^^es occur U^tween Spancel-Hill and Tulla, and
at Kilfenora, D>^ert,and Kilneboy Abbey* existed,

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Bunratty parish with old church near the Shannon

near Bunratty · parish · Clare

A parish containing a village of the same name in the barony of Lower Bunratty, Co. Clare. The surface is bounded on the east by the Ougarnee river and on the south by the Shannon, with land prevalently prime; apendicle surrounding the old church is noted.

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BUNRATTY, a parish, conteining a village of the same name, in the barony of Lower Bunratty, co. Clare, Munster. Length, southward, 2| miles; breadth, 2^ ; area, 2,754 acres, 2 roods, 29 perches, — of which 7 acres, 17 perches, are tideway of the Ougarnee river. Pop., in 1831, 1,300; in 1841, 1,320. Houses 207. The surface is bounded on the east by the Ougarnee, and on the south by the Shannon. The land is prevailinglv prime; and a pendicle which surrounds the old church is pointed

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Burials of Tobin and Wolfe at Clonmel cemetery

Clonmel · parish · Cork · 1823

A common burial ground near the west end of Clonmel's old church contains the ashes of Tobin, author of 'The Honeymoon,' and Rev. Charles Wolfe, author of 'Lines on the Death of Sir John Moore.' Both achieved literary fame only posthumously.

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CLONMEL, a parish in the baronv of Barrymore, and in the immediate vicinity of (5ove. co. Cork, Munster. It contains the village of Whitepoint, and part of the town of Cove : see these articles. Length, d( miles ; breadth. 3 ; area, 3,197 acres. Pop., in 1831, 2,869; in 1841. 2.564. Houses 413. Pop. of the rural districts, in 1841, 1,950. Houses 302. Various authorities, including the Census of 1831. treat Clonmel and Templerobin as one parish. Length, 6 miles ; breadth. 3 ; area, 6.791 acres. Pop., in 1831. 11.069. Houses 1.310. Clonmel proper consists principally of the western part of Great Island ; and the united parish consists of Great Island, Hawlbowling Island, Spike Island, and the Rocky Islands, all situated in Cork Harbour. The coasts, the surfiice. and most objects of interest will be noticed in the articles Cove. Great Island, Hawlbowling and Spire: which see. In the valley which extends from the hill above Cove, and at the distance of about a mile from that town, stands the ruins of the old church of Clonmel amidst a denselyfilled cemetery. A large proportion of the names on the tombstones are those of strangers, chiefly seafaring persons ; and a common ground near the west end of the church contains, in some undistinguished spot, and amidst general burial, the ashes of Tobin, the author of ** The Honeymoon," and those of the Rev. Charles Wolfe, the author of the well-known ** Lines on the Death of Sir John Moore." Tobin died within sight of the land around Cork Harbour, on a passage to the West Indies for the recovery of health ; and Wolfe, who was bom in 1791, and served as curate of Donoughmore in the dio. of Armagh, removed to Cove for the benefit of his health, in 1822, and died there of consumption in 1823. ** It is singular," remarks Mrs. Hall, *' that the literary fame of both Tobin and Wolfe was posthumous ; the world knew nothing of them or of their genius until their hearts were indifferent to praise, and their ears deaf to the voice of the charmer. How beautifully, and in what an affecting manner, did Sir Humphrey Davy picture the melancholy glory of posthumous fame in the prologue which he wrote for poor Tobins' comedy of the Honeymoon ! " — Clonmel parish is a vicarage in the dio. of Cloyne. Vicarial tithe comfiosition. £9*2 6s. 1^.; glebe, ^'60. The rectorial tithes are compounded for £184 12s. 3)d.. and are appropriated to the dean and chapter of Cloyne. The vicara^ of Clonmel, and the rectory of Templerobin, constitute a benefice which is variously designated Clonmel, Cove, and Great Island. Gross income, £496 12s. 8^d.: nett, £461 3s. lOid. Patron, the diocesan. The incumbent is also chancellor of Limerick and archdeacon of Tuam ; and. in the former capacity, holds the benefices of Rathkeale, Kilscannel. ClonoUjgh, Clonshire. and Dundonnell. in the dio. of Limerick. Two curates for Clonmel benefice have each a salary of £75 and the surplice fees. The church is situated in the town of Cove and parish of Templerobin ; and was built, in 1812. at the cost of £2,769 4s. 74d., —of which £1,846 3s. Id. was borrowed from the late Board of Fin>t Fruits, and £923 Is. 6|d. was raised by subscription. Sittings 750 ; attendance 700. A military chapel on Spike Island, an hospital on Spike Island, and a general hospital at Cove« all in connection with the Established church, have average congregations of respectively 150, 26, and 6. A Methodist chapel has an attendance of 100. Two

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Buried pines and oaks in Drumley bog

Drumlee · townland · Donegal

The most extensive bog in the parish of Culdaff is that of Drumley, County Donegal. Both this bog and others of smaller extent abound in buried pines and oaks and produce good fuel.

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CULDAFF, a parish, containing a village of the same name, on the north coast of the barony of In* nishowen, 8 miles north-north-west of MoviUe, co. Donegal, Ulfrter. Length, 10 miles; breadth, 5; area, 20,089 acres, I rood, 28 perches, — of which 512 acre«, 2 roods, 29 perches, are fresh lacustrine water, and 42 acres, 3 roods, 4 perche«, are tideway in the Culdaff river. Pop., in 1831, 5.995 ; in. 1841, 5,883. Houses 984. It is cut into two separate parts by an intersection, about a mile wide, of the parish of Cloncha ; and it extends along the Atlantic, about mid-distance between Malin Head and Innishowen Head. The surface consists variously of gooil land, inferior land, low isleted bog, and coarselyverdured or heathy mountain. A great expanse of low boir extends along the shore, and is interspersed throughout with cultivated knolU, called the Isles of Grcelagh. The most extensive bog is that of Drumley; and both this and others of smaller extent, abound in buried pines and oaks, and produce good fiK'l. The principal mountains are Crucknanionau, Cionkeen, Carthage, and Croagh ; and tliey are covered with black heath, thinly interspersed with coarse grass, which yields a scanty summer gnising to cattle. Clay, bog, and limestone are generally so near one another among the arable lands, as jointly, with the abundance of sea manures, to oflTer every facility for georgical improvement and fertiliiing culture. A lake at Moneyderragh abounds with char. The Culdaff rivulet issues from a loughlet near Crucknanionan, and, after many circumvolutions, falls, 4 miles to the north-east, into CuldafT bay. This bay is a large open roadstead extending from Dunmore to Glengad ; and though occasionally visited by vet^sels in summer, is very unsafe in atomK, or during nearly the whole of wmter. A circular earthen fort occurs at Cashel ; two small unin^ribed stone-crosses, at Baskill : the remnant of a fort on the steep isolated rock of Dunowan, half-a-mile north of the embouchure of the Culdaff rivulet ; and a cromlech, near Kindrahad. The mansions are Culdaffhouse, Mr. Young ; and Grouse-hall, Mr. Butler. The village of Culdaff or Milltown stands on the Culdaff river ; and consisted, 27 years ago, of the church, a schoolhouse, a mill, and 19 cottagei. Fairs are held on Feb. 10, May 10, Aug. 10, and Nov. 10. The Culdaff dispensary is within the Carndonagh Poor-law union, and has a district of 39.732 acres, with a pop. of 12,91 1 ; and, in 1839, it expended £109 4'*., and administered to 2,420 patients. Area of the village, 9 acres. Pop., in 1841, 133. Houses 27.. The principal roads lead from tbe village toward respectively Malin, Greencastle, and Londonderry. The road hither from Moville, runt along the south side of Squire's Cairn, and through a

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Buried streets and church of Bannow

Bannow · townland · Wexford

The town of Bannow has been almost entirely swallowed by shifting sands, leaving only ruined church walls and a masonry chimney visible. Excavations revealed paved streets, house foundations, and a long quay extending into the sea.

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which, with the exception of the ruined church walls, was the only appearance of the work of man visible around us. After looking here for some time, I proposed to mv friend to proceed to the town of Bannow, when he astonished rae by saying, ' You are now in the High-street, in the midst of it.* In effect so I was. The sands of the shore had risen, and swallowed it up as effectually as the ashes and lara of Mount Vesuvius could have done. The hillocks were the houses; the straight depressions were the streets ; the dilapidated walls, half-covered, were the high parish-church, and the square tube of masonry was the massive chimney of the townbouse, peeping above the soil, while the rest of the edifice was buried under it.

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Burning of Cavan by Enniskilleners, 1690

Cavan · town · Cavan · 1690

As late as 1690, the greater part of Cavan was burnt by the Enniskilleners under General Wolseley after they defeated a body of troops in the service of James II. The town had previously suffered severe havoc from feudal wars.

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Public Buildings.'] — An old fortalioeor caatellated mansion, still called O'Reilly's Castle, and once the property of the tanist family of OHeilly, atood at an intersecrtion of the westward prindpel ttreety but can now be traced by only the local antiquarj. Another old fortalice, oescriDed in the borough cbaitcfB as "the stone House or Castle, wherein Walter Brodie, Gentleman, now resideth," stood nearly at the middle of the High- street Another mihtarf work, now called KinnypotUe Fort, is commemorated on the ncntb-east outskirt of the town. In 1300, a Dominican friary was founded by OioUa Jiosa Ruadh O'Reilly, dynast of BreflSny ; about the year 1393, it was taken from the Dominicaiit by the founder's successor, and given to the Frandscant; and, in 1649, it received into the tomb the mortal remains of the famous Irish ^neral, Owen O'JNeil, who died at Cloughoughter in this county, and ii supposed to have been poisoned. But all andent buildings, both public and private, were probably destroyed, or at least materially diamaged, by the devastations of war and conflagration. Cavan, like many other old towns, suffered severe havoc from the ruthless violence of the feudal wan; and ao late as 1690, the greater part of it waa burnt by the Enniskillenners under General Woliey, after they had defeated a body of troops in the aervioe of James II.

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Burning of Tomacork, seat of Mr. Sherwood, 1797

Tomacork · townland · Wicklow · 1797

The burning of Tomacork, the seat of Mr. Sherwood near Carnew, occurred in 1797 and was the first outrage perpetrated by the insurgents in the county of Wicklow.

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The town of Carnew stajids near the southern extremity of co. Wicklow, 9 miles west of Gorey, and 1*2 south-west by south of Aughrim. It is regular, neat, well-edificed,and respectably inhabited. Its castle, or strong embattled house, is said to have been built and occupied by the O'Tooles, — a powerful sept, whose principal hold was in the country of linail ; and what remains of it, consisting of a square enclosed by walls, with turrets on consoles at two of the angle<, is now fitted up and occupied as the rectory. Ledwich, in the book called Grose's Antiquities, says that, when the ground near the walls was dug a few years before he wrote, several human skeletons were found in close vicinity to musketbarrels with balls of the usual size, and to a spur with a rowel as large as a crown-piece. On the 3d of July, 1798, the town was the scene of a severe conflict between a party of the king's troops and a body of insurgents, in which the former were defiated. The burning of Tomacork, the seat of Mr. Sherwood, not far from the town, occurred in 1797, and was the first outrage perpetrated by the insurgents in the county. A Loan Fund in the town was established in 1836, and has been successfully conducted by the rector and Lord Fitzwilliams' agent ; in 1841, it had a capital of £3,971, circulated £!).44:3, in 2.244 loans, realized £236 2s. 2d. of nett profit, and expended £321 2s. 4d. on charitable purposes ; and, from its commencement till the cloae of that year, it circulated £77,019 in 19,558 loans, cleared £2,213 13^. 1 Id. of nett profit, and expended £1,074 14 s. for charitable purposes. A dispensary in the town is within the Shillelagh Poor-law union, and serves for a population of 10,141 ; and, in 1839- 40, it expended £122 5s. 4.|d., and administered to 1 ,985 patients. Fairs are held on the second Thursday of Feb., on April 1, May 15, July 1, and on the first Thursday of Aug. Area of the town, 57 acres. Pop., in lan, 826; in 1841, 979. Houses 144. Families employed chiefly in agriculture, 52; in manufactures and trade, 92; in other pursuits, 31. Families dependent chiefly on property and professions, 21 ; on the directing of labour, 94; on their own manual labour, 56 ; on means not specified, 4.

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Burns the Irish giant, native of Coagh

near Coagh · village · Tyrone

Burns, described as the Irish giant with a height of 8 feet 2 inches, was a native of the village of Coagh in County Tyrone. The village stands on the river Ballinderry near Lough Neagh and had a population of 388 in 1841.

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COAGH, a village in the parish of Tamlaght, barony of Dungannon, co. Tyrone, Ulster. It standi on the north verge of the county, on the river Ballinderry, and on the east or more direct road from Stewartstown to Magherafelt, 3} miles south bv east of Moneymore, and 4 above the Ballinderry s debouch into Lough Nea^h. Here are a dispensary and a Presbyterian meetmg-house. The dispensary is within the Cookstown Poor-law union, and serves for a district of 27,188 acres, with a pop., in 1831, of 11,282; and, in 1839^0, it expended £62 7s. 9d., and administered to 713 patients. A fair or market is held on the second Friday of every month. Burns, the Irish giant, whose height was 8 feet 2 inches, was a native of Coagh. Area of the village, 13 acres. Pop., in 1831, 393; in 1841, 388. Houses 75.
COAGHTER, one of several denominations of a bog, on the east side of the barony of Garrycastle, 2 miles south-east of Ferbane, King s co., Leinster. Length, 2| miles ; breadth, 2 ; area, 3.539 acres, 1 rood, 14 perches. The other denominations are Leamore, Bunn, Derrycarney, and Kinnoor. The bog is bounded on the nortn by the Grand Canal from Pullough to Macartney aqueduct ; on the east, by the barony stream ; and on the west, by the low bottom land of Derrvcarncy, a<Ijoining the Frankford rivulet. Coaghter Island, containing about 3 acres of fine manuring gravel, lies near the centre and summit of the eastern and larger division of the bog; and from its vicinity, that division declines to the canal on the north, the barony stream on the east, and a supply drain of the canal on the west. The other or western division consists of the denominations of Bunn, Derrycarney, and Kinnoor, oomprisea 1,326 acres, 2 roods, 13 perches, and is, for the most part, a dead level, Iving from 20 to 26 feet higher than the keystone of ft&cartney aqueduct, and from 10 to 16 feet higher than the surface water at Ourteen-bridge. Except from Coaghter bland, the appliances for manuring improvement are very scanty. Estimated cost of reclamation, £4,952 9s. 7d.

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Burren barony ancient names and etymology

Burren · townland · Clare

The district now called Burren was known earliest as Cean-gan, meaning 'the external promontory,' which Ptolemy corrupted into Gan-ganii. A later name, Hy-Loch-Lean, signified 'the district on the waters of the sea,' while the present name Burren means a distant part of a country.

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line to the sea ; and the north coast is intricately indented by the ramifications of BUckhead bav. The streams are all indigenous and inconsiderable. Recently formed and good roads run firoro New Quay to the boundary toward Ennis, and from New Quay bv Ballyvaughan to Liscanor bay ; and an improved hilly road connects Ballyvaughan with Kilfenora. Previous to these roads being made, the barony was little known. Cean-gan, the earliest name of the district, means ' the external promontory,* and was corrupted by Ptolemy into Gan-ganii ; Hy- Loch- Lean, a later name, signifies ' the district on the waters of the sea ;* and Burren, the present name, means a distant part of a country. — This barony comprehends the whole of the parishes of Abbey, Carron, Drumcreehy, Glaninagh, Kilcomey, Kilonahan, Rilheny, Kilmoon, Noughoval, Oughtmanagh, and Rathborney; and it contains the villages and hamlets of Abbey, Burren, Behagh, Currenroe, Ballyvaughan, Ballyconree, Ballinacraggy, Loughrusk, Glaninagh, Murroghkelly, Murroghtwohy, Fermoyle, Noughoval, Aughnish, and Finavara. Pop., in 1831, 10,963; in 1841, 12,786. Houses 2,056. Families employed chiefly in agriculture, 1,798; in manufactures and trade, 225; in other pursuits, 136. Males at and above 5 years of age who could read and write, 1,263; who could read but not write, 346; who could neither read nor write, 3,987* Females at and above 5 years of age who could raid and write, 528 ; who could read but not Mrrite, 860; who could neither read nor write, 4,616.
BURREN, a village in the parish of Abbey, barony of Burren, co. CUire, Munster. It is situated on the north-east verge of the barony, and north verge of the countv, 12 miles from Gort, and 111 from Dublin. At the head of a bay in its vicinity is New Quay [which see], and at a brief distance in the Gal way bay are the Burren oyster banks, fiimous throughout the surrounding country. The village has a post-office. Pop., in 1831, 147, in 1841, not specially returned.

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Burren mountains' naked limestone uplands

Burren · townland · Clare

The Burren mountains and adjacent limestone heights are described as singularly naked uplands whose soil consists of limestone gravel and diluvium, often shallow but free from moss and surprisingly rich in both quantity and quality of herbage. This distinctive landscape supports sheep and young cattle rearing.

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simply to their proper or immediate materials; and, in oflTering a succinct view of their distribution, we shall follow him as a sound, practical authority. The soil of by far the greater part of the western mountainous district, south of Doolan, and also of the eastern or Slieve Baughta mountainous district, consists of moor or bog, varying in depth from two inches to many feet, and lying upon a ferruginous or aluminous day, or upon sandstone rock. The soil of the Burren mountains, and of the adjacent heights of the limestone district, so far as these singularly naked uplands possess any soil, is of course the gravel and diluvium of limestone, often very shallow, but everywhere free from moss, and surprisingly opulent m both the quantity and the quality of its herbage. The soils of a belt of partition between the calcareous and the schistose regions are formed by the intermixture of the debris from the different classes of rocks, and constitute — as at Lemenagb, Shally, Apple vale, Riverston, and other placessome of the best land in the county. The soil in the neighbourhood of Quin Abbey is a light limestone ; and a large and charming tract of fine tillage ground extends many miles on all sides of the point at which the parishes of Quin, Clonlea, and Kilmurry meet. But the pride of the county are alluvial fiats or bottoms which exteml partly along some second-rate streams, but chiefly along the Fergus and the upper part of the Shannon, and which are provincially called corcaghs or corcasses. They indent or intersect the adjacent high grounds in a great variety of shapes ; and they are various in breadth, and aggregately constitute an area which has been estimated at from 10,000 to upwards of 20,000 acres, and which may possibly accord with either of these figures agreeably to the more stringent or the more lax sense in which alluvial ground is understood. These lamls appear to be characteristicalljr argillaceous, or to consist of a deep, dark-coloured earth, over a black or blnish clay, and are designated black and blue corcasses, according to the nature of the substratum : the black is less retentive than the blue, and is most esteemed for tillage ; and the blue consists, to the surface, of a tenacious clay, and is reckoned best for meadow. They are usually thought to be of vast depth ; but have been ascertained, in at least one locality, to lie upon limestone gravel at not more than ten feet from the surface. A part of them, called Tradree or Tradruibe — supposed to be a corruption of Terre de Boi, * the land of the King,' — is asserted by tradition to have been the private patrimony of Brian Bororah, and is pro* verbially fiructiferous.

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Burren's unusual limestone landscape

Burren · townland · Clare

The limestone formation in the barony of Burren presents a highly unusual phenomenon, characterized by huge, naked, angular, disrupted blocks of stone lying extensively upon the surface and forming a hard white crust.

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narrow zone of yellow sandstone, partly stratified and partly conf^Iomeratc, enginls the northern section of the old red sandstone ; and follows it, as that formation follows the schist^, beyond the limits of the county. The Slieve Baiighta mountain region, or eastern upland territory, has, in consequence, been not very inaccurately, though rather loosely, described as ** cons^i^ting of a nucleus of clay -slate," only the nucleus is comparatively a very large one, *' supporting flanks of sandstone, intruded through a break, in the surrounding limestone plain, in the siime manner as the Slieve Bloom range on the opposite bank of the Shannon." — The limestone formation, including not only carboniferous or mountain limestone, but the lower limestone calp or black shale series, and the upper limestone, occupies all the northern part of the county for 6 or 7 miles south of Black Head, — all the central, champaign district, down to the Shannon, — and all the area to the east, not occupied by the formations already named, and constituting two pcninsulso or narrow and prolonged projections from that main body to the boundary, the one along the edge of the Shaimon to a poiiit 7A statute miles above Limerick, and the other to Lough Derg at the head of Scariff bay. This limestone produces a surface of exceedingly various contour ; and, towards the north, it rises into elevations of very rugged, broken, and amorphous outline ; and. throughout the barony of Burren, it assumes appearances so unusual as to constitute a phenomenon,— extensively lying in huge, naked, angular, disrupted blocks upon the surface, and at other places, seeming for miles to cake all the ground over with a hard white crust A coal formation, including the shales, sandstones, and trappean veins and nodules which so generally accompany coal, occupies all the great tract westward from the limestone to the Atlantic, comprehending an area, at the lowest estimate, of 600 or 650 statute square miles. Many parts of this formation, especially in the bold escarpments which confront the ocean, are so diversified in aspect, so contorted and altered by trappean intrusions, and 80 alternately stratified and massive or amorphous, that the whole has often been hastily pronounced *' a clay slate and trap formation."

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Burrishoole Abbey founded 1486 for Dominican friars

Burrishoole · parish · Mayo · 1486

Burrishoole Abbey, described as an ugly ruin about 2 miles from Newport, was founded in 1486 by Lord William Oughter, head of the family of Turlow, for Dominican friars.

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Richard 0*Donne1, Bart., one of the chief proprietors of the barony, adjoins Newport, and contributes largely to the ornamenting of a considerable district. Burrishoole abbey is an ugly ruin about 2 miles from Newport. The abbey was founded in 1486, by Lord William Oughter, head of the family of Turlow, for Dominican friars. — This parish is a rectory, and a separate benefice, in the dio. of Tuam. Tithe composition, £308; glebe, £58. Gross income, £366 ; nett, £328 8s. 2d. Patron, the diocesan. A portion of the tithes, compounded for £42, belongs to the prebendaries of Faldown and Killybegs. The church was built in 1805, by means of parochial assessment. Sittings 350; attendance 150. A Wesleyan meeting-house, and the parish school-house occasionally used as a Presbyterian place of worship, have each an attendance of about 00. The Roman Catholic chapels of Newport and Newfleld are attended by respectively from 1,500 to 2,000, and from 500 to 700; and, in the Roman Catholic parochial arrangement, are mutually united. In 1834, the parishioners consisted of 497 Churchmen, 2 Presbyterians, and 12,135 Roman Catholics; 11 daily schools had on their books 841 boys and 347 girls ; and 3 other daily schools were in operation, but produced no lists. All the schools, except one, were free ; 9 received £8 each, and one £12, from the National Board ; 3 of the National schools received respectively £14 lOs., £3, and £1 from subscription; and one of the other schools was aided with £30 Irish from a bequest of the Rev. A. Vesey, and £2 from the rector, one with a graduated allowance from the London Hibernian Society, and £9 from the London Ladies* Hibernian Society, and one with £10 from the Tuam Diocesan Education Society.
BURRIS-iN-OSSORY. See Borris-in-Ossort.

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Borris-in-Ossory castle and 1640s actions

Borris village and its architecture

Bourney church built c.1778

Bourney parish: head-springs of Nore and Suir

Bovevagh parish church built 1824

Boylagh barony: Rosses district and granite plain

Boyle bridewell construction and condition

Boyle founds Baltimore

Boyle founds Bandon

Boyle founds Clonakilty

Boyle founds Youghal

Boyle parish church construction and enlargement

Bracklin House demesne near Castletowndelvin

Brandon fishing village and pier on Brandon Bay

Bray Head promontory and its panoramic views

Bray parish church repaired with Board of First Fruits loan

Bray town as a fashionable summer resort

Breafy parish scene of Castlebar skirmishing

Breda ancient parish united to Knock

Bree village with hill and nearby seats

Brian Boru's court at Kincora near Killaloe

Brian Boru's encampment at Clonturk

Brian Boru's encampment at Kilmainham

Brian Boru's palace at Kincora near Killaloe

Brickendown parish: old church and castle antiquities

Brideswell: holy well building erected 1685 by Earl of Antrim

Brideswell pattern festival: tents, drinking and dancing

Bridge over the Suir at Carrick-on-Suir

Bridgetown Augustinian abbey founded by the Roche family

Brigown round tower ruins fell c.1720

Brigown said to be ancient city founded by St Abban

Broadford and Killaloe slate quarries

Broadhaven: natural harbour and former Sligo fishing trade in Erris

Broad-lane theatre and public execution site, Cork

Brosna hamlet: place-name etymology near source of Little Brosna

Bruce devastates Castle-Dermot 1315-1316

Bryansford village and its scenic surroundings

Bullock castle and rocking-stone

Bumlin parish and Strokestown

Buncrana Castle, built by O'Doherty, restored by Vaughan

Buncrana: market town, fishing station and bathing resort

Bundoran: watering-place with the Fairy-Bridge natural archway

Bunduff salmon fishery: decline from ten tons to one ton

Bunnahone lake, source of the Sillies river

Bunowen bay anchorage and Bunowen-house

Bunowen village on Killery bay, Joyce-Country

Bunratty baronies, former Macnamara territory

Bunratty Castle and village history

Bunratty Castle, the most important in County Clare

Bunratty parish with old church near the Shannon

Burials of Tobin and Wolfe at Clonmel cemetery

Buried pines and oaks in Drumley bog

Buried streets and church of Bannow

Burning of Cavan by Enniskilleners, 1690

Burning of Tomacork, seat of Mr. Sherwood, 1797

Burns the Irish giant, native of Coagh

Burren barony ancient names and etymology

Burren mountains' naked limestone uplands

Burren's unusual limestone landscape

Burrishoole Abbey founded 1486 for Dominican friars