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1. Carlow parish church steeple built 1834

   Carlow · townland · Carlow · 1834

   The parish church of Carlow is a plain old building that formerly had a heavy square tower with an unsymmetrical spire. A handsome steeple was built in 1834 at a cost of £2,000.

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   Public Buildinat.] — The parish-church is a plain old building, and had formerly at its west end a heavy square tower, surmounted by an unsymmetrical spire ; but is now adorned with a handsome steeple, built, in 1834, at the cost of £2,000. The Presbyterian meeting-house, or Scots church, is a neat small structure. The Roman Catholic parochial chapel — the cathedral of the Roman Catnolic dio. of Kildare and Leighlin — is an edifice, remarkable for the beauty of its style and the skilfulness of its architecture; it bears aloft a high and finelv ornamented octagonal tower ; and it was completeo, in 1834, at the cost of £18,000 — The Roman Catholic college consists of a centre and two wings, and, though plain in style, is very spacious and hat an imposing appearance ; its chapel is a neat structure ; and its park is large, airv, well-planted, anud surrounded by a high wall. This institution was founded by the Rev. Dr. Reefe, and originally intended for the education of vouth ; it Mras opened, in 1793, under the direction or the late Dean Staunton, and became one-half subordinated to the training of candidates for the Roman Catholic priesthood ; and it eventuallv acquired great fame under the late Dr. Doyle, and became almost a rival of Majmooth. The cost of its erection was about £13,000. The number of its students, in 1834, was 107 ; but was officially reported to be diminishing. The routine of tuition comprises Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian^ French, English, ecclesiastical and cinl history. rhetoric, geography, arithmetic, book-keeping, and

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2. Carlow Roman Catholic cathedral completed 1834

   Carlow · townland · Carlow · 1834

   The Roman Catholic parochial chapel, serving as the cathedral of the diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, was completed in 1834 at a cost of £18,000. It is noted for the beauty of its style and bears aloft a high and finely ornamented octagonal tower.

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   Public Buildinat.] — The parish-church is a plain old building, and had formerly at its west end a heavy square tower, surmounted by an unsymmetrical spire ; but is now adorned with a handsome steeple, built, in 1834, at the cost of £2,000. The Presbyterian meeting-house, or Scots church, is a neat small structure. The Roman Catholic parochial chapel — the cathedral of the Roman Catnolic dio. of Kildare and Leighlin — is an edifice, remarkable for the beauty of its style and the skilfulness of its architecture; it bears aloft a high and finelv ornamented octagonal tower ; and it was completeo, in 1834, at the cost of £18,000 — The Roman Catholic college consists of a centre and two wings, and, though plain in style, is very spacious and hat an imposing appearance ; its chapel is a neat structure ; and its park is large, airv, well-planted, anud surrounded by a high wall. This institution was founded by the Rev. Dr. Reefe, and originally intended for the education of vouth ; it Mras opened, in 1793, under the direction or the late Dean Staunton, and became one-half subordinated to the training of candidates for the Roman Catholic priesthood ; and it eventuallv acquired great fame under the late Dr. Doyle, and became almost a rival of Majmooth. The cost of its erection was about £13,000. The number of its students, in 1834, was 107 ; but was officially reported to be diminishing. The routine of tuition comprises Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian^ French, English, ecclesiastical and cinl history. rhetoric, geography, arithmetic, book-keeping, and

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3. Carlow Roman Catholic college founded and opened 1793

   Carlow · townland · Carlow · 1793

   The Roman Catholic college in Carlow was founded by the Rev. Dr. Reefe and opened in 1793 under the direction of Dean Staunton. It acquired great fame under Dr. Doyle and became almost a rival of Maynooth, with 107 students by 1834.

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   Public Buildinat.] — The parish-church is a plain old building, and had formerly at its west end a heavy square tower, surmounted by an unsymmetrical spire ; but is now adorned with a handsome steeple, built, in 1834, at the cost of £2,000. The Presbyterian meeting-house, or Scots church, is a neat small structure. The Roman Catholic parochial chapel — the cathedral of the Roman Catnolic dio. of Kildare and Leighlin — is an edifice, remarkable for the beauty of its style and the skilfulness of its architecture; it bears aloft a high and finelv ornamented octagonal tower ; and it was completeo, in 1834, at the cost of £18,000 — The Roman Catholic college consists of a centre and two wings, and, though plain in style, is very spacious and hat an imposing appearance ; its chapel is a neat structure ; and its park is large, airv, well-planted, anud surrounded by a high wall. This institution was founded by the Rev. Dr. Reefe, and originally intended for the education of vouth ; it Mras opened, in 1793, under the direction or the late Dean Staunton, and became one-half subordinated to the training of candidates for the Roman Catholic priesthood ; and it eventuallv acquired great fame under the late Dr. Doyle, and became almost a rival of Majmooth. The cost of its erection was about £13,000. The number of its students, in 1834, was 107 ; but was officially reported to be diminishing. The routine of tuition comprises Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian^ French, English, ecclesiastical and cinl history. rhetoric, geography, arithmetic, book-keeping, and

   mathematics A Roman Catholic school, attaclied

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4. Carmelite friary at Burriscarra transferred to Augustinians

   Burriscarra · townland · Mayo · 1412

   In 1412, a Carmelite friary in the parish of Burriscarra was transferred by papal authority to the Augustinian Eremites. At the suppression, it possessed a quarter of land with tithes valued at 18s. 4d.

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   BURRISCARRA, or Borriscabra, a parish in the barony of Carra, 5| miles north-west by north of Hollymount, co. Mayo, Connaught. Length, southward, 5} miles; breath, 2i; area, 5,760 acres, 1 rood, 30 perches,—of which 1,408 acres, 8 roods, 26 perches, are in Lough Carra, and 136 acres, 3 roods, 28 perches, are in small lakes. Pop., in 1831, 1,535; in 1841, 1,681. Houses 292. The surfisice lies round the head and along the east side of Lough Carra; and consists principally of good land. On the banks of the lake are the demesnes of Burriscarra, Moorhall, and Clogher, the first and second richly wooded; and a little bevond the east boundary is Towerhill, the seat of Valentine Blake, Esq. In 1412, a Carmelite friary in the parish was transferred by papal authority to the Augustinian Eremites; and, at the suppressioo, it possessed a quarter of land, with tithes valued at 18a. 4d. — This parish is a rectory in the dio. of Tiiam. Tithe composition, i:65. The rectories of Ban. riscarra, Ballthane, and Balltoyie [see tiieae articles], constitute the benefice of Burriscarra. The parishes are not mutually contiguous. Length, 9 miles ; breadth, 8. Pop., in 1831, 9,294. Groat income, £368 14s. 9d. ; nett, £345 16s. 4d. Tlie church is situated in Ballyhane. The Roman Catholic chapel has an attendance of from 500 to 600 ; and, in the Roman Catholic parochial arrangement, is united to two chapels in the parish of Ballintobher. In 1834, the parishioners of Burriscanm were all Roman Catholics ; the Protestants of the anion amounted to 102, and the Roman CathoUcs to 9f878j a daily school in Burriscarra chapel wai aided irftt

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5. Carmelite priory and nunnery at Loughrea

   Loughrea · town · Galway

   A discalced Carmelite priory and a discalced Carmelite nunnery were established at Loughrea, which also hosted an academy for educating students for the Roman Catholic college. Loughrea was the bishop's parish in the Roman Catholic diocese of Clonfert.

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   It iMcludes 23 parishes ; and has 21 parochial and 15 coadjutor clergy. The bishop's parishes are Loughrea and Tynagh. Tbirtv-two of the 44 chapels are reported to be " remarkably good houses, slated, large, and commodious.*' An academy has been established at Loughrea for the education of students for the Roman Catholic college. A discalced Carmelite priory, and a discalced Carmelite nunnery are at Loughrea ; a Franciscan convent at Mcelisk ; and two Dominican convents at Boula and Esker. The designations of the parishes of the diocese, together with the sites of their chapels, are, 1 . Loughrea, — Loughrea; 2. Tyna, — Tyna and Killeen; 3. KiltoUa,— Kiltolla and Killimor ; 4. KilUuadaua,— Killiuadaua and Ayle ; 5. Woodford,— Woodford and Clonea ; 6. Killimor, — Killimor and Tyrenascia ; 7. Queensborough, — Qucensborough and Taby ; 8. Ballymacwad, — Ballymacwad and Gurteen ; 9. Ballinusloe, — Ballinasloe and Crcagh ; 10. Fohana, — Fohana and Killine ; II. Leitrim, — Leitrim and Kilmeen ; 12. Ballinakill, — Knockastrim ; 13. Kiltormer, — Kiltormer and Laurencetown ; 14. Clontuskert, — Clontuskert; 15. Killeran, — Killoran and Mulla; 16. New Inn, — New Inn and Bullane ; 17. Eyrecourt, — Eyrecourt and Clonfert; 18. Killalaghton, — Killalaghton and Kilriele; 19. Carralwwn, — Carrabawn and Kill; 20. Kilcoimel, — Kilconnel and Aughrim; 21. Taughmaconnel, — Taughmaconnel ; 22. Portumna, — Portumna and Liemalash ; and 23. Lusmagh, — Lusmagh.

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6. Carnagh creek and its fishing community

   Carnagh · townland · Wexford

   Carnagh creek in the parish of Carne, Wexford, has easy access and a sandy bottom with a small pier. It is very convenient and useful to the local fishers of herring and lobsters, though capable of much improvement.

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   CARNAGH, or Carna, a creek in the parish of Carne, barony of Forth, co. Wexford, Leinster. It is of ea>«y access, has a sandy bottom, possesses an inconsiderable pier, but is capable of mudi improvement, and is very convenient and useful to the fishers of herring and lobsters.

   CARNAGH, a parish on the southern border of the barony of Bantry, 3^ miles south-east by south of New Ross, co. Wexford, Leinster. Length, 2 miles ; breadth, I ; area, 2,106 acres. Pop., in 1831, .319; in 1841, 35*2. Houses 49. The land is good for tillage, pasturage, and meadow. Camagh-house, the seat of H. Lambert, Esq., is situated on the northern frontier. — This parish is a rectory, and part of the benetice of St. Mary's, New Ross, in the (iio. of Ferns. See Ross (New). Tithe composition, £^\ In 1834, all the parishioners were Roman (^itholics.

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7. Carndonagh: market town on route to Malin Head

   Carndonagh · town · Donegal

   Carndonagh stands on the road from Londonderry to Malin Head, with regular street alignment, several places of worship, schools, and well-built houses. It serves as head-quarters of the coast-guard and constabulary, and its markets command more agricultural produce than expected from the surrounding cold region.

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   donderry to Malin Head, 2| miles soutb of Malin, and 16 north of Londonderry. Its site is a pendicle of the high arable groimds which lie around the head of Strawbreaga bay, and is washed by two streamlets which descend from the adjacent mountains. The town is regular in its street alignment : has several places of worship, several schools, and a number of large and well-built houses ; and is the head-quarters of the coast-guard and the constabulary detachments of the district. Its markets command greatly more agricultural produce than mi^ht be expected from the cold and seemingly churlish region which surrounds it; and its shops supply the multitudinous articles of a general retail trade to a great portion of the northern half of the barony. In its vicinity are the seats of Tunalague and Fairview. Area of the town, 18 acres. Pop., in 1831, 018; in 1841, 653. Houses 118. Families employed chiedy in agriculture, 23; in manufactures and trade, 96; in other pursuits, 9. Families dependent chiefly on property and professions, 4 ; on the directing of labour, 92; on their own manual labour, 29; on means not specified, 3. See Donagh.

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8. Carnew Castle and O'Tooles' embattled house

   Carnew · town · Wicklow

   Carnew's castle, a 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 Imaal. The remains consist of a square enclosed by walls with turrets at two angles, now fitted up and occupied as the rectory.

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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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9. Carney village near Benbulben and Sligo Bay

   Carney · town · Sligo

   Carney village stands between Benbulben mountain and the head of the north-eastern projection of Sligo Bay, about 6 miles north of the town of Sligo. Various scenes and objects of considerable interest are in its vicinity, including Lissadill, Rathcormac, Drumcliffe, and Benbulben.

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   barony of Carbery, cow Sligo, Connaught. It stands between Benbulben mountain, and the head of the north-eastern projection of SU^o ba^, about 6 miles north of the to¥m of Slif o. In its vicinity are various scenes and objects of considerable interest. See LissABiLL, Radohlst, Dbumcliffb, and Benbulben. A dispensary in the village is within the Sligo Poor-law union, and serves for a district of 29,598 acres, with 14,656 inhabitants; and, in 1839- 40, it expended £155 6s. lO^d., and made 5,588 dispensations of medicine to 1,831 patients. Area of the vilhige, 9 acres. Pop., in 1841, 158. Houses 35.

   CARNLOUGU, or Carnallock, a fishing-village, partly in the parish of Tickmacrovan, but chiefly in that of Ardclinis, barony of Lower Glenarm, 2} miles north-north-west of the town of Glenarm, CO. Antrim, Ulster. It is frequented by small vessels, and possesses itself some craft ; but though situated on a fine strand, it is incapable of receiving any harbour improvement, except by the erection of double piers, at the cost of £4,000 or £5.000 Irish. The village commands gorgeous though limited views of a rich section of the Antrim coast. Area, 10 acres, — of which 8 acres are in the Ardclinis section. Pop., in 1831, 213 ; in 1841, 346. Houses 5a Pop. of the Ardclinis section, in 1841, 303. Houses 51.

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10. Carnlough fishing village on the Antrim coast

    near Carnlough · village · Antrim

    Carnlough is a fishing village chiefly in the parish of Ardclinis, 2.5 miles north-north-west of Glenarm in County Antrim. It is frequented by small vessels and commands gorgeous though limited views of a rich section of the Antrim coast, though incapable of receiving harbour improvement except by erection of double piers.

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    CARNLOUGU, or Carnallock, a fishing-village, partly in the parish of Tickmacrovan, but chiefly in that of Ardclinis, barony of Lower Glenarm, 2} miles north-north-west of the town of Glenarm, CO. Antrim, Ulster. It is frequented by small vessels, and possesses itself some craft ; but though situated on a fine strand, it is incapable of receiving any harbour improvement, except by the erection of double piers, at the cost of £4,000 or £5.000 Irish. The village commands gorgeous though limited views of a rich section of the Antrim coast. Area, 10 acres, — of which 8 acres are in the Ardclinis section. Pop., in 1831, 213 ; in 1841, 346. Houses 5a Pop. of the Ardclinis section, in 1841, 303. Houses 51.

    CARNMONEY, or Carmonet, a parish in the barony of Lower Belfast, 6 miles north of the town of Belfast, co. Antrim, Ulster. It contains the villages of Whitehouse Abbey, Lower Whitehouse, and Upper Whitehouse ; and the hamlets of Carnmonet and Balltcraiget. Length, 4 miles; breadth, 3; area, 8,937 acres, 1 rood, 12 perches. Pop., in 1831, 5,423; in 1841, 6,128. Houses 983. Pop. of the rural districts, including the two hamleU, in 1831, 4,397. Houses 766. Pop. of the hamlet of Carnmonev, in 1841, 247 ; in 1841, not specially returned. The surface consists variously of part of the rich belt of alluvial plain* and diluvial hanging-grounds on the north shore of Belfast Lough, — part of the chalk cliffs, secondarv formations, and diversified bold slopes, on the south

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11. Carnmoney church described as very old

    Carnmoney · townland · Antrim

    The church at Carnmoney is described as very old, with sittings for only 50 to 100 people. The parish also contained two Presbyterian meeting-houses, a Covenanters' meeting-house, and an Independent meeting-house with attendances of 350, 500, 25, and 150 respectively.

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    part of the basaltic tumulated ground which belongs to the county's tableau, but which is here comparativelv low in altitude, and ornate or soft in feature. Much of the surface has naturally great scenic power; considerable portions are highly emliellished with wood and culture ; and nearly the whole is profitable and good land, in a fiur degree of georgiod order. The cotton trade of Ireland was commenced within the limits of this parish ; but, as has been shown in the article on Belfiut, it has grievously declined. The linen trade maintains several fine establishments, and employs a large number of the inhabitants.-^ This parish is a vicarage in the dio. of Connor. Viearial tithe composition, £210 ; j^ebe, £106. The rectorial tithes are impropriate m the Marquis of Donegal,, but have never been levied. The vicarages of Carnmoney and Ballylinny, the rectory of Bafiymartin, and the ffnmge of Ballywalter attached to the parish of Ballylinny, constitute the benefice of Carnmoney. See Baixtlinnt and Balltmartin. Length of the union, 6 miles ; breadth, 4. Gross income, £565 ; nett, £512 8s. 7{d. Patron, the Blarguis of DonegaL The church u very old. Sittings, from 50 to 100. Two Presbyterian meeting-houses in connexion with the General Assembly, a Covenanters' meeting-house, and an Independent meetinghouse, have an attendance of respectively 350, 500, 25, and 150. In 1834, the parishioners consisted of 555 Churchmen, 4,569 Presbyterians, 59 other Protestant dissenters, and 511 Roman Catholics; and the inhabitants of the union consisted of 600 Churchmen, 7»515 Presbyterians, 211 other Protestant dis«

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12. Carnmoney parish and the origins of the Irish cotton trade

    Carnmoney · townland · Antrim

    Carnmoney parish in the barony of Lower Belfast contains the villages of Whitehouse Abbey, Lower Whitehouse, and Upper Whitehouse. The cotton trade of Ireland was commenced within the limits of this parish, though it has grievously declined, while the linen trade maintains several fine establishments.

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    part of the basaltic tumulated ground which belongs to the county's tableau, but which is here comparativelv low in altitude, and ornate or soft in feature. Much of the surface has naturally great scenic power; considerable portions are highly emliellished with wood and culture ; and nearly the whole is profitable and good land, in a fiur degree of georgiod order. The cotton trade of Ireland was commenced within the limits of this parish ; but, as has been shown in the article on Belfiut, it has grievously declined. The linen trade maintains several fine establishments, and employs a large number of the inhabitants.-^ This parish is a vicarage in the dio. of Connor. Viearial tithe composition, £210 ; j^ebe, £106. The rectorial tithes are impropriate m the Marquis of Donegal,, but have never been levied. The vicarages of Carnmoney and Ballylinny, the rectory of Bafiymartin, and the ffnmge of Ballywalter attached to the parish of Ballylinny, constitute the benefice of Carnmoney. See Baixtlinnt and Balltmartin. Length of the union, 6 miles ; breadth, 4. Gross income, £565 ; nett, £512 8s. 7{d. Patron, the Blarguis of DonegaL The church u very old. Sittings, from 50 to 100. Two Presbyterian meeting-houses in connexion with the General Assembly, a Covenanters' meeting-house, and an Independent meetinghouse, have an attendance of respectively 350, 500, 25, and 150. In 1834, the parishioners consisted of 555 Churchmen, 4,569 Presbyterians, 59 other Protestant dissenters, and 511 Roman Catholics; and the inhabitants of the union consisted of 600 Churchmen, 7»515 Presbyterians, 211 other Protestant dis«

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13. Carnsore Point, the Sacred Promontory of Ptolemy

    near Carnsore Point · promontory · Wexford

    Carnsore Point forms the south-eastern extremity of the mainland of Ireland and was called Hieron or the Sacred Promontory by Ptolemy. It also anciently bore the names of Salanga and Slieve-na-Domangaird, and a monastery is alleged to have been built at its seaward base by a St. Domangard.

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    C ARNSORE POINT, a headland in the parish of Carne, barony of Forth, co. Wexford, Leinster. It forms the south-eastern extremity of the mainland of the kingdom. It was called by Ptolemy, Hieron, or the Sacred Promontory ; and anciently bore the names also of Salanga and Slieve-na-Domangaird. A monastery is alleged to have been built at its seaward base by a St. Domangard. In its vicinity is Ballyhire, the scat of Mr. Edwards.

    CARNTEEL. See Carrenteel.

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14. Carntogher mountain in County Londonderry

    Carntogher · mountain or mountain range · Derry

    Carntogher is a mountain on the eastern border of the barony of Kenought in County Londonderry, with an altitude of 1,521 feet above sea level. It forms one of the loftiest and most considerable masses in an extensive congeries of uplands, situated nearly mid-distance between the channels of the Bann and the Roe.

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    CARNTOGHER, a mountain on the eastern border of the barony of Kenought, co. Londonderry, Ulster. It has an altitude of 1,521 feet above sealevel ; and forms one of the loftiest and most considerable masses in an extensive congeries of uplands. It is situated at nearlv mid-distance between the channel of the Bann and that of the Roe, and sends off a head-stream of the former's affluent of the Agivey, and a head-stream of the latter*s affluent of the Kelvin.

    CAROGH. See Cabaoh.

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15. Carn townland: huge cairn naming hamlet and mountains

    Carn · townland · Derry

    The townland and hamlet of Carn in Dungiven parish, County Londonderry, sits at the base of the Carntogher mountains. A huge cairn appears to have given its name to the hamlet, townland, and mountains alike.

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    CARN, a towiiland and a hamlet in the parish of Dungiven, and on the south-east border of the barony of Kenought, co. Londonderry, Ulster. The hamlet stands at the base of the Camtogber mountains, about 6 miles north-west of Maghera, on the road thence to Dungiven. See Carntoghxb. A huge cairn seems to have given name to at once hamlet, townland, and mountains. Area of the village, 6 acres. Pop., in 1841, 124. Houses 26.

    CARN, counties Kildare and Wexford. See Carne.

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16. Carra barony landscape and lakes, Co. Mayo

    Carra · barony · Mayo

    The barony of Carra is bounded by Loughs Cullen and Conn to the north, Loughs Carra and Mask to the south, and Castlebar Lough to the west. Its central division forms a watershed between the basins of Lough Corrib and the Moy, while the northern division is nearly all mountain and moorland, including the mountains of Bamagee and Nephin.

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    CARRA, a barony in co. Mayo, Connaught. It is bounded on the north by Tyrawley ; on the east by Gallen and Clanmorris ; on the south-east by Kilmain ; on the south-west by co. Galway ; and on the west by Morisk and Burrishoole. Its greatest length, from north by east to south by west, is 22 miles ; its greatest l)readth, in the opposite direction, is 8^ miles; and its area is 146,816 acres, 8 perches, — of which 15,475 acres, 2 roods, 32 perches, are water. On its northern boundary are Loughs Cullen and Conn; on its southern boundary are Loughs Carra and Mask ; on its western boundary is Castlebar Lough ; and on most of its eastern boundary is a stream running northward to Lough Cullen. The lakes which we have named as partly belonging to it, aggregately possess great picturesqueness ; but they will be severally noticed in their alphabetical places. Though the central division of the baronv contains the watershed between the basins of Lough Corrib and the Moy, or between the streams which flow respectively northward to Killalla bay, and southward to a junction with the sea in the bav of Galway ; it lies, on the average, greatly lower than the northern and the southern districts, and chiefly consists of champaign ground, pleasantly diversified with undulating knoll and hilL The south-eastern extremity is principally low, and considerably improved and adorned with culture; but the southwestern extremity is all occupied with a protuberant section of the bold, bare, rugged frontier mountains of Joyce-countrv. The northern division is nearly all mountain and moorland ; and contains, among other great heights, the mountains of Bamagee andf Green

    Nephin This barony comprises part of the parishes

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17. Carrickabraghy castle on Doagh island

    Carrickabraghy · townland · Donegal

    An old castle standing on the seaward point of the island of Doagh in Innishowen, about four miles from the village of Malin. It is supposed to have been a fortified seat of the O'Doghertys and possesses considerable architectural interest.

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    CARRICKABRAGHY, an old castle in tk barony of Innishowen, co. Donegal, Ulster. It standi on the seaward point of the island of Doagh, abonl 4 miles from the village of Malin. It is supposed U have been a fortified seat of the O^Doghertys. Tbi ruin possesses considerable architectural in CARRICKABRICK, a picturesque

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18. Carrickbeg suburb across the Suir

    Carrickbeg · townland · Waterford

    A suburb of Carrick-on-Suir, large enough to claim independence of character, stands immediately opposite the town on the Waterford bank of the river Suir, referred to as Carrickbeg.

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    tinctly traced. A nanor-court, with jnriidietuiii in cases not exceeding £10, was warrantad by patent to the Onnonde family, bttt has long been in deeae tude. A seneschalihip, appointed mboat 25 feuv ago, ¥rat then the only local government of which the town could boast. A subarb of the town, to large as to claim independence of character, ittaidi immediately opposite, on the Waterford bank of the river. See Carkickbeo.

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19. Carrick Castle: first Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland

    Carrick · townland · Wexford

    A small antique tower surmounts the pinnacle of a rock in the parish of Carrick, west of Wexford, and is celebrated as connected with the first castle built by the Anglo-Normans in Ireland. The tower is widely mistaken for the original castle, but Giraldus Cambrensis indicates the true castle stood on the opposite side of the river, on a rugged hill now almost obliterated by the plough.

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    CAR RICK, or Carrio, a parish in the barony of Bargie, co. Wexford, Leinster. Post-town, Taghmon. Pop., in 1831, 707. This parish, though reckoned a vicarage in the dio. of Ferns, has not now a separate existence in the ecclesiastical divisions; nor is it noticed in the census of 1841. It contains the village of Danes-Castle : which see. CARRICK, or Carrio, a parish in the barony of West Shelmalier, 2 J miles west of Wexford, co. Wexford, Leinster. Length, south-westward, 3i miles ; breadth, from ^ to If; area, 3,009 acres, 37 perches. Pop., in 1831, 1,054; in 1841, 1,25L Houses 210. It lies along the right bank of the Slaney, and of the upper part of Wexford Harbour ; and is celebrated in connection with Carrick-castle, the first that was built by the Anglo-Normans in Ireland. A small antique tower surmounts the pinnacle of a rock, forms one of the most strikingly picturesque objects in the kingdom, and is very generally mistaken for the original castle. Mr. Shiel, adopting the common mistake, is reported to have thus described it in a speech at Wexford : ** Situate at the gorge of the mountain, and commanding the passage over the stream, whose waters are darkened with its shadow, it is invested with many melancholy associations, and imparts to the solemnity of the scene what I may call the political picturesque. From the fosse of that tower, memory may take a long and dismal retrospect. * * Years have flowed by, like the waters which it overshadows, and yet it is not changed. ^ It stands as if it were the work of yesterday; as it was the first product of English domination, so it is its type." But ** the true castle of the first Anglo-Norman — 'adventurer and conqueror* " — says Mrs. Hall, •* was on the opposite side of the river; a stately pile that crowned the summit of a rugged hill, barely enough of which now remains to mark the space it occupied ; for the plough has now passed over nearly the whole of it. In this castle, Fitzstephen was besieged by the Wexford men ; but he defeated all their attempts to take it, until treachery effected their purpose. The Irish demanded a parley, and informed the English knight that Strongbow and all the British adventurers in Dublin had been destroyed, and that an immense force was on the march to Carrick. The information was of course doubted bv Fitzstephen ; and so the Irish compelled three bishopii, who were their prisoners, to go to the walls of the castle and make oath to the truth of the statement, upon which Fitzstephen surrendered, and was subsequently treated with great cruelty." The chief evidence that the present tower forms no part of the original fortalice, is found in a passage of Giraldus Cambrensis, and in a note of his translator. " MacMorogh," says GiraU dus, "marched to besiege Dublin, but left Fitzstephen behind, who was then building a hold or

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20. Carrickdrumruske borough charter and corporation

    Carrick-on-Shannon · town · Leitrim · 1613–1800

    Carrick-on-Shannon, anciently called Carrickdrumruske, was incorporated by charter of James I, with borough limits on the Leitrim side of the river. The corporation sent two members to the Irish parliament but became practically extinct at the Legislative Union.

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    The town's ancient name, and that by which it is known in most legal documents previous to the present century, is Carrickdrumruske. The place was incorporated by charter of 1 1 James L But the borough limits were all on the Leitrim side of the river, and are reputed to have extended a short distance round the town, and to have been defined on two sides by lanes which still exist. The corporation was entitled, " The Provost, Free Burgesses, and Commonalty of the Borough of Carrigdrumruske;" and consisted of a provost, 12 free burgesses, and an indefinite number of the commonalty. A court of record, with jurisdiction to the amount of £3 6s. 8d., was created by charter, but has for many years been in desuetude. The only courts now held are those presided over bv the judges of assize, the assistant-barrister, and the magistrates of the county. Mr. St. George, the owner in fee of the site of the town, erected a new enclosed marketplace, containing considerable accommodations. The frovost and free burgesses sent two members to the rish parliament, but were only the tools of the E^rl of Leitrim, the patron of the borough ; and his lordship pocketed the whole of the £15,000 granted in compensation of disfranchisement. The corporation, though keeping up the form till 1626, ot making corporate elections, became practically extinct at the Legislative Union. The members of the corporation were exclusively Protestants ; and the provost was bound by the charter to take the oath of supremacy, in addition to his oath of office. Up to 1€^, nearly 90 years after the town's incorporation, all its inhabitants were Protestants. The streets are not lighted, and are badly paved. Area of the Leitrim section of the town, 42 acres ; of the Roscommon section, 14 acres. Pop. of the whole, in 1831, 1,870; in 1841, 1,984. Houses 253. Pop. of the Leitrim section, in 1831, 1,423; in 1841, 1,716. Houses 208. Families, in the Leitrim section, employed chiefly in agriculture, 48; in manufactures and trade« 125; in other pursuits, dS. Families dependent chiefly on property and professions, 23; on the directing otlabour, 144'; on their own mamial labour, 74; on means not spccilied, 25.

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21. Carrickfergus Castle ascribed to John de Courcy

    near Carrickfergus · town · Antrim

    Carrickfergus Castle, on a rocky peninsula about 90 feet high washed on three sides by the bay, is the only existing edifice in the kingdom exhibiting a specimen of the old Norman military stronghold. Though some ascribe it to Sir Henry Sidney or Hugh de Lacy, MacSkirbin traced it with tolerable certainty to John de Courcy.

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    The Gis/ie.]— Carrickfergus-castle, though comparatively small, and though considerably defined by modern incongruous additions, possesses great interest at once as an architectural object, as • conspicuous feature in multitudinous groupings of landscape, and as the scene of various impc^tant historiail events. Ledwich, Seward, and others, ascribe its origin to Sir Henry Sidnejr; various writers of equally high character ascribe it to Hugh de Lacy; but MacSkiramin, in his interesting and accurate history of the town, has, with tolerable certainty, traced it to John de Courcev. It is the only existing edifice in the kingdom which exhibits a specimen of the old Norman military stronghold ; and, in every view of the town and environs, whether from Belfast Lough, the heights of tkus county of Antrim, or the opposite coasts of Downshire, it has a picturesque and even a nuignificent appearance. Its site is a rocky peninsula, about 90 feet high, shelving considerably to the land, wariied on three sides by the bay, and entirely occupied by the works of the fortress. The entrance is on the north or land side, between two circular projecting towers of considerable height and circumference, which are connected by a curtain, and mounted with several pieces of cannon. A drawbridge formerly led up to the entrance; a strong gate or archway still exists, and, as in all the old Norman castles, having a large aperture above for dischar^ng missiles and molten lead at assailants ; and wiUiin the gate was formerly a portcullis, provided with a similar aperture. The inner works consist of a lower and an upper yard, batteries mounting a number of pieces of cannon, and the grand central tower or square keep. The lower vard contains a small barrack, a guard-room, and apartments for tlit officers of the garrison, all built in 1802; vaults alleged to be bomb-proof, but undeserving of tlie designation; an armorer's forge; a furnace Car beating shot ; and a projecting tower on the outer wall, known as the Lion's Den. This yard is immediately entered from the outer gate ; and, according to ancient custom, is the place in which the mayor of the borough is sworn into office. The inner yvd is surrounded by high walls, and entered by a roundarched gateway ; and it contains a magazine, storehouses, and the keep or square tower. The keep is 90 feet high, and divided into five stories ; it was formerly entered by an arched doorway in the second story, and ascended by a winding stone staireue within the wall of the west angle, where there are still loopholes for the admission of air and light; Hs walls are nine feet thick ; its ground story u bombproof, and serves as the magazine ; its third story is disposed in a large apartment called Femy' Di^

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22. Carrickfergus Castle: Dalriad stronghold named after King Feargus

    near Carrickfergus · town · Antrim

    The site of Carrickfergus Castle is said to have been a stronghold of the Dalriads, deriving its name Carraig-Feargusa ('the rock of Feargus') from a King Feargus who was drowned in its vicinity. Old documents usually mention the place under corruptions of this name or the cognate designation Knockfergus.

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    History.'] — The site of Carrickfergus-castle is said to have been a stronghold of the Dalriads, and to have obtained the name of Carraig-FeargMsa, or 'the rock of Feargus,' from a King of that name who was drowned in its vicinity. Old documents usually mention the place under some corruption of this name, or under the cognate designation of Knockfergus. John de Courcey having received from Henry II. a grant of all the land he might conquer in Ulster, marched from Dublin at the head of 70D followers, and built a Norman fortress — the stamen of the present castle — upon the rock as the most convenient position for achieving inroads and defying opposition. The De Lacy family became possessors of this fortress, as of all the otner strengths of De Courcey ; but they practised tyranny, were ejected. fled to France, were restored, became again obnoxious, and fled to Scotland to invite Edward, the brother of * the Bruce ' of Scotland, to invade their country and become their King. In 1315, Bruce, al the head of 6,000 men, besieged the castle, but encountered a stern resistance ; he returned next year and again besieged it, but was once more received with a warmth which threatened his own ruin; and though the garrison eventually surrendered to him, they are said to have previously consumed every morsel of provision within the castle walls, and even to bate fed on the carcases of thirty of Bruce's soldiers whom they had taken prisoners. In 1333, Hugo de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, the governor of the castle, was murdered by his own servants. About IS87» the town was entirely burnt by the Scotch. In 1390, an order to the justiciary, John de Stanley* describes the castle as in a miserable condition, and the circumjacent country as in a pitiable plights on account of the incursions of the Irish. In 1481, the mayor of Carrickfergus and others entered, by commission, into a league with the Scottish Lord of the Isles, who had usurped the sovereignty of the Hebrides from the Kings of Scotland; and during OMny succeeding years, a constant intercourse, sometimas amicable, sometimes hostile, and generally of a private character, or such as was not recognised by \hm

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23. Carrickfergus Castle headquarters during Tyrone's rebellion

    near Carrickfergus · town · Antrim · 1555–1603

    During the whole of Tyrone's rebellion, Carrickfergus was the headquarters of the English forces in the North. The castle had been besieged by the Scots in 1555 and relieved the following year by Sir Henry Sidney.

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    national povernmpnt'*, existed betwe€n the people of Currickfergus and its vicinity, and the Scotch of the Scotti^h mainland and the Hebrides. In 1555, the castle was besieged by the Scotch ; and, in the following year, it was relieved by Sir Henry Sidney, father of the celebrated Sir Philip Sidney. During the whole of Tyrone's rebellion, Carrickfergus was the hea<l-quarters of the Engligh forces in the North. In U):}9. a plan was fornaed for betraying the cattle to the insurgents of Scotland, but was defeated by the Earl of Strafford. In 1640, a large army was R>semhled at the town to oppose the Scotch. In KU-i. General Monroe, at the head of 4,000 Scottish auxiliaries, landed to assist against the Irish rebels, and took pos>ession of Carrickfergus and its castle. In ir>*t8. General Monk surprised and seized Monroe, and took possession for the English Parliament. In WAiK the Karl of Inrhiquin captured the castle for the King, and made Monk prisoner; and, toward the clo>e of the same year, the castle surrendered to Sir ("•harles Coote. In' i()88. Lord Iveagh held the place for James II.; and next year, the Duke of Schomberir sailed into the hay, saw the outworks of the castle burnt on apprehension of a siege, landed at Kanuor, and marched round by Belfast, invested <'arri('kfergu<, and, after making some breaches on its furtitirations, and encountering an obstinate resistaiKV from Colonels MacCarthy, More, and Cormae O'Ni'ill at the head of two regiments of Irish Roman ("athoIi(*<<, became master of town and fortress. In l(i!H). William III., attended by Prince George of Denmark, the Duke of Ormond, the E^r Is of Oxford, S<"arl»or()u^'h, and Manchester, and other persons of <Ii^tin(*tioii, landed at the town on his great expedition of Iri>h conquest; and, after having wiilked tlir<)U;;h >ome of the streets, and halted half-an-hour, he proceeded to Helfast, in the Duke of Schomberg's <*arriai,'e. A lar;,'e stone at the extremity of the quay i>i still pointed out as that on which he first set toot in Ireland, and bears the name of King AVjlIi.un's Stone. In 1740, the inhabitants gave a }<p1«Miiiiil entertainment to the Duke of Ormond. In \'Cii), (^onunodore Thurot, with about 1,000 Frenchmen, landed at Carrickfergus, and attacked the town. Thoucii the castle had no mounted cannon, and was rent toward the sea by a gap or breach 50 feet wide, and wa^ garrisoned by fewer than iiOO soldiers of the <!'Jd riginient of infantry, and these chiefly raw recruit<< ; yet Colonel Jennings, the commander, en- <'ourage<l by the mayor and townspeople, bravely met the invaders: and, when driven back by the superior strength of the assailants, they retreated into the castle, and kept the French at bay even after the latter had forced the upper gate; iMit, all their ammunition becoming expended, they eventually beat « parley, and obtaiiu*d honourable terms of capitulation. The French, after for some time keeping possession of Carrickfergus, were roused by the bruit of n general gathering of troops throughout the country to a-^ail them; and, having returned to their ships and Hi't sail, they were, two days afterwards, totally <lete<ited by an Fhiglnh squadron off the Isle of Man. In 177K the notorious Paul Jones appeared in the bay, spread teiror by the display of his flag, and captured off the town the British sloop of war, the Drake. In 17{<i, Prince William Henry, then a naval lieutenant, and afterwards William IV., arrived in the buy in the Hebe frigate; and, two years afterward^, the Duke of Rutland, then Lord-lieutenant, landed at the town, received an entertainment from the eorfwration. and conferred knighthood on W. Kirk, F.-q., the mayor.

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24. Carrickfergus Castle in ruinous condition 1390

    near Carrickfergus · town · Antrim · 1390

    In 1390, an order to the justiciary John de Stanley described Carrickfergus Castle as being in a miserable condition, with the surrounding country in a pitiable state due to incursions of the Irish.

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    History.'] — The site of Carrickfergus-castle is said to have been a stronghold of the Dalriads, and to have obtained the name of Carraig-FeargMsa, or 'the rock of Feargus,' from a King of that name who was drowned in its vicinity. Old documents usually mention the place under some corruption of this name, or under the cognate designation of Knockfergus. John de Courcey having received from Henry II. a grant of all the land he might conquer in Ulster, marched from Dublin at the head of 70D followers, and built a Norman fortress — the stamen of the present castle — upon the rock as the most convenient position for achieving inroads and defying opposition. The De Lacy family became possessors of this fortress, as of all the otner strengths of De Courcey ; but they practised tyranny, were ejected. fled to France, were restored, became again obnoxious, and fled to Scotland to invite Edward, the brother of * the Bruce ' of Scotland, to invade their country and become their King. In 1315, Bruce, al the head of 6,000 men, besieged the castle, but encountered a stern resistance ; he returned next year and again besieged it, but was once more received with a warmth which threatened his own ruin; and though the garrison eventually surrendered to him, they are said to have previously consumed every morsel of provision within the castle walls, and even to bate fed on the carcases of thirty of Bruce's soldiers whom they had taken prisoners. In 1333, Hugo de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, the governor of the castle, was murdered by his own servants. About IS87» the town was entirely burnt by the Scotch. In 1390, an order to the justiciary, John de Stanley* describes the castle as in a miserable condition, and the circumjacent country as in a pitiable plights on account of the incursions of the Irish. In 1481, the mayor of Carrickfergus and others entered, by commission, into a league with the Scottish Lord of the Isles, who had usurped the sovereignty of the Hebrides from the Kings of Scotland; and during OMny succeeding years, a constant intercourse, sometimas amicable, sometimes hostile, and generally of a private character, or such as was not recognised by \hm

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25. Carrickfergus Castle keep and fortifications described

    near Carrickfergus · town · Antrim

    The Carrickfergus Castle keep is 90 feet high, divided into five stories, with walls nine feet thick and a ground story serving as a bomb-proof magazine. The castle's entrance features two circular projecting towers connected by a curtain, with a drawbridge formerly leading up to a strong gate with apertures for discharging missiles and molten lead.

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    The Gis/ie.]— Carrickfergus-castle, though comparatively small, and though considerably defined by modern incongruous additions, possesses great interest at once as an architectural object, as • conspicuous feature in multitudinous groupings of landscape, and as the scene of various impc^tant historiail events. Ledwich, Seward, and others, ascribe its origin to Sir Henry Sidnejr; various writers of equally high character ascribe it to Hugh de Lacy; but MacSkiramin, in his interesting and accurate history of the town, has, with tolerable certainty, traced it to John de Courcev. It is the only existing edifice in the kingdom which exhibits a specimen of the old Norman military stronghold ; and, in every view of the town and environs, whether from Belfast Lough, the heights of tkus county of Antrim, or the opposite coasts of Downshire, it has a picturesque and even a nuignificent appearance. Its site is a rocky peninsula, about 90 feet high, shelving considerably to the land, wariied on three sides by the bay, and entirely occupied by the works of the fortress. The entrance is on the north or land side, between two circular projecting towers of considerable height and circumference, which are connected by a curtain, and mounted with several pieces of cannon. A drawbridge formerly led up to the entrance; a strong gate or archway still exists, and, as in all the old Norman castles, having a large aperture above for dischar^ng missiles and molten lead at assailants ; and wiUiin the gate was formerly a portcullis, provided with a similar aperture. The inner works consist of a lower and an upper yard, batteries mounting a number of pieces of cannon, and the grand central tower or square keep. The lower vard contains a small barrack, a guard-room, and apartments for tlit officers of the garrison, all built in 1802; vaults alleged to be bomb-proof, but undeserving of tlie designation; an armorer's forge; a furnace Car beating shot ; and a projecting tower on the outer wall, known as the Lion's Den. This yard is immediately entered from the outer gate ; and, according to ancient custom, is the place in which the mayor of the borough is sworn into office. The inner yvd is surrounded by high walls, and entered by a roundarched gateway ; and it contains a magazine, storehouses, and the keep or square tower. The keep is 90 feet high, and divided into five stories ; it was formerly entered by an arched doorway in the second story, and ascended by a winding stone staireue within the wall of the west angle, where there are still loopholes for the admission of air and light; Hs walls are nine feet thick ; its ground story u bombproof, and serves as the magazine ; its third story is disposed in a large apartment called Femy' Di^

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26. Carrickfergus court-house and gaol erected 1777-9

    near Carrickfergus · town · Antrim · 1777–1841

    The County Antrim court-house and gaol in Carrickfergus were erected in 1777-9 at a cost of £21,785. By 1841 the gaol was severely overcrowded with an average of 199 prisoners against only fifty single cells, and had long been condemned by inspectors-general.

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    Other Public Duildingt.'] — The county of Antrim rourt-house and gaol constitute one suite of buildings ; and were erected in 1777-9, at the cost of j£'2 1,785. The elevation of the court-house is very neat and chaste ; it consists of a facade, surmounted by H balustrade, has no wings or pavilions, and corresponds in length to the breadth of the main street, which it corjfronts. The gaol contains 50 single cells, 4 other rooms with beds, 7 day-rooms, I workroom, 0 yards, 5 solitary cells, a cooking-house, an hospiul, and a chapel. The Report for 1841 says: **The average of prisoners in the gaol is 199^,— a strong instance of the want of proper accommodation, there being but fifty single cells, which are defective, limited, and very close during night. The ventilation is very bad in these apartments, particularly when the gaol happens to be crowded, and more than two obliged to sleep in each cell." We need not wonder that the prison was long ago condemned by the inspectors-general ; and only feel surprise that its monstrous incapacity for suitable <'lu<«ificution has not been long since remedied. In 1840, a grand-jury presentment was issued to supersede it by erections in Carrickfergus, Ballymena, and Antrim ; and, in January 1841, a public meeting at Belfast strongly remonstrated against this, and urged — what common sense might make apparent to any man — that the town which, as to at once population, trade, and influence, is the metropolis of Ulster, should be regarded as the most suitable place

    tor county public buildings The market-house is

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27. Carrickfergus dispensary in Larne Poor-law union

    near Carrickfergus · town · Antrim · 1839–1840

    A dispensary in Carrickfergus, within the Larne Poor-law union, served a district of 16,700 acres with a population of 8,706. In 1839-40 it expended £16 10s. and administered to 620 patients.

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    been lost A dispensary in the town is within the

    Larne Poor-law union, and serves for a district of 16,700 acres, with a population of 8,706; and, in 1839-40, it expended £16 10s., and administered to 620 patients.

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28. Carrickfergus incorporation traced to King John

    near Carrickfergus · town · Antrim · 1326

    The incorporation of Carrickfergus as a county in itself is ascribed by tradition to King John, though no extant charter earlier than one of 11 Elizabeth exists. As early as 1326, evidence shows it had a shrievalty distinct from that of Antrim, held by the same officer.

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    Municipal Affiiirt, ^c.]— Excepting the area and precincts of the castle, and the site of the county of Antrim court-house and gaol, the whole of the lands occupied by the town, and of those within the limits of the parish, constitute a jurisdiction separate from that of the county of Antrim. The incorporation of the place as a county in itself, is ascribed by tradition to Ring John, but is not recognised by any extant charter earlier than one of 11 Elizabeth. Yet so early as 20 Edward II., or the year 1326, evidence exists of its having had a shrievalty distinct from that of Antrim, though held by the same officiate ; for in that year, as appears by an extant document, the king committed during pleasure to John de Athy the office of sheriff *' in the counties of Cragfergus and Antrim.** The lands of Straidland and Little Ballymenor, which constitute the north-west district of the parish, are included within the corporate boundaries by the charter of Elizabeth, but excluded by a charter of 7 James I. ; and, in issue of a suit tried at the spring assizes of 1810, they were declared—chiefly, we believe, on the ground of their roads having been made at the charge, not of Carrickfergus, but of Antrim— to lie beyond the borough

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29. Carrickfergus mayor leagues with Scottish Lord of the Isles 1481

    near Carrickfergus · town · Antrim · 1481

    In 1481, the mayor of Carrickfergus and others entered into a league by commission with the Scottish Lord of the Isles, who had usurped the sovereignty of the Hebrides from the Kings of Scotland.

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    History.'] — The site of Carrickfergus-castle is said to have been a stronghold of the Dalriads, and to have obtained the name of Carraig-FeargMsa, or 'the rock of Feargus,' from a King of that name who was drowned in its vicinity. Old documents usually mention the place under some corruption of this name, or under the cognate designation of Knockfergus. John de Courcey having received from Henry II. a grant of all the land he might conquer in Ulster, marched from Dublin at the head of 70D followers, and built a Norman fortress — the stamen of the present castle — upon the rock as the most convenient position for achieving inroads and defying opposition. The De Lacy family became possessors of this fortress, as of all the otner strengths of De Courcey ; but they practised tyranny, were ejected. fled to France, were restored, became again obnoxious, and fled to Scotland to invite Edward, the brother of * the Bruce ' of Scotland, to invade their country and become their King. In 1315, Bruce, al the head of 6,000 men, besieged the castle, but encountered a stern resistance ; he returned next year and again besieged it, but was once more received with a warmth which threatened his own ruin; and though the garrison eventually surrendered to him, they are said to have previously consumed every morsel of provision within the castle walls, and even to bate fed on the carcases of thirty of Bruce's soldiers whom they had taken prisoners. In 1333, Hugo de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, the governor of the castle, was murdered by his own servants. About IS87» the town was entirely burnt by the Scotch. In 1390, an order to the justiciary, John de Stanley* describes the castle as in a miserable condition, and the circumjacent country as in a pitiable plights on account of the incursions of the Irish. In 1481, the mayor of Carrickfergus and others entered, by commission, into a league with the Scottish Lord of the Isles, who had usurped the sovereignty of the Hebrides from the Kings of Scotland; and during OMny succeeding years, a constant intercourse, sometimas amicable, sometimes hostile, and generally of a private character, or such as was not recognised by \hm

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30. Carrickfergus mendicity institution founded 1820

    near Carrickfergus · town · Antrim · 1820

    A mendicity institution was founded in Carrickfergus in 1820, supported by about £170 a-year from subscriptions and £65 6s. from interest on charitable bequests.

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    (Itarities, ^*r.] — A mendicity Institution wa« founded in lh20, and continued to be supported by about £170 a-year from subscriptions, and £«)5 6s. from the interest of charitable bequests. — In 1761, a beque^«t was made by Alderman Henry Gill, of a portion of his estates **for the annual support and maintenance for ever of 14 aged men, decayed in their circumstances, and that are not able to get a maintenance for themselves, and that have been cither born in, or inhabitants of the town and parish ot CiirricktergU'* fromtheiryouth ;" but it was shamefully mismanaged by the trustees, and, in 1833, pro- <iu«e(l only £11)4 '2s. Ijd. a-year. A Report of that year says: ** Ten houses, belonging to the charity, have been built, each of which is occupied by one of the pensioners ; ground has been laid out for tour others ; this, at present, is allowed for garden«> to two of the remaining pensioners. The annual stipend to each pensioner is £V1 18s. 6d.** — Henefaciiuns for various local charitable objects, but ehietly for the direct benefit of the poor, and varying buth in amount and in mode of application,

    exist under the names of the Slievatroo Charity, Wilson's Bond, and Adair's, Ellis's, Lee's, Thomp. son's, Wilson's, Mrs. Wilson's, Mrs. Spaight's, and Mrs. Lee's bequests ; and other benefactions, under the name of Carlton's, Blatthews's, Davis's, Tennison's, Davis's and Francis Lee's bequests, have

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31. Carrickfergus piers and harbours

    near Carrickfergus · town · Antrim

    Two piers exist at Carrickfergus: one enclosing the town harbour immediately south-west of the castle, erected by a grant from the Irish Parliament, and another in the Scotch Quarter erected for fishermen by local contributions and a grant from the Fishery Board. Both are dry at low water.

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    Trade,'] — The woollen manufacture was once of some importance, but has declined. The cotton trade belongs more extensively to the pari«h than to the town ; and is of such bulk as, m England or in Scotland, would not be reckoned very noticeable. The first cotton cloth ever made in the parish was made in 1790; calico webs were first given out by a local manufacturer in 1796; and calico printing was commenced in 1804. Linen weaving and bleaching occupy similar prominence as in most of the towns of eastern UUter. Leather is manufactured to a considerable amount Within the town are a cotton manufisctory, a flax-mill, and a distillery. The fishery of the bay affords employment to a large proportion of the inhabitants, and yields abundance of cod, lobsters, and oysters. The import and export trade was at one time of note, and promised to become of large importance, but has, for generations past, been almost completely destroyed by the enterprising rivalry and more advantageous situation of Belfast See Belfast. Such imports as exist consist of coals, iron, timber, bark, salt, slates, and miscellaneous goods; and the exports amount to about 10,000 tons per annum, and consist of black cattle, grain, alabaster, and part of the produce of the manufactories. There are two piers, — the one enclosing the town harbour immediately south-west of the castle, and erected by a grant from the Irish Parliament; and the other situated in the Scotch Quarter, and erected for the fishermen by local contributions and a grant from the late Fishery Board: both arc dry at low water; and the former has depth at high water for vessels of 100 tons. A weekly market b held on Saturday ; another weekly market is authorized by charter to be held on Wednesday ; and fiiirs are held on ftlay 12, and Nov. 1. A branch of the Northern Bank was established in 1836. The only public conveyances, in 1838, appear to have been two coaches in transit between Belfast and Larne.

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32. Carrickfergus town walls commenced by Sidney

    near Carrickfergus · town · Antrim · 1576

    The town walls of Carrickfergus were begun around 1576 by the Lord-deputy Sir Henry Sidney. They still largely survive and can be distinctly traced, enclosing an irregular hexagon of about 460 by 340 yards.

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    over another fourth, it has not a hreaddi of more than 150 jrards. The town consists of the ancient city or walled town, in the centre ; the Irish Quarter, on the west ; and the Scotdi Quarter, on the east. The walls were commenced about the year 1576, by the Lord-deputy, Sir Henry Sidney ; and they etfll to a great extent exist, and mav all be distinctly traced. The North -Gate, formerly called Spital Gate, is still standing, and is a pleasing specimen of architecture. The space enclosed by the walls — exclusive of the site of the castle and the pier, which projects seaward in the form of a tiny peninsula — has the outline of an irregular hexagon, and measures about 460 yards by 340. The streets within this space are Broad -street. Castle-street, West-street, North-street, Essex-street or Crannagh-Bann, Dawson-street or Jail-lane, and Joyraount-court. These streets are very irregularly disposed and of very various breadth ; yet, excepting the principal street of about 150 3racd8 in length, the open area around the castle, and the Joymount-court promenade which goes out to the Scotch Quarter, the whole are squeezed together in the suffocating density of oriental city pressure. The Irish Quarter was once called West Suburb, and obtained its

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33. Carrick-house on Lough Ennel, Westmeath

    Carrick · townland · Westmeath

    The parish of Carrick in Westmeath extends along the east side of Lough Ennel. Carrick-house, situated on the margin of the lake, is the seat of W. Fetherstone Haugh, Esq.

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    C ARRICK, a pali^h on the western border of the barony of Fartullagb, 5^ miles south by west of Mullingar, co. Westmeath, Leinster. Length, westnorth- westward, 2| miles; greatest breadth, 2; area, 2,957 acres, 18 perches, — of which 853 acres, 39 perches arc in Lough Ennel. Pop., in 1831, 576 ; in 1841, 532. Houses 89. The surface extends along the east side of Lough Ennel; couMsts of good arable and pasture land, with a small proportion of bog; and is traversed southward by the road from Mullingar to Tyrrels-Pass. See Ennkl. Carrick-house, on the margin of the lake, is the seat of W. Fetherstone Haiigh, Esq. ; and the oidy

    other mansion is Robin>town This pari^h is a

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34. Carrickmacross church and endowed school of 1711

    Carrickmacross · town · Monaghan · 1711–1779

    The church at Carrickmacross was built in 1779 at a cost of £553. An endowed school was founded in 1711 by Lord Weymouth, but Sir Charles Coote noted that despite a perfected endowment with house and land, no children were being educated there.

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    Churchmen, 275 Presbyterians, and 12,064 Roman Catholics ; 3 Sunday schools had an average attendance of 265 children ; and 23 daily schools had on their books 1,252 boys and 896 girls. One of the daily schools was gratuitously conducted by Miss Woods ; and another by Mr. Connelly ; each of five was aided with £5 a-ye'ar from subscription ; each of two with £30 from the National Board ; and one with £30 from subscription. In 1839, the National Board granted £200 toward the erection of two schools, male and female, at Carduff. In 1711, an endowed school was founded by Lord Weymouth ; but, says Sir Charles Coote, ** notwithstanding this endowment was duly perfected, and a house and land conveyed to trustees for the use of the school, yet there is not one child educated, although the salary, houAe, &c., is enjoyed."

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35. Carrickmacross fever hospital erected 1841

    Carrickmacross · town · Monaghan · 1841

    A fever hospital was erected in Carrickmacross in 1841 from a design by Mr. George Sudden. The dispensary and fever hospital were both situated in the town, with the dispensary serving the entire barony of Farney, which comprehended 67,436 acres and contained a population of 41,561 in 1831.

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    ture of the union up to Feb. 6, 1843, was £1,056 10s. 6i<l. ; and the workhouse was opened for the admission of paupers very soon after that date. The union contains only one dispensary and one fever hospital ; both of which are situated in Carrickmacross. The dispensary serves for the whole baronjr of Farney, comprehending 67,436 acres, and containing, in 1831, a population of 41.561 ; and, in 1839, it received £290 5s., expended £279 2a., and administered to 4,789 patients. The fever hospital was erected, in 1841, from a design by Mr. Geor;^ Sudden. Area of the town, 121 acres. Pop., m 183 1 , 2,979 : in 184 1 , 1 ,997. Houses 345. FamUies employed chiefly in agriculture, 102; in manufiBCtures and trade, 199 ; in other pursuits, 55. Familief dependent chiefly on property and professions, 12 ; on the directing of labour, 195 ; on their ovm manual labour, 146; on means not specified, 3.

    CARRICKMINES, a village in the half-barony of Rathdown, co. Dublin, Leinster. It stands on the road from Dundrum to Bray, nearly midway between them ; and 1} mile from the sea, on the rivulet which fulls into Killeeny bay. Fairs are held on April 14 and 15, and in October. Pop. not specially returned.

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36. Carrickmacross founded by chieftain Ross MacRoss

    Carrickmacross · town · Monaghan

    The town of Carrickmacross, anciently called Maoheross, was founded by Ross, son of Ross, a famous Irish chieftain. Its name derives jointly from him and from a 'carricq' or white rock on its site. The town consists principally of one street and contains the largest distillery in the district.

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    CARRICKMACROSS, anciently Maoheross, a market and post town, in the above parish, stands on . the maiUroad from Dublin to Londonderry, 4 miles north by west of the point at which the counties of Monaghan, Meath, and Louth meet, the rame distance north by east of that at which Monaghan, Meath, and Cavan meet, 9^ miles south of Castleblayney, 12 west by south of Dundalk, and 40 northnorth-west of Dublin. It was founded by Ross, the son of Ross, a famous Irish chieftain; and derives its name jointly from him and from a ' carricq' or white rock on iu site. It consists principally of one street, is well-built, and has a comparatively handsome appearance. It contains a number of good shops, several malt stores, a brewery, the largest distillery in the district, and a recently erected excellent po»ting inn. The division of it which belongs to Mr. Shirley has, of late years, been considerably improved. The parish-church fronts the main street, and is a neat ornamental building, with a handsome steeple. An important retail trade exists for the supply of the surrounding populous country ; the weekly markets are the scene of a good deal of business in the com and provision trade ; and fairs are held on May 27* July 10, Sept. 27, Nov. 9, and Dec. 10. In 1838, the public conveyances were a mail-car to Dundalk, and the mail-coach in transit between Dublin and Londonderry. — A Poor-law union, which takes designation from the town, ranks as the 80th, and was declared on Nov. 5. 18.^9. It lies all in co. Monaghan, comprehends 60,459 acres, with a pop., in 1831, of 36,927* Its electoral divisions are Carrickmacross, Raferugh, Drumgurra, Ballymackney, Drumcarrow, Enagh, Loughfay, Drumboorg, Kiltybegs, Donaghmoyne, Kilmurrv, Crossalane, Bocks, and Carracharra. Its guardians are 16 elected, and 5 ex-ofTicio ; and of the former, three are returned by Carrickmavroaa division, and one by each of the other divisions. The total number of valued tenements in the union is 5,858 ; and of the<«e, 2,875 are valued under £5, — 518 under £6,-467 under £7,-339 under £8,_ 258 under £9,— 2*25 under £10,-328 under £12,— 191 under £14,— «l under £15,— 68 under £16,— 118 under £18,-77 under £20,-106 under £25,— 62 under £30,-65 under £40,— 20 under £50,— and 60 at and above £50. The total nett annual value of property rated is £46,257 ; the total number of pcrrtons rated is 6,235 ; and of these, 574 are rated ibr a valuation not exceeding £1, — 655 not exceeding £2, — 696 not exceeding £3,-677 not exceeding £4, — and 596 not exceeding £5. The workhouse was contracted for on Sept. 21, 1840, — to be completed on Nov. 21, 1841.— to cost £5,000 for building and completion, and £977 17s. 6d. for fittings and contiiit^ences ; to occupy an area of 5 acres, 3 roods, 2 perc]ie<, purchased for £622 2s. 6d., and subject to an annual rent of £1 Os. 3d. ; and to contain accommodation for 500 persons. The total expendi-

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37. Carrickmacross land grant to Lord Essex

    Carrickmacross · town · Monaghan · 1558–1603

    A large tract of country adjacent to Carrickmacross was granted by Queen Elizabeth to Lord Essex and is now held by that nobleman's descendants. The estates of the Marquis of Bath and E. J. Shirley are curiously separated by a line running along the principal street and bisecting the market-house.

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    OARRICKMACROSS, or Magheross, a parish containing a town of the same name, in the barony of Faniey. co. Monaghan, I'lster. Length, 7| miles ; breadth, Sk ; area, 16,702 acres. Pop., in 1831, li,(M)0; in 1841, 13,444. Houses 2,3*28. Pop. of the rural district8,in 1831, 9,021 ; in 1841, 11,447. Houses 1,983. It extends to the outskirts of the village of Ballytreau on the north, and to within I mile of Shercock in the county of Cavan on the we«t. The large lake Chantinee lies partly within the northern boundary; Loughfay occurs within the cognominal demesne in the west; and two other considerable lake«, and about 13 loughlets or ponds, variegate other localities. Though the centre of the parish contains the watershed between the eastern and the north-westem seas, and forms the outer rim of the basin of the Louth Lagan on the east, and of the remote affluents of the Erne on the west, it aggregately possesses great amenity of climate, much richness of soil, aiid surprisingly low altitude above sea-level. About 600 acres are covered by four bogs or marshy wastes; and part of the northern district is occupied by rocky hills, interspersed with indifferent anible and pasture grounds ; but all the rest of the surface is good land, and a large proportion in the vicinity of the town is fruitful in iNirley and wheat. Adjoining the town is the demesne of Lismisk ; and in the west is the interesting and highly improved demesne of Loughfay. See L(»ughfay. A large tract of country adjacent to the town was granted by Queen Elizabeth to Lord E<«<ex, and is now held by that nobleman's descendants. The estates of the Marquis of Bath and E. J. Shirley, Esq., are curiously separated by a line which runs along the principal street of the town, and bisects the markethouse — This parish is a vicarage, and a separate benefice, in the dio. of Clogher. Vicarial lithe composition, £646 3s. Id.; glebe, £262. Gross income, £898 3s. Id. ; nett, £803 4s. 4d. Patron, the diocesan. A curate has a stipend of £96 6s. Hd., and holds land which is estimated to be worth £46 3s. Id. per annum. The rectorial tithes are compounded for £323 Is. 6id., and arc impropriate in the Drogheda family, and leased by Mr. Kernan. The church was built in 1779, at the co&t of £553 16s. lid., raised by parochial assessment. Sittings 450; attendance 200. A Presbyterian meetinghouse has an attendance of 110. Three Roman Catholic chapels, at Carrickmacross, Cardulf, and Corcrehagh, are attended by respectively 1,600, 1 ,000, and 600 ; and, in the Roman Catholic parochial arrangement, are mutually united, and have 4 oAciatei. In 1834, the parishioners consisted of 607

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38. Carrickmacross parish church on main street

    Carrickmacross · town · Monaghan

    The parish church of Carrickmacross fronts the main street and is described as a neat ornamental building with a handsome steeple. The town also contains a number of good shops, several malt stores, a brewery, and a recently erected posting inn.

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    CARRICKMACROSS, anciently Maoheross, a market and post town, in the above parish, stands on . the maiUroad from Dublin to Londonderry, 4 miles north by west of the point at which the counties of Monaghan, Meath, and Louth meet, the rame distance north by east of that at which Monaghan, Meath, and Cavan meet, 9^ miles south of Castleblayney, 12 west by south of Dundalk, and 40 northnorth-west of Dublin. It was founded by Ross, the son of Ross, a famous Irish chieftain; and derives its name jointly from him and from a ' carricq' or white rock on iu site. It consists principally of one street, is well-built, and has a comparatively handsome appearance. It contains a number of good shops, several malt stores, a brewery, the largest distillery in the district, and a recently erected excellent po»ting inn. The division of it which belongs to Mr. Shirley has, of late years, been considerably improved. The parish-church fronts the main street, and is a neat ornamental building, with a handsome steeple. An important retail trade exists for the supply of the surrounding populous country ; the weekly markets are the scene of a good deal of business in the com and provision trade ; and fairs are held on May 27* July 10, Sept. 27, Nov. 9, and Dec. 10. In 1838, the public conveyances were a mail-car to Dundalk, and the mail-coach in transit between Dublin and Londonderry. — A Poor-law union, which takes designation from the town, ranks as the 80th, and was declared on Nov. 5. 18.^9. It lies all in co. Monaghan, comprehends 60,459 acres, with a pop., in 1831, of 36,927* Its electoral divisions are Carrickmacross, Raferugh, Drumgurra, Ballymackney, Drumcarrow, Enagh, Loughfay, Drumboorg, Kiltybegs, Donaghmoyne, Kilmurrv, Crossalane, Bocks, and Carracharra. Its guardians are 16 elected, and 5 ex-ofTicio ; and of the former, three are returned by Carrickmavroaa division, and one by each of the other divisions. The total number of valued tenements in the union is 5,858 ; and of the<«e, 2,875 are valued under £5, — 518 under £6,-467 under £7,-339 under £8,_ 258 under £9,— 2*25 under £10,-328 under £12,— 191 under £14,— «l under £15,— 68 under £16,— 118 under £18,-77 under £20,-106 under £25,— 62 under £30,-65 under £40,— 20 under £50,— and 60 at and above £50. The total nett annual value of property rated is £46,257 ; the total number of pcrrtons rated is 6,235 ; and of these, 574 are rated ibr a valuation not exceeding £1, — 655 not exceeding £2, — 696 not exceeding £3,-677 not exceeding £4, — and 596 not exceeding £5. The workhouse was contracted for on Sept. 21, 1840, — to be completed on Nov. 21, 1841.— to cost £5,000 for building and completion, and £977 17s. 6d. for fittings and contiiit^ences ; to occupy an area of 5 acres, 3 roods, 2 perc]ie<, purchased for £622 2s. 6d., and subject to an annual rent of £1 Os. 3d. ; and to contain accommodation for 500 persons. The total expendi-

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39. Carrickmacross Poor-law union workhouse built 1840-41

    Carrickmacross · town · Monaghan · 1839–1841

    The Carrickmacross Poor-law union, ranked 80th, was declared on 5 November 1839 and lay entirely in County Monaghan, comprehending 60,459 acres. The workhouse was contracted for on 21 September 1840, to be completed by 21 November 1841, costing £5,000 for building and completion.

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    CARRICKMACROSS, anciently Maoheross, a market and post town, in the above parish, stands on . the maiUroad from Dublin to Londonderry, 4 miles north by west of the point at which the counties of Monaghan, Meath, and Louth meet, the rame distance north by east of that at which Monaghan, Meath, and Cavan meet, 9^ miles south of Castleblayney, 12 west by south of Dundalk, and 40 northnorth-west of Dublin. It was founded by Ross, the son of Ross, a famous Irish chieftain; and derives its name jointly from him and from a ' carricq' or white rock on iu site. It consists principally of one street, is well-built, and has a comparatively handsome appearance. It contains a number of good shops, several malt stores, a brewery, the largest distillery in the district, and a recently erected excellent po»ting inn. The division of it which belongs to Mr. Shirley has, of late years, been considerably improved. The parish-church fronts the main street, and is a neat ornamental building, with a handsome steeple. An important retail trade exists for the supply of the surrounding populous country ; the weekly markets are the scene of a good deal of business in the com and provision trade ; and fairs are held on May 27* July 10, Sept. 27, Nov. 9, and Dec. 10. In 1838, the public conveyances were a mail-car to Dundalk, and the mail-coach in transit between Dublin and Londonderry. — A Poor-law union, which takes designation from the town, ranks as the 80th, and was declared on Nov. 5. 18.^9. It lies all in co. Monaghan, comprehends 60,459 acres, with a pop., in 1831, of 36,927* Its electoral divisions are Carrickmacross, Raferugh, Drumgurra, Ballymackney, Drumcarrow, Enagh, Loughfay, Drumboorg, Kiltybegs, Donaghmoyne, Kilmurrv, Crossalane, Bocks, and Carracharra. Its guardians are 16 elected, and 5 ex-ofTicio ; and of the former, three are returned by Carrickmavroaa division, and one by each of the other divisions. The total number of valued tenements in the union is 5,858 ; and of the<«e, 2,875 are valued under £5, — 518 under £6,-467 under £7,-339 under £8,_ 258 under £9,— 2*25 under £10,-328 under £12,— 191 under £14,— «l under £15,— 68 under £16,— 118 under £18,-77 under £20,-106 under £25,— 62 under £30,-65 under £40,— 20 under £50,— and 60 at and above £50. The total nett annual value of property rated is £46,257 ; the total number of pcrrtons rated is 6,235 ; and of these, 574 are rated ibr a valuation not exceeding £1, — 655 not exceeding £2, — 696 not exceeding £3,-677 not exceeding £4, — and 596 not exceeding £5. The workhouse was contracted for on Sept. 21, 1840, — to be completed on Nov. 21, 1841.— to cost £5,000 for building and completion, and £977 17s. 6d. for fittings and contiiit^ences ; to occupy an area of 5 acres, 3 roods, 2 perc]ie<, purchased for £622 2s. 6d., and subject to an annual rent of £1 Os. 3d. ; and to contain accommodation for 500 persons. The total expendi-

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40. Carrickmines village on Dundrum-Bray road

    near Carrickmines · street · Dublin

    Carrickmines is a village in the half-barony of Rathdown, County Dublin, standing on the road from Dundrum to Bray, nearly midway between them. It lies 1.5 miles from the sea on a rivulet that falls into Killeeny bay, and holds fairs on 14-15 April and in October.

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    CARRICKMINES, a village in the half-barony of Rathdown, co. Dublin, Leinster. It stands on the road from Dundrum to Bray, nearly midway between them ; and 1} mile from the sea, on the rivulet which fulls into Killeeny bay. Fairs are held on April 14 and 15, and in October. Pop. not specially returned.

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41. Carrick-on-Shannon county gaol and court-house

    Carrick-on-Shannon · town · Leitrim · 1840–1841

    The county gaol at Carrick-on-Shannon contains 81 single cells, 7 badly ventilated solitary cells, 14 day and work-rooms, 13 yards, and a tread-wheel. The court-house stands before and detached from the gaol and is described as a good building. Reports for 1840 and 1841 complained of the absence of proper prison discipline.

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    CARRICK-ON-SHANNON, a post and market town, the capital of co. Leitrim, and formerly a parliamentary borough, partly in the parish of KiUiiken, barony of Boyle, co. Roscommon, but chiefly in the parish of Kiltoghart, barony and co. of Leitrim, Connaught. It stands on the river Shannon; and on the mail-road from Dublin to Sligo, 7ft miles eaitsouth-east of Boyle, 7^ north-north-east of Elphia, 17 north-west by north of Longford, and 76} northwest of Dublin. The Roscommon section consists of one long and straggling street, which winds up a steep ascent, is much more poorly edificed than the Leitrim section, has no shop of any note, and poa* senses a strictly village and suburban character. The Leitrim section is properly the town, contains all the buildings belonging to the place as the capital of a county, is the seat of all the trade, spreads upward from the edge of the Shannon over the face of a rising ground, and consists principally of one street running eastward, on a line with the bridge, and another commencing at the gaol and court-house, running southward, and rectangularly intersecting the former at the market-place. The bridge across the Shannon, which connects the two sections of the town and carries over the Dublin and Sligo mailroad, consists of eleven arches, and measures 15 feet between the parapets, and 300 feet from end to end. The other public buildings are the county gaol, the county court-house, a handsome church, a laife Roman Catholic chapel, two small Methodist merting-houses, a barrack for a company of infiuitry, the county infirmary, and the Poor-law union workhouse. Some of these, as well as the^ schools, will be noticed in the articles on the parishes, and others wOl be noticed below in connection with Poor-law statistics. The county court-house stands before the gaol and detached from it, and is a good building ; and the gaol contains 81 single cells, 7 badly ventilated solitary cells, 14 day and work-rooms, 13 yards, debtors', governor's, and turnkeys' apartments, a well-divided chapel, separate hoi^pitals, and a treadwheel. The average number of prisoners, ezelusivt of debtors, is between 80 and 90. The accommodation is officially pronounced *' sufficient for a system of separation at night for all criminals, — for congregated, useful, and profitable work by day, with perfect silence, — and for trades being taught to the younger prisoners ;" yet the Reports, tor both 1840 and 1841, loudly complain of the absence of all the best elements of prison discipline.

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42. Carrick-on-Shannon eleven-arch bridge across the Shannon

    Carrick-on-Shannon · town · Leitrim

    The bridge across the Shannon at Carrick-on-Shannon connects the Roscommon and Leitrim sections of the town and carries the Dublin and Sligo mail-road. It consists of eleven arches, measures 15 feet between the parapets, and 300 feet from end to end.

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    CARRICK-ON-SHANNON, a post and market town, the capital of co. Leitrim, and formerly a parliamentary borough, partly in the parish of KiUiiken, barony of Boyle, co. Roscommon, but chiefly in the parish of Kiltoghart, barony and co. of Leitrim, Connaught. It stands on the river Shannon; and on the mail-road from Dublin to Sligo, 7ft miles eaitsouth-east of Boyle, 7^ north-north-east of Elphia, 17 north-west by north of Longford, and 76} northwest of Dublin. The Roscommon section consists of one long and straggling street, which winds up a steep ascent, is much more poorly edificed than the Leitrim section, has no shop of any note, and poa* senses a strictly village and suburban character. The Leitrim section is properly the town, contains all the buildings belonging to the place as the capital of a county, is the seat of all the trade, spreads upward from the edge of the Shannon over the face of a rising ground, and consists principally of one street running eastward, on a line with the bridge, and another commencing at the gaol and court-house, running southward, and rectangularly intersecting the former at the market-place. The bridge across the Shannon, which connects the two sections of the town and carries over the Dublin and Sligo mailroad, consists of eleven arches, and measures 15 feet between the parapets, and 300 feet from end to end. The other public buildings are the county gaol, the county court-house, a handsome church, a laife Roman Catholic chapel, two small Methodist merting-houses, a barrack for a company of infiuitry, the county infirmary, and the Poor-law union workhouse. Some of these, as well as the^ schools, will be noticed in the articles on the parishes, and others wOl be noticed below in connection with Poor-law statistics. The county court-house stands before the gaol and detached from it, and is a good building ; and the gaol contains 81 single cells, 7 badly ventilated solitary cells, 14 day and work-rooms, 13 yards, debtors', governor's, and turnkeys' apartments, a well-divided chapel, separate hoi^pitals, and a treadwheel. The average number of prisoners, ezelusivt of debtors, is between 80 and 90. The accommodation is officially pronounced *' sufficient for a system of separation at night for all criminals, — for congregated, useful, and profitable work by day, with perfect silence, — and for trades being taught to the younger prisoners ;" yet the Reports, tor both 1840 and 1841, loudly complain of the absence of all the best elements of prison discipline.

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43. Carrick-on-Shannon Poor-Law Union workhouse

    Carrick-on-Shannon · town · Leitrim · 1839–1842

    The Poor-law union of Carrick-on-Shannon was declared in 1839 and its workhouse contracted in March 1840, built to accommodate 800 persons. The first admission of paupers took place on July 21, 1842.

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    The Poor-law union of Carrick-on-Shannon ranks as the GTth, and was declared on 24th Aug., 1839. It comprehends an area of 1 32,516 acres, with a pop., in 1H31, of 6(),858. Its electoml divisions are 15 in number, — 7 of which are in co. Leitrim, and 8 in co. Roscommon. Two guardians are elected by each of the divisions of DrumreiUy, Drumshambo, Keshcarriirun, and Carrick-on-ShaniK)n, in co. Leitrim, — and Kilmore, Elphin, Kilglass, and Gillstown, in *co. Rtxconnnon ; and one is elected by each of the co. Leitrim divisions of Kiltul)rid, Leitrim, and Drumsna. and the co. Roscommon divisions of Tumna, Killiikin, Croeve, and Au^'brim. The number of exofhcio guardians is 7* The total nett annual value of the property rated is £f^ 1,450 2s. 4d. ; the total nunjber of persons rated is 10,333, and of these, 1,228 are rated for a valuation not exceeding £1, — 1,549 not exceeding £2, — 1,610 not exceeding jfc'3, — 1,443 not exceed ing £4, — and 1,214 not exceeding £5. The workhouse was contracted for on March 9, 1S40.— to be completed in Sept. 184!,— to cost £7.or>0 for building and completion, and £1,350 for fitting's and contingencies; to occupy an area of, C n<Tes, 3 roods, 2 perches, for which an annual rent of £21 2s. Hd. is paid: and to contain accommodatk)ri for 8(0 persons. The date of the first admission of ])aii]>ers was July 21, 1842; the total expenditure thence till Feb. 6, 184;J, was £1,409 lis. ^d.; and the total previous expenditiu"e was £888 9s. Id. The union coni])rises three entire dispensary districts, and p.'irt of two other districts; but the Report upon it return.-, under its name, the 4 complete districts of Carrick-on -Shannon, Drumshambo, Elphin, and Kiltuiirid, jointly containing, in 1K*M, a pop. of 47t766. Tlu' ('arrick-on-ShaniK)n di-pen>ary serves for a district of iO.iHX) acres, with ll,(XH) inhabitants; and, in 1840-41, it expended £70 3s. 8d., and administered to '2Ak'A patient^. The union has no fever-hospital; it«i ea>tern section has infirmary accommodation in the (I). Liitrini institution at Carrick-on-Shannon ; but it-» we-tern or Uo^connnoii section is too remote from the iiitirniary of its own county to derive from it any material advantage. The infirnuiry at Carrick

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44. Carrick-on-Shannon quays and Shannon Navigation improvements

    Carrick-on-Shannon · town · Leitrim

    Small quays were eventually constructed on the Shannon at Carrick-on-Shannon and for 15 or 16 years attracted trade with the Lough Allen coal-field. The Commissioners of the Shannon Navigation projected improvements costing £8,425 10s, including a swivel-bridge, quay wall 270 feet in length, and a wooden jetty for steam-vessels.

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    Th« trade of the town is limited to the supply of necessaries to the surrounding district. Though advantageously situated for trade with a great extent of circumjacent country, and though occupying a site peculiarly capable of commanding a large proportion of the trade of the Shannon, the town, tip to about 20 or 15 years ago, seemed quite reckless of its advaiitafi^es, and even so late as 1833 did not appear, to a budy of Public Commissioners, to be developing any promise of improvement. Some small quays were eventually constructed on the river, and have for 15 or 16 years attracted a little trade with the Loui^h Allen coal-field. Improvements were projected by the Commissioners of the Shannon Navigation, to cost no less than £8,425 10s. ; they include the substitution of a swivel-bridge and land-arch for three of the old arches at the Leitrim end of the bridge across the Shannon, an alteration on the eastern a{)proach to the bridge, the construction of a quay or retaining wall 270 feet in length, a wooden jetty near the mouth of the harbour for the U'ie of steam-vessels, and an ample wharf and roadway, round quay- wall, jetty, and harbour ; and the plan of the improvements is designed in adaptation to a subsequent gradual extension of the harbour to suit the increase of trade. A weekly market is held on Tuesday ; and fairs are held on May 12, Aug. II, and Nov. '*21. The public conveyances, in 1838, were a mail-rar to Ballinamore, a car in transit between Boyle and Longford, a coach in transit bet ween Boyle and Dublin, and a coach and a mail-coach in traniiit between Sligo and Dublin.

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45. Carrick-on-Suir parish in the Suir valley

    Carrick-on-Suir · town · Tipperary

    The parish of Carrick-on-Suir, also known as St. Nicholas, sits in the nearly level valley of the Suir, a landscape noted for luxuriance, fertility, and garden-like beauty. The mansions of Tinvane and Lodge, along with various villas, are within the parish.

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    C ARRICK-ON-SUIR, a parish, containing a town of the same name, at the south-east extremity of the barony of East lifa and Offa, and of co. Tipperary, Munster. Length, in the direction of east by south, 3^ miles ; breadth, 1 ; area, 2,426 acres, 3 perches, — of which 12 acres, 14 perches are in the river Sair. Pop., in 1831, 7,455; in 1841, 9,165. Houses 1,367« Pop. of the rural districts, in 1831, 5-23; in 1841, 796. Houses 116. The parish is known also by the name of St. Nicholas. The river Suir traces the southern boundary, and the river Lennan the eastern ; the first abounds in excellent salmon ; and both produce trout, pike, and eels. The parochial surface is all a part of the nearly level valley of the Suir, — part of an expanse of it which, for luxuriance, fertility, and garden-like embellish, mcnt and beauty, is not surpassed by any ground in the three kingdoms. The mansions of Tinvane, Briscoe, Esq., and Lodge, Mandeville, Esq., and various villas, are within the parish ; and the noble demesnes of Curraghmore and Besborough, as well as other rich grounds and seats, are so nearly in the

    vicinity as to blend in the landscape This parish is

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46. Carrick-on-Suir Poor-law union and workhouse

    Carrick-on-Suir · town · Tipperary · 1839–1842

    The Carrick-on-Suir Poor-law union was declared in 1839, covering parts of Tipperary, Waterford, and Kilkenny. Its workhouse was contracted in 1840 and first admitted paupers in July 1842.

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    The Carrick-on-Suir Poor-law union ranks as the 44th, and was declared on May 25, 1839. It comprehends an area of 162 square miles, or 103,709 statute acres, with a pop., in 1831, of 40,259; and includes parts of the counties of Tipperary, Waterford, and Kilkenny. Its electoral divisions in Tipperary are Ourrick-on-Suir, Kilcash, and Grange- Mockler ; in Waterford, are Kilmeadon, Mothell, Portlaw, and Kilmoleran; and in Kilkenny, are Tullahaught, Kilmaganny, Awminf^, Pilltown, Monkelly, and Ck>nmore. The division of Carrick-on-Suir elects five guardians ; that of Kilmoleran, four ; that of Pilltown, two ; and each of the others one. The number of ex-officio guardians is 7. The total of valued tenements is 5,549 ; and of these 1,150 are valued under jfeo,_97 under £6,-^9 under £7,-68 under £8,— 36 under £9,-58 under £10,-j64 under £12,-54 under£l4,— 17 under £15,— 9 under £16,— 36 under £18,-39 under £20,-67 under £25,-54 under £30. _62 under £40,-33 under £50,— and 90 at and above £50. Of the houses rated, 117 have been traced as those of £10 electors; and of these, 19 are rated under £10,-19 under £9,-16 under £8, — 7 under £7,^4 under £6,— and 4 under £5. The total nett annual value of the property rated is £90,015 15s. 3d. ; the total number of persons valued is 5,632; and of these, 519 are rated for a valuation not exceeding £1, — 1,013, not exceeding £2,-840 not exceeding £3,-370 not exceeding £4, — and 256 not exceeding £5. The workhouse was contracted for on Feb. 5, 1840, — to be completed in June 1841,— to cost £5,168 for building and completion, and £1,032 for fittings and contingencies, — to occupy an area of 6 acres, 3 roods, 12 perches, for which an annual rent of £47 Hs. is paid, — and to contain accommodation for 500 persons. The date of the tirst admission of paupers was July 8, 1842; the total expenditure thence till Feb. 6, 1843, was £8'22 12s. 5}d. ; and the total previous expenditure was £1,269 19s. 7|d. Three dispensarv districto— those of Carrick-on-Suir, of Orange-Mockler, and of Pilltown and Whitechurch— embrace the whole union. The Carrick-on-Suir dispensary serves for a population of 22,067 ; and, in 1839, expended £43 5<., and administered to 1,062 patients. A fever hospital in the town has a district of such extent as to exclude only about 10,000 of the union's population, and is a well-managed and very efficient institution In 1839, it received £526 19s., expended £777 24., and had 465 patiento;— and of these patient!*, 71 were inhabitants of co. Kilkenny, 82 of CO. Waterford, and 312 of co. Tipperary. The union is almost wholly destitute of infirmary advantages; there l>eing no infirmary in co. Waterford, and the infirmaries of Kilkenny and Tipperary being too distant to he available. In 1841, a Loan Fund in the town had a capital of £1,936, circulated £6,409 in 2,51 1 loans, and realized £54 16s. of nett profit. Area of the town — exclusive of Carriekbeg — 860 acre*. Pop., in 18:31,6.922; in 1841, 8,369. Houses 1,251. Families employed chiefly in agriculture, si^; in manufactures and tnule, 1,035; in other pursuits, 38-3. Families dependent chiefly on propiTty and professions, 59 ; on the directing of labour, i>7H ; on their own manual labour, 800; on means not opt'citied, 109. .Males at and above 5 years of H^i' who could read and write, 1,512; ¥rho could rf:id hut not write, 454 ; who could neither read nor wiitc, 1,428. Femtile? at and above 5 years of age

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47. Carrick parish and the Boyne in Kildare

    Carrick · townland · Kildare

    Carrick parish in Kildare lies between the River Boyne and the Bog of Allen. The Boyne is described as a 'large ugly bog-ditch' and notable seats include Raheen-house and the wooded demesne of Ballindolan.

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    C ARRICK. a parish on the western border of the barony of Carbery, and of the county of Kildare, 3 miles north-west by west of Castle- Carbery, Leinstcr. Length, in the direction of south by west, 34 miles; extreme breadth, 2}; area, 5,196 acres, 1 rood, 26 perches. Pop., in 1831, 604; in 1841, 552. Houses 75. It lies between the Boyne river and the western verge of a great expanse of the Bog of Allen. The Und of the benefice in which it is included averages in value 26s. per plantation acre. On the Boyne is Raheen-house, the seat of the Rev. Mr. Palmer ; and on the road which traverses the parish, and connects Edenderry and Clonard, is Ballindolan, the extensively wooiled demesne of Mr. Borr. The other chief residences are Ballygibbon, Brook ville, and Clonmeen. The Boyne, here a large ugly bog-ditch, crawls along the whole of the southern and western boundaries, has there a mean elevation of 236 feet, and falls scarcely a ^ard over its whole course of 5 miles in contact

    with the parish This parish is a vicarage, and

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48. Carrigacrump Marble and Limestone Quarries

    Carrigacrump · townland · Cork

    The Irish Dove Marble and Limestone quarries at Carrigacrump, near Cloyne, are listed among the principal quarries worked in County Cork. The text notes that the county's limestone furnishes a marble vying with some Italian varieties for statuary and ornament.

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    of lime-burning for centuries to come. The veins which till many of the fissures of the day-slate rock abound in iron, copper, lead, and manganese ores. The various limestone of the county differs even more in economical adaptation than m geognostic structure, and furnishes both manuring material to the agriculturist, and a marble which vies with some of the Italian to the statuary and the ornamental architect. Marl, fuller's earth, potter's clay, and brick clay, occur in considerable abundance. The principal mines and valuable quarries worked are the Allihies copper mine near Berehaven, the Audle^ copper mine near Skibbereen, the Dromagh collieries near Kanturk, the Rock&rm limestone quarries on Little Island in Cork Harbour, and the Irish Dove Marble and Limestone quarries at Carrigacramp near Cloyne.

    Woods.] — In 1841, the continuous plantations within the county consisted of 3,491 acres of oak, 644 of ash, 171 of elm. 278 of beech, 3.246 of fir. 40,706 of mixed trees, and 3,644 of orchards, — in all. 5*2,180 acres; and of these there were planted, previous to 1791, 2.790 acres of oak. 239 of ash, 45 of elm. 102 of beech, 25 of fir, 10.247 of mixed trees, and 822 of orchards. The number of detached trees, in 1841, wat. 2,301.506.— equal to 14.384 acres; and thus the total of wood was 66.564 acres.

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49. Carrigadrohid castle and its legends

    Carrigadrohid · townland · Cork

    Carrigadrohid castle stands on a rock in the river Lee, 3 miles east of Macroom. Tradition ascribes it to the MacCarthys, while legend tells of a lame peasant who captured a Leprechaun and built the castle for his chieftain's daughter.

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    CARRIGADROHID, a castle, 3 miles east of Macroom, co. Cork, Munster. It stands upon a rock in the river Lee, and groups with an adjoining bridge and with the adjacent scenery in forming m fine natural picture. Though the pass of the river at its site must always have been one of importance, the castle is not of verv ancient date, and has been ascribed l^ tradition and legend to an origin far other than vrarljkt. Tradition savs that one of the Mae- Carthys built it to please tbe Lady O'CarroU, who desired a residence amid the singularly wild and beautiful landscape which surrounds its site; and legend asserts it to have been erected in drcumstances not only romantic but replete with the olden superstitions of the country, and says — according to Mrs. Hall's version of it — *' A poor peasant, lame and hump-backed, fell in love with the fair daughter of his chieftain, and pined in despair at the hopeless nature of his attachment. Wandering by the river side, he suddenly heard the click-click of the Leprehawin's hammer, seized the tiny brogue-maker, and compelled him to reveal the secret of the whereabouts of his treasure-store. The little being not only endowed him with many riches, but changed his awkward and ungainly form to one of nuudjr grace ; and the lovely Maiga was readily wooed, and easily won, by a stranger rich enough to build for her a noble mansion and to place the wealth of earth at her feet." Yet the castle roust be regarded by every sober antiquary as having had a Kallj and

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50. Carrigafoyle Castle, seat of O'Connor-Kerry

    Carrigafoyle · townland · Kerry · 1580–1600

    A castle on an island off the mouth of the Ballylongford river was the chief seat of O'Connor-Kerry, defended by double walls and flankers. It was besieged and taken by Sir William Pelham on Palm Sunday 1580, and later surrendered to Sir George Carew in 1600.

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    CARRIGAFOYLE, or Carrickfotle, a small island, if not quite a peninsula, off the west side of the mouth of the Bally longford river, and on the south side of the estuary of the Shannon, barony of Iraghticonnor, co. Kerry, Munster. See Ballt- LONGFORD and AuoHAVAXLEN. A castle on the island was formerly the chief seat of O'Connor- Kerry, — so called to distinguish him from O'Connor- Sligo ; it was projected on the north side by an islet which defended it from being battered by shipping in the Shannon ; and it was fortified on the south or land side by double walls, the outer one of which had square flankers, and the inner one round hastions. Yet *' this seemingly impregnable place was befeiieged and taken by Sir William Pelham on Palm Sunday, in the year 1580; and was aUo delivered up to Sir Oeorge Carew, Lord- president of Munster, in IGOO, who was afterwards master of the ordnance and Earl of Totness, the said Sir G«orge Carew having been only a captain of foot when it was reduced. Its owner, O'Connor, in consideration of his surrendering this place, received a grant of 13 ploughlands in the county of Clare, from the Earl of Thomond, who was then a faithful subject of Queen Elizabeth, for himself and his friends t^) live upon ; and a garrison of Sir Charles Wilmot's company was placed in the castle. But O'Connor only temporized ; for be continued loyal no longer than he heard of the arrival of the Spanish forces at Kintiale, and then went into rebellion." [Dr. Smith*8 Kerry.]

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51. Carrigaholt fishing village and old castle

    near Carrigaholt · townland · Clare

    Carrigaholt is a fishing village on the north side of the Shannon estuary in Clare, with an artificial harbour of limited usefulness and an old castle on the bay margin. The village supported a fishery and turf trade with Limerick and had a population of 426 in 1841.

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    in reference to Ctrrigaholt bay: '* From the mention that has frequently been made of this roadstead mt » harbour of refuge, the urgent representationa that have been put forth for improved accommodmtion for the shipment of agricultural produce, we caiueil a survey of the locality to be made -, and, having given the subject every consideration, we are persuaded that no useful harbour could be formed without incurring an enormous outlay; nor could any sufficient improvement be made, even for the accooimodation of boats and small vessels, except at aa expense out of proportion io the advantages anticipated. We have, however, prepared a plan for a pier, on the smallest scale, suited to the situation, the estimate for which amounts to j65.6U0w" Close on the margin of the bay, and at the spot where the pier planned by the Commissioners was profKMed to commence, stands the old castle of Carrig^olt, — similar in history to roost of the one hundred and eighteen castles of the county,—- and not very manj years ago inhabited. In the village is a Roman Catholic chapel ; a little to the north is the naansion of Nicholas Wesbv, Esq., the proprietor of the grounds around the fishing-pier; and a little to the south, but nearer Kilcredone, is a coast-guard station. The di^ipensarv of Carrigaholt and Kilkee is within the Kilrush Poor-law union, and serves for a populatioa of 17,730; and, in 1839-40, it expended i:i09 18s. 5d., and made 4,036 dispensations of medicine. Area of the village, 25 acres. Pop.^ in 1841, 4'2& Houses 69.

    CARRIGAHOOLY. See Carrickahoolt.

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52. Carrigaline Castle and the MacDermott tradition

    Carrigaline · town · Cork

    The ruined castle of Carrigaline surmounts a vast limestone rock above the river. Built by the Cogmans and later held by the Desmonds, tradition says it was demolished by MacDermott, who besieged it after learning his daughter was ill-treated there.

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    CARRIGALINE, a village in tbe above parish, stands on the Annabuoy river, 6 miles south-east of Cork. Though now a place of no great importance, it was once designed to be made a rival ot the city of Cork. The corporation of that city felt so suspiriou-i of the first Earl of Cork as to enter on their rouni'il-books a law that no citizen should sell to him any lands ; and the Earl, provoked by their conduct, marked out at Carrigaline the ground-plan of a very extensive town, with the design of its wielding all the advantage of greater nearness than Cork to the sea, and intercepting the larger portion of the i trade. But the plan was brought to a pause by the , rfhellion, and abandoned at the E&tV» death. The ' p.iri<h-church, situated in the village, is a very chaste specimen of modern Gothic architecture, after a design by G. R. Pain, Esq. Near the church is the ruined castle of Carrigaline, more picturesque than architecturally interesting. It surmounts a vast limestone rock, which rises abruptly from the margin of the river, and slopes gradually toward the land; and though now a time-worn and baraard pile, it wa>< once the boast of its owners, and was regarded in the time of Elizabeth as impregnable. Dr. Smith states it to have been built by the Cogmns, and afterwards possessed by the Desmonds ; and popular tradition ascribes its demolition to the rage of one of the MacDermotts, who, learning that his daughter, the wife of the lord of the castle, was illtreated, beleagured the place at the head of bis vassals, captured it, and reduced it to a ruin. A large bolting-mill, capable of supplying 20,000 barrels of riour amiually, wa<« built about 26 years ago in the vicinity of the village. Fairs are held on Easter Monday, Whitsun-Monday, Aug. 12, and Nov. 8. A commodious house was built, about 28 years ago, by public subscription, to serve as a dispensary, and \va*< (k^igned to be afterwards enlarged tor the additional purpose of a fever hospital. Tbe dispensary is now within the Kinsale Poor-law union, and serves

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53. Carrigaline parish ruins and antiquities

    Carrigaline · town · Cork

    Carrigaline parish in Cork contains ruins supposed to be those of a religious establishment on the lands of Ballygarvin, and remains of Danish forts traceable in many localities. A mineral spring alleged to be similar to the spa of Tunbridge occurs at Ballinrea.

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    bridge, occurs at Ballinrea. Gentlemen's seats, particularly within the section which belongs to the barony of Cork, are very numerous ; but the chief demesnes, aA to both extent and improvement, are those of Coolmore, Oldcourt, and Maryborough. Some ruins, supposed to be those of a religious establishment, exist on the lands of Ball^garvin; and remains of Danish forts are traceable in many localities. Many roads intersect the parish ; and the chief lead to Cork, Kinsale, and Bandon — This parish i« a rectory, and a separate benefice, in the dio. of Cork. Tithe composition, £1,080; glebe. £13 10s. Gross income. i:i.093 10s.; nett, £964 19s. C)i\. Patron, the Earl of Shannon. This rectory was one of the many benefices with which the college of Youp^hal was once endowed. The church was built in 1823, at the cost of £1,846 3s. Id.,— of which £1,5.30 I OS. 4^d. was gifted by the late Board of First Fruits, and the remainder raised by subscriptioii. Sittings 220; attendance 170. A chapel-ofease exists at Douglas. The Shanbally Roman Catliolic chapel has an attendance of 350 ; and, in the Roman Catholic parochial arrangement, is united to the chapel of Passage. The B^lygarvin and the Douglas Roman Catholic chapels are mutually united, and have an attendance, the former of 750, and the latter of 850. In 1834, the Protestants amounted to (>42, and the Roman Catholics to 6,862; 2 Sunday schools were attended, on the average, by 70 children ; and 6 daily schools — one of which was entirely supported by W. H. Newenham, Esq., one was aided with £4 a-year from subscription, and one with £20 from subscription and £5 from the London Ladies* Society — had on their books 350 boys and 1 14 girls.

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54. Carrigallen church built 1812 via Board of First Fruits loan

    Carrigallen · town · Leitrim · 1812

    The parish church of Carrigallen was built in 1812 using a loan of over £1,384 from the late Board of First Fruits, with seating for 230 and attendance of about 200.

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    of Cabins, and 1ia^ a very unimposing appearance. A diiipeusary here is within the Mohill Poor-law union, and serves for a district of 34,579 acres, with a population of 14.934; and, in 1839-40. it expended £137 1 Is. O^d., and administered to 805 patients. Roads diverge from the village toward Mohill, Ballinamore, and Killeshandra. Area of the village, 45 acres. Pop., in 1831, 492; in 1841, 473. Houses 82. — This parish is a vicarage, and a separate benefice, in the dio. of Kilmore. Vicarial tithe composition, £298 18s. 6d. ; glebe, £737 lOs. Gross income, £1.036 8s. 6d. ; nett. £900 lis. 4d. Patron, the diocesan. The incumbent holds also the benefice of Hollywood in co. Wicklow and dio. of Dublin, and the sinecure and unsalaried archdeaconry of Kilmore. A curate has a stipend of £75. The rectorial tithes are compounded for £151 Is. 6d., and are appropriated to the diocesan. The church was buut, in 1812, by means of a loan of £1,384 128. 3}d. from the late Board of First Fruits. Sittings 230; attendance 200. A chapel-of-ease was built at the private expense of Mr. Godley ; and its chaplain ia paid by that gentleman. Sittings 250 ; attendance 220. A Wesleyan Methoflist meeting-house baa an attendance of 60. Two Roman Catholic chapels, at Mullinadarra and Aughal, are attended by respectively 900 and C50; and, in the Roman Catholic parochial arrangement, are mutually united. In 1834, the parishioners consisted of 2,150 Churchmen, 56 Presbyterians, 8 other Protestant dissenters, and 5.595 Roman Catholics ; 2 Sunday schools at Killygar and Drumshangower were attended, on the average, by 168 children; and 12 daily schools had on their books 578 boys and 458 girls. Of the daily schools, one at Killygar was wholly supported by Mr. Godley; one at Drumshangower had £8 from ^Ir. Godley, and £8 and other emoluments from the Association for Discountenancing Vice ; another at Drumshangower had £12 from the London Ladies* Society, a gratuity from the London Hibernian Society, and £2 and a hou«e from Mm. Godley ; and one at Newtowngore had £8 from the London Ladies' Society, and a gratuity from the London Hibernian Society ; another at Newtowngore had a graduated allowance from the London Hibernian Society, and £5 from the Earl of Leitrim ; three at Carrigallen, Carriglass, and Corneagh, had each a graduated allowance from the London Hibernian Society; and one at Keevy had £10 from the National Board, and £2 10s. from subscription.

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55. Carriganass Castle held by O'Sullivan garrison

    Carriganass · townland · Cork

    A lofty ruined castle on the Ouvane river near Bantry, with a square court and four round towers. It was held by a garrison of Daniel O'Sullivan 'the crooked' in Queen Elizabeth's time, but surrendered to the Queen's forces after Tyrrel fled following the reduction of Dunboy.

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    CARRIGANASS, or Carrioanassio, an old castle, now a ruin, on the Ouvane river, 4 miles north-north-east of Bantry, co. Cork, Munster. It was a lofty structure, with a square court, and flanked with four round towers. It was held out, in Queen Elizabeth's time, by a garrison of Daniel O'Sullivan, surnamed Caumb, or * the crooked;' but, on Tyrrel's fleeing the country after the reduction of Dunboy, it surrendered to the Queen's forces.

    CARRIGANOURA, an old castle, 2 mHes west of Mitchellstown, co. Cork, Munster.

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56. Carriganedy castle ruins and the Hyde family

    Castleconnell · town · Limerick · 1588

    Behind a mansion at Castle-Connell stand the ivied remains of an original castle tower on a rock anciently called Carriganedy, 'the rock of the shield,' said to have belonged to the Mahonys. Sir Arthur Hyde, ancestor of the proprietor John Hyde, raised a regiment during the Spanish Armada threat and received nearly 6,000 acres of the Earl of Desmond's forfeited Cork lands.

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    larged; and it ranks at present among the best man sions in IreUnd. It is three stories high, and terminates at the attic in a domical and well-finished ceiling ; and it contains a fine suite of rooms, a spacious hall, and two corridors leading to two neat circular apartments. On the rock in the rear of the mansion are the small remains of the original castle, — the walls of one story of a richly ivied tower. This place was anciently called Carriganedy, ' the rock of the shield,' and is said to have belonged to the Mahonys. Sir Arthur Hyde, the ancestor of the present proprietor, John Hyde, Esq., raised a regiment in England when the country was menaced with the Spanish Armada; and, in guerdon of bis services, he obtained a grant of nearly 6,000 acres of the Earl of Desmond's forfeited lands in the county of Cork. See Litteb. CASTLE-INCH. See Inchiholohav. CASTLE-ISLAND, an islet in the south-east part of Lough Key, barony of Boyle, co. Roscommon, Connaught. It is circular, surrounded b^ a wall, and very nearly covered with ruins and buildings. Excepting a little plot of ground studded with a tew trees, not as much free space exists on its surface as on the quarter-deck of a man-of-war. The principal building, or castle-proper, is a square ivyclad tower, containing two apartments, the one over the other, and each measuring 36 feet by 22. This is called MacDermot's Castle, after an ancient toparch of the district ; and is traditionally alleged to have been built through jealousy, for the incarceration of the chieftain's wife while he was absent on warlike expeditions. The castle was recently re-edificed and rendered habitable, as an appendage to the splendid demesne of Rocringham : which see.

    CASTLE-ISL AND, an islet in Lough Conn, co. Mayo, Connaught. Here are the ruins of an old castle in which O'Conor is said to have con&ned his rebel brother, after taking out his eyes.

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57. Carrigaphoory Castle and its Druid altar

    Carrigaphooca · townland · Cork

    A romantically situated castle built by the MacCarthys of Drishane, crowning a precipitous rock over the river Sullane. Near it are remains of a Druid altar encompassed with a circle of stones, and Teg MacCormac Outy retreated here after deserting the Spaniards at Kinsale.

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    pery footing, where no more than one person at m time can clunb, and he must be very active that will trust entirely to his feet. This rock is quite inaecessible on every other side, and hangs frightfulljr over the Sallane, which runs foaming at the foot of it through a craggy channel. To the east of the castle is a large stone, placed upon an high rock, secured by wedges of other stones ; and near it the remains of a Druid altar, encompassed with a circle of stones pitched endways." Teg MacCormac Outj retreated to Carrigaphookv-castle after his desertion of the Spaniards at Kinsaie ; and here he addressed to Sir George Carew, Lord-president of Munster, that petition for pardon, which was followed by the impeachment of his cousin. Lord Muskerry. A rocky stream, called the Foherish, falls into the Sullane in the neighbourhood of the castle, and aflfords many fine subjects for the pencil.

    CARRIGART, or Carrickart, a village in the parish of Mevagh, barony of Kilmacrenan, co. Donegal, Ulster. It is the site of the parish-church, and stands about 3 miles north of Glen, on the isthmus between Sheephaven and Mulroy bay, and at the entrance of the wild and desolate peninsula of Rosaguil. Roads extend from it to the wretched fishing hamlets on the coasts of the peninsula. Mr. Eraser, speaking of the district around the village, says, " The shoals render the navigation of the estuaries, which run far inland, dangerous ; and the drifting sands have covered several parts of the narrow peninsula lying between them. Close to Carrigart, there are vast accumulations of sand. About a mile north of that village, so late as 1784, stood Ro«- penna-house, the seat of the late Lord Boyne ; now, not a vestige is to be seen — all is covered with sand." Area of the village, 13 acfes. Pop., in 1841, 317. Houses 64.

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58. Carrigogunnel Castle on the Shannon

    Carrigogunnel · townland · Limerick · 1537–1691

    Carrigogunnel Castle, perched on a huge rock overlooking the Shannon and the city of Limerick, is said to have belonged to the Knights Templars and was built by the O'Briens, kings of Munster. It was lost and won multiple times during the Desmond rebellions around 1537, garrisoned by 150 men loyal to James II after Aughrim, and then blown up with gunpowder to prevent its use as a stronghold.

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    summit of a huge rock, overlooking the broad Shannon, the * livel V ' city of Limerick, and miles upon miles of a richly cultivated country,— filling the mind with vivid images of vast power and strife; while the deep dark woods of Cratloe in the distance, summon to memory legends of banded outlaws, who sheltered there during years of turbulent foray on the one hand, and melancholy mismanagement or oppression on the other. * * The castle must have been of amazing strength ; and the outworks evidently extended a long way down the adjacent slope, for some traces of the old walls may still be discovered." Either this fortalice, or some other strength at the village, possibly the germ of the present pile, is said to have belonged to the Knights Templars. The castle, in its proper character, appears to have been built by the O'Briens, kings of Munster, and was for some time their residence. '* About the year 1537, Cox informs us that, through stipulation and treachery, Carrigogunnel was lost and won more than once by the followers of the Earl of Desmond, and those sent to reduce that turbulent chieftain and the country to tranquillity. At the siege of Limerick, after the battle of Aughrim, it was garrisoned by \50 men, adherents of James II., but surrendered without resistance to Major-General Scravenmore; 'the leaving these detachments in such places,' remarks Story, ' being very unaccountable, since they had a mind to defend them no better.' The castle was considered so tenable a position, that it was deemed expedient to destroy it, and it was accordingly blown up, together with Castle- Connell ; Dean Story receiving no less a sum than £160 for the purchase of gunpowder to ruin these fortresses. The violent eflTect of the explosion b still evident in the dilapidated remains of CarrigogunneL Massive fragments of the walls and towers lie scattered around in a confusion not unpicturesque ; and it is a matter of some difficulty to trace the original plan." [Croker*s Researches.]

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59. Carrigogunnel Castle on the Shannon plain

    Carrigogunnel · townland · Limerick

    A large and romantic castle ruin surmounting a vast precipitous isolated limestone rock in an extensive plain reaching to the Shannon near Limerick. It commands extensive views of the Shannon basin and suggests associations of both history and legend.

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    CARRIGOGUNNEL, or Carrickaquict, a village in the north-east corner of the barony of Pob- Meltrien, 3 miles west-south-west of Limerick, co. Limerick, Munster. The castle of Carrigogunnel proudly surmounts a vast precipitous, isolated limestone lock, in an extensive plain which reaches to the Shannon ; it is one of the largest and most romantic ruins of its class in Ireland; and it deeply interests H visiter at once for the picturesque feature it contributes to the landscape, the extensive view it commands of the broad and luxuriant basin of the Shannon, and the teeming associations it suggests of U>th history and legend. ** Its site," says Mrs. i!all, "is remarkably commanding; it coven the

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60. Carrig parish and demesne near Mallow

    Carrig · townland · Cork

    Carrig parish lies on the north side of the Blackwater, 2.5 miles north-east of Mallow, consisting of good tillage and pasture land and containing the demesne of Carrig, property of Mr. Franks.

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    CARRIG, or Carriglbamleart, a parish on the western border of the barony of Fermoy, 2^ miles north-east of Mallow, co. Cork, Munster. Length, 3 miles ; breadth, upwards of 2 ; area, 3.320 acres. Pop , in 1831, 1,133; in 1841, 1,256. Houses 172. The surface lies on the north side of tht Black water; is traversed east-north-eastward by the road from Mallow to Castletownrot^e ; consists of good tillage and pasture land, and contains the demesne of Carrig, the property of Mr. Franks... This parish is a vicarage, and a separate benefice, in the dio. of Cloyne. Vicarial tithe composition, £130. Gross income, £132; nett, £124 19s. Patron, the diocesan. The rectorial tithes are of the same value as the vicarial, and belong to the vicars choral of Christ-church, Dublin. The vicar holds also the benefice of Rincurran, in the dio. of Cork ; and a curate for Carrig has a stipend of £60. The church is of unknown date and cost. Sittings 100 ; attendance 14. In 1834, the Protestants amounted to 23, and the Roman Catholics to 1,155; and a pay daily school had on its books 36 boys and 14 girls.

    CARRIGACRUMP, a locality, interesting for a vast cave and for marble quarries, in the vicinity of Cloyne, co. Cork, Munster. The cave has numerous chambers, and generally high arches ; its echoes are imposing ; and its spars and stalactites are large and beautiful. *' It is supposed," says Mr. Windele, '* that the caves extend to, and are connected with, the episcopal grounds of Cloyne." A curious and interesting account of the cave may be seen in pp. 251—253 of Croker's Researches in the South of Ireland. The rock around the cave is quarried both as limestone and as nuirble ; yields the latter of m kind similar to the Italian dove-coloured marble; and varies in value according to the manner in which it is manufactured. The produce of the quarries amounts to upwards of 2,000 tons a-year, and is shipped at Rostellan quay, adjoining the Marquis of Thomond*s estate. The proprietors are the Messrs. Fitzgerald of Cork.

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