A topographical dictionary of Ireland : comprising the several counties; cities; boroughs; corporate, market and post towns; parishes; and villages, with historical and statistical descriptions embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bishopricks, corporate towns, and boroughs ; and of the seals of the several municipal corporations .. (vol. 2)

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1. Parish church of Kinnegad built with First Fruits loan

   Kinnegad · town · Westmeath · 1813

   The parish church at Kinnegad is an oblong building with pointed windows and a steeple, erected with the aid of a loan from the Board of First Fruits. The town itself was described as a great thoroughfare, though decaying, with 715 inhabitants and 119 houses.

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   KINNEGAD.a post-town and district parish, in the union of Mullingar, barony of Farbill, county of Westmeath, and province of Leinster, 8y miles (E. S. E.) from Mullingar, and 30 (W. by N.) from Dublin, on the road to Athlone ; the population of the district is returned with Killuean. The town contains 715 persons; it comprises 119 houses, and is a great thoroughfare, though now rather a decaying place. There is a patent for three fairs and a market ; but only one fair is held, on the 9th of May. Here are a constabulary police station, and a dispensary. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Meath, separated from the parish of Killuean upwards of 60 years since, and in the patronage of the Incumbent of Killuean : the curate's income proceeds from £46. 3. from the rector of Killuean, £17. 16. from Primate Boulter's fund, and 4'^ acres of land at £41. 1. per annum, with the glebe-house and offices. The church is an oblong building with pointed windows and a steeple, for the erection of which the Board of First Fruits, in IS^'i, granted a loan of £10.")0. There is a glebe of 30 acres, subject to a rent of £'20. In the Roman Catholic divi.»ions Kinnegad is the head of a district, called also Corralstown, comprising this parish and part of Clonard, and containing chapels at Kinnegad, Corralstown, and Clonard. The former market-house, in the centre of the town, has been converted into a school ; and there is another school, which cost £169, raised by subscription and a grant from the lord-lieutenant's school fund.

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2. Parliamentary grant for Wicklow harbour, c. 1760

   Wicklow · town · Wicklow · 1760

   Around 1760 attempts were made to reduce the obstruction caused by the bar at the entrance to Wicklow harbour. Parliament granted £800 for the work, but no beneficial result was achieved.

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   In the excise arrangements the town is within the district of Naas. The market is held on Saturday, for butchers'- meat, poultry, and vegetables, which are exposed for sale in the market-house and the shambles : there are no regular markets for corn, that article being delivered at the merchants' stores on any day of the week. The fairs are on March '2Sth, May '24th, Aug. VZth, and Nov. ?.5th. The trade is confined to the exportation of grain, and of copper and lead ore, of which 400 tons from the neighbouring mines are shipped weekly ; and to the importation of coal, culm, limestone, timber, and iron. The gross estimated value of the exports in a recent year was 3686,.566, of which £'23,491 were for corn, and £63,0*5 for copper-ore : the gross value of the imports in the same year was £l.'j,67 1, of which £6'20'2 were for coal, &c., £4168, iron an(l other metals, ike, £948, tea, &c., and the remainder various other articles. The estuary of the Vartrey, which forms the harbour, is accessible only to vessels of small burthen, in consequence of a bar at its entrance, on which there are only eight feet of water at spring and not more than four or five at neap tides ; but vessels may ride in the bay, in three or four fathoms of water, during the prevalence of westerly winds. Some attempts were made, about the year I76O, to diminish the obstruction, when sums to the amount of £800 were granted by parliament, but did not produce any beneficial result. In 183.5 an application was made to the Irish government by the merchants and traders of the port, pointing out the advantages of having a large and secure harbour formed here ; which was not acceded to, in consequence of the expense that must have been incurred, as, according to the reports of scientific men, the construction of such a harbour would require an outlay of £80,000. In the same year the number of vessels belonging to the port was 20, varying in burthen from 3.5 to 100 tons ; and about 30 small craft. Two lighthouses have been erected on Wicklow Head, a promontory of considerable height boldly projecting into the sea, about a mile to the south of the town. The lantern of one of these lighthouses is 2.50 feet above high-water mark, and is visible in clear weather at a distance of '21 nautical miles ; the other, 540 feet distant, is but 1'21 feet above the same level, and spreads its light only to 16 miles distance : both are fixed lights. Under the Head are several caverns, scooped out by the incessant working of the waves, and in which seals frequently take shelter. A coast-guard is fixed here, being one of the eight stations which constitute the district of Glynn.

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3. Parliament chamber in the coal-market, Kilkenny

   Kilkenny · city · Kilkenny

   A building in the coal-market of Kilkenny, divided into five or six tenements, is said to have been the chamber where parliaments held at Kilkenny assembled. It comprised a hall 49 feet long and 40 feet wide with a dungeon beneath, defended by iron-barred arched windows.

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   the precincts is a well of pure water, formerly held ia great veneration, and still in high repute. John Clyn, an annalist of some celebrity, was a friar of this house. All these three houses after the Reformatiim were granted to the corporation. Part of a building in the coal-market, now divided into five or six tenements, is said to have been the chamber in which the parliaments held at Kilkenny assembled : it consisted of a hall, 49 feet long and 4" feet wide, under which was a dungeon, 20 feet square ; the windows are arched, narrow, and lofty, and are defended with iron bars. Among the eminent natives of this city were several bishops of various sees, of whom William Daniel, D.D., a man of great learning, translated the Book of Common Prayer from the English, and the New Testament from the Greek, into the Irish language, and was made archbishop of Tuam in 1609. John Banim, author of the O'Hara Tales, was also a native of this place. Kilkenny gave the title of Earl to the family of Butler ; the last carl died in 1846.

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4. Parliament held in Limerick by Sir Anthony St. Leger

   Limerick · city · Limerick · 1542–1543

   In 1543, Sir Anthony St. Leger held a parliament in Limerick in which divers important acts were passed. The proclamation declaring Henry VIII king of Ireland had been received with great joy the previous year.

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   In the reign of Henry VII. the city recovered some degree of prosperity ; in 15'24 it was harassed by the open hostilities, both by sea and land, resulting from the commercial jealousies between it and Galwaj', but these were at length terminated by a formal treaty, and by an injunction from the king, in 1536, requiring a better demeanour from the men of Galway. In the reign of Henry VIII., Alderman Sexton, of this city, took a distinguished part in favour of the British interest. In 1542, the proclamation declaring Henry king of Ireland was received with demonstrations of the greatest joy, and in the following year Sir Anthony St. Leger held a parliament here, in which divers important acts were passed. Towards the close of Mary's reign, the Lord-Deputy Sussex arrived in the city to suppress a revolt of some inferior branches of the O'Brien family against their chief, on which occasion the Earl of Thomond and all the freeholders of his country swore fealty to the crown of England. During the entire reign of Elizabeth, and throughout the wars that devastated the whole surrounding province, Limerick maintained the most unshaken loyalty, and was made a centre of civil and military administration. Sir Henry Sydney, lord-deputy, who visited it in 156;, in 1569, and in 1576, states that he was received here with greater magnificence than he had hitherto experienced in Ireland. At this period Limerick is described as a place well and substantially built, ■with walls extending round a circuit of about three miles.

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5. Parliaments and mint at Trim, 1407–1459

   Trim · town · Meath · 1407–1491

   A parliament convoked at Dublin was adjourned to Trim in 1407 to deliberate on repelling Art Mac Murrough's aggressions. Parliaments were also held at Trim on Henry VI's accession, in 1447, 1484, 1487, and 1491, and a mint was established in 1459.

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   In the reign of Edward II., during Piers Gaveston 8 vice-regency, Richard, Earl of Ulster, held his court here with a degree of ostentatious parade highly alarming to the chief governor, to whom his collected followers appeared as a well-appointed and formidable retinue. Edward Bruce, in his retreat from Munster to the north of Ireland, halted for some days at Trim ; and in 1393, Roger de Mortimer, Earl of March and Ulster, received a grant of tolls for the purpose of improving and fortifying the town, as the capital of all Meath. Richard II., when last in Ireland, on receiving intelligence of the Earl of Hereford's landing in England, committed the young lords Gloucester and Henry of Lancaster, the latter afterwards Henry V., prisoners to the castles of this place. In 1407 a parliament convoked at Dublin was adjourned hither, to deliberate on the best means of repressing the aggressions of Art Mac Murrough. On the accession of Henry VI. a parliament was held here; and in the year 1425 the Earl of March and Ulster, then lord-lieutenant, died suddenly at this place while preparing to repel the incursions of the native septs into his territories. In 1447, a parliament was held in which various reformatory and sumptuary laws were enacted ; and in 1459 a mint was established in the town. Richard, Duke of York, father of Edward IV., while lord-lieutenant of Ireland, resided for some time at Trim, the palatine liberty of which was vested in him ; and in the reign of Henry VII. the townsmen favoured the imposition of Lambert Simnel, but were afterwards received into the king's favour. Parliaments were also held here in 14S4, 1487, and 1491. During the parliamentary war the town again became a place of military importance. In 1642 it was in the hands of the confederate Roman Catholic forces, who were expelled ; and in a subsequent skirmish to retain the place. Sir Chas. Coote, commander of the parliamentarian garrison, was killed by a ball supposed to have been from the musket of one of his own troopers. Soon after this, four royal commissioners sat in the town to meet the agents of the confederate Catholics, and receive their remonstrance and petition for the redress of grievances. After the massacre at Drogheda by Cromwell, in 1649, the town surrendered to that general, the garrison disregarding the instructions given by the Marquess of Ormonde to destroy the place rather than suffer it to fall into his hands.

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6. Parsonstown described as Umbilicus Hiberniae

   Birr or Parsonstown · town · Offaly

   Archbishop Ussher considered Birr the centre of Ireland, and Sir William Petty's survey marked the church with the words 'Umbilicus Hiberniae.' Parsonstown, the name used since the reign of Charles I, was the largest town in the county with 1,103 houses.

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   Parsonstown, the name by which the place was called so early as the reign of Charles I., is pleasantly situated on the Birr river, formerly called Comcor, a branch of the Lesser Brosna ; is well built ; and inhabited by some wealthy and many respectable families. It is also the centre of a fertile and extensive district, whence it draws large quantities of agricultural produce to be distributed in other parts, sending into it in return the foreign articles required by the inhabitants. Archbishop Ussher says, that Birr was considered the centre of Ireland ; and Sir William Petty, in his survey, marks the church with the words " Umbilicus Vol. II.— 417

   Hiberniae :" it is in 5.S'' 6' 16" (N. Lat.), and '° 38' 23" ( W. Lon.) ; its geocentric latitude is 5'2° ,55' 30" (North). It is the largest town in the county, consisting of 1 103 houses ; and rose to the highly improved state in which it now is chiefly during the period in which the late proprietor, the second earl of Rosse, superintended its progress. The principal streets, formed of modern houses and laid out in straight lines, terminate in Duke-square, in which is a statue of the Duke of Cumberland, on a Doric pillar 55 feet high, set up in 1*47. ii» commemoration of his victory at Culloclen. The castle, situated at one side of the town, may l)c said to have been rebuilt by the Parsons family : the centre of the building, which ■was consumed by an accidental fire in 1832, has been restored and improved.

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7. Parsonstown formerly known as Birr

   Birr or Parsonstown · town · Offaly

   Parsonstown, formerly called Birr, is noted as a market and post town in King's County. It had a fever hospital, dispensary, court-house, infantry barracks, and was a location for quarter-sessions.

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   The county extends into each of the two ecclesiastical provinces, being partly in the diocese of Cloufert, partly in that of Ossory, partly in that of Killaloe, but chiefly in those of Mtath and Kildare. For purposes of civil jurisdiction it is divided into the baronies of Ballyboy, Ballybritt, Ballycowen, Clonlisk, Coolestown, Eglish, Garryeastle, Geashill, Kilcoursey, Lower Philipstown, Upper Philipstown, and 'Warrenstown. It contains part of the borough and market-town of Portarlington ; tha market and assize town of TuUamore ; the ancient corporate towns of Philipstown and Banagher ; the market and post towns of Parsonstown, (formerly Birr,) Clara, Edenderry, and Frankford ; and the post-towns of Farbane, Shinrone, Moneygall, Geashill, Cloghan, and Kinnitty. Amongst the largest villages are Ballycumber, Ballingarry (each of which has a sub-post), Shannon- Bridge, Ballyboy, and Shannon-Harbour. The county sent six members to the Irish parliament ; two for the county at large, and two for each of the boroughs of Philipstown and Banagher ; but since the Union its representation has been confined to the two members for the county at large. The constituency, as 184

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8. Particles parish named from religious foundation lands

   Particles · parish · Limerick

   The parish of Particles derives its name from particles or parts of several religious foundations, comprising townlands that before the Reformation belonged to the abbeys of Buttevant, Kilmallock, Manister-Nenagh, and Adare, given by the O'Kelly or O'Hely family.

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   to Kildorrery ; containing 2431 inhabitants. This place derives its name from particles or parts of several religious foundations of which it was formed ; these are the townlands of Down Gadmond, Down Innish, Chapel Martel, and Ineycahal, which, prior to the Reformation, belonged respectively to the abbeys of Buttevant, Kilmallock, Manister-Nenagh, and Adare, to which they had been given at a very early period by the family of O'Kelly, or O'Hely. The village of Glanasheen, in this parish, was built by a colony of Palatines brought hither in I769, from Lord Southwell's settlement at Rathkeale, by Silver Oliver, Esq., by whom also the surrounding country was greatly improved. The descendants of these colonists are still in possession of their farms ; but these have been so frequently subdivided, that the tenants are becoming very poor.

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9. Passage West's rise from village to mercantile town

   Passage West · town · Cork

   Passage West, unmentioned in Smith's History of Cork, grew from an inconsiderable village into a mercantile town through the efforts of gentlemen including W. Parker, T. P. Boland, and Messrs. Brown and Co. Its excellent sheltered situation at the termination of Cork's deep harbour drove its development as a ship-building and trading centre.

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   PASSAGE, WEST, a sea-port and post-town, partly in the parish of Monkstown, and partly in that of Marmcllane, barony of Kerrycurrihy, union and county of Cork, and province of Munster, 5^ miles (E. S. E.) from Cork, and 13 '.i (S. W. by S.) from Dublin, on the western shore of the estuary of the Lee ; containing 1721 inhabitants. The period of the extension and improvement of Passage, which is not even mentioned in Smith's History of Cork, is uncertain : the cause, however, is sufficiently obvious in its excellent and sheltered situation, just at the termination of the deep harbour ; in its great salubrity ; and in its being the only direct communication between Cork and Cove, to each of which places it has a sub-post office. It ■owes much of its importance to W. Parker, Esq. ; but this spirited gentleman having engaged in foreign speculations, and for a time removed to the Cape of Good Hope, the place remained stationary until a few years since, when further improvements vrere effected under the active exertions of Thomas Parsons Boland, Esq., proprietor of the western portion of the town, the late Mr. Michael Wallis, and Messrs. Brown and Co. To the fostering care of these gentlemen, from an inconsiderable village. Passage has become a mercantile town, much frequented during the summer for the fine air and sea-bathing. The town comprises one principal street, near a mile long, extending along the shore, and intersected by several smaller streets and lanes, which are mostly in a very dirty state. It contains '2S5 houses ; the parish church of Marmullane, a Weslcyan Methodist meeting-house, and a Roman Catholic chapel erected in 1832, a commodious and handsome building ; five schools ; and a dispensary. Petty-sessions are held every Friday, and the place is a constabulary police station. Its salubrity is attested by the longevity of the inhabitants ? it is said to be no uncommon circumstance for people of SO years of age to be in rude health, and earning their livelihood by labour ; few have suffered during the visitation of contagious diseases ; and, out of a large population, during the prevalence of cholera, in 1S3'2, only 60, and those very aged and infirm, were afflicted.

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10. Patent-slip dock built at Derry in 1830

    near Derry · city · Derry · 1830

    A patent-slip dock was constructed in 1830 at a cost of £4000, enabling vessels of 300 tons registered burthen to be repaired locally. Previously most vessels had to be sent to Liverpool or the Clyde for repair.

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    Derry is about 19 statute miles above the entrance to Lough Foyle, the approach to which is facilitated by a lighthouse on the island of Innistrahull ; and by two others of late erection on Shrove Head, Ennishowen, intended to serve as guiding lights past the great Tun Bank lying to the east. The limits of the port extend to Culmore, a distance of three miles ; the lough has been deepened under the direction of the Ballast Committee, in consequence of which, vessels drawing 14 feet of water can come close to the quays. At the entrance to the lough is a well-regulated establishment of pilots, under the superintendence of the Ballast Board. The Ballast Office was established by act of parliament in 1790, and remodelled by another act in 1833 : the port regulations are under the control of a committee of this establishment, consisting of the mayor and seven other members, of whom the two senior members go out annually by rotation, and who have the power of making by-laws. The corporation alone possessed the right of having quays prior to 1832, when they lost their monopoly, and private quays were constructed : they disposed of their interest in the merchants' or custom-house quays, in Nov. 1831. There are now 21 sufferance or private wharfs or quays, including two at Waterside, in the parish of Clondermot. A patent-slip dock was constructed in 1830, at an expense of £4000, in which vessels of 300 tons registered burthen can be repaired : prior to that period most vessels were sent for repair to Liverpool or the Clyde, and several large brigs have been built here since that date. Naval stores are brought chiefly from Belfast, but sails are manufactured here.

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11. Patrick son of Ivor, King of Danes of Waterford, slain

    Waterford · city · Waterford · 893

    In 893 it is recorded that Patrick, son of Ivor or Imar, King of the Danes of Waterford, was slain. This is one of the scattered notices preserved of the Danish colony at Waterford.

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    The original foundation of the city is by some writers referred to the year l.")5 ; but its antiquity as a place of any importance cannot be traced beyond the year 853, when it is said to have been built by the Danes or Ostmen, under their leader, Sitiricus or Sitric. The city, for that period, was a place of great strength, surrounded with walls ; and the scattered notices of the colony which are still preserved, shew that the inhabitants maintained among themselves an independent and sovereign authority, and that they were for a long time the terror, if not the absolute masters, of a vast extent of country. Up to the time of the English settlement, the colony strictly avoided all intimate connexion with the native inhabitants of the country, and preserved all its ancient customs, manners, and character, unchanged. In S93 it is recorded that Patrick, son of Ivor or Imar, King of the Danes of Waterford, was slain ; and in 937, that the Danes of Waterford wasted all the county of Meath. According to the annals of Tigernach, Imar, King of Waterford, laid waste the county of Kildare ; and in 995 succeeded AnlaDTc in the occupation of Dublin : he died in the year 1000, and was succeeded, in 1003, by his son Reginald, who built the celebrated 4 M

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12. Paulstown Castle and Sir Pearse Butler

    Paulstown · town · Kilkenny

    Paulstown Castle in Kilmocahill parish is an ancient square pile of building traditionally said to have been the former residence of Sir Pearse Butler.

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    KILMOCAIIILL, a parish, in the barony of Gow- RAN, union and county of Kilkenny, and province of Leinster, '2i miles (N.) from Gowran, and on the road from Dublin to Waterford ; containing 155'2 inhabitants. It comprises 4593^ statute acres, and is mostly good arable land, with the exception of 100 acres of mountain land at Knockadeen. Limestone and flagstone abound, and there is a marble-quarry at Butler s Grove : indications of coal exist on the edge of the parish, adjoining Shankill. Here is a corn-mill worked by a small stream, which falls into the Barrow. The principal scats are. Mount Rothe, the property of Sir T. M'^Kenny, Bart. ; Viewmount ; and Paulstown Castle, an ancient square pile of building, said to have formerly been the residence of Sir Pearse Butler. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Leighlin, and in the patronage of the Bishop ; the rectory is impropriate in the Master and Brethren of the Hospital of the Holy Ghost, Waterford, and in Henry Flood, Esq. The tithe rent-charge is £'277. 10., of which £150 are payable to the impropriators, and the remainder to the vicar. The glebehouse was built in IS^e, by a gift of £400, and a loan of £300, from the Board of First Fruits ; the glebe consists of five acres. The church is a neat structure, for the erection of which the Board of First Fruits, in 1806, gave £500. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the district of Grange- Silvae.

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13. Pawle Island in Lough Strangford

    near Pawle Island · townland · Down

    Pawle Island lies in Lough Strangford in the parish of Killyleagh, county of Down, and comprises 49½ acres.

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    PAWLE ISLAND, in the parish of Killyleagh, union of Downpatrick, barony of Dufferin, county of Down, and province of Ulster. It lies in Lough Strangford, and comprises 49^ acres.

    PEPPERSTOWN, a parish, in the union of Cashel, barony of Middlethird, county of Tipperary, and 420

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14. Pearls and springs in Kilconduff on the Moy

    Kilconduff · parish · Mayo

    Pearls are found in the river Moy within the parish of Kilconduff. The parish also contains chalybeate and sulphureous springs.

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    KILCONDUFF, a parish, in the union of Swm- FORD, barony of Gallen, county of Mayo, and province of CoNNAUGHT ; Containing, with the post-town of Swinford, 707'2 inhabitants. It comprises 16,5'2'2| statute acres : the greater part is in tillage, but there are large tracts of bog and mountain laud ; flagstones are abundant. Pearls are found in the river Moy, and there are chalybeate and sulphureous springs. The principal seat is Brabazon Park, the residence of Sir W. Brabazon, Bart. The parish is in the diocese of Achonry : the rectory is impropriate in W. S. Bourke, Esq. ; the vicarage was united episcopally, in 1S0.5, to those of Kilbeagh and INIeelick, in the patronage of the Bishop. The tithe rent-charge of the parish is £^74. U., which is equally divided between the impropriator and the vicar; and of the entire vicarial union, £'S0'2. 17. The church, in Swinford, is a plain building, erected in 1810, when the late Board of First Fruits gave £600, and recently repaired by a grant of £'209 from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The glebe-house was built in 1819, by a gift of £400 and a loan of like amount from the same Board ; and has a glebe of 13 acres. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is the head of a district, comprising also Meelick, and containing a chapel in each. Some of the ruins of Kilconduff and Kinaff churches still exist. — See Swinford.

    KILCONER AN, a parish, in the union of Loughrea, partly in the baronies of Athenry and Loughrea, but chiefly in that of Dunkellin, county of Gal-way, and province of Co.nnavght, 3 miles (X. W. by N.) from Loughrea, on the road from that place to Galway ; containing 1552 inhabitants. It comprises 5478 statute 35

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15. Pearls found in the river Lenon

    Rathmelton · town · Donegal

    Pearls of considerable value are occasionally found in the river Lenon near Ramelton. This natural resource is noted as a feature of the locality.

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    mannfactures of every description. Here are extensive corn-mills, a brewery, bleach-green, and linen manufactory ; and a considerable quantity of liuen is made by hand in the vicinity. In the excise arrangements the town is within the district of Londonderry. A market for provisions is held on Tuesday, and on Thursday and Saturday for corn ; fairs are held on the Tuesday next after May '20th, on Nov. 15th, and the Tuesday after Dec. 11th. A chief constabulary police force is stationed in the town, and petty-sessions are held on alternate Thursdays. There is a salmon-fishery, producing about £500 annually ; the fish are considered to be in season throughout the year, and are mostly exported to England. In the town are, the parochial church ; meeting-houses for Presbyterians in connexion with the General Assembly, and for Methodists ; a small fever hospital ; and a dispensary. A loan fund has been established ; also a ladies' society, and a shop for the sale of clothes at reduced prices to the poor. On the shore of Lough Swilly is Fort-Stewart, the residence of Sir Jas. Stewart, surrounded by au extensive and well planted demesne ; and at a short distance to the northeast is Fort-Stewart Castle, erected by Sir William, the original patentee of the surrounding lands. Pearls of considerable value are occasionally found in the river Lcnon.

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16. Pelham met by 1000 armed Limerick citizens

    Limerick · city · Limerick · 1579–1584

    On the arrival of Lord-Deputy Sir William Pelham in 1579, the mayor of Limerick appeared before him attended by 1000 citizens well armed. By 1584, the city militia amounted to 800 men, more than Cork or Waterford.

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    On the arrival of Sir William Pelham, Lord-Deputy, in 1579, the mayor appeared before him attended by 1000 citizens well armed; and in 1584, the city militia amounted to SOO men, being double that of Cork, and a third more than that of Waterford, demonstrating that Limerick was then the most important city in the island next ta Dublin. During the Earl of Desmond's rebellion, the city was for some time the head-quarters of the English army. From the commencement of the reign of James I. until the war of 1641, it enjoyed undisturbed tranquillity : and notwithstanding accidental conflagrations, in 1618 and 16»0, considerable improvement in the construction of buildings and public works took place. The customs' duties for the year ending Lady-day, 1633, amounted to no less a sum than £1619. 1. "f. In 1636 the city was visited by the Lord-

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17. Penitential cross on Great Skellig cliff

    near Skellig Rock Great · townland · Kerry

    Near the summit of the higher cliff on the Great Skellig is a projecting crag overhanging the sea with a rudely carved cross at its extremity. Kissing the cross was considered an act of the most determined devotion and was frequently enjoined as a penance upon pilgrims visiting the island.

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    About a league farther from the shore is the Great Skellig, in lat. ,51° 49' (N.), and Ion. 10° 32' 30" (W.) ; it is a stupendous mass of slate rock rising majestically from the sea, and at the height of .50 or 60 yards dividing into two pyramidal summits, the taller of which has an elevation of 1500 feet above high-water mark. The middle region of the island forms a plain of about three acres, surrounded by precipitous elevations which overhang the waters ; it affords some short but nutritious pasturage, and there are indistinct traces of former cultivation. This spot, in the earlier ages of Christianity, was selected as a place of religious seclusion : there are still some remains of the abbey of St. Finian, and of the cells of the monks who formerly lived here in the most austere solitude ; the chapels or cells are built of stone dovetailed without mortar, and apparently in imitation of Roman architecture, with conical roofs of the same material. In 81 2 the Danish pirates jjlundered this little monastery ; and the monks, unable to obtain supplies of provisions, died of famine. There are also the remains of two small wells, which, with the chapels, were dedicated to St. Michael. The island has only two coves in which a landing can be effected ; according to Keating and other Irish historians, Irr, one of the sons of Milesius, attempting to land here, was shipwrecked and buried in the isle. Near the summit of the higher cliff is a projecting crag overhanging the sea and having at the extremity a rudely carved cross, which it was 514

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18. Penitentiary built in Waterford's south-western suburbs, 1820

    Waterford · city · Waterford · 1820

    A penitentiary or house of correction was built in 1820 in the south-western suburbs of Waterford at an expense of £4990. It occupied a spacious quadrangular area with 41 cells, day-rooms, airing-yards, and a treadmill.

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    rooms used on public occasions. The court-house, and the city and county gaols, occupy a considerable space of ground near the spot where St. Patrick's gate stood, and are handsomely fronted with granite. The courthouse, which is in the centre, was designed and executed by James Gandon, Esq., on the recommendation of Howard, the philanthropist ; the entrance leads into a hall, from which are seen the interiors of the city and county courts, which are well arranged and lighted, but on a scale too confined to atl'ord suitable accommodation to the public. The gaols, though of modern erection, are not well adapted for general classification ; the city gaol comprises 14 cells, and the county gaol has 8.5 cells, seven day-rooms, three working-rooms, and four airing-yards (in one of which is a treadmill), being sufficient to receive the average number of prisoners committed. The prisoners are clothed, and employed in various kinds of work ; and the females are under the superintendence of a matron. The penitentiary, or house of correction, built in the south-western suburbs in 18'20, at an expense of £4990, occupies a spacious quadrangular area inclosed with a wall : at one extremity is the governor's house, round which are ranged the various cells in a semicircular form ; behind the cells are gardens and ground in which the prisoners are regularly employed. There are in all 4 1 cells, with dayrooms and airing-yards, in one of which is a treadmill, adapted to four distinct classes ; the whole prison is under a regular system of disciphne and employment, and a school is maintained for the instruction of male prisoners. The constabulary police force stationed in the city and liberties comprises one sub-inspector, one head-constable, 9 constables, and 43 sub- constables, with four horses ; the expense of whose maintenance, in 1S42, was £'229'2.

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19. Perfectly preserved cromlech at Loughmacrory

    Loughmacrory · townland · Tyrone

    A second cromlech at Loughmacrory is in perfect preservation, though not of such large dimensions as the fallen one on the glebe at Termon.

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    turesque object, the table-stone of which is entire, and weighs, by admeasurement, 104 tons : there is a second one at Loughmacrory, in perfect preservation, but not of such large dimensions. Several forts also exist in various parts of the parish.

    TERRYGLASS, a parish, in the union of Nenagh, barony of Lower Ormond, county of Tipperary, and province of Munster, 5 miles (W. N. W.) from Burriso -kane, and on the road from Portumna to Nenagh ; containing 2953 inhabitants. At this place, anciently called Tirdaglas, " the country of the two greens," St. Patrick is said to have baptized several inhabitants of Thomond, who came across the Shannon to him. St. Columba, a disciple of St. Finian, founded a monastery here, of which he became the first abbot, about the middle of the 6th century ; dying of the pestilence in 552, he was interred here, and was succeeded by his brother, St. Mochoemius. In 801, 1112, and 1162, the town and abbey were destroyed by accidental fires ; iu 842 they were plundered and destroyed by the Danes, and in 1140 the whole place was destroyed by the people of O'Maney, a small territory around the barony of Tyaquin, county of Gahvay. Little remains of this celebrated seat of learning and religion, of which subsequently to 1 162 we find no further historical notice. The PARISH, which is bounded on the north-west by the Siiannon, comprises 9762 statute acres. The land is light, and partly in tillage : about 2000 acres are bog, whirh might be reclaimed by a canal to the Shannon ; and 106 acres are woodland, the greater portion of which, called Killanow Wood, is the property of the Globe Insurance Company. A flour-mill at Ballinderry, and one at Carrigahorig, are supplied by two small rivers. Limestone abounds, and is used principally for building ; at Castle Biggs, near Lough Derg, is a marble-quarry of a deep black colour. The gentlemen's seats are, Castle Biggs, situated in a very neat demesne, in which is a square tower, commanding an extensive view of the Shannon and the surrounding country ; Slevoir ; Ashgrove ; and the glebe-house.

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20. Perkin Warbeck's embarkation and Cromwell's fort at Passage East

    Passage East · townland · Waterford · 1497–1649

    When Perkin Warbeck abandoned the siege of Waterford in 1497, he embarked at Passage East for Cork. A fort commanding the passage up the harbour was taken in 1649 by Cromwell's troops at the commencement of the siege of Waterford.

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    PASSAGE, EAST, a small maritime town, in the parish of Kill-St.-Nicholas, barony of Gaultier, union and county of Waterford, and province of Munster, 6 miles (E.) from Waterford, in connexion with which city it has a receiving-house for letters; containing 624 inhabitants. When Perkin Warbeck abandoned the siege of Waterford, in 1497, he embarked at this place for Cork. A fort here, which commanded the passage up the harbour, was taken in 1649 by a party of Cromwell's troops, on commencing the siege of

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21. Peterswell holy well at Kilthomas

    near Peterswell · population centre · Galway · 1836

    The Roman Catholic parish of Kilthomas is also called Peterswell, from a holy well which is much visited. A handsome chapel was built in 1836 at an expense of £700 on a site given by Blake Foster, Esq.

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    KILTHOMAS, a parish, in the union of Gjrt, partly in the barony of Kiltartan, but chiefly in that of Loughrea, county of Galway, and province of CoNNAUGHT, 6 miles (N. W.) from Gort, on the road to Loughrea j containing 3278 inhabitants. This parish comprises 11,710 statute acres: the seats are Lime Park and Copard. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Kilmacduagh, forming part of the union of Killinane j the rectory is appropriate to the see, and to the prebend of Kinvarra in the cathedral of Kilmacduagh. The tithe rent-charge is £114. 7. 6., of which £25. 17. 6. are payable to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, £13. 10. to the prebendary, and the remainder to the vicar. The Roman Catholic parish, which is also called Peterswell, from a holy well which is much visited, is co-extensive with that of the Established Church, and has a handsome chapel, built in 1836 at an expense of £700, on a

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22. Petrifactions found at Currah, Hollypark and Dromore lake

    Dromore · townland · Limerick

    Numerous petrifactions were found in a stream flowing through Currah and Hollypark wood, and also near Dromore lake about a mile from Pallaskenry. These natural curiosities were noted as features of the local landscape.

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    of a fund of £^18 subscribed by the Earl of Charleville, the County of Limerick Trustees, the London Committee, the Irish-Peasantry Society, and the County of Limerick Ladies' Committee. The fund is lent out in small portions, sometimes in money, but more frequently in wool, flax, and implements for manufacture, such as wheels, reels, and looms ; and is repaid by weekly instalments, in which the manufactured goods are taken at a liberal valuation. In seasons of scarcity provisions are issued, and articles for clothing and bedding occasionally. In consequence of the judicious management of the trustees, it appears that, at the end of the first thirteen years, a profit of £76 accrued from it ; and the habits of those for whose benefit it has been so successfully carried on, have been much improved. The new and elegant parish church stands at a short distance eastward ; and in the town is a small but very neat meeting-house belonging to the Wesleyan Methodists. Not far distant are the ruins of the castle of Pallaskenry, originally built by the O'Donovans, but for many generations in the possession of the Fitzgeralds. In a quarry near the town was found an ancient silver bodkin, weighing 5oc. '2rfr., now in the possession of Sir Vere Edmond de Vere, Bart. ; and in 1S34, part of a golden fibula, weighing 3oz., was discovered in a drain near the church. Numerous petrifactions have been found in a stream which flows through Currah and Hollypark wood, and also in the neighbourhood of Droniore lake, about a mile from the town.

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23. Petrifactions on the shore of Larne Lough

    near Larne · town · Antrim

    Singular blue-coloured petrifactions are found on the shore of the lough near Larne, apparently the result of a spring issuing from a bank at high-water mark.

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    The parish comprises 2210 statute acres of good arable and pasture land ; the system of agriculture is slowly improving, and there is neither waste laud nor bog. Limestone abounds, and is quarried both for building •and agricultural purposes ; at Ballycraigey, about a mile to the north of the town, is a quarry of felspar, worked occasionally for building ; and at Bankhead a fine stratum of coal has been discovered, but is not worked. The principal seats are, Gardenmore, an elegant villa; and the Curraan. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Connor, and in the patronage of the Dean; the tithe rent-charge is £102, of which £92. 16. 8. are payable to the curate, who receives also £23. S. from Primate Boulter's fund. The glebe-house was built in 1824, by a gift of £450 and a loan of £50 from the Board of First Fruits ; the glebe comprises 3^: acres. The church, previously to its alteration in 1S19, had some interesting details of ancient architecture. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the district of Carrickfergus and Larue ; a chapel was erected here in 1832 by subscription. There are places of worship for Presbyterians in connexion with the General Assembly, and with the Presbytery of Antrim ; also for Wesleyan Methodists. A dispensary is supported by subscription. The workhouse of the union, ou a site of 5^ acres purchased for £477, "as completed in 1S42, at a cost of £4989, and is constructed to contain 400 paupers. There are some remains of the ancient castle of Olderfleet, on the promontory of Curraan. On the sea side, about a mile north of the town, is a cavern called the Black Cave, passing under the projecting base of a huge rock ; the length of the cave, which is open at both ends, is 60 feet, and its height from 3 to 30 feet ; the sides are formed of basaltic columns of large dimensions. On the shore of the lough, near Larne, are some singular petrifactions of a blue colour, apparently the result of a spring issuing from a bank at high-water mark. In a short road leading from the east to the north of the town is a chalybeate spring, at present little used.

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24. Petrified shells found at Carrowkeel, eighteen miles from the sea

    Carrowkeel · townland · Galway

    At Carrowkeel in the parish of Leitrim, County Galway, petrified cockle and muscle shells are found, despite the location being about eighteen miles from the sea. Carrowkeel is also noted as one of the principal seats of the parish.

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    LEITRIM, a parish, in the union of Loughrea, barony of Leitrim, county of Galway, and province of CoNNAUGHT, 8 milcs (W. N. W.) from Portumna, on the road to Loughrea; containing 1562 inhabitants. This parish, which is bounded by the Slievebaughta mountains, comprises 4098^ statute acres ; the land is in general in a profitable state of cultivation, and there is very little bog. The principal seats are Carrowkeel and Dalystown. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Clonfert, forming part of the union of Lickmolassey ; the rectory is appropriate to the see, and the tithe rent-charge of the parish is £51. 8. 8., of which £10. 7- 9. are payable to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and the remainder to the vicar. There is no church, glebe-house, or glebe. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is the head of a district, comprising also the parish of Kilcooley ; the chapel here is a neat edifice, and there is also a chapel at Kilcooley. There is a school, of which the school-house was built by the Hon. F. Ponsonby. Considerable remains exist of the castle of Leitrim, in good preservation ; and the ruins of an old chapel are attached to it, the cemetery of which is still used. Petrified cockle and muscle shells are found at Carrowkeel, which is about 18 miles distant from the sea.

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25. Petrifying spring at Tullaghan

    Tullaghan · townland · Monaghan

    At Tullaghan is a spring whose water, though tasteless and perfectly pellucid, forms an incrustation on all the substances it passes over near its source.

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    is occasionally enjoyed. Irish and English are indiscriminately spoken in the intercourse of the peasantry with one another. An unusual custom of annually electing a mayor, with power to decide all disputes, long prevailed in the village of Blackstaff, near Carrickmacross, which was composed of about '200 wretched hovels in the centre of 500 acres of bog, heath, and rock, so barren as never to have been thoroughly cultivated, and on which the inhabitants supported themselves by holding each a very small portion of good land at a considerable distance from the village. The inconvenient distance of their habitations from their farms, and the dangers apprehended from this irregular union of a number of families during the disturbed period of 1*98, caused the community to be broken up, and its members to be established on their separate plots of land ; yet for years after, they met annually at Blackstaff to commemorate the by-gone pleasures of their former state of social intercourse. A chalybeate spring rises at a place called Drumlubberbuy, or " the ridge with the yellow spring," from which flows a stream of pellucid water covered with a strong scum of ochre ; it is not noted for any medicinal qualities. At TuUaghan is a spring, the water of which, though tasteless and perfectly pellucid, forms an incrustation on all the substances it passes over near its source. This county gave the title of Baron to Sir Edward Blayney, who was ennobled by James I., in 16'21, for his services against the Irish.

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26. Pettigoe: town on united rivers crossing to Lough Erne

    Pettigoe · townland · Donegal

    Pettigoe is situated on the united rivers of Pettigoe and Omna, which are crossed by two bridges in their course to Lough Erne. The country around is capable of much improvement, and some land has been reclaimed of late years.

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    PETTIGOE, a town or village, in the union of Donegal, partly in the parish of Drumkeeran, barony of Lurg, county of Fermanagh, but chiefly in the parish of Templecarne, barony of Tyrhugh, county of Donegal, and province of Ulster, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Kesh, on the road to Ballyshannoa and Donegal; containing 616 inhabitants. It is situated on the united rivers of Pettigoe and Omna, which are here crossed by two bridges in their course to Lough Erne : the country around is capable of much improvement, and some land has been reclaimed of late years. Here are a station of the constabulary police, and a receivinghouse for letters in connexion with Kesh. Fairs are held on the 25th of each month, besides which there are three large markets (called " Marga More") on the Wednesdays respectively preceding All Saints' day, Christmas-day, and Lent. The parochial church of Templecarne, the Roman Catholic chapel, and a meeting-house for Presbyterians, are in the town.

    PHIBSBOROUGH, a village, in the new parish of Grangegorman, union of North Dublin, barony of CooLOCK, county of Dublin, and province of Leinster, 1 mile (N.) from DubUn, on the road to Navan, and near the Royal Canal. Here is a neat Roman Ca-

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27. Pheagh Mac Hugh Byrne's victory at Glendalough 1580

    Glendalough · electoral division · Wicklow · 1577–1580

    In 1580, Pheagh Mac Hugh Byrne obtained a sanguinary victory over the lord-deputy's forces at Glendalough, having previously harassed the English Pale in alliance with disaffected lords in 1577 and 1578.

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    this re(niest was cither neglLCted or refused. When the opponents of the English guvernnienl had acquired increased strength by fomenting religious dissensions, the celebrated Pheagh Mac Hugh Byrne, in the years 1577, 15/8, and 1580, in alliance with several disaffected lords, harassed the English pale ; and in the last-named year obtained a sanguinary victory over the lord-deputy's forces at Glendalough, whither they had penetrated with great diflicuity. In 1595, on a reverse of fortune, he made his sulimissiou at Dublin. In 1596, his sept was defeated by the British troops, after a sharp action ; and in the following year, Pheagh Mac Hugh fell in an engagement with the lord-deputy, Sir William Russell. His son Phelim Mac Pheagh was chosen in his place as chief of the Byrnes, and in 1600 made an humble submission to Queen Elizabeth, together with several other Irish toparchs. An expedition was undertaken against him, however, in the same year ; but the country was reduced to comparative tranquillity in 1605, in the reign of James I., and during the lieutenancy of Sir Arthur Chichester, by being erected into a county distinct from that of Dublin, under its present name. The Byrnes, in the wars of 1641, united with their neighbours of the same party in the counties of Wexford and Carlow, and extended their ravages to the very walls of Dublin. Notwithstanding the cruelties exercised by Sir Charles Coote in his expedition against them, they maintained their cause until Cromwell, after the siege of Drogheda, marched triumphantly through the county, and reduced every town and fort in it ; thus terminating the war in this quarter. In the disturbances of 179^J the county was the scene of many acts of violence, and in the southern part of it several severe conflicts took ])lace. Even after their general suppression, bands of insurgents found a refuge in its mountain recesses, and hence committed extensive depredations, which a large military force was unable to repress. Government at length entered into composition with the principal leaders, in order to restore tranquillity to the country ; cut roads through the wildest districts ; and erected barracks at different places ia them ; which effected the object proposed, and also tended much to improve the country by facilitating the means of communication through a district previously almost impassable.

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28. Phelim Mac Mahon founded Franciscan monastery 1462

    Monaghan · town · Monaghan · 1462

    Phelim Mac Mahon in 1462 founded a monastery for Conventual Franciscans on the site of the ancient abbey at Monaghan. At the Dissolution it was granted to Edward Withe, when no village had yet arisen near the monastery.

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    MONAGHAN, a markettown and parish, the chief town of the county, the head of a union, and formerly a parliamentary borough, in the barony and county of Monaghan, and province of i Ulster, 19,^ miles (W. S. \\.) from Armagh, and 60 (N. N. \V.) from Dublin, on the coach-road to Londonderry; containing 1'2, 160 inhabitants, of whom 4130 are in the town. This place, till within a comparatively modern period, was distinguished only by a monastery, of which St. Moclodius, the son of Acdh, was abbot ; and which, according to the Annals of the Four Masters, was plundered in 830, and again in 931. The monastery appears from the same authority to have flourished for more than two centuries ; and the names of its abbots, deans, and archdeacons (among the first-named of whom was Abbot Ellas, the principal of all the monks of Ireland, who died in Cologne in 1042) are regularly preserved till the year ll6l, after which date no further mention of it occurs. Phelim Mac Mahon, in 1462, founded on the site of the ancient abbey a monastery for Conventual Franciscans, which at the Dissolution was granted to Edward Withe ; even at that time, no place deserving the name of a village had arisen near the monastery, and the whole of this part of the country, under its native chiefs, the Mac Mahons, still retained the ancient customs.

    About the commencement of the I'th century. Sir Edward Blayney, who had been appointed seneschal of the county, erected a small fort here, which he garrisoned with one company of foot ; but on the approach-

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29. Philip of Worcester founded priory at Kilcomenty, 1184

    Ballynahinch · townland · Tipperary · 1184

    Philip of Worcester, chief governor of Ireland in 1184, founded a priory in the parish of Kilcomenty (Ballinahinch), dedicating it to St. Philip, St. James, and St. Cumin. He placed Benedictine monks from Glastonbury Abbey in Somersetshire in it.

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    ment. Philip of Worcester, chief governor of Ireland in 1184, founded here a priory, which he dedicated to St. Philip, St. James, and St. Cumin ; and placed in it Benedictiue monks from the abbey of Glastonbury, in Somersetshire.

    KILCOMMICK, a parish, in the union of Longford, partly in the barony of Shruel, partly in that of MoYDOw, but chiefly in that of Rathcline, county of LoxGFORD, and province of Leinster, 3:j miles (N. W. by N.) from Ballymahon, on the road from that place to Longford ; containing 3644 inhabitants. It comprises 1 1,8* I5 statute acres : there is much bog ; also some limestone containing shells and susceptible of a high polish. The Royal Canal runs through the southern part of the parish. Near Mosstown is a flour-mill. The principal seats are Mosstown, Lisglassick, Ledwithstown, Lislea, and Glanmore : Mosstown was defended by the Nen-comens in 1641, but was obliged to capitulate; it was also garrisoned for King William by the same family, and was unsuccessfully besieged by James's forces. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ardagh, and patronage of the bishop of Tuam : the tithe rentcharge is £'207. 15. The glebe-house was built in 18'27, by a gift of £100, and a loan of £'00, from the Board of First Fruits ; the glebe consists of '214 acres. The church, at Kenagh, was erected in 1S3'2, by the Countess Dowager of Rosse, at an expense of £•2.500. The Roman Catholic parish is co-e,\tensive with that of the Established Church, and is called Clough ; there is a chapel, and divine service is also performed in a private house. At Kenagh is a Primitive Methodist meetinghouse. To one of two schools the Countess of Rosse gives £15 per annum, besides a house and three acres of land ; and to the other, £14 per annum. Several raths and the ruins of the old church remain ; and at Ballynock and Mosstown are two dilapidated castles. — See Kenagh.

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30. Philipstown as ancient corporate town and former gaol

    Daingean · town · Offaly

    Philipstown is described as an ancient corporate town that sent two members to the Irish parliament. It had a court-house and bridewell, the latter being the old county gaol, and quarter-sessions were held there.

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    The county extends into each of the two ecclesiastical provinces, being partly in the diocese of Cloufert, partly in that of Ossory, partly in that of Killaloe, but chiefly in those of Mtath and Kildare. For purposes of civil jurisdiction it is divided into the baronies of Ballyboy, Ballybritt, Ballycowen, Clonlisk, Coolestown, Eglish, Garryeastle, Geashill, Kilcoursey, Lower Philipstown, Upper Philipstown, and 'Warrenstown. It contains part of the borough and market-town of Portarlington ; tha market and assize town of TuUamore ; the ancient corporate towns of Philipstown and Banagher ; the market and post towns of Parsonstown, (formerly Birr,) Clara, Edenderry, and Frankford ; and the post-towns of Farbane, Shinrone, Moneygall, Geashill, Cloghan, and Kinnitty. Amongst the largest villages are Ballycumber, Ballingarry (each of which has a sub-post), Shannon- Bridge, Ballyboy, and Shannon-Harbour. The county sent six members to the Irish parliament ; two for the county at large, and two for each of the boroughs of Philipstown and Banagher ; but since the Union its representation has been confined to the two members for the county at large. The constituency, as 184

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31. Philipstown burned by James II's troops

    Daingean · town · Offaly · 1689–1691

    A charter granted in the 4th year of James II conferred on Philipstown the privilege of returning two members to parliament. During the war of that period the town was burned by the same king's troops.

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    PHILIPSTOWN, a market and post town (formerly the assize town of the county, and a parliamentary borough), in the parish of Killaderry, union of Tulla- MORE, barony of Lower Philwstown, Kino's county, and province of Leinster, 7 miles (S. E.) from Tullamore, and 47 (S. \V.) from Dublin; containing 1489 inhabitants. This place, the ancient name of which was Dingan and Killaderry, was the chief scat of the O'Conors, chieftains of the surrounding district, then called Otfaly, of which they retained possession until 1546. In that year, Brian O'Conor, having united his forces with Patrick O'More, chieftain of the neighbouring territory of Lei.x, made an incursion into the county of Kildare, and burned a great part of Athy, whereupon Sir William Brabazon, lord-justice of Ireland, caused them to be proclaimed as traitofs ; marched a large force into Offaly, which he laid waste with fire and sword ; and forced O'Conor to take refuge in Connaught. Sir William, to secure his newly acquired po.ssessions, erected a castle here, the name of which, in the subsequent reign of Philip and Mary, when the territories of Offaly and Leix were reduced to shire ground under the names of the King's and Queen's counties, was changed from Dingan to Philipstown, in honour of the king, and the place made the assize town of the former of these counties. In 1569, it obtained a charter of incorporation from Elizabeth, which conferred the same liberties and free usages as the town of Naas enjoyed ; also a Thursday market, and other minor privileges : this charter was followed by a grant of lands in the next j'ear. In 16/3, Chief- Justice Bysse obtained a licence to hold two fairs. Auother charter granted in the 4th year of James II., conferred on Philipstown the privilege of returning two members to parliament. Afterwards, during the war of that period, it was burned by the same king's troops. At the Union it was deprived of the right of returning representatives, in consequence of which the borough gradually declined, until at length the corporate jurisdiction fell into total desuetude. The act of the 2nd and 3rd of William IV., by which the assizes were removed from Philipstown to TuUamore, completely extinguished its political importance, and reduced it nearly to the rank of a village.

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32. Picturesque ruins of Baltimore Castle

    Baltimore · town · Cork

    Extensive and picturesque ruins of Baltimore Castle remained in the parish of Tullagh, County Cork, on the southern coast near Baltimore harbour. Only a small fragment survived of nearby Ardagh Castle, which had stood on an eminence in the centre of the parish.

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    plain building. The parochial school, at Baltimore, built in 183'2 at the expense of Lord Carbery, is a large and handsome structure, comprising a centre and two wings, the former containing the master's apartments, and the latter the male and female schools. The extensive and picturesque ruins of Baltimore Castle still remain ; but of Ardagh Castle, which stood on an eminence nearly in the centre of the parish, a small fragment only exists. The remains of the old church are picturesquely situated on the shore of a small bay opposite the island of Ringa- Roga.

    TULLAGHAN.— See Rossinver. TULLAGHER, a village, in the parish of Dysert- MORE, union of New Ross, barony of Ida, county of Kilkenny, and province of Leinster; containing 187 inhabitants.

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33. Picturesque ruins of Kilquane church

    Kilquane · townland · Cork

    In a sequestered valley in the southern part of the parish stood the picturesque ruins of the church of Kilquane. No further historical detail is given beyond its remote and scenic setting.

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    The LIVING is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Cloyne, and in the patronage of the Crown. The tithe rent-charge is £415. 7- 9. : there is a glebe of 5§ acres near the town of Castle-Lyons, 14 miles distant. The church, situated at Ballinamona, is a small plain budding, with a square tower ; it has lately undergone a complete and perfect repair, amounting almost to a rebuilding. In the Roman Catholic divisions the greater part of the parish forms the head of the district of Ballinamona, comprising also the parish of Grenagh and part of Rahan, and containing the chapels of Burnfort, Monaparson, and Grenagh ; the remainder is included in the Mallow district : a new chapel has been built at Ballynockane ; and it is in contemplation to erect a new chapel at Ballinamona. The extensive, but now uninteresting, ruins of Mourne Abbey stand between the old and new roads from Cork to Mallow ; they appear to have been surrounded by a high walled inclosure, the angles of which were defended by strong bastions. The skeleton of the church, said to have been 180 feet long, still remains, but destitute of the mouldings and other ornamental parts of the masonry. On the summit of a ridge on the opposite side of the Clydagh, which here separates the baronies of Muskerry and Barretts, is Castlemore, an ancient ruined structure of gloomy appearance, with a tower attached ; it was built by the Barretts, and long continued the chief residence of the head of that family. In a sequestered valley in the southern part of the parish are the picturesque ruins of the church of Kilquane. On removing the foundations of the old church at Ballinamona, for the erection of the present one, a large spur and an ancient spear were discovered. At Quartertown is a mineral spring.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 175

34. Picturesque ruins of Whitechurch old church

    Whitechurch · townland · Dublin

    The old parish church stands on an eminence about half a mile from the newer church and forms a picturesque ruin. It has a burial-ground attached to it.

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    The LIVING is a rectory and perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Dublin. The rectory is appropriate partly to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and partly to the incumbent of Tallaght : the parish was erected into a perpetual curacy in 1823, when it was separated from the union of Tallaght, and the curacy is in the alternate patronage of the Archbishop, and W. Bryan, Esq. The tithe rent-charge is £163. 3., of which £39. 3. are payable to the commissioners, and the remainder to the incumbent of Tallaght, who allows the curate a stipend of £69. 7. : 10S9 acres of the parish are tithe-free. The church was erected in IS'26, at an expense of £'2000, on a site in the grounds of Marlay, given by John David La Touche, Esq. ; it is in the pointed style, with a tower and spire : the Ecclesiastical Commissioners recently granted £'283 towards repairs. The old church, which has a burial-ground attached to it, and stands on an eminence about half a mile distant, forms a picturesque ruin. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is part of the district of Rathfarnham. There is a Moravian cemetery in the grounds of Marlay, not far from the church. Near it, also, is a school-house with apartments for the master and mistress, erected in 1824 : about 30 of the pupils are annually clothed. At the Little Dargle are the ruins of a cromlech, the three upright stones of which are still standing, but the tablestone has been displaced and lies on the ground near them. At Larch Hill is a Druidical circle, with an altar or cromlech in its centre ; and on Kilmashogue mountain is a strong chalybeate spa.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 402

35. Picturesque scenes of Glen of the Downs, Dunran, and Devil's Glen

    near Glen of the Downs · valley · Wicklow

    The encircling mountain range displays some of the most splendid picturesque scenes of the county, including the Glen of the Downs, Hermitage, Dunran, and the Devil's Glen. These sites form part of the celebrated landscape on the eastern side of Wicklow.

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    To the east of the mountain range, and at the northern extremity of the county, rise two conical mountains called the Great and Little Sugar-loaf, the former 1651, and the latter 1 120, feet above the sea; and Bray Head, a vast mass with a remarkable broken outline, 870 feet high, which projects into the sea to the south of the town of Bray. From the Little Sugar-loaf commences a mountain range of secondary elevation, cultivated in some parts to the very summit, and extending in a direction south by west to the rugged heights of Carrickmacreilly, near Glanealy : thence sweeping eastward, it joins the heights that, to the south of Wicklow, form the elevated promontory of Wicklow Head. Between this range and the more elevated mountain chain is a cheerless table-land, watered by the Vartrey river, and formerly entirely overspread with bogs and rocks, which yet occupy great portions of it, though cultivation has made considerable advances near the lines of road by which it is now intersected. The most conspicuous of the secondary range are the Downs mountain, Dunran, and the mountains above Glanealy. Encircled by these mountains from Bray Head to Wicklow Head, and extending to the coast between those promontories, lies a tract distinguished for its fertility and beauty, which justly entitle it to be called the garden of the county. At an elevation greatly below that of the sheltering range, it is diversified by extensive swells and fertile vales enriched in every direction with fine seats, neat villages, and thriving plantations. These open on the east to the sea, towards which the surface gradually declines, until it reaches a flat tract of boggy marsh, extending along the shore from Wicklow to near Greystones, and protected from the sea only by a broad bank of sand and gravel called the Murrough, presenting at the back a beautiful smooth sward. The streams of the plain or vale find their way through the bank to the sea at Wicklow and at a place called the Breaches, where the sea is making considerable encroachments. From this shore the view of the amphitheatre of mountains is extremely grand, particularly to those sailing along the coast through the channel betv^een the land and the range of dangerous banks running parallel with it at some miles' distance. The encircling range displays some of the most splendid of the picturesque scenes of the county, in the Glen of the Downs, Hermitage, Dunran, and the Devil's Glen ; and to the north, the celebrated valley of the Dargle intersects the elevated grounds between the Sugar-loaf mountain and the confines of Dublin county. The peaked cone of the Sugar-loaf appears prominent in every prospect on this side of the county, and commands views of great scope and grandeur, extending northwards to the mountains of Morne in the county of Down, and eastward to those of North W^ales.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 404

36. Pilgrimage to relic of the true cross at Tracton

    near Tracton · parish · Cork

    According to Dr. Smith, great numbers of pilgrims annually visited Tracton on Holy Thursday to pay devotions to a piece of the real cross that the monks were reputed to possess. The relic was presented by Barry Oge and preserved with religious veneration until the suppression of the monasteries.

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    TRACTON, a parish, in the tinioD of Kinsale, barony of Kinnalea, county of Cork, and province of Munster, 4 miles (S.) from Carrigaline, on the road to Roberts-Cove, and on that from Ringabella to Kinsale ; containing 2959 inhabitants, of whom 115 are in the village. An abbey of Cistercian monks was founded here by the family of ]\rCarthy, in 1224, the monks being brought from If'hitdand, in Carmarthenshire, South Wales, called also " De Alba Luuda," and " Alho TraclK," whence the name of this parish is thought to be derived. In 1375, Edward III. confirmed the several possessions which had been granted to the abbey. According to Dr. Smith, great numbers of pilgrims annually visited this place on Holy Thursday, to pay Vol. II.— 593

    their devotions to a piece of the real cross that the monks were reputed to possess, which relic was presented by Barry Oge, and preserved here with religious veneration until the suppression of the monasteries. The abbot regularly sat as a lord of parliament. In 1568 the abbey and its po.ssessions were granted by Queen Elizabeth to Henry Guildford and Sir James Craig, on payment of a fine of £7. 15. ; the latter afterwards assigned his interest to Richard, first earl of Cork, who obtained a grant of the place in the 7th of James I. ; it now forms part of the estate of the Earl <5f Shannon.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 347

37. Pilgrim boat tragedy on Lough Derg

    near Lough Derg · lake or lakes · Donegal · 1817

    Around 1817, a boat carrying eighty pilgrims to Station Island was swamped and sank, with only three survivors. The bodies of the drowned pilgrims were afterwards found and interred on Saints' Island.

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    and each pilgrim spends the last twenty-four hours of his term in the chapel of the purgatory, which receives light only from a small window in one of the angles. About 20 years since, a boat having eighty pilgrims on board was swamped, and went to the bottom, only three of the number being saved ; the bodies of the rest were afterwards found and interred on Saints' Island.

    TEMPLECORRAN, or Broad Island, a parish, in the union of Larne, barony of Lower Belfast, county of Antrim, and province of Ulster, 5 miles (N. E.) from Carrickfergus ; on the road from Belfast to Lame, and on Lough Larne ; containing, with the village of Ballycarry (which is separately described), 1428 inhabitants. In 1597 a battle was fought at the highly romantic vale called Old Mill Glen, near Ballycarry, between the Mac Quillans and Mac Donnells, the former of whom were defeated ; and in November of the same year, another took place on the same spot between the Mac Donnells and Sir John Chichester, when the latter was slain and his army cut to pieces. The parish, which is also called, after the name of the village, Ballycarry, comprises 4744^ statute acres, in a high state of cultivation ; the system of husbandry is in a very improved state, and has been much promoted by the present proprietor, who is a practical and spirited agriculturist. Limestone and basalt are found in great abundance. Red Hall, the seat of the Ker family, is an elegant mansion with a fine demesne. The spinning of yarn and the weaving of linen-cloth are carried on. A court is held for the manor of Broad Island by the seneschal of Marriot Dalway, Esq., for the recovery of debts and determination of pleas to the amount of £20 ; its jurisdiction extends over this parish and that of Kilroot. Fairs are held at Ballycarry.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 321

38. Plague skeletons found along the Shannon, County Clare side

    Shannon · town · Clare

    During construction of a new road along the Shannon on the County Clare side, large heaps of skeletons were uncovered, some measuring 15 yards in length and 6 feet in depth. They are believed to be the remains of victims of the great plague.

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    The Streets in the New Town, which are spacious, intersect each other at right angles, and are occupied by elegant houses, splendid and well-stocked shops, and merchants' stores. Patrick-street, George-street, and the Crescent form a continuous line of houses, extending about a mile from the New bridge. The city was till lately lighted with gas under a contract made in 1824 with the United London Gas Company ; the original engagement was confined to the New Town, but it was extended by the liberality of the corporation to the Irish town and Dublin road, and by private subscriptions to part of the English Town. The Gas Consumers' Company, of more recent establishment, and of which the chief shareholders are citizens, now lights the public streets ; and the terms for lighting in shops have been much reduced by the competition of the rival companies. Works for supplying Limerick with water were commenced in 1S34 by a London company : there are two tanks about a mile from the city, at Cromwell's- Fort, near Gallows'-Green, on the site of two forts occupied by Cromwell and William III. ; their elevation is 50 feet above the highest part of the city, and 72 feet above the river, from which the water is raised through a metal pipe 12 inches in diameter by two steam-engines, each of 20-horse power. In excavating for a foundation for the tanks, several skeletons, cannon and musket balls, armour, and divers remains of military weapons were found ; and in forming the new line of road along the Shannon, on the county of Clare side, heaps of skeletons were found, some of which were 15 yards in length and 6 feet in depth ; they are supposed to be the remains of those who died in the great plague. In military arrangements. Limerick is the head-quarters of the south-western district, which com'prises the counties of Clare and Limerick, with the town of Mount- Shannon, in the county of Galway ; the county of Tipperary, except the barony of Lower Ormond, but including the town of Nenagh ; and that part of the county of Kerry north of the Flesk. There are four barracks ; the Castle barrack, in the English Town, for infantry, capable of accommodating 17 officers and 270 non-commissioned officers and privates, with an hospital for 29 patients ; the Neir barrack, on the outside of Nevvtown-Pery, adapted for 37 officers, and 71-i infantry and cavalry, and 54 horses, with an hospital for 60 patients ; the Artillery barrack, in the Irish Town, for 6 officers, 194 men, and 104 horses, with an hospital for 35 patients ; and an Infantry barrack, in St. John'ssquare, for 4 officers and 107 men : a military prison, lately built in the New barrack, has six cells.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 77

39. Plantation of Lurgan and 1641 destruction

    near Lurgan · town · Armagh · 1610–1641

    The territory of the O'Neills at Lurgan was granted to William Brownlow by James I, who built the town and a house at Dowcorran. The settlement flourished until the 1641 rebellion, when insurgents burned the town, converted the church into a garrison, and demolished it.

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    Ulster, IS^ miles (N. E.) from Armagh, on the road to Belfast, and 675 (N.^ from Dublin ; containing, in 1S41, 46*7 inhabitants. This place formed part of the territory of the O Nials, and on the settlement of Ulster was, with the lands of Dowcorran and Ballenemony, together comprising 2riOO acres, granted by James I. to William Browulow, Esq., who erected a handsome house at Dowcorran, and shortly after built the town of Lurgan, in which, in 1619, were 4'2 houses, all occupied by English families. On the other part of the estate were 45 families ; and the colony continued to flourish till the war in 1641, when the town was burned by the insurgents, who converted the church into a garrison, and afterwards demolished it : they also destroyed the mansions of Dowcorran and Ballenemony. After the Restoration the town was rebuilt ; but was again destroyed by the army of James II., and its proprietor declared an outlaw. It was, however, restored in I69O, when a patent for a market and fairs was obtained; and soon afterwards an important branch of the linen manufacture was established here, which has continued to flourish till the present time.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 117

40. Plantation of Ulster lands at Maghera confirmed to London livery companies

    near Maghera · town · Derry · 1603–1625

    On the Plantation of Ulster, the lands of the ancient see of Maghera were confirmed to the Bishop of Derry, and other parts of the parish were assigned by James I to the Mercers', Vintners', Salters', and Drapers' Companies of London, who still retained possession of their manors at the time of writing.

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    The PARISH comprises 24,79 li statute acres, the greater portion good arable and pasture land ; there is some of inferior quality, and a large tract of waste and bog. The mountain district is very extensive, and abounds with grouse and every other kind of game. The system of agriculture is improved, and the highlands afford excellent pasturage for cattle : the vale of the Moyola, and the vicinity of the town, are extremely productive ; and in the bogs are several fertile spots, called by the country people " islands," which are in a good state of cultivation. Limestone, found on the estate of the Mercers' Company, is extensively quarried, and is productive of great benefit to the neighbourhood. On the plantation of Ulster, the lands of the ancient see of Maghera were confirmed to the Bishop of Derry, and other parts of the parish were assigned by James I. to the Mercers', Vintners', Salters', and Drapers' Companies of London, who still retain possession of their manors. The principal seats are Maghera House, Fairview, Rowens Gift, Upperland, and Clover Hill.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 125

41. Plantations at Mount George and Garryduff

    Mountgeorge · townland · Wexford

    Extensive plantations were made at Mount George by Mr. Lee and at Garryduff by Mr. Goodison, improving the wooded character of the Kilcormuck parish landscape.

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    advanced to Oulart Hill, where he encamped. The parish comprises 10,055 statute acres, chiefly under tillage ; the soil is fertile, and the system of agriculture has been greatly improved under the auspices of the North Wexford Agricultural Association. Marl, which is found in the parish, and lime brought from a considerable distance, are used for manure. Oulart Hill, at the southern extremity of Kilcormuck, is cultivated nearly to the summit, but the absorbent nature of the soil scarcely repays the expense of tillage. There are two bogs, containing about 20 acres ; good buildingstone is found ; and slate has been discovered. Extensive plantations have been made at Mount George by Mr. Lee, and at GarryduflF by Mr. Goodison. At Dranagh arc several neat cottages with gardens attached, and the peasantry of this district generally exhibit in their persons and dwellings an appearance of neatness and comfort. Spinning and weaving are carried on by them at their own homes. Fairs are held at Harrowon March '21st, June 24th, Sept. ;iOth, and Dec. 1st. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Ferns, and in the patronage of the Bishop : the tithe rent-charge is £394. 12. The church, a neat structure, was rebuilt in 1766, by aid of a gift of £200, and was enlarged and modernised in 1831, by a loan of £600, from the late Board of First Fruits. The glebe-house was built in 1804, at an expense of £1800, of which the Board gave £100 : near the church is a glebe of 24 acres. In the Roman Catholic divisions this parish is partly in the district of Monageer, and partly in that of Oulart : the chapel is at Boulavogue.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 16

42. Plot to seize Limerick city, 1803

    Limerick · city · Limerick · 1803

    In 1803, a project was conceived to seize the city of Limerick as a means of co-operating with insurgents in Dublin under Emmet. On learning that preparations were in progress to oppose them, the men dispersed.

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    But the pause was of short duration. A new association appeared in 1793, under the name of Defenders, who had so well matured their plans that they made a simultaneous attack upon the towns of Kilfinane and Bruff ; and though repulsed from the former by the spirited resistance of the inhabitants, supported by the Palatine yeomanry, they succeeded in gaining possession of the latter. But they were shortly driven out of it, with some loss of life, by a detachment of the army against which they had ventured to make a stand. In 1803, a project was conceived of seizing the city of Limerick, as a means of co-operating with the in^^urgcnts in Dublin under Emmet ; but on learning that preparations were in progress to oppose them, the men dispersed. Symptoms of disturbance again showed themselves in 1809 ; and in 181.5 the spirit of discontent broke out in an insurrection of peculiar violence, which raged during that and the greater part of the succeeding year, but was ultimately subdued by the operation of the Insurrection act. In 1817, a general failure of the crops occasioned a very distressing famine, which, though relieved by issues of public money and liberal contributions of benevolent individuals, entailed on the districts most visited by the dearth a frightful scourge of contagious disease.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 73

43. Plunder and destruction of Leighlin priory

    Oldleighlin · parish · Carlow · 916–1432

    The priory at Old Leighlin was plundered in 916, 978, and 982, and totally destroyed by fire in 1060. A later priory of St. Stephen, founded or endowed by Burchard son of Gurmond, a Norwegian, was dissolved by Pope Eugene IV in 1432 and its possessions annexed to the deanery of Leighlin.

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    LEIGHLIN, OLD, a parish, the seat of a diocese, and formerly a parliamentary borough, in the barony of Idrone West, union and county of Carlow, and province of Leinster, 1,: mile (S. S. W.) from Leighlin- Bridge, on the road to Castlecomer ; containing 36.58 inhabitants, of whom 140 are in the village. This place has from a remote period been distinguished for its religious establishments, the earliest of which was a PRIORY for Canons Regular, founded by St. Cobban about the close of the 6th or commencement of the 7th century. A grand synod was held here in 630 to deliberate on the proper time for celebrating the festival of Easter, and was attended by St. Laserian, who had been consecrated bishop by Pope Honorius and sent as legate from the holy see. In 632, St. Gobban built a cell for himself and brethren at another place, and relinquished the abbey to St. Laserian, who made it the head of a see, over which he presided till his death in 638 ; and so greatly did the monastery flourish that, during the prelacy of St. Laserian, there were at one time not less than 1500 monks in the establishment. The priory was plundered in 916, 978, and 982, and in 1060 was totally destroyed by fire. Among its subsequent benefactors was Burchard, son of Gurmond, a Norwegian, who 211

    either founded or endowed the priory of St. Stephen j ■which, being situated in a depopulated and wasted country, frequently afTorded refuge and asMihIanec to the English, in acknowledgment of which Edward IH. granted to the prior a concordatuni in 1372. This priory was dissolved by Pope Eugene IV., in 1432, and its possessions annexed to the deanery of Leighlin.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 67

44. Plunkett chapel tablet at Dunsoghly dated 1573

    Dunsoghly · townland · Dublin · 1573

    Adjoining Dunsoghly Castle ruins are the remains of a private chapel with a freestone tablet over the doorway showing emblems of the Crucifixion in high relief, bearing the letters I. P. M. O. 6. S. and the date 1573. The ancient Plunkett family originally owned the property.

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    MARGARET'S, ST., a parish, in the union of North Dublin, barony of Coolock, county of Dublin, and province of Leinstek, 5| miles (N.) from Dublin, on the old road to Naul, and about a mile from the coach-road from Dublin to Ashbourne ; containing 401 inhabitants, of whom about 100 are in the village. A fair is held on July 30th and 31st for the sale of horses and cattle. The principal seats are Dunbroe House, Newtown, Newtown House, Harristown House, Ilarristown, Kingstown House, and Barberstown House. In ecclesiastical arrangements it is a chapelry, in the diocese of Dublin, forming part of the benefice of Finglas and the corps of the chancellorship of St. Patrick's, Dublin : the tithe is included in the amount for Finglas. The church is in ruins ; over the door of a small adjoining chapel, is a Latin inscription purporting that it was built by Sir John Plunkett, formerly chief justice of the king's bench in Ireland. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the district of Finglas, and has a neat chapel in the village, in which is also a national school. About a mile distant are the ruins of Dunsoghly Castle, consisting of a tower, still roofed, and the remains of a large hall or dining-room, and kitchens : the tower is vaulted at the bottom, and had three stories; the floors of the two upper stories have fallen in, but the room of the principal floor is in tolerable repair : the view from the top is very extensive. The ancient family of Plunkett originally owned this property, which now belongs to Mrs. Cavenagh, who inherits it through her grandfather. Adjoining the ruins are the remains of a private chapel, over the doorway of which is a tablet of freestone, exhibiting the emblems of the Crucifi.xion, in high relief, with the letters and date i. p. m. o. 6. s. 1573 at the bottom. Mr. B. Shew, of Newtown House, on planting an elevated spot in his grounds, a few years since, discovered a great quantity of human bones, supposed to be some of those who fell in the various skirmishes which at different periods have taken place in Vol. II.— 305

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 137

45. Plunkett marriage and Earldom of Fingall at Killeen

    Killeen · townland · Meath · 1403–1628

    The barony of Killeen came to the Plunkett family through the marriage of Sir Christopher Plunkett in 1403 to the heiress of Sir Lucas Cusac. Lucas, the tenth lord, was created Earl of Fingall by James I in 1628.

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    KILLEEN, a parish, in the union of Dunshaitgh- HN, barony of Skreen, county of Meath, and province of Leinster, 2^: miles (N. byW.) from Dunshaughlin, and on the road from Dublin to Athboy ; containing .580 inhabitants. An abbey is said to have been founded here in the 1 6th century, by St. Endeus ; and also a nunnery, of which his sister St. Fanchea was abbess. The barony came into the family of Plunkett by the marriage of Sir Christopher Plunkett, in 1403, with the only daughter and heiress of Sir Lucas Cusac ; and Lucas, the tenth lord, was created Earl of Fingall by James I., in 1628. The parish comprises 3346^ statute acres : about one-third is under tillage, and the remainder meadow and pasture of excellent quality ; the system of agriculture is greatly improved, and there is neither waste land nor bog. Here are several quarries of black limestone. Killeen Castle, the scat of the Earl of Fingall, was originally a stately structure, erected by Hugh de Lacy, in 1180, and has been enlarged and improved after a design by Johnston, in which the style of its ancient architecture has been retained with fine effect ; the demesne comprises more than 840 statute acres, and is tastefully laid out and embellished. The parish is in the diocese of Meath : the rectory is impropriate in P. P. Metgc, of Athlumney, Esq., and the vicarage forms part of the union of Taragh ; the tithe rent-charge is £153, two-thirds payable to the impropriator, and one-third to the vicar. The church, near the castle, is a very interesting structure, erected by Sir Christopher Plunkett, who died in 1445 ; the east window is of lofty dimensions, and of very elegant design. Among the ancient monuments are those of the founder and his wife ; of Robert Cusac, who died in 1620 ; and of John Quartermas (who roofed the church) and his wife, dated 1507. The church formerly contained a chantry and a guild of the Blessed "Virgin. The glebe comprises 57 acres of good land. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the union of Dunsany, or Kilmessan.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 38

46. Pollardstown on the Grand Canal

    Pollardstown · townland · Kildare

    Pollardstown is a parish situated on the Grand Canal near the border of the Curragh of Kildare, comprising 1249 statute acres. Within its limits is Rathbride House, an estate house noted in the topographical description.

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    POLLARDSTOWN, a parish, in the union of Naas, barony of East Ophaly, county of Kildare, and province of Leinster, 3 miles (N. by E.) from Kildare, on the road to Milltown ; containing 313 inhabitants. It is situated on the Grand Canal, near the border of the Curragh of Kildare, and comprises 1249f statute acres. Within its limits is Rathbride House. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Kildare, forming part of the union of Thomastown : the tithe rent-charge is £56.7.6. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is partly in the district of Allen and Milltown, and partly in that of Rathangan.

    POLSILLAGH, a village, in the parish of Kilmov- LAN, union of Tuam, barony of Clare, county of Galway, and province of Connaught ; containing 32 bouses, and 150 inhabitants.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 230

47. Pomeroy Demesne lake and spring

    near Pomeroy · townland · Tyrone

    Within the 556-acre demesne of Pomeroy is a small lake whose borders resemble the coast of Ireland on a scale of about one foot to a mile. Near the lake is a very abundant spring of water strongly impregnated with carbonic-acid gas.

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    ral years since, measured 29 feet in circumference. During the unsettled period of 1641 it was nearly stripped of its timber, and it remained in a neglected state until 1 "70, when the Rev. James Lowry undertook its management : he planted a great portion of the demesne, which now exhibits some very fine timber, and bequeathed a sum to erect the present mansion. In the demesne, which consists of .556 acres, is a small lake, whose borders resemble in shape the coast of Ireland, on a scale of about one foot to a mile. Near it is a very abundant spring of water, strongly impregnated with carbonic-acid gas. The town or village, which is seated on the summit of a hill and contains 107 houses, consists of a square, and a long street, the roadway of which having been cut down in order to diminish the ascent, the houses on each side are in an unsightly and even dangerous situation. A court leet and baron for the manor is held here every three weeks, in which debts to the amount of 40s. are recoverable ; pettysessions are held on the third Wednesday in every month. It is a constabulary police station, and has a receiving-house for letters under Dunganuon and Omagh. Fairs are held on the second Tuesday of every month, for the sale of cattle; and two annual fairs on June 1st and Oct. 31st. The parish comprises 15,951 statute acres : the eastern and southern parts are fertile and well cultivated ; the western, which forms part of the Altmore mountain, and comprises nearly 3000 acres, is uncultivated mountain and bog. Granite, basalt, quartz, limestone, freestone, elayslate, ironstone, and coal have been found. The principal seats within the limits of the parish are Pomeroy House, Mulnagore Lodge, and Drummond Lodge.

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48. Pomeroy demesne lake shaped like Ireland

    near Pomeroy · townland · Tyrone

    A lake within the demesne of Pomeroy has a border that presents an exact miniature resemblance of the outline of Ireland. This is noted as one of several small but scenically interesting lakes in the area.

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    The SURFACE is diversified by a continued variety of hill and dale, and rises into elevated mountain tracts in the north and west, known by the general name of the Munterlowny mountains : the most elevated is Saicell, part of which is in the county of Londonderry, 2'235 feet high; the next is MiilUtghcarn, 1778 feet. Bessy Bell and Mary Grey are the fanciful names of two mountains detached from this range, and standing prominently on each side of the river Mourne. The former is said to derive its name from Baal or Bel, whose religious rights called Baase were performed on its summit; hence the expression Baase Bell, which by a natural corruption has been moulded into its present popular appellation : the origin of the name of the other has not been ascertained. To the west of the barony of Dungannon are the mountains of Biilli/<^'(twlf-y, and still further south-west are those of Morley or Murley , both so high as to preclude the possibility of cultivation, though not so lofty as the northern range. The less elevated districts present many views of rich tranquil scenery : the mountainous parts, particularly near the courses of the numerous rivers and streams, abound with romantic prospects. The central part of the county from Omagh to Ballygawley is mostly a dreary expanse of bog and heath. The Lakes are few and small ; in the demesne of Baronscouit are three, one of which has an artificial islet clothed with timber, called M'^Hugh's Island, from a chieftain of that name who constructed it and erected a fortress on it. Not far from Baronscourt is Lough Creevy ; Lough Frae or Fry is in Lissan parish. There are others, small, but interesting for their scenery, near Pomeroy, Donoughmore, Fairlough, and Dunamanagh ; the border of one in the demesne of Pomeroy presents an exact miniature resemblance of the outline of Ireland. 619

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49. Portadown's ancient M'Canns castle and Obyns mansion

    near Portadown · town · Armagh · 1603–1649

    Portadown derived its name from an ancient castle of the M'Canns, tributaries of the O'Nials, commanding the pass of the river Bann. The lands were granted by James I to William Powell and later by Charles I to the Obyns family, who erected a large Elizabethan-style mansion and built 14 houses for English families.

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    PORTADOWN, a market and post town, and district parish, in the union of Lurgan, barony of Oneil- LAND West, county of Armagh, and province of Ulster, 9 miles (N. E.) from Armagh, and 69 (N.byW.) from Dublin, on the road from Armagh to Belfast : the town contains 2505 inhabitants. This place, anciently called Port-ne-doon, or " the port of the fortified eminence," derived that name from an ancient castle of the M'^Canns or M'^Canes, who were tributaries of the O'Nials and occupied this very important station, commanding the pass of the river Bann. The adjoining lands were, under the name of the manor of Ballyoran, granted by James I. to William Powell, and afterwards by Charles I., in the 7th of his reign, to Prudence Obyns and John Obyns, who erected a large mansion in the Elizabethan style for their own residence, and built 14 houses, in which they settled 14 Enghsh families. Of the ancient mansion there is scarcely a vestige, except the gardens, and the avenue, which is still tolerably perfect. The town, which has been greatly extended, and the manor, are now the property of the Duke of INIanchester.

    Portadown is very advantageously situated on the river Bann, over which is a stone bridge of seven arches, connecting it with the small suburb of Edenderry, in the parish of Seagoe. It consists of one spacious and handsome street, with several smaller streets branching from it in various directions; and contains 479 houses, of which those in the principal street are large and well built. The town has been greatly improved within the last 50 years, previously to which it was comparatively of little importance ; it is paved and cleansed by a committee appointed under the act of the 9th of George

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50. Portadown's Seven-Arch Bridge of 1764

    near Portadown · town · Armagh · 1764

    The river Bann at Portadown was originally crossed by a seven-arch bridge built in 1764. After the old bridge gave way, a new three-arch bridge was erected at a cost of £8,000 to the county.

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    The surface of the parish is a gentle undulation of hill and dale ; the highest point is the hill of Drumclogher, whence is obtained a full view of the parish, and the rich scenery of the Bann, Lough Neagh, and the Morne mountains. The river, here navigable for vessels of 60 tons, cannot be surpassed for its majestic appearance as it winds along the parish boundary. It was crossed at Portadown by a bridge of seven arches, built in 1764, but this having given way in several places, a new bridge has been erected at an expense to the county of £8000 ; it is a very fine building of three arches, each more than fifty feet in span. The parish is well intersected with roads : a new line between Armagh and Belfast is carried through it for nearly three miles, besides several minor roads communicating with the county of Down ; and it is also intersected by the Ulster railway. The farmhouses exhibit much appearance of comfort, particularly those on the Carrick estate, which are remarkable for their neatness. Manorial

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51. Portadown stone bridge over the river Bann

    near Portadown · town · Armagh · 1764–1837

    A stone bridge of seven arches connects Portadown with the suburb of Edenderry in the parish of Seagoe. Built in 1764, it is the only bridge across the Bann between Knock and Toome, a distance of 30 miles, and has suffered so much from floods that rebuilding became necessary.

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    IV., who raise money for that purpose by an assessment on the inhabitants. The river, which falls into Lough Neagh about seven miles below the town to the north, and communicates with the Newry canal about one mile above it to the south, is navigable for vessels of SO tons' burthen ; but from a bar at its mouth, and from want of depth in the canal, the vessels generally navigating it seldom exceed 60 tons. Considerable facilities are afforded by railways : see Belfast. The bridge, which is the only one across the river between Knock and Toome, a distance of full 30 miles, was built in 1/64, but has suffered so much from the winter floods, that it has become necessary to rebuild it ; the expense is estimated at £8000. The chief trade is in corn, pork, cattle, and other agricultural produce, and is greatly promoted by the situation of the place in the centre of an extensive and fertile district. The corn trade is particularly brisk during the winter ; on an average, from £10,000 to £15,000 are laid out weekly in the purchase of grain, which is shipped to Newry and Belfast for exportation to England, the vessels returning with cargoes of timber, coal, slates, iron, and other articles for inland consumption. The manufacture of linen, lawn, cambric, and sheeting, is extensively carried on, chiefly for the bleachers and factors of Banbridge ; and the weaving of cotton goods for the merchants of Belfast also affords employment to a great number of persons. A large distillery has been established, consuming annually more than 3000 tons of malt, here, and oats ; there is also a very extensive porter brewery ; and since the Tyrone collieries were opened, brick-making has been carried on. Branches of the Belfast and Ulster Banks have been opened. In the excise arrangements the town is w ithin the district of Armagh. The market is on Saturday, and is abundantly supplied with provisions of all kinds, and with linen-yarn, which is sold in great quantities : fairs are held on the third Saturday in every month, and also on Easter-Mouday and Whit- Monday, for cattle, pigs, and pedlery ; and during the winter great quantities of pork are sold. A commodious market-place, with shambles and every requisite, has been erected by subscription, and is under the regulation of a committee. A chief constabulary police force is stationed in the town : petty- sessions are held every Saturday ; and courts for the manors of Ballyoran and Richmount, at which debts to the amount of 40*. are recoverable, every third Monday, before a seneschal appointed by the Duke of Manchester.

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52. Portaferry castle and adjacent chapel in ruins

    near Portaferry · town · Down

    The castle built by the Savage family at Portaferry is rapidly falling to ruin. Near the castle are the ruins of a chapel that was roofed with stone.

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    It contains 453 houses, and consists of a square and three principal streets, besides a range of good houses on the quay, which is built along the edge of the strait. The public buildings are, the market-house, a substantial old structure in the middle of the square, which in the disturbances of 17 93 became a post of defence to the yeomanry of the town, who repulsed a body of the insurgents that attempted to take possession of it ; the church of the parish of Ballyphilip, a neat building erected in 17S7 ; a large and commodious Presbyterian meeting-house ; and another for Wesleyan Methodists : at a little distance from the town is the Roman Catholic chapel (a large building) for the parishes of Ballyphilip, Ballytrustan, Slane, and Witter. The town is a constabulary pohce, and a coast guard, station. The market, on Saturday, is well supplied with provisions ; fairs are held on Jan. 1st, Feb. 13th, the Tuesday after May 12th, and Nov. 13th. There is a distillery ; and a brisk trade is carried on, chiefly with Liverpool, Glasgow, Dublin, and Belfast, whither Portaferry sends wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, and kelp, receiving in exchange timber, coal, and general merchandise. The situation of the town gives it the command of a fine prospect : adjoining it, on a rising ground, is Portaferry House, the residence of the Nugent family, a large and handsome building, finely situated in an extensive and highly ornamented demesne. The glebe-house of Ballyphilip, the residence of the Chancellor of Down, stands on the site of the ancient parish church, which is said to have been once an abbey. The castle is rapidly falling to ruin : near it are the ruins of a chapel roofed with stone. A school is maintained here under the patronage of Mr. Nugent, who pays £20 annually to the master.

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53. Portaferry founded around Savage family castle

    near Portaferry · town · Down

    Portaferry owes its origin to a castle built by the Savage family, who arrived with John de Courcy shortly after the English came to Ireland. The castle's strategic position on the strait made it an important post during subsequent wars, and the Southern Ardes district never fell to the Irish.

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    PORTAFERRY, a sea-port, market, and post town, in the parish of Ballyphilip, union of Downpatrick, barony of Ardes, county of Down, and province of Ulster, 7 miles (N. E.) from Downpatrick, and 102 (N. N. E.) from Dublin; containing 2107 inhabitants. It is situated on the eastern side of the inlet that forms the entrance to Lough Coyne or Strangford Lough, and opposite to the town of Strangford, on the western side of the same inlet : a constant intercourse is kept up between the two places by means of a ferry. The town owes its origin to a castle built by the Savage family, who came into this part of the country with John de Courcy, shortly after the arrival of the English ; and the place being well secured and garrisoned by that powerful family, its situation on the strait made it a post of great importance in all the subsequent wars, during which neither it nor the neighbouring district of the Southern Ardes ever fell into the hands of the Irish. But the town, until lately, was only a small collection of cottages, built under the shelter of the castle, and chiefly inhabited by fishermen. It is now, owing to the exertions of the proprietor, Andrew Nugent, Esq., and the spirit of commercial enterprise in the chief townsmen, a place of considerable business, and increasing yearly in prosperity.

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54. Portaferry House, Nugent family residence

    near Portaferry · town · Down

    Portaferry House is the residence of the Nugent family, situated on a rising ground adjoining the town. It is a large and handsome building set in an extensive and highly ornamented demesne.

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    It contains 453 houses, and consists of a square and three principal streets, besides a range of good houses on the quay, which is built along the edge of the strait. The public buildings are, the market-house, a substantial old structure in the middle of the square, which in the disturbances of 17 93 became a post of defence to the yeomanry of the town, who repulsed a body of the insurgents that attempted to take possession of it ; the church of the parish of Ballyphilip, a neat building erected in 17S7 ; a large and commodious Presbyterian meeting-house ; and another for Wesleyan Methodists : at a little distance from the town is the Roman Catholic chapel (a large building) for the parishes of Ballyphilip, Ballytrustan, Slane, and Witter. The town is a constabulary pohce, and a coast guard, station. The market, on Saturday, is well supplied with provisions ; fairs are held on Jan. 1st, Feb. 13th, the Tuesday after May 12th, and Nov. 13th. There is a distillery ; and a brisk trade is carried on, chiefly with Liverpool, Glasgow, Dublin, and Belfast, whither Portaferry sends wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, and kelp, receiving in exchange timber, coal, and general merchandise. The situation of the town gives it the command of a fine prospect : adjoining it, on a rising ground, is Portaferry House, the residence of the Nugent family, a large and handsome building, finely situated in an extensive and highly ornamented demesne. The glebe-house of Ballyphilip, the residence of the Chancellor of Down, stands on the site of the ancient parish church, which is said to have been once an abbey. The castle is rapidly falling to ruin : near it are the ruins of a chapel roofed with stone. A school is maintained here under the patronage of Mr. Nugent, who pays £20 annually to the master.

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55. Portala fishing-village and Killea church, Waterford

    Killea · townland · Waterford · 1817–1837

    Near the southern extremity of the parish of Killea in Waterford is the fishing-village of Portala. The parish church was built in 1817 by aid of a gift of £900 from the late Board of First Fruits.

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    KILLEA, a parish, in the barony of Gacltier, union and county of Waterford, and province of Munster ; containing, with the sea-port and post-town of Dunmore, 2068 inhabitants. This parish comprises 3953 statute acres, and near its southern extremity is the fishing-village of Portala. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Waterford, episcopally united, in 1815, to that of Rathmoylan, and in the patronage of the Crown ; the rectory is impropriate in J. Kearney, Esq. The tithe rent-charge of the parish is £202. 10., of which £110. 15.6. are payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the vicar ; the entire tithe of the benefice of the vicar is £163. 5. 6. The church was built in 1817, by aid of a gift of £900 from the late Board of First Fruits. The glebe of the union comprises 6a. 1'p., and consists of a small plot in each parish. In the Roman Catholic divisions Killea is part of the district of Passage, and contains a chapel. — See Dunmore.

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56. Porter and ale brewery at northern end of Youghal

    Youghal · town · Cork

    A large porter and ale brewery was established at the northern end of Youghal by Messrs. Deaves and Eustace, with machinery of the most improved kind and a connected malting concern.

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    The woollen manufacture was formerly carried on here to a considerable extent, but has long since been discontinued ; that of porcelain and fine delf was likewise carried on for a time : the manufactures at present are those of bricks, of which some of a very fine quality are sent coastwise to Cork ; a coarse kind of pottery made for the use of the neighbourhood; and an extensive rope-manufacture. A large porter and ale brewery was established at the northern end of the town by Messrs. Deaves and Eustace, the machinery of which is of the most improved kind ; a malting concern is connected with it. Messrs. Keays and Messrs. Ronayne have each establishments for the purchase and export of salmon in ice : the annual amount of export is valued at about £2500. At the north end of the town is a quarry of good clay-slate used as buildingstone, which produces an abundant supply ; it is the property of the Town Commissioners, who generously give it to the quarry-men working it, by whom the produce is disposed of to great advantage. The trade of the PORT is very considerable, especially the coasting- 680

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57. Portglenone church and Bishop Hutchinson's burial

    near Portglenone · town · Antrim

    The church at Portglenone, a neat plain edifice, was built as a chapel of ease to the mother church of Ahoghill prior to 1739 by Bishop Hutchinson, who was interred under the chancel. The parish was instituted by separating 20 townlands from Ahoghill, with the Londonderry side called Glenone and the other Portglenone.

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    The parish was instituted in 1840, by separating 20 townlands from the parish of Ahoghill : that part on the Londonderry side of the Bann is called Gleuone ; on the other, Portglenone. Portglenone House occupies the site of an ancient castle of the O'Nials ; Mount Davys was originally built by Colonel Davys, about the year 1700, and rebuilt in 1*58 by Bryan ftPJIanus, Esq. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Connor, and in the patronage of the Crown : the incumbent has a tithe rent-charge of £'232 out of the old parish. The church, a neat plain edifice, was built as a chapel of ease to the mother church of Ahoghill, prior to 1/39, by Bishop Hutchinson, who was interred under the chancel. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the union of Ahoghill : the chapel is situated at Aughnahoy, about a mile from the town. There are places of worship for Presbyterians in connexion with the General Assembly, and for Wesleyan Methodists.

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58. Portglenone fords as historic pass between Antrim and Londonderry

    near Portglenone · town · Antrim

    Portglenone is situated on the river Bann, navigable to Lough Neagh. The fords at this crossing, now superseded by a bridge, were regarded as one of the most important passes between the counties of Antrim and Londonderry, on whose confines the town stands.

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    PORTGLENONE, a market and post town, and district parish, in the union of Ballymena, partly in the barony of Loughinsholin, county of Londonderry, but chiefly in the barony of Lower Toome, county of Antrim, and province of Ulster, 32| miles (N. W.) from Belfast, and 104 (N.) from Dublin, on the road from Ballymena to Castle-Dawson ; containing about 6S60 inhabitants, of whom 990 are in the town. This place is situated on the river Bann, which is navigable to Lough Neagh ; the fords, now superseded by a bridge, were regarded as one of the most important passes between the counties of Antrim and Londonderry, on the confines of which it is situated. The town consists principally of one long street, and contains 183

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59. Portlaw: cotton-manufacturing town created by Malcolmson family

    Portlaw · town · Waterford · 1817–1837

    Portlaw is entirely of modern origin, with scarcely a cabin on the spot twenty years prior. It grew solely due to Messrs. Malcolmson and Sons, who introduced cotton manufacture on an extensive scale along the river Clodagh, employing over 1,000 persons.

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    PORTLAW, a post-town, in the parish of Clo- NEGAM, union of Carrick-on-Suir, barony of Upperthird, county of Waterford, and province of Mun- STER, 9 miles (W.) from Waterford, and S3| (S. \V.) from Dublin ; containing 3647 inhabitants. This place, which is situated on the small river Clodagh, is altogether of modern origin ; within the last twenty years, there svas scarcely a cabin to be seen on that spot which is now the site of a handsome and flourishing town. It is solely indebted for its growth and prosperity to the residence of Messrs. Malcolmson and Sons, who introduced the cotton manufacture, and erected buildings for carrying it on upon a very extensive scale. The town is situated on the confines of Curraghmore Park, the princely seat of the Marquess of Waterford, from which it is separated only by the Clodagh, a deep and rapid stream, on whose margin the mills are erected : the total number of houses is 489, many of which are handsome and well built, and the remainder neat cottages roofed with slate. The manufactory is a spacious and lofty building (with a flat roof, on which is a reserv'oir for water,) fitted up with the most improved machinery, propelled by three large water-wheels and three steam-engines, the united power of which is estitimated at more than that of 300 horses. The works aflFord constant employment to considerably more than 1000 persons ; the amount of capital expended weekly is not less than £600. Connected with them are numerous trades to which they furnish employment ; and in all the various departments upon which they have an influence, it is calculated that more than 4000 persons are procuring a comfortable subsistence. The cottons, when manufactured, are bleached on the pre- 427

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60. Portmagee coast guard station and chapel

    Portmagee · townland · Kerry

    Portmagee in the parish of Killemlagh has a coast guard station in the district of Valencia and petty-sessions held there once every three weeks. The Roman Catholic chapel for the district of Prior is located at Portmagee.

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    KILLEMLAGII, or Killemilagh, a pari.'^h, in the union of Cahirciveen, barony of Iveragii, county of Kerry, and province of Monster, 8 miles (S. w.) from Cahirciveen; containing ^"28 inhabitants. This parish, which comprises 11,857 statute acres, including a considerable quantity of mountain and bog, is situated on the western coast, and on the south-eastern side of the harbour of Valentia. Its southern extremity forms Bolus Head, which is on the north-west side of the entrance to the bay of Ballinaskelligs. Puffin Island, so called from its being much frequented by pulFins, and which also abounds with rabbits, is steep and craggy, with a remarkable gap in its highest part ; the Skellig Islands also lie off this parish, and are separately described. Many of the inhabitants are engaged in fishing, and in the collection of sea-weed for manure. At Portmagee is a coast guard station, in the district of Valencia, and petty-sessions are held there once in three weeks. The principal seats are Belville, Waterview, Kilkevaragh, and Ahadda. The parish is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, forming part of the corps of the treasurership of Ardfert : the tithe rent-charge is £76. 3., and there is a glebe at Kerl. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is in the district of Prior, and has a chapel at Portmagee and Kerl. The ruins of the church, which was dedicated to St. Finian, are at the bottom of the bay of Ballinaskelligs, which is so much exposed to a heavy sea that the only landing-place is in a small creek to the north. Here are some chalybeate springs.

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