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)

Each story keeps the passage it was read from. Open one to read it as the scan has it, and, where the companion has written its own telling, that too. The passages are read off photographs of the page by machine, so a word here and there comes out wrong; they are kept as the reading produced them, so you can check any of them against the scan.

1. River Clare at Liskeevy

   Liskeevy · townland · Galway

   The river Clare runs through the parish of Liskeevy and in some places has a depth of 40 feet. The parish includes a large quantity of bog, all easily reclaimable due to abundant limestone gravel nearby.

   Read the passage

   Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

   LISKEEVY, a parish, in the poor-law union of TuAM, barony of Dunmore, county of Galway, and province of Connaught, 6|- miles (N. W.) from Tuam, on the road to Clareraorris and Mayo ; containing 3118 inhabitants. It comprises 7206| statute acres, including a large quantity of bog, the whole of which is easily reclaimable, from the abundance of limestone- gravel in the vicinity. The river Clare runs through it, and in some places has a depth of 40 feet. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Tuam, forming part of the uni(m of Tuam ; the rectory partly constitutes the corps of the deanery, and is partly appropriate to the chapter of Tuam. The tithe rent-charge of Liskeevy is £110. I7. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the district of Adregoole, and has a chapel at Milltown.

   LISLEE, a parish, in the union of Bangor, barony of Ibane and Barryroe, county of Cork, and province of Munster, 10 miles (S. W.) from Bandon, and on

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 84

2. River Fahrta navigable from Valencia harbour

   Killinane · parish · Kerry

   The river Fahrta rises near the south-east end of Killinane parish and is navigable for boats up from the harbour of Valencia, facilitating conveyance of sea-weed and sand.

   Read the passage

   Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

   KILLINANE, a parish, in the union of Cahirci- VEEN, barony of Iveragh, county of Kerry, and province of MvNSTER, 4 miles (N. E.) from Cahirciveen, on the road to Milltown ; containing 3.569 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the southern shore of Dingle bay, and at the inner extremity of the harbour of Valencia : it comprises '.J6,868 statute acres, of which 5030 consist of arable land, 75SO of mountain jiasture, and the remainder (with the exception of about 40 acres of woodland) of rocky mountain, waste, and bog. Towards the sea arc mountains of great elevation, afforiiing pasture during the summer months ; the intervening valleys are coarse and rocky, with only a small proportion of tillage. On one of the mountains is a remarkable prominence called "The Hag's Tooth," on the north side of which are some small romantic lakes. The sea on the north-east forms several creeks ; that of Kells affords shelter to small vessels, and near it is a coast-guard station, being one of the four included in the district of Valencia. The river Fahrta, which rises near the south-east end of the parish, is navigable for boats a considerable way up from the harbour of Valencia, affording great facility for the conveyance of sea-weed and sand ; the latter, which is brought from Begnis Island, is of superior quality, and constitutes a valuable manure. The parish is in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, and is a rectory, forming part of the imion of Cahir : the tithe rent-charge is £1^0. 12., and there is a glebe of 6li acres. In the Roman Catholic divisions Killinane is part of the district of Cahirciveen ; there is a chapel at Tielmore. At Deelis is a schoolhouse with apartments for the master, built in 1833, at the expense of Mrs. Raymond, for the education of the male children of her tenantry, and endowed by her with £20 per annum. The ruins of the old church still remain, in the burial-ground at Seugrany.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 39

3. River Roe winding through Limavady

   near Limavady · town · Derry

   The River Roe, or Red River, receives the Owen-Reagh at Dungiven and is joined by several other rivers. It winds through the fertile flat by Newtown-Limavady and falls into Lough Foyle at Myroe.

   Read the passage

   Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

   The principal rivers are the Foyle, the Bann, the Roe, and the Faughan. The Foyle, which derives its name from the smoothness of its current, intersects the liberties of the city of Londonderry, in a majestic course north-eastward, having descended from Lifford, where, after the union of several important streams, it first obtains its name : at Culmore, six miles below the city, which it appears formerly to have insulated, it expands into the estuary of Lough Foyle. The Bann, or "'White River," so called from the purity of its waters, intersects the liberties of Coleraine, within four miles of its junction with the ocean ; but the navigation is greatly obstructed by shallows and a very dangerous bar, where the currents of the fresh water and the tide meet. The Roe, or " Red River," so called from the colour of its waters, receives at Dungiven the Owen- Reagh : in its course directly north, it is joined from the mountains on each side, by the Owen-Beg, the Gelvin-water, the Balteagh river, and the Castle and Curley rivers ; and winding through the fertile flat by Newtown-Limavady, it falls into Lough Foyle at Myroe. The level country bordering the lower part of its course, is exposed to sudden and impetuous floods poured down from the surrounding mountains ; many acres of the finest lands are with difiiculty defended by embankments, and even with this protection the securing of the crop is never a matter of certainty. The deposits brought down by this river form many shifting banks in the lough, which prevent its mouth from becoming a convenient little port, although there is sufficient depth of water at high tides. The Faughan in its course receives many rills and streams from the heights, and falls into Lough Foyle ; The Moi/ola is a considerable stream descending into Lough Neagh. The principal tributaries of the Bann are the Claudy, Agivey, and Macos(iuin streams. The roads are numerous and highly important : several very useful lines have been made, and others greatly improved, solely at the expense of the Drapers' Company ; all the other roads are kept in repair by grand jury presentments.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 96

4. Riverstown Castle: ruined Dillon family residence

   Riverstown · townland · Meath

   Riverstown Castle, now in ruins, was a residence of the Dillon family. Taragh Hall is also noted as a neat mansion in the parish.

   Read the passage

   Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

   The parish is bounded on the west by the small river Skreen, and comprises 3364 statute acres, of which twothirds are under tillage ; the soil is fertile, the state of agriculture is improving, and there are quarries of lime and black stone used both for building and agricultural purposes. Taragh Hall is a neat mansion ; Riverstown Castle, now in ruins, was a residence of the Dillon family. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath, united by act of council, in 16S0, to the vicarage of Killeen and the rectory of Dunsany, and in the patronage of the Crown. The tithe rent-charge of the parish is £150 : here is a glebe of 9 acres valued at £22. 10. per annum, and in the parish of Killeen is one of 5" acres valued at £171 per annum: the gross annual value of the benefice, including the glebes, is £418. 10. The glebe-house, in Killeen, was built in 1813 at an expense of £1712 British, of which £100 Irish were a gift and £750 a loan from the late Board of First Fruits ; the residue was defrayed by the incumbent. The church, conspicuously situated on the hill of Taragh, nearly in the centre of the parish, is in excellent repair : it was erected in 1823 at a cost of £700 Irish, of which £500 were a loan from the late Board, and the residue was raised by parochial assessment. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the union of Skreen. Taragh formerly gave the title of Baron to John Preston, of Bellinter, on whose death it became extinct.

   TARA HILL, partly in the parish of Kilkevan, barony of Gorey, and partly in that of Kiltennel, barony of Ballaghkeen, union of Gorey, county of Wexford, and province of Leinster, 3 miles (.v. E.) from Gorey; containing about 470 inhabitants. It is situated near the eastern coast, and, though not of great extent or elevation, forms a conspicuous and useful landmark for mariners, with reference to the Kilgorman sands and the new harbour of Courtown. The former are a long and narrow bank, extending from Kilraichael Point in a southern direction for about four miles ; the

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 316

5. Riverstown seat of the Browne bishops of Cork

   Riverstown · townland · Cork

   Riverstown in Templeusque parish was formerly the residence of the celebrated Peter Browne and also of Dr. Jemmett Browne, both Bishops of Cork. It is described as a handsome seat.

   Read the passage

   Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

   TEMPLEUSQUE, a parish, in the barony of Bar- RYMORE, union and county of Cork, and province of MuNSTER, 5^ miles (N.) from Cork, on the road to Dublin : containing 14'29 inhabitants. This parish, which is intersected by the river Glanmire, comprises 4602 statute acres. The surface is hilly, and the soil light and shallow land, under which is a brown unprofitable clay ; yet by good management and the use of sea-sand as manure, the crops equal those of better lands. The parish is principally under tillage, and there are some dairy-farms of about 20 cows each, which supply butter for the Cork market. The system of agriculture is in general defective on the smaller farms ; but great improvement has been made on the lands of Mr. Cremen, who has practised irrigation with success, and embellished the lands in his immediate vicinity with thriving plantations. The principal seats are, Riverstown, a handsome seat, formerly the residence of the celebrated Peter Browne, and also of Dr. Jemmett Browne, Bishops of Cork ; Sarsfield, an ancient mansion, once belonging to that family but now to Mr. Rutland, of Dublin, commanding an extensive and beautiful view down the vale of Glanmire and the opposite bank of the river Lee ; and Woodview, the residence of Mr. Cremen. Within the limits of the parish are the Sallybrook paper-mills ; and the woollen manufacture is capable of affording employment to nearly 200 persons ; there are also some extensive bleach-greens and spinning-mills. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Cork, forming part of the union and corps of the prebend of KillaspigmuUane in the cathedral of St. Finbarr, Cork, and in the patronage of the Bishop : the tithe rent-charge is £225. The Protestant parishioners attend divine service at the church of Ballydelahor. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the district of Glanmire. Nearly adjoining the Dublin road are situated the ruins of a very ancient castle ; and about two miles distant stand those of the parish church of Templeusque. .572

   TERM

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 328

6. Riverstown village, formerly Sadlierstown, County Cork

   Riverstown · townland · Cork

   The village of Riverstown in County Cork, standing in a fertile and richly planted valley close to the confluence of two rivers, was formerly called Sadlierstown but is now known by its more modern name, probably derived from its position. The neighbourhood is embellished with thriving woods of oak of more than forty years' growth, and the parish church of Kilcoane, a small early English style edifice with a low square tower, stands about half a mile to the north-east.

   Read the passage

   Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

   RIVERSTOWN, a village, partly in the parish of Templeusque, and partly in that of Cahirlag, barony of Barrymore, union and county of Cork, and province of MuNSTER, 5| miles (N. E. by E.) from Cork, on the road to Dublin ; containing about 240 inhabitants. This small but beautiful village, which stands in a fertile and richly planted valley, about a mile from Glanmire, and close to the confluence of two rivers, was formerly called Sadlierstown, but is now generally known by its more modern appellation, which it probably derived from its position. Riverstown Lodge, the seat of the Lane family, is pleasantly situated in the village ; closely adjoining is another handsome mansion, in an

   ROBE

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 258

7. River trade and linen bleaching at Moy

   Moy · townland · Tyrone

   Moy carried on a considerable trade in corn, timber, coal, slate, iron, and salt via the River Blackwater, which was navigable for vessels of 100 tons burthen. Extensive bleach-greens near the town finished great quantities of linen for the English market.

   Read the passage

   Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

   MOY, a market and post town, and an ecclesiastical district, in the union of Dungannon, partly in the barony of Oneilland West, county of Armagh, but chiefly in that of Dungannon, county of Tyrone, and province of Ulster, 5:| miles (N.) from Armagh, and 71^ (N. byW.) from Dublin, on the coach-road from Armagh to Dungannon : the population of the district is returned with Clonfeacle ; the town contains 85" inhabitants. This place, commanding the chief pass of the river Blackwater, was a post of considerable importance during the wars in the reign of Elizabeth, and its intimate connexion with Charlemont rendered it in succeeding reigns also a station of much interest to the contending parties. The town is situated on the western bank of the Blackwater, over which is a bridge connecting it with the ancient borough of Charlemont ; it consists principally of a square, or market-place, and one steep street, containing 17'2 houses, several of which are neatly built and most are of modern character. A number of old houses have recently been pulled down and rebuilt, and some new houses are in course of erection. A considerable trade in corn, timber, coal, slate, iron, and salt, is carried on by means of the river, which is navigable for vessels of 100 tons' burthen ; and there are extensive bleach-greens near the town, where great quantities of linen are finished for the English market. The weaving of linen is also carried on to some extent, and there are several small potteries for earthenware of the coarser kind. But the inhabitants are chiefly employed in the trade of the river, and in agriculture. The Ulster canal passes through the parish, and falls into the Blackwater a little below the town. The market, which was recently established, is on Friday, and is well supplied with grain and provisions of all kinds ; fairs for live stock are held on the first Friday in every month, and are numerously attended, especially by horse-dealers. A very commodious market-house and a spacious market-place have been constructed by the Earl of Charlemont, who is the proprietor of the town. A constabulary police force has been stationed here ; petty-sessions are held on alternate Mondays ; and a court for the manor of Charlemont and Moy, which has extensive jurisdiction in the counties of Armagh and Tyrone, is held occasionally by the seneschal.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 177

8. Robert Bruce's castle refuge on Rathlin Island

   near Rathlin Island · island or archipelago · Antrim · 1306–1307

   Robert Bruce, driven from Scotland by Baliol's success, took refuge on Rathlin Island and fortified himself in a castle. A fragment of that castle still remains and bears his name.

   Read the passage

   Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

   RATHLIN, an island and parish, in the union of Ballycastle, barony of Carey, county of Antrim, and province of Ulster, 65 miles (N.) from Ballycastle ; containing 1010 inhabitants. This island, which is situated off the northern coast of Antrim, nearly opposite to the town of Ballycastle, in lat. 54° 36' (N.) and Ion. 9° 15' (W.), and which is regarded as the Ricnia of Pliny and the Richia of Ptolemy, has received various appellations from different writers. By the Irish historians it is called Recarn, or Recrain ,- by Buchanan, Raclinda ; by Mackenzie, Rachri ; by Ware, Raghiui ; and Raghery by Hamilton, who derives that name from Ragh Erin, signifying the " fort of Erin." Its present name, which has been adopted by all modern writers, is but a slight modification of that given to it by Ware. St. Comgall, is said to have landed in this island with the intention of founding a cell, but was expelled by a band of soldiers. In the sixth century, however, a church was founded here, probably by St. Columba, who is said to have placed it under the superintendence of St. Colman. But the foundation of this religious establishment is by some writers attributed to Lugard Laither, who was abbot about the year 590, and by others to St. Legene, abbot of Hy, by whom it was repaired about the year 630. In 790, a body of Danish pirates, in their first descent upon the coast, laid waste the whole island, and destroyed the monastery, which was soon afterwards restored : it was again destroyed in 973, by the Danes, who martyred the abbot, St. Feradach ; since which time no subsequent notice of it occurs. King John granted the island to Alan of Galloway, in Scotland ; and Robert Bruce, when driven from Scotland by the success of Baliol, his competitor for the crown, took refuge here, where he fortified himself in a castle, of which a fragment still remaining bears his name. In 1558, the Earl of Sussex, then lorddeputy, attacked the Scots who had taken possession of the island, and expelled them with great slaughter ; and so much did the place suffer from the repeated ravages of the English and Scots, that it is stated, in a manuscript history of the country, to have been totally uninhabited in 1580.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 250

9. Robs-Wall castle at Portmarnock founded by Mac Robuck

   Portmarnock · town · Dublin · 1400–1525

   On a rock close to the sea-shore at Portmarnock stands the small gloomy castle of Robs-Wall, founded in the 15th or early 16th century by Mac Robuck, descended from Robuck de Birmingham. The manor belonged from an early period to the abbey of St. Mary, Dublin.

   Read the passage

   Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

   PORTMARNOCK, a parish, in the union of Balrothery, barony of Coolock, county of Dublin, and province of Leinster, 7^ miles (N. E.) from Dublin ; containing 631 inhabitants. On a rock, close to the sea-shore, stands the small gloomy castle of Robs-Wall, or Robucks Wall, founded either in the 15th or early in the I6th century by Mac Robuck, descended from Robuck de Birmingham, and the head of a sept of this ancient family. The manor belonged, from a very early period, to the abbey of St. Mary, Dublin, and is now chiefly vested in a branch of the Plunkett family. The parish, which is bounded on the east by St. George's Channel, comprises 2084^ statute acres. The sea-reed, or bent, grows plentifully, in conjunction with Carer Arenaria, on the sands near Rob's- Wall. There is a limestone-quarry, in which fossils are frequently found ; and good potter's-clay is procured within the parish. Here are several respectable seats, the principal of which are Broomfield, Beech wood, Portmarnock House, Hazel Brook, and St. Helen's. The living is, a perpetual curacv, in the diocese of Dublin, and in the patronage of 3 12

   PORT

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 231

10. Roche castle and Franciscan monastery at Rochestown, Limerick

    Rochestown · townland · Limerick · 1485–1540

    The Roches, proprietors of the area, built a strong castle on a bold rock in the reign of Henry VII, the remains of which still formed a conspicuous landscape feature. A Franciscan monastery founded in the 13th century by the Clangibbon family, called Bailenambratharbeg or 'Little Friars'-town,' stood near Six-mile-Bridge on the Commogue until its dissolution and grant to Sir Thomas Baird.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    ROCHESTOWN, or Ballywilliam, a parish, in the barony of Clanwilliam, union and county of Limerick, and province of Munster, 6 miles (S.) from Limerick, on the road to Bruff; containing '273 inhabitants. This place takes its name from the Roches, its proprietors, who, in the reign of Henry VII., erected a strong castle here on a bold rock, the remains of which still form a conspicuous and interesting feature in the landscape. A monastery for Franciscan friars was founded in the 13th century by the Clangibbon family, and called Bailenambratharbeg, or " Little Friars'- town," to distinguish it from Friars'-town in the parish of Cahirvalla ; at the Dissolution it was granted to Sir Thomas Baird. The parish is situated on the river Commogue, and comprises 1165 statute acres. The land is of good quality : about one-fourth part is under tillage, and the remainder rich meadow and pasture ; on the banks of the river are some corcass lands, sometimes overflowed, but which might be embanked at a very trifling expense. The substratum is limestone, and the western termination of the basaltic formation appears in one or two places much decomposed and assuming a columnar tendency. The principal seat is Ballynaguard, the handsome residence of the Croker family, pleasantly situated in an extensive and well-wooded demesne ; there are several excellent farmhouses. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Cashel, and in the patronage of the Bishop ; the rectory is partly impropriate in E. D. Freeman, Esq., and partly in J. Croker, Esq. The tithe rent-charge is £45, one-third of which is payable to the vicar. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the union of Baliybricken. On the banks of the Commogue, near Six-niile-Bridge, are the remains of the ancient monastery.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 258

11. Roche Castle, built by De Verdun, demolished by Cromwell

    Roche Castle · monument · Louth · 1154–1649

    Roche Castle in the parish of Roach, County Louth, is believed to have been originally erected during the reign of Henry II by the De Verdun family, early English settlers in the area. During the parliamentary war it was held for the king but was taken and partly demolished by Cromwell's forces in 1649. The castle sits on a rock with ramparts enclosing an irregular semicircular area, with ruins of a keep, sally-port, and circular towers.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    ROACH, or Roche, a parish, in the union of Dun- DALK, barony of Upper Dundalk, county of Louth, and province of Leinster, 4 miles (W.) from Dundalk, near the road to Crossmaglen ; containing 13"3 inhabitants. Roche Castle is supposed to have been originally erected in the reign of Henry II. by the family of De Verdun, who were among the earliest of the English settlers in this part of Ireland. In the parliamentary war it was held for the king, but in 1649 was taken and partly demolished by the forces of Cromwell. The castle is situated on a rock, to the shape of which the buildings were conformed so as to include its entire summit : the area inclosed by the ramparts is of an irregular semicircular form, and the front, which forms the chord of the segment, is S5 feet in length ; at the opposite extremity are the ruins of a keep, with a sallyport and circular towers, apparently the oldest portion of the buildings. An extensive view of the surrounding country is obtained from the castle, which in itself forms one of the most striking features in the neighbourhood. The parish comprises 3305^ statute acres of tolerably good land, mostly in tillage ; it is bounded on the south by the river Creggan, or Castletown, and contains the residences of Roach and Shortstones. It is a curacy, in the diocese of Armagh, forming part of the union of Baronstown : the rectory is impropriate in John Pratt, Esq., to whom the tithe rent-charge, £1S6. 8. 11., is entirely payable. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the district of Dundalk.

    ROADFORD, a village, in the parish of Killilagh, union of ExNisTYMON, barony of Corcomroe, county of Clare, and province of Munster; containing 1'26 inhabitants.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 258

12. Rockbarton, mansion of Lord Guillamore in Tullybracky

    Rockbarton · townland · Limerick

    Rockbarton is the elegant mansion of Lord Guillamore in Tullybracky parish, County Limerick, situated in a demesne of great extent, beauty, and variety of scenery. It is the most remarkable of the seats in the parish.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    TULLYBRACKY, a parish, partly in the barony of CosHMA, but chiefly in that of Small County, union of KiLMALLOCK, county of Limerick, and province of MuNSTER, If mile (N. E.) from BrufF, on the road to Limerick ; containing 14/3 inhabitants. The parish comprises 3209 acres, statute measure. The land is considered to be of the most fertile character ; it is based on a substratum of limestone. About one-fifth is in tillage, producing heavy crops of every kind of grain ; the remainder is meadow, or inclosed in demesnes : near the boundary is a small but very valuable bog. The most remarkable of the seats is Rockbarton, the elegant mansion of Lord Guillamore, situated in a demesne of great extent, beauty, and variety of scenery : the others are, Cahir, also belonging to his lordship ; Ballynauty ; and the glebe, the grounds of which are laid out with much taste and densely planted. The LIVING is a rectory, in the diocese of Limerick, forming the corps of the prebend of the same name, and in the patronage of the Bishop : the tithe rent-charge is £210. 8. per annum. The glebe-house was erected in 1813 by a gift of £250 and a loan of £550 from the late Board of First Fruits. There are two glebes ; one on which the house is built, the other near the old church ; making together 45^ acres of land of the highest na-

    TUL L

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 358

13. Rock-Corry village on the Corry estate, Monaghan

    Rockcorry · town · Monaghan · 1840–1845

    Rock-Corry took its name from the Corry family, on whose estate it sat before purchase by Lord Cremorne. Lady Cremorne built a large flour-mill, and Mrs. Devereux established a knitting institution in 1840 employing over 100 poor women and children.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    ROCK-CORRY, a village, or market-town, in the parish of Ematris, union of Cootehill, barony of Dartry, county of Monaghan, and province of Ulster, 4 miles (N. E.) from Cootehill, on the old road to Monaghan ; containing 365 inhabitants. This place derives its name from the family of Corry, on whose estate (since purchased by Lord Cremorne) it is situated. It consists of one wide street, lately flagged ; having 78 houses, many of which are of respectable appearance ; and a neat market-house. A large flourmill has been built by Lady Cremorne for the benefit of the neighbourhood. A knitting institution was established in 1840 by Mrs. Devereux, which now gives employment to more than 100 poor women and children ; it is under the patronage of Lady Cremorne, and superintendence of Mrs. Mitchell, of Tanagh, and is supported by subscription. In the village are a receiving-house for letters in connexion with Clones, and a constabulary police station ; and petty-sessions are held on alternate Wednesdays. The market is ou Wednesday, and a fair is held on the last Wednesday in each month. A house for a lecture in connexion with the Established Church, given by Lord Cremorne, was neatly finished in 1845 ; and there are places of worship for Presbyterians and Wesleyan Methodists, the former of late erection, and both neat buildings. The Roman Catholic clergyman has a neat cottage at the entrance to the village. A very handsome school-house, in which the parochial school is held, has been built by Lord Cremorne ; and an infants' school, chiefly supported by Mrs. Devereux, is held in the market-house : there are also a fever hospital, and a dispensary.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 258

14. Rock-crystals found in Dungiven

    near Dungiven · town · Derry

    The finest rock-crystals are to be met with in Finglen, Dungiven, Banagher, and in the primitive mountains near Learmount. These natural geological features highlight the mineral wealth of the area.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    The transition limestone, intervening in a few places between the primitive formations and the sandstone, is of the same kind as that which occupies so great a portion of the central counties : it is of a smoke-grey colour, and contains two sorts of terebratulites, and nodules of glassy quartz, which render it dangerous to blast; but being, nevertheless, the best species in the county for manure and all ordinary purposes, it is most extensively quarried. The sandstone extends the entire length of the county, from its northern extremity near Down hill up the eastern side of the Roe, and surrounding Cragnashoack and Carntogher mountains, ■whence it stretches by the eastern declivity of Slieve- Galhon into the county of Tyrone. The upper strata of chalk are characterised by parallel beds of flinty nodules ; and, at their junction with the basalt, these flints are found imbedded in the lowest member of the trap deposit : it is curiously affected by intersecting dykes filled with basalt. The only great geological phenomenon exhibited on the sea-coast is the gradual emergence of the chalk from under the trap beds. The basalt is chiefly tabular, with the varieties called greenstone, amygdaloidal wacke, &c. A laminated schist of the mica-slate formation is quarried between Derry and Newtown ; there is a good quarry of lamellated schist between Bond's glen and Gossaden ; gneiss occurs in the quarries of the mica-slate near the Faughan river ; granite on the northern summit of Slieve-Gallion : the finest rock-crystals are to be met with in Finglen, Dungiven, Banagher, and in the primitive mountains near Learmount ; and steatite is found in the basaltic region. Iron is disseminated through many of the strata of the county, and in the basalt is sometimes so abundant as to affect the needle. Ironstone, which exists in great abundance in Slieve-Gallion, v\as formerly worked, but the undertaking was abandoned on the failure of fuel. The metal is found in a mixed state with manganese ; and in the mountain streams, mounds of it are observed in the character of yellow ochre. To the abundance of this metal in the peat-moss are owing the red colour and weight of the ashes. Coal, copper, and lead have been discovered in very small quantities.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 96

15. Rockfield quarries yield limestone, greywacke and slate

    Rockfield · townland · Meath

    At Rockfield near Nobber, three quarries near one another yield respectively limestone, greywacke, and a black slaty stone. Several other limestone quarries exist in the parish.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    The parish comprises 10,488 statute acres. The land, which is principally under tillage, varies greatly in quality : in the southern part it is very superior, producing excellent crops of wheat, oats, and barley, with fine pasturage ; there is a considerable quantity of bog in the north, and some marshy bog near the town. The system of agriculture is improving. The lake of Whitewood, which is in the demesne of the same name, the seat of Viscount Gormanston, who has a large estate in the parish, is nearly an English mile in length and is the source of the river Dee, which flows eastward through the parish and discharges itself into the Irish Sea near Annagasson, in the county of Louth. At Rockfield are three quarries near one another, one of which yields limestone, another greywacke, and the third a black slaty stone ; there are several other limestone-quarries in the parish. The principal seats are, Whitewood, already noticed, standing conspicuously on an eminence, and of which the demesne contains 1 50 acres, about 80 being planted, chiefly with young oak ; Brittas, a villa with a demesne containing about 400 acres, well planted ; Julianstown, Rockfield, Possextown, where is an emi-

    NO HO

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 215

16. Rockfleet Castle built by Grace O'Malley

    Rockfleet Castle · castle · Mayo

    Three miles from Newport on the sea-shore is Rockfleet Castle, a small square fortress said to have been built by Granaile, better known as Grace O'Malley, celebrated for her maritime exploits.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    NEWPORT, or Newport-Mayo, a market and post town, in the parish and barony of Burrishoole, union of Westport, county of Mayo, and province of CoNNAUGHT, .5^ milcs (N. by W.) from Westport, and 139| (W. by N.) from Dublin; containing lOyi inhabitants. This town, which is situated at the extremity of Clew bay, was the original port of discharge for the county of Mayo : it is intersected by a fine river, which rises in Lough Beltra and falls into the bay ; the river Burrishoole also flows through the parish, and both abound with excellent salmon, for taking which there are weirs about half a mile above the town. The place consists of one principal street and several others, and contains about 200 houses, some of which are well built and of neat appearance. The trade, formerly very extensive, has, from the difficulty of communication with the interior, been in a great measure transferred to Westport, and at present consists principally in the export of grain, of which, on an average, 3000 tons are annually shipped to England. The pier was erected at the expense of Sir R. A. O'Donel and some of the merchants of the town; the quays are extensive and commodious, and accessible to vessels of 200 tons' burthen, which can be moored in safety alongside, can take in or deliver their cargoes at all times of the tide, and within a few hundred yards may lie at anchor in perfect security. The channel is safe, and the harbour very commodious : the entrance into the bay, which is called indifferently Clew, Newport, or Westport bay, is spacious and direct ; and within it are numerous islets and rocks, between which, on each side, are several good roadsteads, capable of accommodating large vessels, with anchorage in from two to six fathoms. The market is on Tuesday ; and fairs are held on June Sth, Aug. 1st, Nov. llth, and Dec. 20th. A chief constabulary police force is stationed in the town ; petty-sessions are held every Tuesday, and a manorial court on the first Wednesday in every month. The court-house in which the sessions are held is a small neat building. The parish church and a Roman Catholic chapel are situated in the town. In the vicinity is Newport House, the seat of Sir R. A. O'Donel. Three miles distant, on the sea-shore, is Rockfleet Castle, a small square fortress said to have been built by Grana- Uile, better known as Grace O'Malley, and celebrated for her maritime exploits ; and about a mile to the south-east of the town is Carrickaneady, one of the castles said to have been built by the Burkes.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 206

17. Rockfleet Castle built by Grace O'Malley near Newport

    Rockfleet Castle · castle · Mayo

    Rockfleet Castle, a small square building on the shore about three miles west of Newport, is said to have been built by Grace O'Malley. She was so attached to the sea that all her castles were erected on the coast, and tradition holds she fastened her barge's cable to her bedpost when sleeping ashore.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    There are four ancient round towers in the county, at Killala, Turlogh, Meelick, and Baal or Ballagh. The Monasterii'S were numerous, and of high repute for sanctity and wealth. The principal were, Burrishoole ; Ballintubber or Tubberpatrick ; Ballynasmall ; Urlare or Orlare ; Ballyhaunis, which was inhabited by a fraternity of friars in 1641; Cross; Strade ; Ballinrobe or De Roba ; Mayo, which was afterwards the residence of a bishop, and gave name to the county ; Ballina ; Crossmolina ; Moyne ; Rathbran or Rafran ; Rosserick ; and Bofin, in the island of Innisbofin. Among the military ANTiauiTiES the most ancient is that at Duwnpatrkk or Dunbriste, built on a neck of land forming a cliBF three hundred feet high projecting into the sea ; at about the same distance in the sea stands a rugged perpendicular rock of equal elevation with that on the main land, of a triangular shape, contracting gradually from a large base, to the summit, where it is about sixty yards round, and on which are the ruins of a building. The strata, and indentations of surface, in the cliff on the main land and in the insulated rock, correspond in shape and colour. Near the extremity of the neck of land, a strong grouted wall has been built across the point from sea to sea. The appearance of the whole seems to indicate, that the island was at one period attached to the main land but was dissevered from it by some convulsion of nature; and the name Dunbriste, which signifies " the broken rock," confirms this supposition. The place is one of peculiar veneration ; the people resorting to it do penance around several stone crosses on Good Friday, at which time a priest is in attendance. Rockjieet Castle, a small square building on the shore, about three miles west of Newport, is said to have been built by the celebrated Grace O'Malley, already mentioned, who was so singularly attached to the sea that all her castles were erected on the coast ; and tradition states, that when she slept on shore the cable of her own barge was always fastened to her bedpost. Ballylahen Castle, in Gallen barony, was built by one of the Jordan or Dexter family, who built ten others for his ten sons ; they are all small square buildings with a very few contracted windows, a description applicable to most of the castellated structures so numerously scattered throughout the county. Inver Castle, on the eastern side of Broadhaven, was the Vol. IL— 3n

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 148

18. Rockingham demesne on Lough Key

    Rockingham · electoral division · Roscommon

    On the south side of Lough Key is the demesne of Rockingham, the beautiful seat of Viscount Lorton, who greatly improved the parish of Kilbrine and his other estates.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    KILBRINE, a parish, in the union and barony of Boyle, county of Roscommon, and province of Connaught, If mile (S. S. E.) from Bojde ; containing 1114 inhabitants. It comprises 3S52 statute acres. Lough Key is chiefly in this parish : it is about three British miles in its greatest length, has many bays and inlets, and abounds with islands ; but its scenery is rather beautiful than romantic, although the Curlew mountains rise near its western shore. On Trinity Island was an abbey, founded in the 7th century, and refounded in 1215 for Prsemonstratensian canons : in 1466 it was accidentally burnt, but it was rebuilt, and continued till the general dissolution ; some of its ruins still exist. A chronological register was kept in this monastery, and is known as the Annals of Lough Key. On Inchmacnerin was a monastery, supposed to be the Eas-macneire founded by St. Columb ; it existed till the Reformation. Castle Island is almost covered by a building called Mac Dermot's Castle, which has been partially rebuilt by Viscount Lorton, and contains some handsome apartments and fine old portraits : several legends are connected with the original fortress. Church Island contains some ruins, and Stag Island is finely wooded. On the south side of the lake is the demesne of Rockingham, the beautiful seat of Viscount Lorton, who has greatly improved this parish, as well as his other estates. The parish is in the diocese of Elphin : the rectory is impropriate in Lord Crofton ; the vicarage was till lately part of the union of Kiiluken and corps of the archdeaconry of Elphin. The tithe rent-

    K I L— B R

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 16

19. Rocking-stone at Pontoon, Turlough

    Pontoon · electoral division · Mayo

    In the wild romantic district called the Pontoon, where Lough Conn and Lough Cullen unite by a narrow sound, a rocking-stone nicely poised sits on a rock overhanging the waters along a picturesque road.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    TURLOUGH, a parish, in the union of Castlebar, barony of Carra, county of Mayo, and province of Connaught, 3 miles (N. E.) from Castlebar, on the road to Swinford ; containing 7430 inhabitants. This parish is situated on a small river connecting Lough Lanach with Lough Cullen, and comprises 24,,566|- statute acres, of which 2'249 are under water ; a large tract is mountain and bog, and of the remainder the greater portion is under tillage. The land is generally of good quality, and the system of agriculture is improving. Limestone abounds, and is extensively quarried for agricultural purposes, and for building ; there is also a quarry of very fine black marble. About halfway between Castlebar and Ballina is a wild romantic district, where Lough Conn and Lough Cullen unite by a narrow sound, over which is a stone bridge of one arch. Within this district called the Pontoon, the river Deel and several smaller streams flow into Lough Conn, which discharges its superfluous waters into Lough Cullen, into which also flow several large streams. When these tributary streams are swollen by mountain torrents, the Moy, the only outlet, is insufficient to carry off the redundant waters, which are forced back into Lough Conn. The road here, winding round the lake, presents a succession of highly picturesque and romantic scenery ; on a rock overhanging the waters is a rocking-stone nicely poised, and at the Pontoon bridge, leading from this parish to that of Kilbelfad, Lord Bingham has erected a very commodious inn. The principal seats are, Turlough Park, finely situated in an improved demesne ; and Ballyvilla. Here is a bleachgreen, in which ten men are constantly employed ; and fairs are held on May 9th, June 13th, Aug. 24th, and Dec. Sth.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 361

20. Rocking-stone near Glasthule village

    Glasthule · townland · Dublin

    Near the village of Glasthule in the parish of Monkstown, county Dublin, there is a curious rocking-stone of very large dimensions. Some remains of the ancient church also exist in the parish.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    thirds of the tithe of the other parishes in the union, the remaining third only being paid to the curate. The glebe-house is a neat building, and there are two glebes, comprising together 16 acres. The church was rebuilt in the later English style, in 183*2, at a cost of nearly £10,000, of which £5000 were a loan from the Board of First I'Vuits, and the remainder donations and subscriptions : the Ecclesiastical Commissioners recently granted £'2l6 towards its repair. There are five chapels of ease, one at Blackrock, two at Kingstown, one at Bullock, and one at Killiney. In the Roman Catholic divisions the greater part of the parish is within the district of Kingstown. There is a place of worship for the Society of Friends. The Rathdown dispensary, in this parish, was established in 1812, and from that time till June, 1835, afforded relief to 28,424 patients; in connexion with it an hospital was erected in 1834, containing four wards with eight beds in each, and apartments for the requisite attendants : it is situated in a healthy spot, nearly in the centre of the barony, and is supported by subscription. There are some remains of the ancient church ; and near the village of Glasthule, is a curious roeking-stone of very large dimensions.

    MONKSTOWN, or Mountown, a parish, in the union of Navan, barony of Skreen, county of Meath, and province of Leinster, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Navan, on the road to Duleek by Black-Lion ; containing 460 inhabitants. It comprises 8/0 statute acres ; and is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath, entirely impropriate in Mrs. C. Reynell : the tithe rent-charge is £113. 5. In the Roman Catholic divisions it forms part of the district of Johnstown.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 171

21. Rock Island village at Crookhaven harbour, Cork

    Rock Island · street · Cork

    Rock Island, situated on a peninsulated rock opposite Crookhaven on the south-western coast, rose to a flourishing state through the exertions of its proprietor R. Notter, Esq. It guarded the entrance to the spacious and well-sheltered harbour of Crookhaven and hosted a coast-guard station.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    ROCK ISLAND, a village, in the parish of Kil- MOE, union of Skibbereen, Western division of the barony of West Carbery, county of Cork, and province of Munster, 19 miles (S. W.) from Skibbereen ; the population is returned with the parish. It is advantageously situated on a peninsulated rock opposite Crookhaven, on the south-western coast, and has risen into a flourishing state through the spirited exertions of its proprietor, R. Notter, Esq. A new line of road has been opened between this place and Skibbereen, and the post-oftice has been removed hither from Crookhaven : there is a mail to Skibbereen every second day. Immediately off the village, which contains some well-built houses, is the entrance to the spacious and well-sheltered harbour of Crookhaven, noticed in the article on that place. Here is a coast-guard station (usually called the

    ROE B

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 258

22. Rockland Hall, seat of the Talbot family

    Maudlintown · street · Wexford

    Rockland Hall, the seat of W. Talbot Esq., father of the Countess of Shrewsbury, stands near the shore of Wexford harbour and commands an extensive view of the harbour and bay.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    MAUDLINTOWN, a parish, in the barony of Forth, union and county of Wexford, and province of Leinster ; containing, with part of the town ot Wexford, 7'23 inhabitants. By an inquisition taken in the Sth of James I., it appears that there was an hospital for lepers here, governed by a master, keeper, or prior, who, with the brethren and sisters, had, in the 19th of Richard II., acquired and appropriated to themselves and successors in perpetuity, contrary to the statute of mortmain, 120 acres of land in Maudlintown and Rochestown, with the tithes of the parish of Ballyvalloo, kc. The parish is situated on the western shore of the harbour of Wexford, and its south-eastern part forms a continuation of the suburb called "The Faithe :" it comprises 841 statute acres, partly under tillage, and partly occupied by the rugged tract of the trap formation, called the White Rocks. Within the limits of the parish is Rockland Hall, the seat of W. Talbot, Esq. (father of the Countess of Shrewsbury), situated near the shore of the harbour, of which and of the bay it commands an extensive view. For civil purposes this parish has merged into that of St. Peter's, Wexford. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Ferns, forming part of the ecclesiastical union of St. Patrick's, Wexford : the tithe rent-charge is £67. 15. 6. In the Roman Catholic divisions it is part of the district of Wexford. The ruins of the church, dedicated to St. Maud, still exist.

    MAUL'S, ST., a parish, in the union of Kilkenny, partly in the barony of Gowran, county of Kilkenny, but chiefly within the liberties of the city of Kilkenny, and province of Leinster; containing 1496 inhabitants, and comprising 31'2| statute acres. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, entirely appropriate to the see : the tithe rent-charge is £3*. 10., now payable to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the district of St. Canice.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 140

23. Rockmills flour mills erected by R. Aldworth

    Rockmills · man-made feature · Cork

    Extensive flour mills at Rockmills in the parish of Nathlash were erected by the late R. Aldworth of Newmarket, propelled by the river Funcheon and capable of manufacturing nearly 12,000 sacks of flour annually.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    on the mail-car road from Fermoy to Limerick ; containing 899 inhabitants. It is situated on the western bank of the river Funcheon, which flows for nearly a quarter of a mile through a romantic glen formed by two precipitous limestone rocks, apparently rent asunder by some convulsion of nature. It comprises 1024 statute acres ; the land is generally good, and chiefly in tillage, and the state of agriculture is gradually improving. Good marble is found at Ballymahan : there is no waste land or bog. Near the village of Rockraills are the extensive flour-mills from which it derives its name, erected by the late R. Aldworth, Esq., of Newmarket ; they are propelled by the Funcheon, and are capable of manufacturing nearly 12,000 sacks of flour annually : adjacent is Rockmill Lodge, a beautifully situated residence. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Cloyne, united to the vicarage of Kildorrery, and in the gift of the Bishop : the tithe rentcharge of Nathlash is £90, and of the whole union £209. 13. The church, a small neat structure with a tower and spire, is at Rockmills : it was erected in 1812, by aid of a gift of £800 from the late Board of First Fruits. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the district of Kildorrery. See Rockmills.

    NAUGHAVAL.— See Noughaval.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 195

24. Rock of Cashel ruins pre-eminent in Tipperary

    near Rock of Cashel · rock or rocks · Tipperary

    The ruins on the Rock of Cashel are described as claiming pre-eminent notice among all antiquities in Tipperary. A detailed account is referenced under the description of that city.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    The most numerous remains of antiquity are the raths or earthworks of various kinds, scattered over the surface of the county. There are also many little mounds, called Clogh Breagh, or " Stones of Sorrow," said to have been formed by passengers casting a stone each on a spot where any person had met with a violent death. Within the limits of the county are two ancient round towers, in good preservation ; one on the Rock of Cashel, and the other at Roscrea. In a small bog near Cullen have been found an amazing number of valuable relics, of a very remote period of antiquity : they include utensils of brass ; ingots, plates, plain pieces, and numerous ornaments, of gold ; a quantity of arrow and spear heads ; gold cups, tubes, rings, and chains ; brass spears of very extraordinary form ; and other articles of a similar kind. The number of religious houses is stated to have been 40 ; and there are still remains of those of Ardfinnan and Athassel, the Dominican and Franciscan houses at Cashel, and the houses of Clonmel, Corbally, Fethard, Holy Cross, Hore Abbey, Lorragh (where are the remains of three religious edifices), Monaincha, Roscrea, Thurles, and Kilcooly. There are also an old decayed ecclesiastical building at Mullinahone, and numerous decayed parish churches. But the ruins that claim pre-eminent notice are those on the Rock of Cashel, described in the account of that city, u-h'ich see. Remains of ancient castles are to be met with in every part. The most remarkable are those of Nenagh Round, Ardfinnan, Cahir, Lismalin, Grestown, Gralla near Killenaule, Mealiffe, and Drumban in the parish of Mealiffe ; two at Roscrea ; and two at Thurles ; besides which may be particularly noticed the old castellated mansion in the town of Carrick-on- Suir ; Carrick Castle, formerly the seat of the Earl of Carrick ; and Killaghy Castle. Burnt Court is a very fine specimen of an ancient fortified mansion, and there are some remains of another at Thurles. The chief modern mansions of the nobility and gentry are noticed in their respective parishes. The celebrated natural caves near Mitchelstown, lately discovered, are in the parish of Templetenny, in this county, under which head a detailed description of them is given.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 342

25. Rock of Cashel: seat of the chiefs of Magh Femin

    Cashel · town · Tipperary · 400–500

    The chiefs of Magh Femin, a territory in southern Tipperary, had their principal residence on the Rock of Cashel. They were called 'Hij dun iia nioi' or 'the chiefs of the hill of the plain,' later corrupted to O'Donnohue, from whom the MacCarthys descended.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    The inhabitants of this portion of the island are designated by Ptolemy the Coriondi. ^ngus Mf^Nafrach, King of Munster in the fifth century, is said to have enlarged the territory of the powerful tribe of the Desii, occupying the present county of Waterlbrd, by the addition of the southern part of Tipperary, then forming a district called Magh Femin, but afterwards designated Desie Thuasgeart or North Desie, to distinguish it from the southern lands of the sept. According to Vallancey, the chiefs of Magh Femin, whose principal residence was on the Rock of Cashel, obtained the name of Hij dun iia nioi, or " the chiefs of the hill of the plain," rendered by corruption O'Donnohue ; and horn them descended the Mac Carthies. The Desii maintained a separate sovereignty until overpowered by the first English invaders, against whom, however, they carried on a sanguinary and protracted struggle. The families then holding superior rank were those of O'Fogarty, occupying the territory about Thurles, anciently called Hi/ Fogarta ; O'Brien, possessing the tract bordering on the Shannon, below Lough Derg, called Aradh Cliach, and forming the present barony of Owney and Arra ; and OKennedy, who held Muscraighe Thire, now the baronies of Upper and Lower Ormond. The names of several other small districts have also been preserved, such as C'orcn Eathrach, including the country around Holy Cross and Cashel, and forming a considerable part of Goulin, or the Golden Vale ; Enganacht, a territory and sept to the north of this, near Thurles ; and Hy-Kerrin still further north. Ormond, the name of the northern part of the county, signifies East Munster.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 335

26. Rock of Doune: O'Donnell inauguration site

    Doon Rock · rock or rocks · Donegal

    Near Kilmacrenan village is the Rock of Doune, where the O'Donnells were always inaugurated as princes of Tyrconnell by priests regarded as descendants of St. Columb. The last inauguration was that of Sir Niall Garbh O'Donnell, who was degraded from his chieftainship for performing the ceremony without the Lord-Lieutenant's consent.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    KILMACRENAN, a post-town and parish, in the union of Milford, barony of Kilmacrenan, county of Donegal, and province of Ulster. 6 miles (N. N. w.) from Lctterkenny, on the road to Dunfanaghy; containing 9343 inhabitants. St. Columb founded an abbey here, which was richly endowed ; and one of the O'Donells, princes of Tyrconnell, subsequently founded an abbey for conventual Franciscans, which at the Dissolution was granted to Trinity College, Dublin : the present church is supposed to be part of it, and has a mitred head sculptured in relief over the door. Near the village is the rock of Doune, on which the O'Donells were always inaugurated by priests whom they regarded as descendants of St. Columb : the last inauguration was that of Sir Niall Garbh O'Donell, the successor of Hugh Roe O'Donell, but the ceremony being performed without the Lord-Lieutenant's consent, he was degraded from his chieftainship. The parish comprises 35,617 statute acres, of -which ~S'2^ are in small loughs, and 6 in the tideway of the river Lackagb : the system of agriculture is improving, and there is some mountain and bog; fine granite is obtained. The village has a sub-post office to Lctterkenny, and is a constabulary police and a revenue police station ; a new barrack has been just built for each of these forces : fairs are held on the first day of every month, and there is a dispensary. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Raphoe, and in the patronage of the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin : the tithe rentcharge is £506. 5. There is a glebe-house, for the erection of which the Board of First Fruits gave £100, and lent £1125, in 1815; the glebe comprises 150 acres. The church, a handsome edifice, was erected in 1846, at a cost of nearly £1300, of which £250 were local subscriptions, and the remainder was supplied from the funds of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. In the Roman Catholic divisions this parish is partly the head of a district, and partly united to Gartau, and has a chapel in each portion. There is also a meeting-house for Presbyterians in connexion with the General Assembly. Lough Salt mountain, 1541 feet high, is in this parish, and commands a magnificent prospect : the

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 43

27. Rock of Dunamase: striking limestone hill of Dysart Hills

    Park or Dunamase · townland · Laois

    The Rock of Dunamase is one of the two most striking of the Dysart Hills, which are wholly composed of limestone and stand singly rather than forming a continuous elevation. The Dysart Hills add much variety and beauty to a richly improved tract of country in Leinster.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    The tract extending from Urlingford, in Kilkenny county, to Dawson's Grove near Monastereven, on the confines of Kildare, is the most improved of any in Leinster. It is generally well planted, not in isolated patches close to the mansion-houses, but over the whole face of the landscape, so as to give it much the appearance of an English woodland scene. The Dijsart Hilts, which are situated in this rich tract of country, add much to its variety and beauty ; they are wholly composed of limestone, and their direction is north and south between the baronies of Maryborough, Stradbally, and CuUinagh, not forming a continuous elevation, but in most cases standing singly. The Rock of Dunamase and the Doon of Clopoke are two of the most striking of them. To the west the land rises into the lofty range of the SUeve-Bloom Mountains, which form a marked line of division between this and the King's county : 436

    QU EE

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 235

28. Rock of Kilcoole and ivy-clad church ruins

    Kilcoole · town · Wicklow

    A prominent mass of clay-slate called the Rock of Kilcoole rises 149 feet above the sea near the village green. At its base stand ivy-covered ruins of an ancient church surrounded by a cemetery with memorials of the Coolan and O'Byrne families.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    KILCOOLE, or Aghoole, a parish, in the union of R.^THDRu.M, barony of Newcastle, county of Wicklow, and province of Leinster, li mile (E. N. E.) from Newtown-Mount-Kennedy, and on the lower road from Bray to Wicklow ; containing 2460 inhabitants, of whom 296 are in the village. It is situated on the eastern coast, and originally formed part of the territory called Crioch Ciialan, the maritime portion of the country of the O'Byrnes, and subsequently of the district of Ranelagh, which for more than two centuries has given the title of Viscount to the family of Jones. The village comprises 59 houses ; a few are well built, and roofed with slate, but the greater number are small thatched dwellings. Annual fairs for live stock are held on Whit-JIonday and Sept. 4th. On one side of the village green is a vast mass of clay-slate, called the Rock of Kilcoole, 149 feet above the sea, interspersed with broad white veins of quartz, and presenting a singular appearance ; near its base are the ruins of the ancient church, overspread with ivy, and surrounded by a cemetery, in which are many memorials of the Coolans and O Bvrnes. 37

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 16

29. Rocky Island Ordnance magazine with rock-cut vaults

    near Rocky Island · townland · Cork · 1815

    Rocky Island, a limestone mass in Cork harbour, was selected by the Board of Ordnance as a gunpowder magazine. In 1815 the rock surface was levelled, vaults excavated beneath it for 25,000 barrels of powder, and a watch-tower with winding rock-cut staircase formed on the summit.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    ROCKY ISLAND, in the parish of TEMPLERoniN, barony of Barrvmore, union and county of Cork, and province of Munster, 1 mile (S.) from Cove, and in the harbour of Cork ; the population is returned with Hawlbowline. This island, an immense mass of limestone rising abruptly from the bay to the height of 42 feet above high-water mark, and terminating in a conical point, was selected by the Board of Ordnance as a magazine for the military depict of the south of Ireland. In IS1.5, the surface of the rock, with the exception of its summit, on which a watch-tower has been formed, approached by a winding stair-case cut in the solid rock, was levelled ; and beneath it large vaults have been excavated, to each of which is a separate entrance from a deep road-way sunk in the rock, and continued round its entire circumference. The magazine contains '25,000 barrels of gunpowder, and is under the care of a detachment of the artillery from the establishment at Spike Island, who are the only inhabitants of the place. A barrack for au increased force has just been completed, and the rock has been considerably improved. The approach from the bay, to the road surrounding the magazine, is through a lofty archway hewn out of the rock. In the Roman Catholic divisions the island forms part of the union or district of Passage. The marble of the rock is of a beautiful red and white colour.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 258

30. Rocky pass of Dangan obstructing Galway boat traffic

    near Dangan · street · Galway

    The passage through Greatman's bay to Galway is obstructed by the rocky pass of Dangan, which can only be sailed through at high tide, so that 200 boats are sometimes waiting for a passage. It was proposed to clear the channel and construct piers at an estimated cost of £480.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    KILCUMMIN, a parish, in the barony of Moycul- LiN, union and county of Galway, and province of CoNNAUGHT; Containing, with the post-town of Oughterard, 10,824 inhabitants. It comprises 108,791 statute acres, of which 10,281:|: are in Lough Corrib ; and includes within its limits several islands. The principal seats are Lemonfield, Port Carrin, Ardvarn, Clareville, and Lodge. The living is a perpetual cure, in the diocese of Tuam, united to those of Rahoon, Moycullen, and Ballinacourty, and in the patronage of the Bishop ; the rectory is partly impropriate in T. B. Martin, Esq., and partly forms a portion of the union of St. Nicholas and wardenship of Galway. The tithe rent-charge is £105, one-half of which is payable to the impropriator, one-fourth to the warden of Galway, and one-fourth to the perpetual curate. The church, in Oughterard, is a small neat building, for the erection of which the late Board of First Fruits gave £600, in 1810. For the erection of the glebe-house, the same Board, in 1817, gave £450 and lent £50 : the glebe comprises 16 acres. In the Roman Catholic divisions this parish is partly in the diocese of Galway, and partly in that of Tuam : the former portion is called Oughterard, from the chapel being at that place ; the latter is united to part of Killanin, forming the union or district of Killeen, in which are three chapels. The town of Galway and a large portion of the adjoining country are supplied with turf from the district that stretches along the headlands of Kilkerrin and Greatman's bays, in this parish ; and the inhabitants of the interior, through the medium of Lough Corrib, are hence supplied with sea-sand and seaweed for manure. Several hundred boats are constantly employed in the conveyance of these articles, and during the intervals between the fishing seasons many of the fishing-boats are similarly occupied. From this place to Galway there are two sailing courses ; one by the bay of Kilkerrin round Galin Head, where there is a tremendous sea with strong currents ; the other by Greatman's bay, by which vessels may keep in smooth water within the islands. This passage is, however, obstructed by the rocky pass of Dangan, which can only be sailed through at high tide, so that 200 boats are sometimes waiting for a passage. To remedy this evil, it was lately proposed to clear that channel and construct piers, which would render the passage easy at most heights of the tide. The estimated expense of this great improvement was only £480. 3., and the Board of Public Works recommended that half should be paid by government. A pier has been erected by the Fishery Board on the north-east side of Garomna Island, in Greatman's bay. — See Oughterard.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 18

31. Roderic assembles forces at Tara before Dublin siege

    Tara · parish · Meath

    Roderic, the last native monarch of all Ireland, assembled his forces at Tara while preparing to besiege the English in Dublin. After the English settlement Tara was no longer a place of note except for military assemblies within the English Pale.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    which was afterwards removeil to Scotland and used for a similar purpose, until it was taken by Edward I. as a trophy of his victory over that people, and plated in Westminster abbey, where it is still preserved. The hill of Taragh was also selected by St. Patrick as a convenient spot from which to promulgate the doctrines of Christianity, which rapidly extended to every part of Ireland. In 980, the Danes sustained a signal defeat here, which contributed materially to their final expulsion from the country a few years afterwards, from which period they could only infest it by predatory incursions. Roderic, the last native monarch of all Ireland, assembled his forces at Taragh while preparing to besiege the English in Dublin ; but after the English settlement it was no longer a place of note, except for the assembling of the military within the English pale. In 1539 O'Nial, at the head of the northern Irish, after ravaging the surrounding country, reviewed his forces here with great parade ; and during the disturbances of 179s, a numerous body of insurgents was defeated on the hill, by a party of about 400 fencibles and yeomanry. It seems very doubtful, notsvithstanding the name, whether any building of stone ever existed ; the only traces of fortification are earthworks of considerable extent and of various forms, chiefly circular intrenchments, within which habitations of light materials appear to have been formed.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 316

32. Roderic O'Conor's death at the monastery of Cong, 1198

    Cong · town · Mayo · 1198

    Roderic O'Conor, the last of the independent sovereigns of Ireland, died in the monastery of Cong, situated on the verge of County Mayo, in 1198. After his death the history of the county presents a blank until the assassination of William de Burgo, third earl of Ulster.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    The ancient chronicles state, that at the commencement of the 4th century the whole of Connaught was taken from the Firdomnians, a branch of the Firbolgs, who had held it till that time under the Milesians. The remote situation of the county has prevented it from being much noticed in the annals of the different revolutions which have since occurred. Shortly after the English invasion, De Courcy entered the province ; but it does not appear that he penetrated far westward, being driven out after a severe defeat by Cornelius Mommoigi, and Donald O'Brien, King of Limerick. Roderic O'Conor, the last of the independent sovereigns of Ireland, died in the monastery of Cong, on the verge of this county, in 1198; after which its history presents a blank until, in consequence of the assassination of William de Burgo, third earl of Ulster, (to whose ancestor, Hubert de Burgo, the greater part of the pro- 314

    MAYO

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 145

33. Roderic O'Conor's siege of Trim

    Trim · town · Meath · 1172–1175

    Roderic O'Conor, King of Ireland, led a large army into Meath and laid siege to Trim. The town was saved only by the rapid approach of Raymond le Gros, who was celebrating his marriage in Wexford.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    Gilbert Fitz-Thomas, Kells. From these grants, and from their first possessors having been created barons by the lord of the palatinate, who exercised the rights of sovereignty, the divisions were called baronies, which term ultimately became the general name for the great divisions of counties. The new occupants were not permitted to enjoy undisturbed the possessions thus acquired. Roderic O'Conor, King of Ireland, at the head of a large army, suddenly entered Mcath, and laid siege to Trim, which was saved only by the rapid approach of Raymond le Gros, then celebrating his marriage with Strongbow's sister in Wexford. The county also suffered about the same time from the incursions of the Irish of Ulster, and from an invasion of Melaghlin, King of Meath, who took and demolished Slane Castle, after its governor, Richard Fleming, had been killed in its defence. On the death of Hugh de Lacy, who was assassinated at Dermagh or Durrow, in the King's county, by one of his own dependants, Meath descended to his son Walter.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 148

34. Roderic O'Conor's 'wonderful castle' of stone, 1161

    Tuam · town · Galway · 1161

    In 1161 Roderic O'Conor, then King of Ireland, erected a strong castle of stone at Tuam which obtained the appellation of 'the wonderful castle.' The town was shortly after destroyed by accidental fire but soon restored.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    supposed to have died in 540 ; and long after his death his bones were discovered, and deposited in a silver shrine, which was placed in a church or chapel called Temple-ne- Serin, or " the Church of the Shrine." Prior to the year 1150, Tirdelvac O'Conor, King of Ireland, founded a priory for Augustinian Canons, which he dedicated to St. John the Baptist; and in II6I Roderic O'Conor, then king, erected a strong castle of stone here, which obtained the appellation of " the wonderful castle." The town was shortly after destroyed by an accidental fire, but was soon restored, as in HI'S a great synod was convened here by Bishop Catholicus O'Dubhai, at which three churches were consecrated. An abbey for Praemonstratensian canons was founded either in the reign of John or early in that of Henry III., by one of the family of De Burgo, and dedicated to the Holy Trinity. In 1'244 the town, with all its churches, was destroyed by fire. In 1952, when Henry III. confirmed to Florence Mac Flin the Pope's bull for annexing the bishopric of Enaghdune to the see of Tuam, it was on condition that he should have a portion of land within the town for the erection of a castle, in exchange for other land of equal value. The same king by letterspatent granted to the Archbishop of Tuam a fair on the ^Sth of December and the seven following days. In 1356, the place was plundered and burnt by Charles Oge, son of William de Burgo.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 354

35. Roderic O'Flaherty born in Moycullen, 1630

    Moycullen · town · Galway · 1630

    Roderic O'Flaherty, a learned Irish historian and antiquary, was born in the parish of Moycullen in 1630. The parish is in the barony of Moycullen, County Galway.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    and Dec. Sth. The principal seats are CurcuUen, Danesfield, Drimcong, and Knockbane. The living is a rectory and perpetual cure, in the diocese of Tuam ; the rectory forms part of the wardenship of Galway, and the perpetual curacy part of the union of Kilcummin. The tithe rent-charge is £100, of which £75 are payable to the warden of Galway, and the remainder to the perpetual curate. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is in the diocese of Galway, partly in the district of Spiddal, and partly a district in itself : the chapel is a neat building. The late Rev. Francis Blake, P.P., left £500 for erecting a school-house, to which sum the Board of National Education added £200 ; a very good building has accordingly been erected ; and another school- house has been recently erected at the other end of this extensive parish. A fine Danish fort at Danesfield gives name to the estate on which it stands ; and there are ruins of two old castles, which have obtained celebrity from being selected by Lady Morgan as the scene of one of her novels : they may be seen from a great distance. Roderic O'Flaherty, a learned Irish historian and antiquary, was born here in 1630.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 179

36. Roebuck Castle occupied by James II and Duke of Berwick

    Roebuck · townland · Dublin

    Roebuck Castle was occupied by James II and the Duke of Berwick when they encamped in the neighbourhood of Roebuck near Dublin. The castle subsequently fell into decay until repaired around 1790.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    ROEBUCK, a district, in the parish of Taney, union and barony of Rathdown, county of Dublin, and province of Leinster, 3 miles (S.) from the General Post-office, Dublin, on the road to Enniskerry, by way of Clonskea : the population is returned with the parish. Roebuck Castle, a handsome seat, was originally erected at a remote period, and strongly fortified. About the year 1534 it was the residence of Lord Trimleston, then lord chancellor of Ireland ; and it was occupied by James II. and the Duke of Berwick, when they encamped in this neighbourhood. It was subsequently suffered to fall into decay until about the year 1790, when it was repaired by the then Lord Trimleston, who fitted up one of the apartments, a noble room 50 feet in length, as a theatre. About 10 years after, it was purchased by James Crofton, Esq., the father of the present proprietor, who pulled down a portion of the building.*, and restored or modernised the remainder ; the room before mentioned is now used as a drawingroom. The greater part of the front is ancient, but in perfect repair; the modern portion of the building is chiefly at the rear. The district is chiefly occupied by handsome villas, situated in tastefiilly disposed grounds, and many of which command magnificent views of the 477

    bay and city of Dublin, the Dublin and Wicklow mountains, and the beautiful adjacent country. Among these are Roebuck Lodge, Roebuck House, Springfield, Mount- Dillon, Roebuck Hall, Roebuck Park, Moorefield, Castle View, Rosemount, and Bloom Villa. Adjoining Roebuck Castle is a remarkable walnut-tree, which grew out of an old wall, carrying in its trunk a large stone that is now upwards of four feet from the ground. Coins of Elizabeth and James I. have been dug up.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 258

37. Roebuck Castle residence of Lord Trimleston, c. 1534

    Roebuck · townland · Dublin · 1534

    Roebuck Castle, a strongly fortified seat near Dublin, was the residence of Lord Trimleston, then lord chancellor of Ireland, around 1534. The castle later fell into decay before being repaired by a later Lord Trimleston around 1790.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    ROEBUCK, a district, in the parish of Taney, union and barony of Rathdown, county of Dublin, and province of Leinster, 3 miles (S.) from the General Post-office, Dublin, on the road to Enniskerry, by way of Clonskea : the population is returned with the parish. Roebuck Castle, a handsome seat, was originally erected at a remote period, and strongly fortified. About the year 1534 it was the residence of Lord Trimleston, then lord chancellor of Ireland ; and it was occupied by James II. and the Duke of Berwick, when they encamped in this neighbourhood. It was subsequently suffered to fall into decay until about the year 1790, when it was repaired by the then Lord Trimleston, who fitted up one of the apartments, a noble room 50 feet in length, as a theatre. About 10 years after, it was purchased by James Crofton, Esq., the father of the present proprietor, who pulled down a portion of the building.*, and restored or modernised the remainder ; the room before mentioned is now used as a drawingroom. The greater part of the front is ancient, but in perfect repair; the modern portion of the building is chiefly at the rear. The district is chiefly occupied by handsome villas, situated in tastefiilly disposed grounds, and many of which command magnificent views of the 477

    bay and city of Dublin, the Dublin and Wicklow mountains, and the beautiful adjacent country. Among these are Roebuck Lodge, Roebuck House, Springfield, Mount- Dillon, Roebuck Hall, Roebuck Park, Moorefield, Castle View, Rosemount, and Bloom Villa. Adjoining Roebuck Castle is a remarkable walnut-tree, which grew out of an old wall, carrying in its trunk a large stone that is now upwards of four feet from the ground. Coins of Elizabeth and James I. have been dug up.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 258

38. Roebuck Castle walnut tree and coins of Elizabeth and James I

    Roebuck · townland · Dublin

    A remarkable walnut tree grew out of an old wall adjoining Roebuck Castle, carrying in its trunk a large stone now over four feet from the ground. Coins of Elizabeth and James I have been dug up at the site.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    bay and city of Dublin, the Dublin and Wicklow mountains, and the beautiful adjacent country. Among these are Roebuck Lodge, Roebuck House, Springfield, Mount- Dillon, Roebuck Hall, Roebuck Park, Moorefield, Castle View, Rosemount, and Bloom Villa. Adjoining Roebuck Castle is a remarkable walnut-tree, which grew out of an old wall, carrying in its trunk a large stone that is now upwards of four feet from the ground. Coins of Elizabeth and James I. have been dug up.

    ROE ILLAUN, or Roe Island, in the parish and barony of Burrishoole, union of Westport, county of Mayo, and province of Connaught, * miles (\V.) from Newport. It is situated in Clew bay, on the western coast ; on the south side is a steep clay cliff, 107 feet above the sea, by which it is distinguished from the other isles. The island comprises 16 statute acres ; it affords fine pasture for cattle, and has a .small deep harbour with good ground, but there are several rocks and shoals in the vicinity.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 258

39. Roger Mortimer slain near Kells, Kilkenny, 1398

    Kells · town · Kilkenny · 1398

    Roger Mortimer, Earl of March and lord-lieutenant of Ireland, was slain near Kells in 1398 by the O'Byrnes, whom he had pursued from their own country near Dublin.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    KELLS, a parish, in the union of Callan, partly in the barony of Shillelogher, but chiefly in that of Kells, county of Kilkenny, and province of Leinster, 6^ miles (S. by W.) from Kilkenny, on the road from that place to Carrick-on-Suir ; containing 1831 inhabitants, of whom 342 are in the village. This place, which was formerly of considerable importance, was built by Geoffry Fitz- Robert, one of Earl Strongbow's followers, for his English companions : he also founded a priory in 1183, which he filled with monks from Bodmin, in Cornwall ; and his sons William and John gave charters to the inhabitants, constituting the place a free borough. The town afterwards passed into the De Birmingham family, and was burnt by William De Birmingham in ]2.=i2, during a dispute with the St. Aubans ; Edward Bruce occupied it for a short time in 1316, and in 1327 it was again burnt by the De Birminghams. In the early part of tlie 14th century, the barony was granted to the Poers, and the town was fortified by Sir Eustace le Poer. Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, lord-lieutenant of Ireland, was slain near this place, in 1398, by the O'Byrucs, whom he had pursued from their own country near Dublin. The prior of Kells was a lord of parliament, and the priory of Tullelash, in the county of Cork, was under his authority. The priory, with some of its possessions, was granted at the Dissolution to the Earl of Ormonde : several towers and part of the walls remain, and there is a large moat, said to have belonged to a college. The village, which contains 59 houses, is a constabulary poUce station, and has a receiving-house for letters in connexion with Knocktopher and Stoueyford ; a fair is held in it on July 13th.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 2

40. Roman Catholic cathedral of Tuam described

    Tuam · town · Galway

    The Roman Catholic cathedral of Tuam is a cruciform hewn-stone structure in the later English style with a lofty western tower and octangular minarets. Nearly £12,000 raised by subscription was expended on its erection, with a considerable sum still required for completion.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    The Roman Catholic archbishop's province comprises the diocese of Tuam, with the bishoprics of Clonfert, Achonry, Elphin, Kilmacduagh, Killala, and Galway : the diocese of Kilfenora (held with Kilmacduagh) is alternately suffragan to the archbishoprics of Tuam and Cashel. On the dissolution of the Roman Catholic wardenship of Galway, in 1831, that portion of the diocese of Tuam was formed into a separate see ; the remainder constituting the diocese of Tuam, which comprises 52 parochial unions, and contains 103 chapels served by 52 parish priests and 57 coadjutors or curates. The parochial benefices of Tuam and Kilmina, each served by an administrator and several curates, constitute the mensal of the archbishop. The Roman Catholic cathedral is a cruciform structure of hewn stone, in the later English style, with a lofty western tower, and six square turrets at the angles and other parts of the building, each rising above the open parapets in an octangular form and terminating in eight octangular minarets richly crocketed ; the walls are strengthened with panuelled buttresses of several stages, terminating in crocketed pinnacles rising above the parapet, which is adorned with open tracery. The principal entrance is under the western tower, through a richly moulded and gracefully pointed arch, and the entrances to the aisles are of similar character ; the eastern end of the building is ornamented with a lofty oriel window of elegant design, and the whole has a very magnificent appearance. The interior is finely arranged. The ceiling is tastefully enriched with stucco, and pannelled in compartments; the east window is embellished with scriptural subjects in stained glass, and the windows ot the transepts and aisle have flowing tracery ; the high altar of variegated marble, the tabernacle, and canopy, which were brought from Rome, are exquisitely wrought. The whole is one of the most beautiful ecclesiastical edifices in the country. Nearly £12,000, raised by subscription, have been expended in its erection, and a considerable sum will be required for its completion.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 355

41. Roman Catholic chapel and convents at Kingstown

    near Dún Laoghaire · town · Dublin · 1835

    A handsome Roman Catholic chapel was completed in 1835 at a cost of £4000, with a painting of the Crucifixion presented by Mr. Gresham. A convent of the order of Mercy was established in 1835, consisting of a superior and seven sisters from Baggot-street, Dublin, instructing 300 girls gratuitously.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    tains free sittings for seamen and their families, as well as for the poor ; and is called the " Protestant Episcopal Mariners' Church at Kingstown Harbour. " The incumbency is in the patronage of trustees, as is also that of the Bethel Protestant Free Church. In the Roman Catholic divisions the town is the head of a district, comprising the parishes of Dalkey, Killiney, Old Connaught, Rathmichael, Tully, and the greater part of Monkstown and Kill. The principal chapel is a handsome edifice, completed in 1S35, at an e.\pense of £4000; over the altar is a painting of the Crucifixion, presented by Mr. Gresham. There are chapels also at Cabinteely and Crinken. In the town are places of worship for Presbyterians in connexion with the General Assembly, and Wesleyan Methodists ; the former erected at an expense of £'2000, and the latter of £1000: there is also a large lecture-room. A convent of the order of St. Clare, to which is attached a small chapel, was established here about 20 years since ; but the community, having been much reduced in number, has been distributed among other religious houses, and the convent purchased by the nuns of Loretto House, Rathfarnhara, who conduct a respectable boarding-school. A convent of the order of Mercy w^as established in 1835, consisting of a superior and seven sisters from Baggot-street, Dubhn, who have built a commodious schoolroom, in which 300 girls are gratuitously instructed ; they also visit the sick in the neighbourhood, whom they supply with necessaries and religious instruction. There are two schools in connexion with the Mariners' church, one of them under the Church Education Society ; and about 120 children are taught in an infants' school, and a school under the Board of Education. A dispensary and fever hospital were established in 1S25.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 58

42. Roman Catholic chapel at Ballyconnell

    Ballyconnell · town · Cavan

    The Roman Catholic chapel at Ballyconnell, serving chiefly the district of Kildallon, is described as a good slated building.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Kilmore, and in the patronage of the Bishop ; the tithe rent-charge is £97. •'>. The glebe-house was built in 181'2, at an expense of £138.5 British, of which £969 were a loan and £9'2 a gift from the late Board of First Fruits: the glebe comprises 380 acres valued at £38 1. 13., of which .50 acres are bog, and the remainder arable and pasture land. The church was built about 90 years since at the expense of Colonel Montgomery, and was cidarged in 18'20 at an expense of £9'23 British, half a gift and half a loan from the Board ; it has recently been further improved at an expense of £70, of which £60 were contributed by the Rev. Mr. Carson, and the remainder by the Rev. J. Storey, the incumbent. It occupies a picturesque situation on the road to Ballinamore, and, with the adjacent school-house, forms a pleasing object as seen from the mountains. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is partly in the district of Knockninny, and partly in that of Druralainc, but chiefly in that of Kildallon ; the chapel, at Ballyconnell, is a good slated building. There is a place of worship for Primitive Wesleyan Methodists. In the mountains are some curious caves.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 345

43. Roman Catholic chapel at Birr serves as diocesan cathedral

    Birr or Parsonstown · town · Offaly

    The Roman Catholic chapel at Birr is a splendid edifice in the later English style, with two minarets and a steeple 150 feet high with a fine bell. It serves as the cathedral of the diocese of Killaloe.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    was built in 1826, by aid of a gift of £300 and a loan of £500 from the Board of First Fruits ; the glebe comprises 25 acres, rent free. The church, erected in 1S15, by a loan of £5000 from the Board, and £3000 raised by assessment, is a stone edifice in the pointed style of architecture, with a steeple 100 feet high. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish, which is still called Birr, is part of the bishop's mensal, and the head of a district . comprising also the parish of Longhkeen. Each of the parishes has a chapel : that at Birr is a splendid edifice in the later English style, having two minarets and a steeple 150 feet high, with a fine bell; it is the cathedral of the diocese. There are three other places of worship ; one for the Society of Friends, one for Wesleyans, and one for Presbyterians : that of the Wesleyans, erected in IS'20, is a handsome building with a well-executed pediment of hewn stone. The walls and steeple of the old church are still standing ; on the latter is a sculpture in stone of the arms of Sir L. Parsons, who died in 1628, impaled with those of his lady, Anne Malham. The union workhouse, on a site of 6f acres purchased for £415. 16., was completed in 1841 at a cost of £6900, and is constructed for 800 inmates.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 228

44. Roman Catholic chapel at Carra, 1830

    Carra · barony · Mayo · 1830

    A handsome Roman Catholic chapel with galleries was built at Carra in 1830 at an expense of £1200. It forms part of the Kilcommon Catholic parish district.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    KILCOMMON, a parish, in the union of Ballin- ROBE, barony of Kilmaine, county of Mayo, and province of CoNNAUGHT ; Containing, with the post-town of Hollymount, 7456 inhabitants. It comprises 17,395f statute acres, of which about 400 are woodland and 500 bog. Agriculture is improving ; and near ILillymount is a model agricultural school, established by the Mansion- House Relief Committee of 182'2 : the building and stock cost £3000, but the school, which was built on an acre of land given by Mr. Lindsey, has very few pupils. Limestone is found here. The surrounding country is agreeably diversified, and adorned with numerous wellplanted demesnes : among the seats in the parish are Hollymount House, Closecormack House, and Clooney Castle. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Tuam, united by act of parliament, in 1703, to the rectories and vicarages of Robeen and Taghkeen, forming the union of Kilcommon or Hollymount, in the patronage of the Bishop : the tithe rentcharge of the parish is £254. 15. 6., and of the entire union £4SS. 5. The old church, which was in Hollymount, was a chapel of ease, built in 16SS by Archbishop Vesey, who was buried in it ; and was made the parish church on the church of Kilcommon becoming ruinous. The present church, which is in Robeen parish, was enlarged iu 1818, the late Board of First Fruits having granted a loan of £1000; it is a handsome building, with a cast-iron spire, and is fitted up with English oak. The family vault of Lord Clanmorris, and monuments of the Lindsey and Ruttledge families, are in the churchyard. For the erection of the glebe-house, the Board, in IS'il, gave £100 and lent £1200 : the glebe comprises S acres. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is the head of a district, comprising Kilcommon and Robeen, and has two chapels: that at Carra, built in 1830 at an expense of £1'200, is a handsome building, with galleries ; that at Roundfort has a tall square tower. Of several schools, two were built and are supported by Mr. Lindsey. Here are the remains of some ancient forts ; and elkshorns, coins of Queen EUzabeth's reign, and military weapons have been discovered at different times. — See Hollymount.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 16

45. Roman Catholic chapel at Drumquin

    Drumquin · townland · Tyrone

    A large Roman Catholic chapel at Drumquin served the united district of Langfield, comprising the parishes of Lahi and East Langfield. Drumquin functioned as a shared religious centre for both parishes.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    The LIVING is a rectory, in the diocese of Derry, and in the patronage of the Bishop ; the tithe rentcharge is £221. IS. The glebe-house is a good and comfortable residence, situated near the church on a glebe of 50 acres, and embosomed in thriving plantations ; there are also belonging to the rectory 10 townlands at Gortnasoal, about three miles distant, comprising together 1650 acres, of which about one-half are under cultivation, and the remainder mountain and bog. The church is a neat edifice. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish, together with that of East Langfield, constitutes the district of Langfield ; a large chapel at Drumquin serves for both parishes. The parochial school is principally supported by the rector, who in 1820 erected a house for the master on the glebe, and assigned an excellent garden ; he also erected a schoolhouse for another on the glebe at Loughmulharn, which he also supports. Some extensive remains exist of the spacious and handsome castle of Kerlis, or Curlews, built by Sir John Davies, prior to 1619, upon the manor of Clonaghmore, with freestone found on the spot, with which he likewise constructed a road eight feet wide and seven miles in length, leading over mountains and morasses, to his other castle on the Derg ; much of the road may still be traced near the castle, paved with large blocks of stone. There are forts in various parts of the parish, some of which are very large and tolerably perfect.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 63

46. Roman Catholic chapel at Kilmore, Wexford, erected 1803

    Kilmore · town · Wexford · 1803

    The Roman Catholic chapel at Kilmore in the county of Wexford is described as a spacious building erected in 1803, with a house for the priest lately built adjoining it.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    Ballyteigue. At Crossfarnogue Point is a small piir, where coal is occasionally landed j and more than 100 boats averaging four men each, all of which rendczvouK here, are engaged in the herring, lobster, and cod fisheries off this coast. The construction of a good pier at this point, which might be accomplished at an expense of about £1500, would afford suitable protection to the numerous fishing- vessels frequenting the place, and enable the fishermen to render more effectual assistance to vessels in distress. The steam-boat It'ater WUch was wrecked off this place in 1833, and several lives were lost. The present pier is small and of very rude construction, having been built by the fishermen themselves, about 35 years since. The tide at the point rises from 11 to 1'2 feet at high water of spring, and six feet at neap, tides. A coast guard station, one of the six forming the district of Wexford, has been established at the point. The parish is in the diocese of Ferns ; the rectory is impropriate in John Rowe, Es{|., of Ballycross, and the vicarage forms part of the union of Tomhaggard. The tithe rent-charge is £339. I"., of which £'253. 1. are payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the vicar. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is the head of a district, comprising also the parishes of Mulrankin, Tomhaggard, and Kilturk, in each of which, except the last, there is a chapel ; that of Kilmore is a spacious building erected in 1803, adjoining which a house for the priest has been lately built. Near Crossfarnogue Point, where was formerly a telegraph, are the remains of Ballyteigue Castle, once belonging to the Whitty family, and now incorporated with the mansion of Ballyteigue.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 48

47. Roman Catholic chapel at Skibbereen built 1826

    Skibbereen · town · Cork · 1826

    The Roman Catholic chapel near the sessions-house in Skibbereen is a spacious and handsome edifice in the Grecian style, erected in 1826 at an expense of £3000 under the direction of the late Dr. Collins, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ross, who resided here.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    The parochial church of Abbeystrewry is situated in Bridgetown ; it is a large edifice in the early English style, with a tower at the east end, erected in 182", at an expense of fl^OO, towards which £900 were contributed by the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel, situated near -the sessions-house, is a spacious and handsome edifice in the Grecian style, erected in 1826, at an expense of £3000; the interior is fitted up with great taste, and the altar, which is ornamented with a painting of the Crucifixion, is very chaste : the structure was built under the direction of the late Dr. Collins, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ross, who resided here ; and is the principal chapel of the union to which Skibbereen gives name. There are also two Wesleyan Methodist chapels. Near the Roman Catholic chapel are large school-houses, built by Dr. Collins, and now supported by the National Board. A dispensary is maintained in the customary manner. There are numerous handsome houses near the town. The union workhouse, on a site of six acres held at a rent of £9, was completed in 1841, at a cost of £7083, and is constructed for 800 inmates.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 284

48. Roman Catholic chapel in Barron-Strand-street with papal vestments

    near Barronstrand Street · street · Waterford · 1793

    The principal Roman Catholic chapel in Waterford, situated in Barron-Strand-street, was erected in 1793 at a cost of £20,000. It preserves rich dresses supposedly presented by Pope Innocent III to the cathedral of Waterford, used the day before Easter Sunday.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    There are four Roman Catholic chapels. The principal, situated in Barron-Strand-street, was erected in 1793, on ground given by the corporation, nearly opposite a former chapel, which had been built about a hundred years previously and was the first ever erected in the city ; it is a very large building, and cost £'20,000, raised chiefly by collections of pence at the chapel doors. The interior is remarkable for the lightness and elegance of its style ; the spacious roof is supported on ranges of columns of the Corinthian order. In this chapel arc preserved, and used on the day before Easter- Sunday, some rich dresses supposed to have been presented by Pope Innocent III. to the cathedral of \\'aterford ; the plate, also, is of the most rich and valuable kind. There are tablets in the interior to the memory of Dr. Power and Dr. Patrick Kelly, and one on the exterior wall of the chapel to the memory of Dr. Hussey ; all Roman Catholic bishops of Waterford. The city contains places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, Methodists, and Presbyterians.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 387

49. Roman Catholic chapel in Newry erected 1789

    near Newry · town · Down · 1789

    The older Roman Catholic chapel in Newry, a plain structure with three galleries and a spacious cemetery, was erected in 1789. It was later found too small for the congregation, prompting construction of a new chapel in the Low Ground.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    In the Roman Catholic arrangements tl;e parish is the head of the diocese of Dromore, being the bishop's parish or mensal, and is co-extensive with that of the Established Church ; containing three chapels, two in the town and one at Shinn, four miles distant, which are attended by the same number of curates. The older Roman Catholic chapel, a well-built but plain structure, with three galleries, and a spacious cemetery attached to it, was erected in 1789. Being found too small for the accommodation of the numbers that attended it, a new chapel was erected in the Low Ground, in the pointed style, 120 feet long, 74 broad, and 46 feet high to the ceiling ; the facade consists of a centre and two wings, with a deeply receding doorway, and is highly ornamented. The interior consists of a nave and two aisles detached by rows of moulded granite pillars, supporting lofty pointed arches, over which are the clerestory windows by which the centre is lighted ; the great altar is surmounted by a large window of three lights. This chapel is considered to be the diocesan chapel of the Bishop of Dromore, ■who resides at Violet Hill, to 395

    the north of Newry, where there was formerly a house of lay friars, which has been transferred to the town ; in which also is a seminary for preparing the youth of the Roman Catholic church for Maynooth college. A convent of the order of St. Clare was removed hither from Dublin, in 1830 : the house, with its appendages, was presented to the community by the Rev. J. Gilmer, of Rostrevor ; since which time the nuns have built a large and handsome chapel in the Gothic style, and also a school-house for the education of female children. There are in the town a congregation of Presbyterians in connexion with the General Assembly, who have a large and elegant meeting-house ; one in connexion with the Remonstrant Synod ; and one till lately connected with the Seceding Synod ; also places of worship for Independents, Primitive and Independent Wesleyan Methodists, and Kellyites.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 212

50. Roman Catholic chapel on hill east of Shanagolden town

    Shanagolden · town · Limerick

    In the Roman Catholic divisions, Shanagolden parish serves as the head of a district comprising Shanagolden, Kilinoylan, and Robertstown. The chapel is a plain edifice situated on a hill to the east of the town.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    near the church, another near the httle village called Barracks, and the third where the glebe-house stands ; the last portion was purchased by the Board. The church is a large and handsome edifice, apparently very old ; the chancel being in ruins, the nave was fitted up for divine service, having been roofed and a lofty square tower built, in 1S15, by aid of a loan of £450 from the before- mentioned Board; the Ecclesiastical Commissioners recently granted £101 for its repair. In the Roman Catholic divisions this parish is the head of a district, comprising the parishes of Shanagolden, Kilinoylan, and Robertstown ; the chapel is a plain edifice, situated on a hill to the east of the town. There are two mathematical male schools for adults.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 276

51. Roman Catholic chapel on St. Columb's monastery site at Long Tower

    near Derry · city · Derry · 1786

    The Roman Catholic chapel in Derry occupies the site of the monastery of St. Columb and is situated in a street called the Long Tower, named after a lofty round tower that served as the belfry of the Dubh-Regles, the original church built by St. Columb. The chapel was completed in 1786 at a cost of £2700.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    the north of the city by Bishop Knox, in lh;jO, at au expense of £760 ; and a gallery was erected in 1832, at a further expense, including the cost of a vestry-room and the introduction of gas, of £145, raised by subscription. The Roman Catholic Chapel occupies the site of the monastery of St. Columb, and is situated in a street called the Long Tower, from the lofty round tower which formed the belfry of the Dubh-Regles, the original church built by St. Columb. This chapel was completed in I7H6, at an expense, including the cost of some additions in 1811, of £2700, of which £210 were contributed by the Earl of Bristol, and £50 by the corporation. 'J he Presbtjterian meeting-house, in Meetinghouse-row, has a chaste and handsome front, of which the pediment and corners are of Dungiven freestone ; it is supposed to have been built about the year 1750, at an expense of nearly £4000, and was repaired in 1828 at an additional cost of £700. The Frimilire U'esleyan Methodist chapel, in the same street, was originally a store, which was used by Wesley on bis visit to this city in 1763 : his congregation built the Wesleyan Methodist chapel in 1783, but on the separation taking place the Primitive Methodists returned to their former place of worship ; part of the building is still let for a store, and the chapel is used as a Sunday school between the intervals of divine service, for which the dean pays a rent of £20. The old U'esleyan Methodist chapel was vacated on the completion of a new chapel, built in 1.S35, at an estimated expense of £1100, raised by subscription, towards which the Irish Society contributed £100 ; the ground tloor is used as a vcstry-room and a schoolroom for 300 children. There are also a place of worship for Presbyterians till lately in connexion with the Seceding Synod, a plain building erected in 1783, at an expense of £450; one for Covenanters, built in 1810 at a like expense ; and for Independents, built in 1824 at an expense of £500.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 105

52. Roman Catholic chapel on the Mall, Westport, erected 1820

    Westport · town · Mayo · 1820

    A handsome Roman Catholic chapel was erected on the Mall in 1820 by Dr. Kelly at a cost of £6000. Its altar is embellished with a fine painting of the Crucifixion.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    A chief constabulary police force is stationed in the town, which is also the head of the coast-guard district, comprising the stations of Innisturk, Old Head, Islandmore, Mynish, Achilbeg, and Keem, and including a force of 6 officers and 52 men, under the control of a resident inspecting commander. There are very commodious barracks, capable of accommodating five companies of infantry, and occupying a healthy situation commanding a view of the entire town. The generalsessions for the county are held here in April and October, and petty-sessions every Thursday ; a manorial court is held on the last Friday in every month, at which debts not exceeding £10 Irish are recoverable. The court-house is a neat and well-adapted building ; there are also a good market-house and a linen-hall. The parish church is situated within the demesne of the Marquess of Sligo ; and on the Mall is a handsome Roman Catholic chapel, erected in 1820 by Dr. Kelly, at an expense of £6000 ; the altar is embellished with a fine painting of the Crucifixion. There are places of worship for Presbyterians and Wesleyan Methodists. Two large free schools have been erected, one of which is under the direction of the National Board ; the other is a free Protestant school, built and supported entirely by voluntary contributions of the inhabitants. On the estate of Mr. Garvey are some interesting remains of the ancient abbey of Murrisk, founded by the O'Malleys, for Augustinian friars.

    WEXFORD (County of), a maritime county of the province of Leinster, bounded on the north by the county of Wicklow ; on the west by those of Carlow and Kilkenny, and Waterford harbour; on the south by the Atlantic Ocean ; and on the east by St. George's Channel. It extends from 52° 2' to 52° 44' (N. Lat.) and from 6° 17' to ~° 4' (\V. Lon.) j comprising an extent, according to the Ordnance survey, of 5*6,588 statute acres, of which 510,702 are arable, 45,501 uncultivated, 14,325 in plantations, 2392 in towns and villages, and the remainder covered by water. The population, in 1S21, was 170,806 j in 1831, 182,991; and in 1841, 202,033.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 391

53. Roman Catholic chapels at Knockbridge and Stonetown

    Knockbridge · town · Louth

    The Roman Catholic parish is co-extensive with that of the Established Church, with three chapels situated at Louth, Knockbridge, and Stonetown. The chapels at Louth and Knockbridge are described as spacious edifices.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    The LIVING is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Armagh, and in the patronage of the Crown for two presentations, and the Lord Primate for one. The tithe rent-charge is £1491. 1.4.: the glebe-house was built in 1813, at an expense of £4940. 6., and the glebe comprises 64| statute acres of cultivated land, valued at £147. 14. The church is a plain structure, erected about 1S07 and enlarged in 182S, by parochial assessment ; it has a tower, and has been repaired by a grant of £'24'2 from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The Roman Catholic parish is co- extensive with that of the Established Church : there are three chapels, situated at Louth, Knockbridge, and Stonetown ; the two first are spacious edifices. The parochial school, in the town, with an infants' school attached to it, is partly supported by the rector ; a school near Glyde Farm, by the trustees of Erasmus Smith's charity, aided by the rector ; and one on the demesne of Stephenstown, by the rector. At Louth, Knockbridge, and Stonetown, are national schools ; and there is a dispensary for the poor, who, when unable to attend, are visited at their own dwellings.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 114

54. Roman Catholic chapel South Street New Ross

    New Ross · town · Wexford

    The Roman Catholic chapel in South Street, New Ross, is described as a spacious and elegant structure with large pointed windows, faced with granite. The parish is co-extensive with St. Mary's parish, including the town and its suburbs on the eastern side of the river.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    the diocese of Ferns, united by act of council, in I768, with the rectories of St. Mary's Old Ross, Carnagh, Tulleraght, Ballyane, and Clonleigh, and the impropriate cures of Kilscanlan and Ballybrazill, the whole forming the union of New Ross, in the patronage of the Bishop ; the rectory is impropriate in the corporation of Kilkenny. The tithe rent-charge of the parish is £247. 13., two-thirds payable to the corporation, and one-third to the vicar : the whole tithe of the benefice of the incumbent is £864. 13. In the town are a few scattered plots of building-ground, called glebes, none of which, however, are of sufficient size for the site of a glebe-house and offices. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a light and commodious edifice, rebuilt on part of the site of the former edifice, in 1813, at a cost of £6000, partly a loan from the late Board of First Fruits, and the remainder raised by subscription : it stands in a very conspicuous situation on the side of the bill ; the tower, on which a spire was intended to be built, is rather low. The building contains an organ, presented by the late corporation ; and in the chancel are three handsome mural monuments, to the memory of the father of the late Charles Tottenham, Esq., and two of his family. A neat free church, or chapel of ease, has been erected by subscription at the southern end of the town, on a site presented by Charles Tottenham, Esq., of Ballycurry. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is co-extensive with St. Mary's parish, including the town and its suburbs on the eastern side of the river : the chapel, in South-street, is a spacious and elegant structure with large pointed windows and faced with granite. A chapel belonging to a community of Augustinian friars, consisting of four members, stands on the hill, near the site of an ancient friary of the same order : and on the summit of the hill, overlooking the town, is a convent of Carmelite nuns, a branch of that at Ranelagh, Dublin, which was founded here in 1817, and has also a neat chapel. The Wesleyan Methodists, the Primitive Methodists, and the Society of Friends have each a place of worship ; and a society denominating themselves simply Christian Brethren have a neat place of worship erected by subscription, in Priory-lane.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 264

55. Romantic scenery of Lough Bray

    near Lough Bray · lake or lakes · Wicklow

    Lough Bray in the Glencree district comprises an upper and a lower lake, with the lower lake covering about 64 acres near the mountain summit. The area is enclosed by precipitous rocks and much frequented by visitors from Dublin.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    The scenery of the parish, on the side opposite to that of Powerscourt and the Dargle, abounds with features of impressive character. The valley of Glencree forms a noble vista, four miles in length, inclosed on each side by barren and rugged mountains, and terminating with the lofty mountain of Kippiire, rising 24*3 feet above the level of the sea, and in part impending over the basin of Lough Bray, below which were the Glencree barracks, a fine range of buildings, erected by government after the disturbances of 1798, and purchased by Lord Powerscourt in 1834. The scenery around Lough Bray is pleasingly romantic : there are an upper and a lower lake ; the lower, which is the larger, comprises 64f statute acres, and is near the summit of the mountain, inclosed on one side by lofty and precipitous rocks, and on the other by a steep declivity. This district is much frequented by visiters from Dublin ; the approach is by the military road, which joins the road from Rathfarnham. The Djouce mountain, which has an elevation of 2384 feet above the level of the sea, is on the boimdary of the parish, and forms a prominent feature in the numerous varieties of its mountain scenery. The lands in the parish not in demesne are chiefly under tillage ; the soil is a light limestone-gravel, yielding good crops, and the system of agriculture is improved : turf is procured in abundance on the mountains, and there are several quarries of good granite.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 233

56. Roofless old church ruins in Lord Hartland's demesne

    Strokestown · town · Roscommon

    Within a grove near the front of Bawn House at Strokestown are the roofless ruins of an old church, some windows retaining ancient mullions while others are of modern workmanship. The enclosed area was selected for a family mausoleum.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    Bawn House, the noble mansion of Lord Hartland, is situated to the east of the town, in a demesne of more than 1000 acres : it consists of a centre with an Ionic portico, having a flat roof guarded by a balustrade, and of heavy advancing wings, shewing the original character of the whole edifice. Within a grove at a short distance from the front are the roofless ruins of an old church, some of the windows of which retain their ancient mullions, while others are of modern workmanship : the inclosed area has been selected for the site of a family mausoleum ; the surrounding grounds are very beautiful. The church forms a regular octagon, and is a handsome building of limestone, with a tower and spire, in the Gothic style. A bequest of £800 was made by the late B. Mahaii for the i)oor of the parishes of the ecclesiastical union. Chalybeate springs abound in the neighbourhood.

    SUBULTER, a parish, in the union of Kanturk, barony of Du hallow, county of Cork, and province of MuNSTER, 3 miles (E.) from Kanturk, near the road to Mallow ; containing 273 inhabitants. Knockninoss, in this parish, was, in 1647, the scene of a desperate battle between the forces of Lord Inchiquin and those of Lord Taafe. The former, having taken the field with 4000 foot and 1200 horse, on Nov. 13th encountered the Irish army, consisting of 7464 foot and IO76 horse, posted on the hill of Knockninoss. The English forces charged up the ascent : the Irish at first stood their ground, and forced their assailants before them, some of the Highlanders of Sir Alexander Mac Donell's or Mac Allisdrum's corps even driving part of them a considerable distance, and capturing their artillery and carriages ; but Lord Inchiquin having found means to detach a party of horse round, so as to gain the summit of the hill, the right wing, commanded by Lord Taafe, and a great part of the main body, fled. The left wing, also, com-

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 304

57. Rory Oge O'More takes Leighlin-Bridge fort 1577

    Leighlinbridge · town · Carlow · 1577–1649

    In 1577 the fort at Leighlin-Bridge was taken by Rory Oge O'More, dynast of Leix, who destroyed the town by fire. In 1649 the fort surrendered to the parliamentarians under Col. Hewson, after which Ireton's army laid waste the neighbouring country on their march to Carlow.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    LEIGHLIN-BRIDGE, a market and post town, partly in the parish of Augha, barony of Idrone-East, but chiefly in that of Wells, barony of Idrone-West, union and county of Carlow, and province of Lein- STER, 6 miles (S.) from Carlow, and 45 (S. S. W.) from Dublin, on the coach-road to Cork; containing 1748 inhabitants. This place derives its name from a bridge over the river Barrow, which connects the two parts of the town on the opposite banks with each other and is in a line with the road leading to Old Leighlin, in contradistinction to which place, previously to the erection of the bridge, this town was generally called New Leighlin. The lands were granted by Hugh de Lacy to John de Clahul, or de Claville, who in 1181 erected a strong castle or fortress, called the Black Cattle, which was one of the earliest defences of the English in Ireland. Towards the close of the reign of Henry III., a Carmelite monastery was founded near the castle, on the eastern bank of the Barrow, by a member of the Carew family, and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. The bridge, of nine arches, was built in 1320 by Maurice Jakis, a canon of the cathedral of Kildare, to facilitate the intercourse between the religious houses of Old and New Leighlin. As the English settlement here became more insecure, the monastery was much exposed to the hostile attacks of the native Irish; and in 1371, Ed^'ard III. granted ten marks annually for the repair and rebuilding of the house, which grant was renewed six years afterwards. In 1378, Richard II., in consideration of the expense and labour of supporting the house and the bridge against the king's enemies, bestowed on the prior an annual pension of 20 marks out of the rents of the town of Newcastle of Lyons ; he confirmed the gift in 1394, and it was also ratified by Henry IV. and Henry V., the latter monarch ordering that all arrears then due should be paid. In 1408, Gerald, fifth earl of Kildare, built another fortress here, which he called White Castle ; and after the Dissolution the monastery was also converted into a fort, and occupied as a military station by Sir Edward Bellingham, Marshal of the English army and Lord-Deputy of Ireland. This fort was taken in 1577 by Rory Oge O'More, dynast of Leix, who destroyed the town by fire ; and in 1649 it surrendered to the parliamentarians under Col. Hewson, soon after which the main army under Ireton, on their march to Carlow, laid waste the neighbouring country.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 67

58. Roscommon Castle built 1268, repeatedly razed and retaken

    Roscommon · town · Roscommon · 1268–1277

    Sir Robert de Ufford, the English lord-justice, erected a strong castle at Roscommon in 1268, which was razed by the native Irish four years later. The castle was rebuilt, again taken by the Irish in 1276, and finally surrendered by Thomas de Clare in 1277.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    ROSCOMMON, a market and assize town (formerly a parliamentary borough), a parish, and tlie head of a union, in the barony of South Ballintobber, county of Roscommon, and province of Connaught, 1.5^ miles (W. by N.) from Athlone, and 74| (W.) from Dublin, on the road to Sligo ; containing 8191 inhabitants, of whom 3439 are in the town. This place appears to have derived both its origin and its name, originally Ros-Coeman, or " Coeman's marsh," from the foundation of an abbey of Canons Regular in a lowsituation here, by St. Coeman or Coraanus, a disciple of St. Finian, about the year 540. The abbey was pillaged by the Danes in 807, and plundered and burnt by the people of Munstcr in 1134; it, however, was soon afterwards restored, and in 1156 its endowments were greatly augmented by Turlogh the Great, King of Ireland. In 1204, the establishment was plundered by William Bourke Fitz-Akielm, one of the earliest English adventurers that penetrated into Connaught. A Dominican friary was founded in 1'253, by Felim M<^Cahile Croovdearg O'Conor, King of Connaught, ■who was interred in it in 1265. Both these establishments, at the Dissolution, were granted by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Nicholas Malby, Knt., and his heirs at a yearly rent of £30. 5. 10. In 1268, Sir Robert de Ufford, the English lord-justice, erected a strong CASTLE here, which, four years afterwards, when Maurice Fitz-Maurice, Earl of Kildare, -was lord-justice, was razed to the ground by the native Irish. This castle was rebuilt, and in 1276 was again taken by the Irish, who on that occasion obtained a signal victory over the English ; in the following year, Thomas de Clare, who had retaken it, was, with his father-in-law, the Earl of Kildare, surrounded by the native forces, and compelled to purchase a safe retreat by the final surrender of the place. The De Burgos, however, afterwards recovered possession of the fortress. The castle, on its first erection, and also the town which gradually rose around it, paid a ground rent to the abbot of the older monastery. In 1360, the town was destroyed by fire; and in 1498 the Earl of Kildare, then lord-deputy, in an expedition into Connaught took possession of the castle, which he strongly fortified. It subsequently fell into the hands of the enemy, who kept it till 1566, when it was retaken for the Queen by Sir Henry Sidney, lord-deputy, who placed Sir Thomas L'Estrange 3 Q2

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 260

59. Roscommon Castle commenced by Robert de Ufford

    Roscommon · town · Roscommon

    Robert de Ufford, lord justice, commenced the construction of Roscommon Castle, which shortly afterwards fell into the hands of the natives. The castle was part of a series of Anglo-Norman fortifications including Athlone Castle erected by King John in 1216.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    the neighbouring districts. In V104, this part of the island was ravaged by Wm. Bourke Fitz-AIdelm : in 1216, Athlone Castle was erected by King John; and in l^es, Robert de Ufford, lord justice, commenced that of Roscommon, which shortly afterwards fell into the hands of the natives. The erection of the county into shire ground must have taken place at a very early period, as notices of sheriffs of Roscommon and Connaught are found among the records of the reign of Edward I. : into these counties the portions of the province that acknowledged the English supremacy were divided.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 258

60. Roscommon Castle retaken for the Queen by Sir Henry Sidney 1566

    Roscommon · town · Roscommon · 1566

    After falling into enemy hands, Roscommon Castle was retaken for Queen Elizabeth in 1566 by Sir Henry Sidney, lord-deputy, who placed Sir Thomas L'Estrange in charge. This marked the final noted episode in the castle's long history.

    Read the passage

    Read off the scanned page by machine, so a word here and there is misread. Kept as the reading produced it, not corrected.

    ROSCOMMON, a market and assize town (formerly a parliamentary borough), a parish, and tlie head of a union, in the barony of South Ballintobber, county of Roscommon, and province of Connaught, 1.5^ miles (W. by N.) from Athlone, and 74| (W.) from Dublin, on the road to Sligo ; containing 8191 inhabitants, of whom 3439 are in the town. This place appears to have derived both its origin and its name, originally Ros-Coeman, or " Coeman's marsh," from the foundation of an abbey of Canons Regular in a lowsituation here, by St. Coeman or Coraanus, a disciple of St. Finian, about the year 540. The abbey was pillaged by the Danes in 807, and plundered and burnt by the people of Munstcr in 1134; it, however, was soon afterwards restored, and in 1156 its endowments were greatly augmented by Turlogh the Great, King of Ireland. In 1204, the establishment was plundered by William Bourke Fitz-Akielm, one of the earliest English adventurers that penetrated into Connaught. A Dominican friary was founded in 1'253, by Felim M<^Cahile Croovdearg O'Conor, King of Connaught, ■who was interred in it in 1265. Both these establishments, at the Dissolution, were granted by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Nicholas Malby, Knt., and his heirs at a yearly rent of £30. 5. 10. In 1268, Sir Robert de Ufford, the English lord-justice, erected a strong CASTLE here, which, four years afterwards, when Maurice Fitz-Maurice, Earl of Kildare, -was lord-justice, was razed to the ground by the native Irish. This castle was rebuilt, and in 1276 was again taken by the Irish, who on that occasion obtained a signal victory over the English ; in the following year, Thomas de Clare, who had retaken it, was, with his father-in-law, the Earl of Kildare, surrounded by the native forces, and compelled to purchase a safe retreat by the final surrender of the place. The De Burgos, however, afterwards recovered possession of the fortress. The castle, on its first erection, and also the town which gradually rose around it, paid a ground rent to the abbot of the older monastery. In 1360, the town was destroyed by fire; and in 1498 the Earl of Kildare, then lord-deputy, in an expedition into Connaught took possession of the castle, which he strongly fortified. It subsequently fell into the hands of the enemy, who kept it till 1566, when it was retaken for the Queen by Sir Henry Sidney, lord-deputy, who placed Sir Thomas L'Estrange 3 Q2

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 260