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

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1. St. Bridget's nunnery and abbey at Kildare

   Kildare · town · Kildare

   Kildare contained a nunnery and abbey united, founded by St. Bridget, whose ruins are still pointed out. The town also had an abbey of Grey friars south of the town and a house of Carmelites or White friars.

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   There were many celebrated and richly endowed monastic institutions in the county. At Athy was one for Crouched friars and another for Dominicans. Castledermot possessed a priory for Regular Canons, a house of Crouched friars, and a Franciscan abbey, the ruins of which last still serve to attest its former magnificence. The ruins of another Franciscan abbey are to be seen at Clane, where was also a house for Regular Canons. At Graney are the ruins of an Augustinian nunnery ; and a gateway and some other remains of a monastic building, said to have belonged to the Knights Templars, are still shewn there. The ruins of Great Connell Abbey are on the banks of the Liffey, near Newbridge. In Kildare was a nunnery and abbey united, founded by St. Bridget, and of which the ruins are still pointed out ; also an abbey of Grey friars, situated south of the town, and a house of Carmelites or White friars. At Old Kilcullen is a monastery as old as the time of St. Patrick, which in 11 15 was elevated to the dignity of an episcopal see ; but it does not appear that it long retained that rank. Near the ruins of the old church are the remains of two crosses, one of which still retains some very curious specimens of ancient sculpture. Maynooth had a convent of Black nuns, and a college of priests founded by the Earl of Kildare ; the abbey of Killossy has been converted into the parish church, and is remarkable for the singularity of the architecture of its steeple tower ; the monastery of Kilrush was surrounded by a broad ditch faced with masonry ten feet high ; the abbey of Monastereven has been converted into the residence of the Moore family, the representative of which is the Marquess of Drogheda. At Moone was a Franciscan friary, the brotherhood of which retained possession of it subsequently to the Reformation : here is a fragment of a very old cross, one of the most curious in Ireland, covered with numerous grotesque figures. In Naas were three religious establishments ; namely, a convent of Augustiniaus, another of Dominicans, and one for friars Eremites of the order of St. Augustine. Some remains

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 20

2. St. Brogan's abbey at Mothell, Waterford: ruins and sculptured tomb

   Mothel · townland · Waterford

   St. Brogan founded an abbey at Mothell and was its first abbot, succeeded by St. Coan; it was likely a house of Canons Regular of St. Augustine. The abbey and its possessions were surrendered in the 31st of Henry VIII and granted to a Butler family and Peter Power. Extensive ruins survive, including a Norman arch and six sculptured stones from the tomb of an ecclesiastic named Maurice Omenane.

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   MOTHELL, or Mothel, a parish, in the union of Carrick-on-Suir, barony of Upperthird, county of Waterford, and province of Munster, 3 miles (S. by E.) from Carrick; containing 3723 inhabitants. St. Brogan founded here an abbey, of which he was the first abbot ; and was succeeded by St. Coan : it is thought to have been a house of Canons Regular of the order of St. Augustine, though some say of Cistercian monks. The abbey and its possessions were surrendered in the 31st of Henry VIII., and two years afterwards were granted to a family named Butler and Peter Power, at the annual rent of £6. 4. The parish comprises 17,641 statute acres of arable land, and 3000 of mountain : all the western part is occupied by the mountains of Cummeragh, extending from the river Suir southward to the neighbourhood of Dungarvan, and forming an irregular chain of heights, the sides of which are extremely wild and precipitous, and present, even from a distance, striking masses of light and shade. These lonely mountains, rarely visited but by the sportsman and the summer tourist, every where afford romantic and even sublime scenery. They are composed almost entirely of argillaceous schistus of different qualities, in vertical beds, together with a slaty conglomerate : close-grained white, grey, and red sandstone, and veins of quartz, occur, with porphyritic rocks, and indications of iron, particularly iron glance. There are several lakes on the summits of the mountains, the scenery around which is highly picturesque, and in some parts magnificent ; they are called the Cummerloughs and the Stillogues, and in the former a remarkably fine species of trout is found. In descending from this elevated situation to the Suir, the change is remarkably striking, as the country, in parts, assumes a great degree of softness and richness. Near one of the Cummeragh mountains are the village and castle of Clonea, which latter is a perfect specimen of an ancient fortified residence, consisting of a quadrangular building of great height, divided into several stories approached by a flight of stairs within the walls : the watch-tower commands a magnificent prospect. The keep was formerly surrounded by a strong wall inclosing a square area, with circular towers at each angle and a moat outside ; two of the towers can be distinctly traced. The plantations on the banks of the river Clodagh, which flows close to the castle, give additional interest to the scene.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 172

3. St. Canice's Gospel manuscript at Roscrea abbey

   Roscrea · town · Tipperary · 500–1620

   St. Canice wrote a copy of the Four Gospels at Roscrea, called Glass Kennic or 'the Chain of Canice,' which was preserved in the abbey until the time of Ussher. A second manuscript by the scribe Dimma was also kept there in a curiously ornamented box.

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   The only part left of the ancient Abbey is the western gable, with an arched door forming an entrance to the present churchyard ; on each side of the arch are two flat niches, and above the doorway is a figure of the patron saint, Cronan, but much mutilated. In the churchyard is part of a circular cross, which, with another stone now forming part of the wall, is called the Shrine of St. Cronan, and is rudely sculptured with a representation of the Crucifixion and other figures. On the opposite side of the road, to the north-west of the old church, is an ancient Round Tower ; it is about SO feet high, in good preservation, and covered with a dome roof of wood ; around its base are two tiers of stone steps, and about 15 feet from the ground is a circular arched doorway, above which, at an elevation of 15 feet, is a pointed window. There are also some remains of the Culdee establishment of Mona Incha, where, from the time of St. Columba, who flourished early in the 6th century and was the founder of that order, subsisted till the beginning of the 17th century a fraternity of monks remarkable for their learning and sanctity, who strenuously resisted the usurpations of the see of Rome, and are mentioned by Archbishop Ussher as existing in the earlier part of his time. In the north-western pait of the town are the remains of the Franciscan Friary, still in tolerable preservation ; the tower of the ancient church forms the entrance to the Roman Catholic chapel. In a street called the Mall is still standing a circular tower, forming a portion of the castle erected by King John : this tower has been recently roofed ; and in the centre of the town, and in good preservation, is the lofty square castle built by the Butler family, part of which has been appropriated as a depAt for military stores for the use of the troops quartered in the barracks. St. Canice here wrote a copy of the Four Gospels, called Glass Kennic, or " the Chain of Canice," which till the time of Ussher was preserved in the abbey of this place : there was also a curious copy written by Dimma, a scribe, the son of Aengus son of Carthin, which was also kept here in a curiously ornamented box, and was most probably the manuscript in the possession of Sir William Betham, Ulster King at Arms. There is a chalybeate spring at Corville, near the town.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 263

4. St. Carthach's monastery at Kilcar, c. 540

   Kilcar · town · Donegal · 540

   St. Carthach, whose festival is kept on the 5th of March, is supposed to have presided over a monastery at Kilcar as early as 540. This early Christian foundation anchors the parish's antiquity.

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   KILCAR, or Kilkaragh, a parish, in the union of Glexties, barony of Bannagh, county of Donegal, and province of Ulster, 5 miles (W.) from Killybegs ; containing 4969 inhabitants. St. Carthach, whose festival is kept on the 5th of March, is supposed to have presided over a monastery here so early as 540. The parish comprises 18,883 statute acres, about one-sixth of which only is arable, the remainder bog and mountain land : agriculture is in a very backward state. Fairs are held eight times in the year, for cattle, yarn, and flannel. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Raphoe, and in the patrouage of the Bishop : the tithe rent-charge is £93. 15. The church is a small handsome building, erected in 1828, by aid of a gift of £900 from the Board of First Fruits. The glebe-house was built at the same time, by a gift of £100 and a loan of £450 from the Board ; there is a glebe of 128'2 statute acres. The Roman Catholic parish is co-extensive with that of the Established Church, and has a large chapel.

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   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 16

5. St. Carthage's monastery at Lismore

   Lismore · town · Waterford

   St. Carthage, of the same sept as St. Declan, founded the religious establishment at Lismore and died in 637. The extensive parishes attached to Lismore reflected its early monastic antiquity.

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   The earliest inhabitants of this portion of the island were a tribe designated by Ptolemy Menapii, who occupied also the present county of W^exford. Prior to the seventh century, mention is made of two small tracts, one called Coscradia, and the other Ily-Lyathain, on the south, about Ardmore ; but these designations appear to have merged at an early period in that of Decies, given by the preponderating power of a tribe called the Desii, or Decii, who occupied the central and larger portions of the county at the time of the English invasion. They are said to have been originally planted in Meath, and gave name to the barony of Deece : in a contest for the chieftaincy in the middle of the third century, a large number were compelled to abandon that territory, and to remove southwards ; and they ultimately settled themselves in the tract of country extending from Carrick-on-Suir to Dungarvan, and thence eastward to Waterford harbour. From this time Decie in Meath, and Decie in Munster, were called respectively jyorth and South Decie ; the latter also bore the Irish name of Nan-Decie. But jEngus Mac Nafrach, King of Munster, in the fifth century, enlarged the territories of the Decii by annexing to them the lands of Magh-Femin, comprising the present barony of Middlethird, and the large extended plains near Cashel, called Gowlin, together with the country about Clonmel : and from this period the designation of Decie-Thuasgeart, or North Decie, became applied only to this grant ; the former territories in W'aterford still retaining the distinctive appellation of Decie- Deisgeart, or South Decie. St. Declan, a Christian missionary of the race of the Decii, converted great numbers of them about the year 402 ; and, by his influence, their pagan chieftain was deposed, and one of the Christian converts elected in his stead. This saint, and St. Carthage, of the same sept, who died in 637, founded respectively the religious establishments at Ardmore and Lismore, the extent of the parishes attached to which is accounted for by their remote antiquity.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 373

6. St. Colgan's abbey tradition, Kilcolgan, Galway

   Kilcolgan · townland · Galway · 580

   An abbey is said to have been founded at Kilcolgan in 580, over which St. Colgan presided. An inlet of Galway Bay extends up to Kilcolgan, navigable for small boats.

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   KILCOLGAN, a parish, in the barony of Dunkel- Lix, union and county of Galway, and province of CoxNAUGHT, 4 miles (S. byE.) from Oranmore, on the road from that place to Ardrahan ; containing 1359 inhabitants. An abbey is said to have been founded here in 5S0, over which St. Colgan presided. The parish comprises 554Si statute acres ; the land is of a light limestone soil, with a large portion of rocky ground. Au inlet of the bay of Galway extends up to Kilcolgan, and is navigable for small boats ; large quantities of sea-weed are collected for manure. A receiving-house for letters here is in connexion with Ardrahan. Tyrone is the seat of the St. George family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Kilmacduagh, episcopally united, about 1735, to the vicarages of Kinvarra, Stradbally, Killeely, Killeny, Dromacoo, Killineen, Killenavara, Duras, Kilcooly, and Bullane, together forming the union of Kilcolgan, in the patronage of the Bishop . the rectory of Kilcolgan is appropriate partly to the see, and partly to the prebend of Kinvarra in the cathedral of Kilmacduagh. The tithe rent-charge of the parish is £141. 15 , of which £39. 7. 6. are payable to the vicar ; the entire tithe of the benefice, payable to the vicar, is £241. 14. 6. The church, built upwards of a century ago, was repaired in 1820 by parochial assessment. The glebe-house was erected in 1820, by a gift of £400 and a loan of £190 from the Board of First Fruits; the glebe of the union consists of 28f acres. 32

   KILCOLLUM, or Kilcolm, a parish, in the union of Waterford, barony of Ida, county of Kilkenny, and province of Leinster, 5 miles (N. N. E.) from Waterford, and on the river Barrow ; containing 2407 inhabitants. This parish comprises 8274 statute acres. It is in the diocese of Ossory ; the rectory is impropriate in Sir Ellis Leighton, and the vicarage forms part of the union of Dunkit. The tithe rent-charge is £360, of which two-thirds are payable to the impropriator and one-third to the vicar. In the Roman Catholic divisions Kileollum forms part of the district of Slieruagh.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 16

7. St Colman founds Mayo Abbey after leaving Lindisfarne (665)

   Mayo · parish · Mayo · 665

   St. Colman resigned the Benedictine cell of Lindisfarne and returned to Ireland, founding an abbey at Mayo in 665 AD with English monks who accompanied him. It was called Magio-na-Sasson, meaning 'Mayo of the English or Saxons.' St. Gerald and St. Adamnan successively held the abbacy, and St. Segretia presided over a nunnery here.

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   IMAYO, a parish, in the union of Ballinrobe, partly in the barony of Kilmaine, but chiefly in that of Clanmorris, county of Mayo, and province of Connaught, 6 miles (X. by E.) from Hollymount, and on the road from Ballinrobe to Claremorris ; containing 4179 inhabitants. Here was formerly a town of some note, famous for its university. St. Colman, having resigned the Benedictine cell of Lindisfarne, in Northumberland, and returned into Ireland, a. d. 665, founded an abbey here, in which he placed some English monks who had accompanied him, from whom it was called Magio-na-Sasson, or " Blayo of the English, or Saxons." St. Gerald and St. Adamnan severally succeeded St. Colman in the abbacy ; and St. Segretia, the sister of St. Gerald, presided over a nunnery here. The abbey was destroyed by lightning in 77S, burned by the Danes in 81S, 90S, and 1169, and plundered in l^Oi by William de Burgo : at the Dissolution its possessions were granted to the burgesses of Galway. The parish comprises 11,848:1: statute acres. The land is of very good quality, though under an inferior system of tillage, and there is tolerable pasturage for sheep : several bogs are being reclaimed. There are many limestone-quarries of a good description. A fair which was formerly held at Brize, on August 11th, for horses, cows, and sheep, is now held in the adjoining parish of Ballagh. The principal seats are, Browne Hall, the residence of Colonel Browne ; and Brize. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Tuam, and in the patronage of the Bishop : the tithe rent-charge is £180. The glebe-house was erected in 1S26, at an expense of £900, of which £500 were a loan, and £100 a gift, from the late Board of First Fruits ; the glebe comprises 2^ acres, valued at £37. 10. per annum. The church is a small plain edifice, built about the year 181 1, at a cost of £600, a gift from the same Board. The Roman Catholic parish is coextensive with that of the Established Church; the chapel is near the ruins of the monastery. Here are, among various others, three ancient castles where human bones are frequently dug up. The once celebrated abbey evinces, by its ruins, its former splendour : according to tradition, Alfred the Great was educated, and one of his sons buried, here. There are curious remains of ancient intrenchments.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 148

8. St. Colman mac Duach founds Kilmacduagh monastery

   Kilmacduagh · townland · Galway · 620

   St. Colman, son of Duach, established a monastery and church at Kilmacduagh around 620 AD after seven years of seclusion. The site was named after him and the diocese later took its name from this foundation.

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   KILMACDUAGH, a parish, and the seat of a diocese, in the union of Gort, barony of Kiltahta.v, county of Galway, and province of CoNNAUfJUT, at the junction of the roads from Ennis to Galway and Ballinasloe ; containing, with part of the post-town of Gort, 4149 inhabitants. This ske was founded by St. Colman, son of Duach, of the noble family of Hy Fiacrii of Connaught, distinguished from other Colmans, his contemporaries, by the appellation of Mac Duach, and who, after seven years' strict seclusion, about the year 6'20 fixed his residence at this place, where he built a monastery and church, called after him Killmac- Duach, whence the diocese has taken its name. The establishment was amply endowed by Guair, then king of Connaught, and by his successors. Mac Duach presided over the diocese till his death : of his successors previously to the arrival of the English, there occurs the name of one only, ludicct, who died in 814. Maurice, bishop of this see, who died in 1283, erected on the site of the original foundation, at a short distance from the present cathedral church, a monastery for Augustmian canons, which subsisted till the Reformation, when it was granted to the Earl of Clanrickarde. Stephen Keroian, who was consecrated in 1573, was translated to the see of Clonfert in 158'2, from which time this see remained vacant till 1587, when Roland Linch succeeded to the prelacy ; and he being, in leO'i, translated to the see of Clonfert, obtained permission to hold this diocese with it in cummendam, since which period the two sees continued to be held together till the recent death of the Right Rev. Dr. BuImu, when both were annexed to the see of Killaloe, and the temporalities vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, under the provisions of the Church Temporalities' act of the 3rd and 4th of William IV.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 41

9. St. Colman's monastery remains at Kilmacduagh

   Kilmacduagh · townland · Galway

   Remains of a monastery built on the site of an ancient abbey founded by St. Colman exist northwest of the cathedral, on a neck of land between two loughs. The ruins include a small but elegant church, sacristy, arched room, chapel, and refectory.

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   The parish comprises 8804^ statute acres, of which about 600 are waste and exhausted bog, and the remainder in a tolerable state of cultivation; from the e.xhausted state of the bogs, fuel is scarce. The living is a vicarage, episcopally united from time immemorial to the vicarage of Kilbeaconty and the rectory of Kiltarton, together constituting the union and corps of the deanery of Kilmacduagh, in the patronage of the Crown ; the rectory is appropriate to the treasurership and precentorship of the cathedral of St. Colman. The tithe rent-charge of the parish is £166. 14. S., of which £5'2. 10. are payable to the treasurer, £4,5 to the precentor, and the remainder to the dean ; the gross annual value of the deanery, including tithes and glebe, before the passing of the Rent-charge act was £45'2. 13. The church, towards the erection of which the Board of First Fruits granted a loan of £1400, in 1814, is a handsome edifice. The same Board contributed £300 and a loan of £500 towards the erection of the deaneryhouse : the glebe of the union comprises 4| acres. The Roman Catholic parish is co-extensive with that of the Established Church, and has two chapels ; one of them at Gort, a large slated building ; and one of smaller dimensions at Taernevin, which is a plain thatched building. Some remains of the monastery built on, the site of the ancient abbey founded by St. Colman, yet exist to the north-west of the cathedral, and are situated on a neck of land between two loughs ; they consist chiefly of the church, which, though small, appears to have been of very elegant design. To the south of the church is the sacristy, and adjoining it is an arched room in which probably were deposited the valuable effects belonging to the establishment ; south of these, are the chapel and refectory. To the north, about two feet from the church, is an old wall, which, according to tradition, belonged to a place for penance ; and not far from it is a holy well, with a circular inclosure. Near the church, also, is an ancieiit round tower, which declines about 17 feet from the perpendicular. In a lake in the parish, called Lough Deehan, the waters having sunk very low in the year 1784 or 1785, a house was discovered in the mud at the bottom, formed of oak timber of great thickness, and the sides and roof of which were of wattle-work of the same substance ; it appeared as if intended to float, and the timber of which it was constructed was perfectly sound.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 42

10. St. Columba founded monastery at Terryglass, c. 6th century

    Terryglass · townland · Tipperary · 550–552

    St. Columba, a disciple of St. Finian, founded a monastery at Terryglass about the middle of the 6th century and became its first abbot. Dying of pestilence in 552, he was interred there and succeeded by his brother, St. Mochoemius.

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

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 329

11. St. Columb founds monastery at Kells c.550

    Kells · town · Meath · 550

    A monastery for Canons Regular was founded at Kells around 550 by St. Columb on a site said to be granted by the King of Ireland. Despite repeated destruction by fire and Danish raids, it served as the head of a small diocese that later merged into Meath.

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    KELLS, a market and post town, a parish, the head of a union, and formerly a parliamentary borough, in f^ the barony of Kells, county of JIeath, and province of Leinster, S miles (\V. N. W.) from Navan, and 31 (X. W.) from Dublin, on the coach-road to Enniskillen ; containing "643 inhabitants, of whom 4'205 are in the town. This place, formerly called Kenlis, is of remote antiquity, and appears to have acquired at a very early period a considerable degree of importance. A monastery for Canons Regular was founded here about the year 550, by St. Columb, on a site granted, it is said, by INPKervaill, King of Ireland ; and notwithstanding its repeated disasters by conflagration and the ravages of the Danes, it seems to have been the head of a small surrounding diocese, which subsequently merged into that of Meath. The monastery was restored, in 806, by Cellach, abbot of lona, who had taken refuge here from the Norwegians ; but it appears to have been never free from disasters of various kinds till after the arrival of the English. In 1 15'J, the memorable synod of the Irish clergy, at which Cardinal Paparo distributed the four palls to the archbishops, was assembled here; in 1156, the town, with all its sacred edifices, was destroyed by fire. The monastery, after its restoration, was plundered in 117^, by Dermod Macmurrough, at the head of a party of English ; but in the year following, Hugh de Lacy bestowed on it such ample grants of land as to entitle him to be regarded as its second founder. In 1 1'6, the town was plundered by some of the native septs, and about the same time a castle was erected for its defence against the O'Nials. Walter, son of Hugh de Lacy, in the reign of Richard I. founded a monastery for Crouched friars, and granted the inhabitants a charter confirming all their privileges, which he made equal to those of the men of Bristol. In addition to its castle the town was strengthened with mural fortifications, rendered necessary from its situation on the frontier ; and it was considered one of the most important places in the county. Richard II., in 1388, confirmed the charter of the burgesses granted by Walter de Lacy, and from this period till the time of Henry VI. the town ranked with Trim and Athboy as one of the principal boroughs in Meath ; but by repeated wars, and the subsequent dissolution of its richly-endowed religious establishments, it materially declined in importance.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 3

12. St. Columbkill's abbey at Tamlaght (585)

    Tamlaght · townland · Derry · 585–1291

    St. Columbkill founded an abbey in 585 in the townland of Tamlaght, placing Fion Lugain as its first abbot. The institution later appears as a parochial church in Pope Nicholas's Taxation of 1291, though when it ceased to be monastic is unknown.

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    TAMLAGIITFINLAGAN, a parish, in the union of Newtown-Limavady, barony of Kenaught, county of Londonderry, and province of Ulster, 'i\ miles (W. by S.) from Newtown-Limavady, on the coach-road to Londonderry; containing 7252 inhabitants. This parish, which comprises 17,-102 statute acres, whereof 8li ai-e under water and one-sixth consists of mountain, derived its name from an abbey founded by St. Columbkill, in 585, in the townland of Tamlaght, and over which he placed Fion Lugain as its first abbot : at what time it ceased to be a monastic institution is now unknown, but it is classed as a parochial church in Pope Nicholas's Taxation in 1291. The lands belong to three proprietors, in the proportions of two-fifths to the freehold estate of Newtown, as granted to Sir Thos. Phillips ; two-fifths to the Fishmongers' Company ; and 548

    one-fifth to the see of Derry : they are in three distinct manors, but no courts are held in any of them. Lough Foyle forms about one-half of the western boundary. In the vale of Myroe, which exhibits some of the most beautiful and romantic scenery in the north of Ireland, and throughout all the northern districts of the parish, is some of the very finest and most productive land, bearing heavy crops of all kinds of grain. In the southern portion the land rises into considerable ranges of mountain and bog, by much the greater part of which is capable of cultivation, and from which spring the sources of the numerous streams and rivulets that irrigate and fertilise the lower grounds. In the same portion, near the sources of the Rush and Ballykelly waters, are large deposits of excellent blue limestone, and in several places throughout the parish are indications of calcareous sandstone ; but the prevailing rock is of schistose formation.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 313

13. St. Columb Kill's House and holy well at Kells

    Kells · town · Meath

    At Kells there is a small stone-roofed cell or chapel of great antiquity called St. Columb Kill's House, near which is a very fine well named after that saint.

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    tnissioncrs some years ago granted £104, is a spacious structure, with a detached square tower on the north side, surmounted by a spire, and erected at the expense of Thomas, first earl of Bcctive, who died in 1795 ; on one of the faces of the tower are three busts sculptured in stone, representing a bishop and two other dignitaries, with an inscription recording a rebuilding of the church, in 157"2, by Hugh Brady, Bishop of Meath. Among others is a fine monument to Sir T. Taylor, first baronet of the Headfort family, and Anne, his wife. Near the church are the remains of a round tower, about 90 feet high, unroofed, and having the entrance on the north ; and in the ihurchyard is an ancient cross, richly decorated. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is the head of a district, comprising also Girley and Burry, and containing two chapels, situated at Kells and Girley. The former is a spacious and handsome stone building, in the form of a T, with two towers, the whole erected after a design by Mr. Johnston, in 179B, on ground given by the late Marquess of Headfort, who contributed liberally towards the building, and presented a painting of the Assumption, by Raphael, now over the altar. The parochial school for boys is supported by the Archdeacon of Meath, and that for girls by the Marquess. Kells contains a fever hospital ; and a savings' bank has been established, the deposits in which e.xceed £'Z0,000. A bequest of £90 late currency was made by a member of the Garnett family, and £1000 by the late jNIr. Dcmpsey, the former secured on land, and the latter invested in the funds ; the produce is annually divided among the poor. The union workhouse, on a site of S| acres purchased for £790, was completed in 1841, at a cost of £5970, and is constructed to contain 600 paupers. Of the ancient abbey, scarcely any traces are now visible; and of the priory founded by Walter de Lacy, nothing but the cemetery remains. The castle occupied the area which was formerly the market-place ; and in a contiguous street is a beautiful stone cross, elaborately enriched with sculptured figures and devices, and said to have been raised from the prostrate situation in which it was found, by Dean Swift. There is a small stone-roofed cell, or chapel, called St. Columb Kill's House, of great antiquity, near which is a very fine well named after that saint. At Berford, a few miles distant, numerous fossil remains of the moose-deer were found within an artificial inclosure in a bog, and wholly beneath the surface. The parish gives the inferior title of Baron Kenlis to the Marquess of Headfort.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 5

14. St. Columbkill's monastery at Magilligan (584)

    near Tamlaght-ard or Magilligan · parish · Derry · 584

    In 584 St. Columbkill founded a monastery at Tamlaghtard or Magilligan, which became so pre-eminent among his foundations that it earned the title 'Throne or shrine of St. Columba.' Kings, princes, and prelates came there to end their days, and many remains were brought for interment.

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    TAMLAGHTARD, or Magilligan, a parish, in the union of Newtown-Limavady, barony of Kenaught, county of Londonderry, and province of Ulster, 4^ miles (N. E.) from Newtown-Limavady ; containing 3252 inhabitants. The former of these names, which signifies " the cemetery on the height," is derived from the situation of the ancient burial-ground, which is still used ; and the latter from a family of that name who were proprietors of a native freehold in it, until the land was forfeited to the Crown, after the war of 1641. In the year 584, St. Columbkill founded a monastery here, -which afterwards acquired great wealth and celebrity, and became so pre-eminent among the monastic foundations of this saint, that it obtained the title of the " Throne or shrine of St. Columba;" kings, princes, and prelates repaired hither to close their days in its recesses, and the remains of many others were brought hither for interment. The most remarkable of the latter were those of St. Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, which were raised by Colman, one of his successors, and buried here in a tomb of hewn stone that still exists near the eastern window of the old parish church ; near which is also a fine well, called Tubber-aspug- Aidan, " the Well of Bishop Aidan." The monastery was plundered in 1203, by Diarmit Hua Lochluin, at the head of a party of foreigners, who were afterwards met by the chiefs of the country, and routed in a battle in which their leader was slain. On the dissolution of monasteries, the buildings and lands of this establishment were granted to the see of Derry.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 311

15. St. Columb's abbey at Killermogh, 558

    Killermogh · townland · Laois · 558

    St. Columb is said to have founded an abbey at Killermogh (also called Kildermoy) in 558. The parish is in Queen's County (Laois), near Durrow, on the road to Roscrea.

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    KILLERMOGH, or Kildermoy, a parish, in the union of Ahbeyleix, barony of Clarmallagh, Queen's county, and province of Leinster, 1| mile (N. by W.) from Durrow, on the road from that place to Roscrea ; containing 1114 inhabitants. It comprises '2765 statute acres, of which about 250 are waste and bog ; the remainder is arable and pasture land. Limestone is obtained for building and burning. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, and in the patronage of the family of Fitzpatrick : the tithe rentcharge is £105. 16. The church, a neat building, but not in good repair, was erected in 1809. by aid of a gift of £500 from the Board of First Fruits, which also contributed, in 1829, to the building of the glebe-house : the glebe comprises 306a. 'ir. 23p. In the Roman Catholic divisions this parish forms part of the district of Aghavoe. St. Columb is said to have founded an abbey here in 558.

    KILLERORAN.— See Killararan.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 38

16. St. Columb's abbey at Kilmacrenan

    Kilmacrenan · town · Donegal

    St. Columb founded a richly endowed abbey at Kilmacrenan. An O'Donnell, prince 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.

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    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

17. St. Columb's church at Kilbarron, Barrind bishop c.590

    Kilbarron · townland · Donegal · 590

    St. Columb founded a church at Kilbarron, of which Barrind was bishop about 590. The parish also contains fourteen Danish raths and a chalybeate spring.

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    KILBARRON, a parish, in the union of Ballyshannon, barony of Tyrhugh, county of Donegal, and province of Ulster, on the road from Donegal to Enniskillen ; containing, with the greater part of the sea-port, market, and post town of Ballyshannon, 10, 02* inhabitants. St. Columb founded a church here, of which Barrind was bishop about 590. The parish comprises '23,93'2| statute acres, of which 915^: are water: half of the soil is arable ; the remainder is meadow, pasture, and mountain laud, and there is a sufficient extent of bog. In addition to the usual crops, great quantities of carrots and onions are raised in the open fields. The Abbey river, which flows into Abbey bay. Vol. 11.-17

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    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 13

18. St. Columb's Stone in St. Columb's-lane, Londonderry

    near Derry · city · Derry

    St. Columb's Stone stands in the centre of St. Columb's-lane, adjacent to the wells, bearing two oval hollows artificially formed on each side. Rainwater collected in these hollows is believed to possess miraculous power in curing various diseases.

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    In addition to the Ecclesiastical buildings already recorded, here was a Franciscan Mendicant friary of unknown foundation, with a churchyard containing about three acres, the site of which is occupied by Abbeystreet and others ; the foundations were discovered a few years ago by some workmen, but no vestiges of any of the buildings are now remaining. The only religious house preserved on the erection of the new city was the church of St. Augustine, which was repaired, and used prior to the erection of the present cathedral, after which it was known as " the Little church ;" its site is now occupied by the bishop's garden. A small square tower was built by O'Dogherty for ODonoll, in the 15th or I6th century ; but no vestige of it can now be traced. Near the Roman Catholic chapel, outside the walls, are St. Columb's If'elts, originally three in number, and called by separate names, but of which one is dried up ; the water, though considered in remote parts of the island a specific for diseases of the eye, is here held in little repute. In the centre of St. Columb's-lane, adjacent to the wells, is .S^ Columb's Stone, on each side of which are two oval hollows artificially formed, concerning which various legends are related ; the water deposited by rain in these hollows is believed to possess a miraculous power in curing various diseases. The shutting of the gates by the apprentice boys on Dec. 7th, 1688 (O. S.), and the opening of them on Aug. l'2th following, are annually commemorated, but the ceremony has been somewhat modified since ISS^, in which year an act was passed declaring such a commemoration illegal ; they have led to the establishment of three distinct clubs of apprentice boys, under ditferent denominations. George Farquhar, the dramatic poet, was born here in 16*8; and the Rev. William Hamilton, D.D., author of " Letters concerning the Northern Coast of the County of Antrim," and other productions on natural history, who was assassinated at tlie house of Dr. Waller, at Sharon, on March 2nd, 1797, was also a native of the place. Londonderry gives the titles of Earl and !Marquess to the family of Stewart.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 106

19. St. Columb's Wells near Londonderry chapel

    near Derry · city · Derry

    St. Columb's Wells, originally three in number, are located near the Roman Catholic chapel outside the walls of Londonderry. One has dried up; the water was considered a specific for eye diseases in remote parts of the island but is held in little repute locally.

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    In addition to the Ecclesiastical buildings already recorded, here was a Franciscan Mendicant friary of unknown foundation, with a churchyard containing about three acres, the site of which is occupied by Abbeystreet and others ; the foundations were discovered a few years ago by some workmen, but no vestiges of any of the buildings are now remaining. The only religious house preserved on the erection of the new city was the church of St. Augustine, which was repaired, and used prior to the erection of the present cathedral, after which it was known as " the Little church ;" its site is now occupied by the bishop's garden. A small square tower was built by O'Dogherty for ODonoll, in the 15th or I6th century ; but no vestige of it can now be traced. Near the Roman Catholic chapel, outside the walls, are St. Columb's If'elts, originally three in number, and called by separate names, but of which one is dried up ; the water, though considered in remote parts of the island a specific for diseases of the eye, is here held in little repute. In the centre of St. Columb's-lane, adjacent to the wells, is .S^ Columb's Stone, on each side of which are two oval hollows artificially formed, concerning which various legends are related ; the water deposited by rain in these hollows is believed to possess a miraculous power in curing various diseases. The shutting of the gates by the apprentice boys on Dec. 7th, 1688 (O. S.), and the opening of them on Aug. l'2th following, are annually commemorated, but the ceremony has been somewhat modified since ISS^, in which year an act was passed declaring such a commemoration illegal ; they have led to the establishment of three distinct clubs of apprentice boys, under ditferent denominations. George Farquhar, the dramatic poet, was born here in 16*8; and the Rev. William Hamilton, D.D., author of " Letters concerning the Northern Coast of the County of Antrim," and other productions on natural history, who was assassinated at tlie house of Dr. Waller, at Sharon, on March 2nd, 1797, was also a native of the place. Londonderry gives the titles of Earl and !Marquess to the family of Stewart.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 106

20. St. Columh's School founded by Catholic clergy

    near Derry · city · Derry · 1813–1825

    St. Columh's School was founded in 1813 under the Roman Catholic bishop and clergy but was suspended due to a dispute between the prelate and a curate. It was finally established in 1825 with a building and enclosure costing nearly £1000, connected to the National Board of Education.

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    In connexion with the Presbyterian meeting-house is a school established in 1820, in lieu of a blue-coat school which had existed upwards of a century ; there are at present about 100 boys and 96 girls, who pay one penny each weekly. The boys' school is further supported by a subscription of £10 per annum from the congregation, and an annual grant of £20 by the Irish Society ; and the girls' school by subscriptions among the ladies, aided by £10 per annum late currency from the Irish Society. The schoolrooms were built and enlarged by subscription at an expense of £450. St. Columh's School, founded in 1813 under the auspices of the Roman Catholic bishop and clergy, but for some time suspended from a difference which arose between the prelate and one of his curates, was finally established in 1825 : the building, including the erection of a lofty inclosure, cost nearly £1000. It is in connexion with the National Board of Education, who grant £30 per annum for its support, which is further aided by £10 per annum from the Irish Society, and an annual collection in the Roman Catholic chapel amounting to £30; 143 boys and 166 girls are instructed. The London Ladies' Society School, in Fountain-street, was established in 1822 ; attached to it is a small library for the use of the poor. Guyn's Charitable Institution was founded by IMr. John Gwyn, a merchant of the city, who died in 1829; and was endowed by him with a bequest of £41,757, producing at present £1882 per annum, for boarding, clothing, and educating as many poor boys as the funds may admit of. This excellent school, which is under the management of 21 trustees, was opened on the 1st of April, 1833, in a hired house formerly the City hotel : the trustees subsequently purchased 10 statute acres of ground at the rear of the infirmary, where they have erected handsome premises capable of accommodating 200 pupils, at an estimated expense of £6000. There are at present nearly 100 boys in the school. A Sunday- School Union was formed in 1832, by which the hberties have been divided into six districts, each under the superintendence of one or two members ; the number of schools in the parish at present in connexion with the union is 16, attended by 162 teachers, and the number of pupils on the books is 1726.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 105

21. St. Comgall's attempted monastic foundation on Rathlin

    near Rathlin Island · island or archipelago · Antrim · 500–600

    St. Comgall is said to have landed on Rathlin Island intending to found a cell, but was expelled by a band of soldiers. A church was later founded there in the sixth century, attributed to St. Columba, who placed it under St. Colman's superintendence.

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    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

22. St. Comgal's monastery at Camus, Macosquin (580)

    Macosquin · townland · Derry · 580

    Macosquin derived its ancient name Camus from the foundation of a monastery at Cambos or Camus on the river Bann by St. Comgal in 580. This early ecclesiastical settlement predates the later Cistercian abbey on the same site.

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    MACOSQUIN, or CAMUS-juxta-BANN, a parish, in the union and barony of Coleraine, county of Londonderry, and province of Ulster, '2 miles (S. S. W.) from Coleraine, on the road to Dublin ; containing 6545 inhabitants. The place derived its latter name, which is the more ancient, from the foundation of a monastery at Cambos or Camus, on the river Bann, by St. Comgal, in 580 ; and the former, by which it is more generally known, from the Cistercian abbey of St. Mary de Fontana or Macosquin, founded in 117- by the family of OCahan. This latter estubhshment became very celebrated as the resort of numerous pilgrims ; continued to flourish till the Dissolution ; and was granted in 1609 by James I. to the Irish Society, by whom the church of Macosquin was made parochial.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 121

23. St. Comgal's monastery remains and ancient cross

    Macosquin · townland · Derry

    The small remains of a monastery founded by St. Comgal were taken down to build a wall around the burial-ground. Among the remains was a very ancient stone cross with four compartments, each sculptured with three Apostles in high relief and profusely ornamented with scrolls and wreaths; it was removed from its socket and now serves as a gate-pillar in the wall.

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    The LIVING is a rectory, in the diocese of Derry, and in the patronage of the Bishop, hut the advowson is claimed by the Irish Society ; the tithe rent-charge is £450. The glebe-house was built about 80 years since at an expense of £738. 9. ; the glebes comprise 250 Cunningham acres, valued at £250 per annum. The church, a very spacious structure, was new-roofed and repaired in 1826, at an expense of £500; and has since been enlarged, at a cost of £200. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the district of Killowen or Coleraine : there are places of worship for Presbyterians at Englishtown and Crossgare ; also one for Covenanters at Ringrash. The small remains of the monastery founded by St. Comgal were taken down, to build a wall round the burial-ground : among them was a very ancient stone cross, having four compartments, in each of which were three of the Apostles sculptured in high relief, and profusely ornamented with scrolls and wreaths ; it was removed from its socket, and now forms a gate-pillar in the wall. There was also an ancient font, to which, previously to the removal of the cross, the people resorted in great numbers. Several stone and bronze celts have been found chiefly in the bogs ; also fossilized tubs of butter, one of which, weighing 22 lb., is preserved at Drumcroon. There are five forts, and several artificial caves, one of which, at Ballywilliam, contains five apartments. There are also several strong chalybeate springs in the parish, of which those at Drumcroon and Greenfield contain iron, sulphur, and magnesia in solution, with a considerable portion of carbonic-acid gas.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 122

24. St. Conall association with Kilconnell

    Kilconnell · parish · Galway

    Kilconnell derives its name from St. Conall, who was abbot there in the time of St. Patrick, linking the parish to an early Christian ecclesiastical tradition.

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    KILCONNELL, a post-town and a parish, in the union of Ballinasloe, barony of Kilconnell, county of Galway, and province of Connaught, 30^ miles (E. byX.) from Galway, and 78^ (W. byS.) from Dublin; containing 1880 inhabitants, of whom I91 are in the town or village. It derives its name from St. Conall, who was abbot here in the time of St. Patrick. A monastery of Franciscan friars was founded about 1400, by William O' Kelly, and was reformed by his son Malachy, in 1460 : at the Dissolution it was granted to Charles Calthorpe, Esq. The ruins are extremely interesting, and contain several inscriptions, coats of arms, &c. ; the monastery was a favourite burial-place for many of the most respectable families in Galway. The town contains 46 houses ; it is a constabulary police station, and has a post-office under Aughrim : fairs are held on May 9th, Aug. 4th, Nov. 11th, and Dec. 18th ; and a manorial court occasionally. The parish contains eos^ statute acres, including a small quantity of bog : the chief seats are Hillwood, Ballinderry, Carrowmanagh, Killagh, and Mount Evans. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Clonfert, forming, with the rectories and vicarages of Killane and Fohcnagh, the union of Kilconnell, in the patronage of the Bishop ; the rectory is appropriate to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and to the vicarage. The tithe rent- charge of the parish is £86. 10. 9., of which £69. 11.8. are payable to the vicar ; the entire tithe of the benefice of the incumbent is £200. 1. 6. The glebe-house was built in 1827, by aid of a gift of £400 and a loan of £350 from the Board of First Fruits ; the glebe contains 37 acres 36

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 16

25. St. Declan's religious establishment at Ardmore

    Ardmore · town · Waterford · 402

    St. Declan, a Christian missionary of the Decii, converted great numbers of the tribe about 402 and founded the religious establishment at Ardmore. The large extent of its attached parish was accounted for by its remote antiquity.

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    The earliest inhabitants of this portion of the island were a tribe designated by Ptolemy Menapii, who occupied also the present county of W^exford. Prior to the seventh century, mention is made of two small tracts, one called Coscradia, and the other Ily-Lyathain, on the south, about Ardmore ; but these designations appear to have merged at an early period in that of Decies, given by the preponderating power of a tribe called the Desii, or Decii, who occupied the central and larger portions of the county at the time of the English invasion. They are said to have been originally planted in Meath, and gave name to the barony of Deece : in a contest for the chieftaincy in the middle of the third century, a large number were compelled to abandon that territory, and to remove southwards ; and they ultimately settled themselves in the tract of country extending from Carrick-on-Suir to Dungarvan, and thence eastward to Waterford harbour. From this time Decie in Meath, and Decie in Munster, were called respectively jyorth and South Decie ; the latter also bore the Irish name of Nan-Decie. But jEngus Mac Nafrach, King of Munster, in the fifth century, enlarged the territories of the Decii by annexing to them the lands of Magh-Femin, comprising the present barony of Middlethird, and the large extended plains near Cashel, called Gowlin, together with the country about Clonmel : and from this period the designation of Decie-Thuasgeart, or North Decie, became applied only to this grant ; the former territories in W'aterford still retaining the distinctive appellation of Decie- Deisgeart, or South Decie. St. Declan, a Christian missionary of the race of the Decii, converted great numbers of them about the year 402 ; and, by his influence, their pagan chieftain was deposed, and one of the Christian converts elected in his stead. This saint, and St. Carthage, of the same sept, who died in 637, founded respectively the religious establishments at Ardmore and Lismore, the extent of the parishes attached to which is accounted for by their remote antiquity.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 373

26. St. Eire, first bishop of Slane, died 514

    Slane · town · Meath · 514

    Slane was of very high antiquity and in the earliest ages of Christianity was the seat of a small diocese. St. Eire, who built himself a hermitage there, was consecrated first bishop by St. Patrick and died in 514.

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    SLANE, a post-town and parish (formerly a pariiamentary borough), in the union of Navan, barony of Upper Slane, county of Meath, and province of Lein- STER, 6| miles (W. S. W.) from Drogheda, and 2'2 (N. by W.) from Dublin, on the coach-road from Dublin to Londonderry, and on the river Boyne ; containing 2510 inhabitants, of whom 555 are in the town. This place is of very high antiquity, and in the earliest ages of Christianity was the seat of a small diocese, of which St. Eire, who had built himself a hermitage, was consecrated first bishop by St. Patrick ; he died in 514. On the neighbouring hill an abbey for Canons Regular was founded at a remote period, into which the young Dagobert, King of Austrasia, in France, who had been banished from his own country when only seven years of age, was received in 653, for the purpose of being educated ; he continued to reside in it 20 years, till recalled to France and restored to his throne. This establishment was many times plundered, and the monks massacred, by the Ostnien of Dublin, to whose ravages it was peculiarly exposed. In 11*2 the town was sacked and burned by Dermod Mac Murrough and a party of the English ; and it was again plundered by the English in 1175, from which period the abbey seems to have continued in decay till the year 1512, when it was restored by Sir Christopher Fleming, Lord of Slane, who placed in it two friars who had till then resided in the hermitage of St. Eire. On the settlement of the English in Meath the town became a borough, and in the reign of Henry VI. ranked as one of the middle class. The Fleming family having been engaged in the civil war of 1641, the estate escheated to the crown ; and the lands subsequently became the property of the Right Hon. Wilham Conyngbam, ancestor of the Marquess Conyngham. The place is within four miles of Oldbridge, where the battle of the Boyne was fought ; and the bridge of Slane has been on many occasions considered, and defended, as a pass of importance. The town is pleasantly situated on the northern bank of the river, which is navigable from its estuary at Drogheda up to Navan : it consists of S3 houses, chiefly modern and of neat appearance ; and the richness of the surrounding scenery renders it one of the most attractive places in the county.

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27. Stephenstown Demesne

    Stephenstown · townland · Louth

    Stephenstown is described as a handsome mansion in a highly improved demesne of 500 acres, well planted and watered by the river Fane. The river Fane at this point separates the parish of Louth from that of Killincoole.

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    The town is situated on the river (ilyde. From a grant made by Henry IV. to the " Bailiff and Commons of the Town of Loueth," releasing them from two parts of the chief rents during the minority of Lord D'Arcey, it appears to have had a municipal government prior to 1406. It contains 149 houses ; and has a sub-postoffice to Ardee, Carrickmacross, and Dundalk. There are six constabulary police stations in the parish ; fairs are held every month in the village of Mullacrew, and petty-sessions every alternate Thursday in the town. The PARISH comprises 1",842| statute acres, of which 208 1,: are in the barony of Ardee, l654i in that of Upper Dundalk, and 14,10" in that of Louth. The land is of very good quaUty, and principally under tillage, producing abundant crops ; the system of agriculture is improved ; there is little bog, and not any waste land. The chief seats are, Stephenstown, a handsome mansion in a highly improved demesne of 500 « O '2

    LOWE

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28. St. Eunanus founds bishopric and cathedral at Raphoe

    Raphoe · town · Donegal

    The See of Raphoe originated during the abbacy of St. Eunanus, who converted the monastery church into a cathedral and became its first bishop. The exact date is uncertain; the last recorded prelate before the English invasion, Aengus, died in 957.

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    The See appears to have originated during the abbacy of St. Eunaii, who converted the church of the monastery into a cathedral and became the first bishop, but at what date cannot be precisely ascertained; nor is any thing more recorded of his successors prior to the English invasion than the mere names of one or two prelates, of whom the last, Aengus, died in 957. Gilbert O'Laran, who was consecrated in 1 160, was a subscribing witness to a charter of confirmation granted by Maurice M'Loughlin, King of Ireland, to the abbey of Newry, and is in that deed described as Bishop of Tirconnel, from the name of the territory in which the church of Raphoe is situated. During the prelacy of Carbiac O'Scoba, who succeeded in 1266, part of the diocese was forcibly taken away by German OCherballen, Bishop of Derry, and added to that see ; in 1360, Patrick Magonail erected episcopal palaces in three manors belonging to the see of Raphoe. The last Roman Catholic bishop, previously to the Reformation, was Donut Magonail, who assisted at the Council of Trent in 1563 ; and the first Protestant bishop was George Montgomery, a native of Scotland, who had been dean of Norwich and chaplain of James I., and was consecrated to this see in 1605. Robert Huntingdon, celebrated for his extensive attainments in oriental literature, and his assiduity in collecting, during VZ years' residence at Aleppo, a valuable series of oriental manuscripts, of which many are in the Bodleian library at Oxford, and who had, while provost of Dublin University, been instrumental in printing the Old Testament in the Irish language, was appointed Bishop of Raphoe in 1701, but lived only 1'2 days after his consecration. John Pooley, who succeeded in 170'i, repaired the palace, and enlarged the cathedral by the addition of a north and south transept, rendering it perfectly cruciform. From 1605 the see was held as a separate diocese till the passing of the Church Temporalities' act of the 3rd of William IV., by which it was enacted that, on the next avoidance, it should be united to the see of ■ Derry ; which union, on the decease of the late fC. Bisset, D.D., in 1835, was carried into effect, and the temporalities became vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.

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29. St. Faughnan's Abbey ruins and pilgrimage site near Ross

    near Ross · parish · Cork

    Adjoining the town of Ross are the remains of an abbey founded by St. Faughnan, with the side walls of the choir still standing and a circular arch on the south side. The place is much resorted to by pilgrims, and the tomb of Rev. J. Power, who died in 1831, adjoins the ruin.

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    On an island which was once joined to the main land are the ruins of Downeen Castle ; and at Ballyvoureen are the remains of an ancient house in the Elizabethan style, formerly the residence of the Coppinger family. At Temple Faughnan, about a mile and a half from the town, stand the ruins of a house erected by the Knights Templars in 1301, and modernised in 171'2. Adjoining the town are the remains of the abbey founded by St. Faughnan : the side walls of the choir of the church, rudely built of unhewn stone, are still standing; on the south side are the remains of a circular arch, and adjoining the ruin is the tomb of the Rev. J. Power, who died in 1S31. The place is much resorted to by pilgrims. In the south wall of the cathedral is an old carved head, said to be that of St. Faughnan. Banduflt Castle, built by the O'Donovans, and afterwards called Castle Salem, was an extensive building with a walled park and more than 300 acres of oak wood, all now destroyed. In the grounds of Tinned are the remains of a cromlech. The Rev. Horace Townsend, author of the Statistical Survey of the Countij of Cork, is resident at Derry, in this parish.

    ROSSDROIT, a parish, in the union of EnniscouTHY, barony of Bantry, county of Wexford, and province of Leinster, 4 miles (W. S. W.) from Enniscorthy, which is the post town, on the road to New Ross; containing 2'2,58 inhabitants. This parish and that of Templescobin, both formerly belonging to the abbeyof Timolin, were by letters-patent granted in I6l9 to Henry Perse, Esq., at a small annual rent. They 494

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30. St. Fechan's religious establishment at Mayne

    Mayne · townland · Westmeath

    A religious establishment is said to have been founded at Mayne, County Westmeath, by St. Fechan of Fore. The parish is bounded by Lough Derveragh and a vast tract of bog through which the river Inny flows.

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    MAYNE, a parish, in the union of Oldcastle, barony of Demifore, county of Westmeath, and province of Leinster, 3 miles (N. W.) from Castle-Pollard, on the road to Granard ; containing 2098 inhabitants. A religious establishment is said to have been founded here by St. Fechan of Fore. The parish is bounded on the south by Lough Derveragh, and on the west by a vast tract of bog, through which the river Inny takes its course: it comprises 7148:1 statute acres of tolerably good land, chiefly under an improving system of tillage. The surface is finely varied ; and there are quarries of both black and grey limestone. From the village of Coole, roads extend across the bog and river, by a float or ferry : fairs are held at Coole on May 20th and Nov. 20th. The principal seats are, Pakenham Hall, the residence of the Earl of Longford ; Coolure, Turbotstown, Lakeview, and Gaulstown.

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31. St. Feighan's religious fraternity on Omey Island

    near Omey Island · island or archipelago · Galway · 664

    Omey's religious community was founded by St. Feighan, who died in 664. The island was granted to him by Guaira, King of Connaught, after he departed from Fore.

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    originated with a religious fraternity established by St. Feighau, who died in 664. The island is said to have been given to St. Feighan, after he left Fore, by Guaira, King of Connaught.

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32. St. Fiech's church and crosses at Sleaty

    Sleaty · townland · Laois · 400–499

    St. Fiech is said to have founded a church and bishopric at Sleaty in the fifth century, the latter later transferred to Leighlin. In the churchyard are two stone crosses of remote antiquity, and ruins of a small church called Slitb-teach, or 'The House near the Mountains,' said to have been originally a place of great importance.

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    SLATEY, Sleaty, or Sletty, a parish, in the union of Carlow, barony of Slievemargue, Qceen's county, and province of Leinster, \^ mile (N. N. W.) from Carlow ; containing 226 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the river Barrow, comprises 67 1 statute acres. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Leighlin, united to that of Shruel, and in the patronage of the Bishop : the tithe rent-charge of the parish is £45, and the gross value of the benefice is £88. 12. 3. ; there are three acres of glebe, valued at £8 per annum. The rector is treasurer of the diocese of Leighlin, with a seat in the chapter. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the district of Killeshin. St. Fiech is said to have founded a church and bishopric here in the fifth century, the latter of which was afterwards transferred to Leighlin : in the churchyard are two stone crosses of remote antiquity ; and there are ruins of a small church called Slitb-teacli, or " The House near the Mountains, ' which is said to have been originally a place of great importance.

    SLEATYGRAIGUE, a village, in the parish of Killeshin, poor-law union of Carlow, barony of Slieumargue. Queen's county, and province of Leinster ; containing 317 inhabitants.

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33. St. Finian church and cell on island in Lough Currane

    Lough Currane · lake or lakes · Kerry

    A curious church and cell dedicated to St. Finian were located on an island in Lough Currane, in the parish of Dromod. The site was one of several ancient ecclesiastical hermitages found on Kerry's lakes and islands.

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    The VESTIGES of ANTIQUITY Scattered over the county are very numerous, though the most common are merely the traces of the military struggles of which it has been the scene. It had formerly three of the ancient round towers, of which the one that stood near the cathedral oi Ardfert fell in 1771 ; of another, at Aghadue about 20 feet remain ; and the third is still standing nearly entire at Rattoo. Stuigiif fort, in the parish of Kilcrohane, is an extraordinary circular building of the most remote date : there is another stone fort with seats around it, about three miles distant, but in ruins, from the inferior solidity of its workmanship ; and a similar inclosure is to be seen in Iveragh, on the opposite side of the river to Cahirciveen. Perhaps of a remoter age are the Ogham inscriptions near the church of Kilmelchedor, not far from Sraerwick harbour ; where there is another inscription in a running character of various ancient letters. At Ballysteeny is likewise a stone with an Ogham inscription ; and, in the ruined church of Aghadoe, another. Among the most curious of the ancient fortifications is the circular inclosure at Caherdonnel, which is attributed to the Danes ; and on the mountain of Cahirconree, or " the fortress of King Con," is a circle of massive stones, also piled in the manner of a Danish intrenchment. There is a Danish camp, called Caher Truiit, on the shores of Ventry haven ; and another at Rathanaiie, in the same vicinity. Clee Riiadh, or the Red Ditch, is a singular line of defence, commencing at a place called Caher Carbery, near Kerry Head, and carried eastward to the Cashen river, beyond which it re-appears ; proceeding over Knockanure mountain, it enters Limerick county, where all traces of it are lost. It is conjectured to have been a line of demarcation between the principalities of Thomond and Desmond. The most curious of the minor remains of the more remote ages is the bronze instrument, resembling a kettle-drum, found at Muckross, and now deposited in Charlemont House, Dubhn. Eighteen Religious Houses are said to have anciently existed in this county ; and there are remains of those of Aghamore or Derrynanc, Ardfert, Ballinaskellig, Innisfallen, Irrelagh or Muckross, Killagh or de Bello Loco (in the parish of Kilcoleman), Lislaghtin, O'Dorney or Kjnrie Eleison, and Rattoo or Rathtoy. There are also the ruins of the ancient cathedrals of Ardfert and Aghadoe ; a ruined religious building, called Monaster in Oriel, in the parish of Kilgarvan ; chapels or cells, built entirely of stone with arched roofs, on Skellig and Blasquet Islands, from the former of which the abbey of Ballinaskellig was removed to the main land ; a curious church and cell, dedicated to St. Finian, on an island in Lough Currane, in the parish of Dromod ; a stone-roofed cell at Fane, in the parish of Ventry ; one also at Kelmelchedor j one near Gallerus, at the 15

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34. St. Finian's tomb and stone cross at Moville

    Moville Upper · parish · Donegal

    In the cemetery adjoining the monastery ruins at Upper Moville is a very ancient tomb said to be that of St. Finian, and outside the walls stands a lofty stone cross hewn from one block, still in good preservation.

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    MOVILLE, UPPER, a parish, in the union and barony of Ennishowen, county of Donegal, and province of Ulster, 15 miles (N. N. E.) from Londonderry, on the road to Greencastle ; containing 5069 inhabitants. St. Patrick founded a monastery here, called Maghbhile and Domnachbhile, over which he placed yEngusius, the son of Olild ; it soon became celebrated for its wealth ; and notices of its abbots occur from the year 590 to 953 : among them was the celebrated St. Finian. The remains are called Cooley, meaning " the City," probably from a large number of persons having settled around this famous pile, which appears, from what is left of the western and southern walls, to have been a very extensive edifice. For some time before the Reformation it was used as the parish church, and it so continued until destroyed during the civil wars of 1688. In the adjoining cemetery is a very ancient tomb, said to be that of St. Finian ; and outside the walls stands a lofty and handsome stone cross, hewn out of one block, and in good preservation. The ruins occupy a gentle eminence near the shores of Lough Foyle, commanding a full view of the Atlantic.

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35. St. Francis's Abbey, Limerick: extra-parochial district

    Limerick · city · Limerick

    St. Francis's Abbey is noted as an extra-parochial district within the bounds of the late county of the city of Limerick. It existed alongside the numerous parishes that comprised the Old Town, New Town, and rural districts of the city.

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    The PARISHES within the bounds of the late county of the city were those of St. Michael, which comprehends all the New Town ; St. Mary, St. Nicholas, St. John, St. Munchin, and St. Laurence, in which the Old Town, with the suburb of Thomond-gate, is included; and Cahirnarry, Cahirvally, Derrygalvin, Donoughmore, Killeely, Kilmurry, and St. Patrick, together with parts of those of Abington, Carrigparson, Crecora, Kilkeedy, Kilnegarruff, Knocknegaul, Mungrett, and Stradbally, in the rural district of the city ; besides which was the extra-parochial district of St. Francis's Abbey. The arrangements for local taxation in the county of the city, prior to the passing of the Municipal Corporations' act, were somewhat peculiar. The parish of St. Michael, or New Town of Limerick,being exempt from the payment of grand jury cess, two local acts were passed for its interior regulation, in the 47th and 51st of George III., under which the sum of £461. 10. 9. was annually raised towards defraying the expenses of the City Gaol, Fever Hospital, and House of Industry j being, in fact, iu aid

    LIME

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36. St. George's chapel and Franciscan abbey window

    Limerick · city · Limerick · 1789

    St. George's chapel of ease in St. Michael's parish was built and endowed in 1789 by the Pery family. Its east window, described as very lofty, formerly belonged to the old Franciscan abbey of Limerick. The minister is appointed by the Earl of Limerick.

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    The present county of the city, agreeably with the provisions of the Municipal Corporations' act, comprises the parish of St. Mary, and part of the parishes of Killeely, St. John, St. Laurence, St. Michael, St. Munchin, St. Nicholas, and St. Patrick: the area is '2618 statute acres. Killeely and St. Patrick's are separately described. The living of St. Michael's is a rectory, united, from time immemorial, to the rectory of Kildimo and the rectory of Ardagh, the three parishes constituting the union of St. Michael and the corps of the archdeaconry of Limerick, in the patronage of the Bishop. The tithe rent-charge of the parish is £67. 10. per annum : the gross income of the archdeaconry, including the rent of a small glebe, before the passing of the Rent-charge act was £6'20. 17. 8. per annum. The church was destroyed in the siege of 1651 and no parish church existed until very recently, when one was completed agreeably with an act of parliament passed in 1843. There is a chapel of ease, called St. George's, built aud endowed in 17S9 by the Pery family : it is a plain commodious edifice ; its east window, which is very lofty, formerly belonged to the old Franciscan abbey. The minister is appointed by the Earl of Limerick. An Episcopal chapel, in connexion with the Blind Asylum, was erected in this parish, in 1834, by subscriptions exceeding £5000, raised in England and Ireland by the personal exertions of the Venerable Edward N. Hoare, Archdeacon of Ardfert, now Dean of Achonry, who was the first chaplain and is one of the trustees. St. George's parochial schools are in connexion with the Kildare-place Society, but are chiefly supported by voluntary subscriptions and the sale of needlework; they afford instruction to 214 children. There are also schools in connexion with the London Hibernian Society, and the Wesleyan Methodists : very large schools for males and females have just been erected from a bequest by Mrs. Viiliers. The Limerick Academy, in Cecil-street, founded and conducted by Messrs. Brice and Brown, was opened in 1 836. It consists of a commodious house for the accommodation of resident pupils, •237

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37. Stillorgan Abbey residence built on old abbey site

    Stillorgan · parish · Dublin · 1833

    Stillorgan Abbey is a handsome residence in the Elizabethan style, built in 1833 near the site of the old abbey. It is one of several principal seats in the parish of Stillorgan.

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    STILLORGAN, a parish, in the union and barony of Rathdown, county of Dublin, and province of Leinster, 4 miles (S. E.) from Dublin, on the road, by Donnybrook, to Bray ; containing 1.550 inhabitants, of whom 611 are in the village. This parish comprises only 690 statute acres, of which about three-fourths are meadow and pasture, chiefly demesne land, and the remainder principally garden-grounds. There are numerous handsome seats and pleasing villas, beautifully situated, and commanding some fine views of mountain scenery, with extensive prospects over Dublin bay. Among the principal are, Stillorgan House, anciently the property of the Aliens, ancestors of the present Viscount and Baron Allen of Stillorgan ; Carysford House, situated in grounds tastefully laid out ; Stillorgan Abbey, a handsome residence in the Elizabethan style, built in 1833 near the site of the old abbey; Mount Eagle ; Obelisk Park, so called from a lofty obelisk erected in the grounds by Lady Pierce, for the employment of the poor during the scarcity of I74I ; Thornhill ; Stillorgan Park ; Beaufield ; and Oatlands. The village is within the delivery of the Dublin post, and is a constabulary police station; there is also a station at Newtown Park. Close to the village was till lately an ale and beer brewery, which had been carried on for more than 80 years by the family of Darley.

    This parish, together with that of Kilmacud, constitutes the perpetual curacy of Stillorgan, in the diocese of Dublin, and in the patronage of the Dean of Christ Church, Dublin. The tithe rent-charge is £76. 3., the whole payable to the incumbent : the glebe, which is situated in the parish of Kill, comprises 9 acres ; the glebe-house was built about 90 years ago. The church, a neat edifice, was enlarged in 181'2 and again in 1833 ; the late Board of First Fruits, in the former instance, granting a loan of £800, and in the latter a gift of £500. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the union of Booterstown, and of that of 3 Y2

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38. Stillorgan church enlargements and Board of First Fruits grants

    Stillorgan · parish · Dublin · 1747–1833

    The church at Stillorgan, a neat edifice forming part of the perpetual curacy of Stillorgan in the diocese of Dublin, was enlarged twice, in 1812 and 1833. The Board of First Fruits provided a loan of £800 for the first enlargement and a gift of £500 for the second. The glebe-house was built approximately 90 years before 1837.

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    This parish, together with that of Kilmacud, constitutes the perpetual curacy of Stillorgan, in the diocese of Dublin, and in the patronage of the Dean of Christ Church, Dublin. The tithe rent-charge is £76. 3., the whole payable to the incumbent : the glebe, which is situated in the parish of Kill, comprises 9 acres ; the glebe-house was built about 90 years ago. The church, a neat edifice, was enlarged in 181'2 and again in 1833 ; the late Board of First Fruits, in the former instance, granting a loan of £800, and in the latter a gift of £500. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the union of Booterstown, and of that of 3 Y2

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 298

39. Stillorgan House and the Allen family seat

    Stillorgan · parish · Dublin

    Stillorgan House was anciently the property of the Allen family, ancestors of the present Viscount and Baron Allen of Stillorgan. It is listed among the principal seats in the parish of Stillorgan, which contains numerous handsome villas commanding fine views of mountain scenery and Dublin Bay.

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    STILLORGAN, a parish, in the union and barony of Rathdown, county of Dublin, and province of Leinster, 4 miles (S. E.) from Dublin, on the road, by Donnybrook, to Bray ; containing 1.550 inhabitants, of whom 611 are in the village. This parish comprises only 690 statute acres, of which about three-fourths are meadow and pasture, chiefly demesne land, and the remainder principally garden-grounds. There are numerous handsome seats and pleasing villas, beautifully situated, and commanding some fine views of mountain scenery, with extensive prospects over Dublin bay. Among the principal are, Stillorgan House, anciently the property of the Aliens, ancestors of the present Viscount and Baron Allen of Stillorgan ; Carysford House, situated in grounds tastefully laid out ; Stillorgan Abbey, a handsome residence in the Elizabethan style, built in 1833 near the site of the old abbey; Mount Eagle ; Obelisk Park, so called from a lofty obelisk erected in the grounds by Lady Pierce, for the employment of the poor during the scarcity of I74I ; Thornhill ; Stillorgan Park ; Beaufield ; and Oatlands. The village is within the delivery of the Dublin post, and is a constabulary police station; there is also a station at Newtown Park. Close to the village was till lately an ale and beer brewery, which had been carried on for more than 80 years by the family of Darley.

    This parish, together with that of Kilmacud, constitutes the perpetual curacy of Stillorgan, in the diocese of Dublin, and in the patronage of the Dean of Christ Church, Dublin. The tithe rent-charge is £76. 3., the whole payable to the incumbent : the glebe, which is situated in the parish of Kill, comprises 9 acres ; the glebe-house was built about 90 years ago. The church, a neat edifice, was enlarged in 181'2 and again in 1833 ; the late Board of First Fruits, in the former instance, granting a loan of £800, and in the latter a gift of £500. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the union of Booterstown, and of that of 3 Y2

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 298

40. St. Isernine's monastery at Old Kilcullen

    Kilcullen · town · Kildare · 469–1037

    A church and monastery were founded in the district of Coulan, where St. Patrick appointed St. Isernine as bishop. Isernine died in 469 and was succeeded by St. Mactalius. The monastery and surrounding town were repeatedly plundered by the Danes between 883 and 1037.

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    KILCULLEX, a parish, in the union of Naas, barony of Kilcullen, county of Kildahe, and province of Leinster, 8 miles (S. S. W.) from Naas, and on the coach-road from Dublin to Athy and Carlow ; containing 30'20 inhabitants. This place, which since the erection of the new town of Kiluullen-Bridge, has been called Old KilcuUen, derived its name from the foundation of a church and monastery in the district of Coulan, of which St. Patrick appointed St. Isernine bishop ; Isernine died in 469, and was succeeded by St. Mactalius. The monastery, and the town which grew up around it, were plundered repeatedly by the Danes, between the years 883 and 1037; but when the English obtained a settlement in the country, the town was fortified, and greatly increased in importance. Soon after the invasion, a castle was erected here by the Fitzmartins, which eventually became the property of the Fitz-Eustace family, of whom Thomas Fitz-Eustace, afterwards Viscount Baltinglass, was created Baron of Kilculleu by Henry VIII. Previously to the year 1319, the town was surrounded with strong walls and defended by seven gates ; but Maurice Jaques having in that year built a bridge over the river Liffey, about two miles from this place, the town of KilcuUen-Bridge began rapidly to increase, and the ancient town to decline. During the civil war the castle was garrisoned for the parliamentarians, in 1641, but was taken two years afterwards by the Marquess of Ormonde. In the same year, the commissioners appointed to treat for a cessation of hostilities assembled here, but afterwards adjourned to Jigginstown, near Naas ; and in 1647 the castle was taken and burnt by the parliamentarians. In the disturbances of 1798, a large number of the insurgents posted themselves in the churchyard, on the summit of a very steep hill, and Captains Erskine and Cookes, who advanced to dislodge them, were killed in the attempt, and their party repulsed. The insurgents afterwards assembled in great numbers on the heights above the town, from which, however, they were driven with great loss by General Dundas, who was stationed here ; and several thousands of them subsequently surrendered to him on the hill of Knockawlin, about a mile distant, where they had occupied an intrenched camp. The town, which stood on a bleak eminence in a very commanding position, is now only an insignificant village ; its market, which belongs by patent to the Rev. Thomas O'Moore, has been removed to Kilcullen-Bridge, and fairs only are now held here on June 22nd and Oct. 2nd.

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41. St. James's Well at Nantinan

    Nantinan · townland · Limerick

    Near the Green at Nantinan is a well dedicated to St. James, enclosed by ancient massive stone walls, with water issuing from a limestone rock. It is much resorted to on festivals by the local peasantry.

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    The living is a rectory and perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Limerick. The rectory was united at a period unknown to the rectories and vicarages of Kilfenny and Loughill, the rectories of Shanagolden, Knocknegaul, and Dromdeely, and the vicarage of Morgans, together constituting the union of Nantinan, and the corps of the precentorship of the cathedral of Limerick, in the patronage of the Bishop. The tithe rent-charge of the parish is £346. 3. per annum. The glebe-house, towards the erection of which the late Board of First Fruits contributed £450, and a loan of £50, in 1819, is a handsome residence ; the glebe comprises five acres, purchased by the same Board. The gross value of the benefice, before the passing of the Rent-charge act, was £1071. 12. The perpetual curacy is in the gift of the Rector ; the stipend is £92. 6., of which £75 are paid by the rector, and £17. 6. from Primate Boulter's augmentation fund. The church, towards the repair of which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners recently granted £123, is a neat edifice in the early English style, with a square embattled tower surmounted with an octagonal spire ; it was built in 181 7., the Board of First Fruits granting a loan of £800. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the union of Stonehall and Cappagh. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Near the Green is a well dedicated to St. James, inclosed by ancient massive stone walls, and the water of which issues from a limestone rock ; it is much resorted to on festivals by the peasantry of the neighbourhood. Numerous forts are scattered over the parish ; that of Feigbeg is the most curious.

    NAPPAGH, an island, in the parish of Kilcummin, barony of Moycvllen, union and county of Galway, and province of Connaught, 22i miles (\V.) from Galway : the population is returned w ith the parish. It is situated at the entrance to Casheen and Kilkerrin bays, on the western coast, and comprises about 63 statute acres of arable and pasture land.

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42. St. John's ancient church in Irish Town

    Limerick · city · Limerick

    St. John's parish church is an ancient edifice comprising a nave with north and south aisles extending the whole length of the building. It was repaired by a grant of £185. 19. from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. This parish forms the Irish Town of Limerick.

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    gift of £369. 4. anil a loan of £'240 from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1S2S. The church is an ancient edifice, comprising a nave, with a north and south aisle ext«nding the whole length of the building ; it has been repaired by a grant of £1S5. 19. from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. ITiis parish forms the Irish Town.

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43. St. John's Church, Sligo — old cruciform building

    Sligo · town · Sligo

    The church of St. John's parish in Sligo was an old cruciform building in excellent repair, in the later style of English architecture, with a massive square tower at the west end. The glebe-house was situated on a glebe of one acre close to the church.

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    The church of St. John's parish is an old cruciform building in excellent repair, in the later style of English architecture, with a massive square tower at the west end : the glebe-house is situated on a glebe of one acre close to the church. The church of Calry, which is also in the town, is a respectable building in the Gothic style, with a well-proportioned spire; it was erected in 182'2, at an expense of £3500, in which is included the expense of the erection of a house, offices, and garden-wall, for the perpetual curate, whose appointment belongs to the vicar of St. John's. The Roman Catholic chapel of the parish of St. John is a structure of spacious dimensions : there is also in the town a small Dominican convent with a chapel attached to it ; together with places of worship for Presbyterians in connexion with the General Assembly, Independents, and AVesleyan Methodists in connexion with the Established Church. The late William Draper, Esq., left £18 per annum to be divided among three Protestant servant girls who have served three years in a Protestant family. The county infirmary is a handsome building of hewn limestone, erected in 1819 at an expense of £3000 ; it contains six wards for 30 patients, with officers' apartments and every other requisite. The fever hospital is a wellarranged structure in an airy and healthful situation on the summit of a hill ; it contains eight wards, and has a dispensary attached to it. These three institutions are within the same inclosure ; there is also a dispensary in the parish of St. John. The union workhouse, on a site of nine acres held at a rent of £50, was completed in 1841 at a cost of £9100, and is constructed for 1200 inmates. There are still remains of the spacious monastery of Sligo, serving to convey some idea of its former magnificence : they consist chiefly of three sides of the cloisters, with a finely vaulted roof, and are separated from the quadrangle by a long series of pillars, several of which are sculptured, and of pointed arches, in the early English style of architecture. The great east window of the church is of beautiful design, and highly enriched with tracery ; the high altar, which is embellished with sculpture in relief, is almost hidden by the accumulation of disinterred bones ; the nave is

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44. St. John's Fever and Lock Hospital, founded 1781

    Limerick · city · Limerick · 1781

    St. John's Fever and Lock Hospital in Limerick was founded in 1781 by Lady Hartstonge. In a recent year it had 1,601 patients with expenses of £1,520.

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    The County Hospital was founded in 1759 by the exertions of the late Rev. Deane Hoare, vicar-general, and of Mr. Vandeleur, surgeon, aided by the Pery and Hartstonge families. The present building on the new Cork road, which was completed in 1811, at an expense of £7100, has a front of 114 feet, and contains 10 wards for males and 6 for females ; the number of patients admitted in a recent year was 632, at an expense of £1520. Barrington's Hospital, called by the act of the 1 1th of George IV. the " City of Limerick Infirmary, " was founded in 1829 by Sir Joseph Barrington, Bart., and his sons, Matthew, Daniel, Croker, and Samuel. This hospital, built on George's-quay at an expense of upwards of £4000, contains six large wards, capable of holding 60 beds ; the number at present is 35. It was given by the founders to the city, and opened under the new arrangement in Nov. 1831 ; it is supported by voluntary subscriptions and a grant from government. Attached to the institution is a good medical library : a wing was lately built for a lying-in hospital, and another for a fever hospital. St. John's Fever and Lock Hospital was founded in 1781 by Lady Hartstonge : in a recent year it had I6OI patients; the expenses were £1520. 10. The Lying-in Hospital, opened in Nelson-street in 1812, under the control of a board of trustees, is supported by subscriptions and the interest of a bequest of £1000 from Mrs. White : upwards of 400 patients have been annually admitted into it since its establishment. There is also a dispensary in Limerick. The District Lunatic Asylum, for the counties of Limerick, Clare, and Kerry, is a very extensive edifice on the New Cork road, completed in 1826 : it is 429 feet by 314; the centre forms an octagon, from which four wings diverge, containing cells for patients. It was originally intended only for 150 curable lunatics; but an additional building has been erected for those con-

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45. St. John's Point lighthouse, Killaghtee

    Killaghtee · townland · Donegal

    Within Killaghtee parish is St. John's Point, on which stands a lighthouse in latitude 54° 33' 15" and longitude 8° 26', with a bright fixed light 104 feet above high water, visible fourteen nautical miles. Inver bay commences at this point.

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    KILLAGHTEE, a parish, in the barony of Ban- NAGH, union and county of Donegal, and province of Ulster, 3 miles (E.) from Killybegs, and on the northwest coast ; containing, with the village of Dunkanely, 5805 inhabitants. It comprises, with a detached portion, 13,368 statute acres, about half of which is mountain land : there is a great quantity of bog ; also much coarse limestone and freestone, used for building. Within the parish is St. John's Point, on which is a lighthouse, in lat. 54° 33' 15" and Ion. S° 26', with a bright fi.ved light, 104 feet above the level of the sea at high water, and visible fourteen nautical miles. Inver bay commences at this point, and extends eastward to Devrin Point, while westward is Mac Swine's bay : many of the inhabitants are employed in fishing, and on the 12th of Feb., 1814, twenty fishing-boats and forty-three men were lost in a squall. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Raphoe, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithe rent-charge is £195. The church is a neat building, erected in 182", at a cost of £1000, being a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. There is a neat glebe-house, with a glebe of 472 acres, which contains a strong sulphureous spa. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the district of Killybegs j a large chapel was lately built ; and there is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists at Dunkanely. One of several public schools is aided by donations from Robertson's fund. — See Dcn-

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46. St. John's RC cathedral, built 1753

    Limerick · city · Limerick · 1753

    St. John's Roman Catholic parish is the bishop's parish and its church is therefore called the cathedral. Built in 1753, it is a large cruciform building with a splendid altar featuring a Crucifixion painting by Collopy, a native artist.

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    In the Roman Catholic arrangements the ancient county of the city is divided into the parishes or districts of St. Mary, St. John, St. IMichael, St. Patrick, and St. Lelia. St. Mary's parish comprises the whole of the King's Island, the English Town, and the Little or Sluice Island ; thus embracing the whole of the Protestant parish of St. Mary, parts of St. Munchin's and St. Nicholas's, and the e.xtra-parochial district of St. Francis. The chapel is a large plain cruciform edifice, built in 1749, on the Sluice Island; the altar exhibits three styles of architecture finely combined, and has a good copy of Michael Angelo's picture of the Crucifixion. A female school established in this parish, some years since, by the religious sisterhood of St. Clare, was adopted, after the departure of that body from Limerick, by the sisterhood of the Presentation convent ; and on the breaking up of that establishment in 1S36, the National Board of Education granted £40 towards its support, and it was placed under the charge of the Rev. Dr. Hanrahan, P.P. It is still held in the convent, under the superintendence of two of the lay-sisters of St. Clare ; affords instruction to 400 children ; and is supported by subscriptions and charity sermons. St. John's parish comprises the Protestant parish of St. Laurence, and that part of St. Michael's known by the name of the Assembly Mall; this is the bishop's parish, and the church is therefore called the cathedral. It is a large cruciform building, erected in 1753 ; the altar, which is very splendid, has a picture of the Crucifixion by Collopy, a native artist. St. Michael's parish is coterminous with the Protestant parish of the same name, with the exception of the Assembly Mall. The chapel, situated near the cornmarket, was built in 17*9, and was then surrounded by open fields . it was considerably enlarged in 1805, and is now the largest and finest in the city ; it can accommodate 2500 persons. In this parish are three orders of friars. The Dominicans have their house and chapel in Glentworth-street ; the latter, a large edifice in the early Gothic style, built in 1815, is enriched with a painting of the Crucifixion : the community consists of a prior and four friars. The Augustinians, whose community consists of a prior and two friars, have their house and chapel in St. George's-street : the chapel was built for a theatre, and was purchased by the friars in 1824 ; the boxes and galleries are still preserved as seats for the congregation. It is lighted from the dome : the altar, supported by Corinthian pillars, is enriched with a picture of the Ascension by Collopy. The Franciscans, whose community consists of a prior and two friars, have their house and chapel near Wellesley-bridge : the latter is a large edifice in the Gothic style, comprising a centre and wings, with a handsome gallery ; the altar is very fine, and has a splendid painting of the Madona. Tlie brothers of the Christian Schools, six in number, have a school in this parish and another in St. John's, in which about 600 children are educated ; the funds are raised by collections made every Saturday throughout the city by the brethren. A female school, established by the late Rev. Dr. Hogan, P.P., in 1822, was 238

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47. St Kieran the elder's early monastery and bishopric at Seir-Kieran

    Seirkieran · parish · Offaly · 500–1284

    St Kieran the elder, called the father of the Irish saints, founded a monastery at Seir-Kieran in the earliest period of the Christian church and made it the seat of a small bishopric. The establishment was repeatedly plundered by the Danes, and in 1052 the see was removed to Aghaboe and thence to Kilkenny; the manor was recovered to the bishops by trial of single combat in 1284.

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    Kieran the elder, who in the earliest period of the Christian church, founded u monastery licre, and is said also to have made it the seat of a small bishopric. So early (lid he exercise his mission, that he has been styled the father of the Irish saints. This establishment was repeatedly plundered by the Danes and other freebooters ; aud in 1().">2 the see of Seir-Kieran was removed to Aghaboe, and thence finally to Kilkenny. To this see the manor anciently belonged, and it was recovered to the bishops by trial of single combat in r284. In succeeding ages a monastery, dedicated to St. Kieran, was founded for Canons Regular of the order of St. Augustine, the ruins of which are still to be seen : the possessions of this monastery, at the Dissolution, were granted to Sir William Taafe, and by him assigned to James, Earl of Roscommon. The parish comprises SS-^.t statute acres, of which 16'2 are woodland, 64 bog aud waste, the remainder being arable aud pasture: limestone is found, and agriculture is improving. The seats are Oakely Park and Grange House. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, and in the patronage of the Bishop ; the rectory is impropriate. The tithe rent-charge is £1'20. 3., of which £63. *. are payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the vicar, who has an augmentation from Primate Boulter's fund, making his income £100 per annum: the glebe comprises I'-i acres ; the glebe -house was built by a gift of £450 and a loan of £88, in 1814, from the late Board of First Fruits. The church stands on the site of the monastery ; it was rebuilt lately, at a cost of £608, of which £540 were from the funds of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The Roman Catholic parish is coextensive with that of the Established Church, and contains two chapels, one at Clareen, and the other at Fancraft, both plain buildings in good repair. Ruins exist of the old fort of Ballybritt, once a place of some importance, and from which the barony derived its name : at Drumoyle are the remains of a village. Here is the holy well of St. Kieran.

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48. St. Laserian's well and borough boundary stone at Old Leighlin

    Oldleighlin · parish · Carlow

    About 100 yards from the west end of Old Leighlin church is the well of St. Laserian, formerly much resorted to as a holy well. In the churchyard a stone is preserved that supposedly marked the boundary of the old borough.

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    the stalls of the dean and chapter; and the building contains several very ancient monuments, with some of the I6th century. On the north side are the remains of two roofless buildings ; one of them of small dimensions ; and the other 52 feet long and 22 feet wide, with a window of elegant design at its eastern extremity. Of the episcopal palace, which was repaired by Bishop Meredyth in 1589, there are no remains. About 100 yards from the west end of the church is the well of St. Laserian, formerly much resorted to; and in the churchyard is a stone supposed to have marked the boundary of the old borough. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the district of Leighlin-Bridge. There are some chalybeate springs, which are used medicinally.

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49. St. Lelia's chapel at Thomond-gate, first post-Revolution RC worship in Limerick

    Thomondgate · street · Limerick · 1774

    St. Lelia's Roman Catholic chapel at Thomond-gate in Limerick is a large plain cruciform edifice built in 1774. It was the first Roman Catholic place of worship publicly erected in Limerick after the Revolution.

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    chiefly supported by him, and a new school-house capable of containing 200 girls was built at his expense. Adjoining the parochial chapel is a school founded and endowed by Mrs. Meade, for the education of children of Roman Catholic parents. St. Patrick's parish is in the ancient liberties: the church, built in ISI6, is on the Dublin road ; it is in the form of the letter T, and is small but neatly fitted up ; the building was much improved in 1835. This parish, with those of Kilmurry and Derrygalvin, with which it is united, forms the bishop's mensal. St. Lelia s parish is composed of the parishes of St. Munchin and St. Nicholas within the old liberties north of the river, and that of Killeely in the county of Clare. The chapel, situated at Thomond-gate, is a large plain cruciform edifice, built in 1774; it was the first Roman Catholic place of worship publicly erected in Limerick after the Revolution. In this parish is a school estabUshed by the Rev. P. Walsh, P. P., in which 380 children are educated ; it is supported by subscriptions and charity sermons.

    The Presbyterians in connexion with the Synod of Munster have a small but very elegant meeting-house in the New Town. Here, also, the Society of Friends have a neat meeting-house ; near which is a large place of worship, of the Gothic style without, and the Grecian within, belonging to the Wesleyan Methodists ; and not far from it another, in the mixed Gothic style, of the Primitive Wesleyan Methodists. The Independents have a plain meeting-house.

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50. St. Lua's abbey founded at Killaloe

    Killaloe · town · Clare · 500–599

    Killaloe, anciently called Laonia, derived its name from Kil-da-Lua after St. Lua or Molua, grandson of Eocha Baildearg, King of Munster, founded an abbey there in the 6th century. This abbey became the head of a diocese.

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    KILLALOE, a post-town and parish, and the seat of a diocese, in the barony of Tulla Lower, union of ScARiFF, county of Clare, and province of Munster, 20 miles (E. by S.) from Ennis, and 87 (S. W. by W.) from Dublin, on the road from Scariff to Nenagh ; containing 4957 inhabitants, of whom 2009 are in the town. This place, anciently called Laonia, derived its present name, supposed to be a corruption of Kil-da- Lua, from the foundation of an abbey in the 6th century by St. Lua or Molua, grandson of Eocha Baildearg, King of Munster, which abbey became the head of a diocese. Turlogh O'Brien, in 1054, built a bridge across the Shannon at this place, which had grown into some importance, though little of its previous history is related; and, in 1061, Hugh O'Connor destroyed the castle that had been erected here, and burned the town, which was again reduced to ashes in 1080 and 1084, by the people of Conmacne. In II77, Raymond le Gros, after his triumphant entry into Limerick, came to this place, where he received the hostages of Roderic, King of Connaught, and O'Brien, Prince of Thomond, who took the oath of fealty to the King of England. On Richard de Clare's procuring a grant of certain lands in the county of Clare, this town, as containing the only ford over the Shannon, obtained for some time the appellation of Claresford. In 136/, after the recall to England of Lionel, Duke of Clarence, chief governor of Ireland, who had acquired considerable tracts of territory around the town, Murrogh-na-Ranagh, one of the O Briens, made himself master of all the coimtry beyond the Shannon, and destroyed this town and several others belonging to the Enghsh. General Sarsfield, in 1681, i)osted a strong party at this place, to defend the passage of the river; but the party having abandoned their post, the English advanced into the western provmces. In I69I the same general, at the head of a select body of cavalry, passed the river, and destroyed

    a convoy of ammunition on its way to William III., then at Limerick.

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51. St. Lucian's abbey at Killucan

    Killucan · town · Westmeath

    Killucan, also called Killuquin, derived its name from an abbey founded there by St. Lucian, which subsequently became the parish church. The old parish church contained several chantries, the largest dedicated to St. Mary.

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    Sligo and Galway ; containing 956'2 inhabitants, of whom lal are in the town. This place, which is also called Killuquin, appears to have derived its name from an abbey founded here by St. Lucian, and which subseijuently became the parish church. A castle called Rathwire was erected by Hugh de Lacy, of which only the foundations and some of the outworks are at present discernible. The town consists of '29 houses ; is a constabulary police station ; and has a sub-post-office in connexion with Kinnegad. A market is held weekly, and a handsome market-house has lately been built by Lord Longford : there are fairs on March 27th, May 25th, Sept. 29th, and Nov. 28fh ; and petty-sessions every Saturday. The parish, with the district parish of Kinnegad, comprises 3.5,.5S9|- statute acres ; the surface is greatly diversified. The land is in general fertile, and principally under tillage ; there are some large dairy-farms, and the system of agriculture is improved. Within the parish are some extensive tracts of bog ; a railroad was recently laid down at Griftinstown, by Mr. Featherston-Haugh, for draining the bog on that estate. There are very fine quarries of black flagstone, from which were taken materials for the custom-house docks of Dublin ; and on Sion Hill is a quarry having the appearance of slate, but it is not worked. The principal scats are, Lotown, situated in a richly wooded demesne ; GrifHnstown House ; Hyde Park ; Wardinstowu ; Curristown ; Lisnabin, a handsome castellated mansion recently erected ; (luntingdon ; Joristown ; Grangemore, a handsome house in a well-planted demesne ; Riverdale ; Craddeustown ; Corbetstown ; and Derrymoe. On the demesne of Joristown is the hill of Knockshiban, a conspicuous landmark, commanding a very extensive prospect over a richly diversified tract of country. The Royal Canal passes through the parish : there are several very small lakes ; and to the west are some dry limestone tracts, curiously interspersed with patches of bog.

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52. St. Macculin's monastery at Lusk

    Lusk · town · Dublin · 497

    Lusk was distinguished as the site of a monastery over which St. Macculin, styled abbot or bishop, presided until his death around 497. The monastery became a significant ecclesiastical centre in early Christian Ireland.

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    LUSK, a parish, in the union of Balrothery, barony of Balrothery East, county of Dublin, and province of Leinster, 4 miles (N.) from Swords, and on the road from Dublin to Skerries ; containing, with the town of Rush (which is separately described), 5961 inhabitants, of whom ST'i are in the village of Lusk. This place was chiefly distinguished as the site of a monastery, over which St. Macculin, styled indifferently abbot or bishop, presided till his death in 49". Cassan, a learned scribe, who is called the chronographer of Lusk, died abbot of this monastery in 695 ; and either in that or the following year, a grand synod was held here by St. Adamnanus, at which all the principal prelates of the kingdom were present. In S'25 the abbey was plundered and destroyed, and in S54 was, together with the whole town, consumed by fire : it suffered a similar calamity in 1069 ; and in 1 135 the town and abbey were burned, and the whole country of Fingal wasted, by Donel Mac Murrogh O'jNIelaghlin, in revenge for the murder of his brother Conor, Prince of Meath. In 1190, a nunnery for sisters of the Aroasian order, which had been founded here at an early period, and subsequently appropriated to the priory of All Saints, Dublin, was removed to Grace Dieu, in this parish, by John Comyn, Archbishop of Dublin, who placed in it a sisterhood following the rule of St. Augustine, and endowed it with ample possessions, which were confirmed by Pope Celestine in 1196.

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53. St. Mac Liegus, bishop of ancient Liathdromen (Leitrim village)

    Leitrim · town · Leitrim

    The village of Leitrim in County Leitrim was originally called Lietdrumai or Liathdromen. It is recorded that St. Mac Liegus, son of Cernac, was bishop of this place in ancient times.

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    LEITRIM, a village, in the parish of Kiltoghart, union of Carrick-on-Shannon, barony and county of Leitrim, and province of Connaught, 3 miles (N. by E.) from Carrick-on-Shannon, and on the eastern bank of the river Shannon ; containing 68 houses, and 406 inhabitants. It is recorded that St. Mac Liegus, son of Cernac, was bishop of Lietdrumai, or Liathdromen, which was the original name of this place. A castle existed here in ancient times, from which, or, as some state, from the castle of Dromahaire, Dervorghal, wife of O'Rourk, Prince of Breffny, was taken by Dermod, King of Leinster ; which was one of the causes of the English invasion. There are some remains of ancient buildings, which probably formed part of the castle. Fairs are held on Jan. ^'ind, Feb. 21st, March 25th, May 5th, June I6th, July 23rd, Sept. 1st, Oct. 13th, and Dec. 1st. Leitrim was formerly a place of importance, and gave name to the county.

    LEIXLIP, a market and post town, and a parish, in the union of Celbridge, partly in the barony of Newcastle, county of Dublin, but chiefly in the barony of North Salt, county of Kildare, and province of Leinster, 12 miles (N. N. E.) from Naas, and 8 (W.) from Dublin ; containing 2033 inhabitants, of whom 1086 are in the town. This place was included in the grant made to Adam Fitz Hereford, one of the earliest of the English adventurers, who is said to have built the castle, which is situated on an eminence overlooking the river Litfey, and according to tradition was the occasional residence of John, Earl of Morton, while governor of Ireland in the reign of his father Henry II. Leixlip was afterwards granted to the abbey of St. Thomas' Court, Dublin ; and by an inquisition in 1604 it appears that Thomas Cottrel, the last abbot of that 218

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54. St. Maedoc's abbey ruins on Inch island, Templeport

    Templeport · parish · Cavan · 500–599

    In Templeport lake lies an island called Inch, where picturesque ruins of an abbey founded by St. Maedoc in the sixth century still stand. A cemetery attached to the abbey remains in use.

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    TEMPLEPORT, a parish, in the union of Ennis- KiLLEN, barony of Tlllaghagh, county of Cavan, and province of Ulster, 7^ miles (N. W.) from Killeshandra, and on the road from Ballyconnel to Swanlinbar ; containing 12,100 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the confines of the county of Leitrim, comprises 42,172 statute acres, whereof 1532| are water. It contains no less than eight lakes : in the lake of Templeport is an island called Inch, on which are the picturesque ruins of an abbey founded by St. Maedoc, or Maodhoy, in the 6th century ; attached to it is a cemetery still used. At Kilnavat are also the remains of an ancient monastery, of which there are no particulars on record, with an extensive burial-place still in use. The principal seats are Brackley Lodge, Corville, and Lisnover. Fairs are held at Bally macgaurau on May 23rd. Aug. 12th, and Nov. 23rd, which last is noted for fatcattle.

    The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese ot Kilmore, and in the patronage of the Bishop ; it was formerly united to the vicarage of Drumreilly, from which it was separated in 1S35, on the decease of Dr. Bushe, by act of council, upon the recommendation of the Plurahties' Commissioners. The tithe rent-charge is £207. 19. 6. The glebe-house was built in 1775, at an expense of £1 165. 4. ; there are two glebes ; one of

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55. St. Martin's Castle at western angle of Waterford city walls

    Waterford · city · Waterford

    St. Martin's Castle, situated at the western angle of the city walls, was partly preserved through its connexion with a private dwelling-house long called 'the Castle.' The city walls originally inclosed a triangular area of about 15 acres with a tower at each angle.

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    The ANTIQUITIES are worthy of notice. Of the ancient (Vails of the city, which appear to have inclosed a triangular area of about 15 acres, with a tower at each angle, there are still some interesting remains ; they were extended in the reign of Henry H. by a considerable sweep towards the west, and their circuit was further enlarged in that of Henry VH., when they were repaired. Of the original towers, the only one perfect is Reginald's Tower, in old documents frequently called Reynold's Tower and the King's Tower : it was rebuilt in its original style in 1819, and is now appropriated by the corporation as a barrack for the police establishment. St. Martin's Castle, situated at the western angle of the city walls, has been partly preserved by its connexion with a private dwelling-house, long called "the Castle." On the land side the city had five gates, of which St. John's was for a long time used as a county prison. There were also, in addition to the regular fortifications of the city, several private fortresses, called by the names of their respective proprietors, and supposed to have been not less than '20 in number. In Colbcck Castle, from which a street took its name, was the Chamber of Green Cloth, or Chamber of Waterford, sometimes used by the mayor as a place of confinement for refractory citizens; and a few years since, there 64-

    were several Danish semilunar towers on the walls, one of which is still remaining at the extremity of what are called the ramparts. The palace in which King John resided during his stay at Waterford, occupied the site on which the Widows' Apartments were built in 170*2, when the vaults and foundations of that ancient structure were discovered.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 389

56. St. Mary's Cathedral founded on Donald O'Brien's palace site

    Limerick · city · Limerick · 1194

    Donald O'Brien, King of Thomond, founded the cathedral church of St. Mary in 1194 on the site of his palace in Limerick, demonstrating his confidence in the security of his metropolis after resisting Anglo-Norman incursions.

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    of the enemy, so daunted them that he entered it without opposition, obtained a great booty, and secured the town by a garrison ; but on the death of Karl Strringbow, it was again evacuated by the EngliEb, and subsequently burned by order of Donald, who declared that it should no longer be a nest for foreigners. In 1179, Henry H. gave the kingdom of Limerick to Herebert Fitz-IIerebert, who having resigned his claim to an inheritance so uncertain, it was granted to Philip de Braosa ; and he, aided by Milo de Cogan and Robert Fitz-Stepheu, advanced against the city, which the garrison set on fire. This so dispirited Braosa, that he immediately retreated ; and so assured was Donald O'Brien afterwards of the security of his metropolis, that, in 1194, he founded the cathedral church of St. Mary, on the site of his palace. In 1195, the English appear to have regained p;)Ssession of the city, for it was then governed by a provost ; but Mac Carthy of Desmond forced them once more to abandon it.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 75

57. St. Mary's Cathedral, Limerick: foundation and enlargement

    Limerick · city · Limerick · 1100–1490

    The Cathedral of St. Mary in the English Town of Limerick was founded and endowed by Donald O'Brien, King of Limerick. It was enlarged by Donat O'Brien about 1200, adorned by Bishop Eustace del Ewe in the early fourteenth century, partly re-edified by the citizens in 1490, and improved at various later periods.

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    The CATHEDRAL, which is said to have been founded and endowed by Donald O'Brien, King of Limerick, and is dedicated to St. Mary, was enlarged by Donat O'Brien about the year 1200, greatly adorned by Bishop Eustace del Ewe early in the fourteenth century, partly re-edified by the citizens in 1490, much improved by Bishop Adams in the seventeenth century, carefully restored after the wars of the same century, and improved at various subsequent periods. It is a venerable Gothic building, in the English Town, surrounded with graduated battlements, and has at the west end a square tower ]10 feet high, containing 8 bells, and surmounted by turrets at the angles. The interior is composed of a nave and choir, separated from the aisles by pointed arches : the choir is 91 feet by 30, with a fine window at the east end ; the bishop's throne and the stalls of the dignitaries exhibit some curious carved work : there is a powerful organ. In the nave and aisles are several recesses, formerly endowed as chapels by various families ; two of these now form the consistorial court and the vestry ; and under the arches separating the aisles from the choir are galleries, for the corporation and the officers of the garrison. At the communion-table is a modern Gothic screen. Among the numerous monuments, besides those of several prelates, the most remarkable is the splendid tomb of Donogh, the great Earl of Thomond, on the north side of the choir ; it is composed of three compartments, of marble of different colours, is surrounded and supported by pillars of the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders, and decorated with his arms and various trophies. There is also a fine monument of the Galvvay family. Some of the unsightly old houses that surrounded the cathedral have been recently pulled down ; the approaches have been widened, and handsome iron railings, and a pair of gates opening into Quay-lane and fronting the New bridge, have been added.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 79

58. St. Mary's Catholic chapel opens at Killybegs

    Killybegs · town · Donegal · 1844

    A new Roman Catholic chapel, St. Mary's, was opened for divine service on December 25th, 1844. The cruciform Elizabethan-style edifice, with an unfinished Gothic-arched tower, was designed from an ancient ruin in the neighbourhood.

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    The PARISH, from which a portion has been separated to form the district parish of Ardara, is for civil purposes distinguished into Upper and Lower Killybegs, the former containing 4838, and the latter 3290 inhabitants. It comprises 30,962^ statute acres, of which 4304^ arc in that part of Lower Killybegs which is in the barony of Boylagh ; 11,0*4^, including a detached portion, and 51 covered with water, are in the other part, in the barony of Bannagh ; and 15, 583 J, including 4 If covered with water, are in Upper Killybegs, in the barony of Bannagh. Two-thirds of the whole are mountain and uncultivated land : agriculture is in a very unimproved state. The principal seats are Wood Hill and Fintra. The living is a consolidated rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ilaphoe, and in the patronage of the Bishop; the tithe rent-charge is £225. The church, a neat small edifice, was built (on rising ground to the east of the town) in 1825, at an expense of £1000, being a loan from the Board of First Fruits. The glebe-house is of recent erection ; the glebe comprehends six townlands, comprising together 2000 Irish acres. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is the head of a district, comprising also the parish of Killaghtee. A new and handsome Roman Catholic chapel, St. Mary's, was opened here for divine service on the 25th of December, 1844 ; it is a cruciform structure, standing on an area of 8000 square feet, and is 55 feet in height, capped in the Elizabethan style, and having a tower, yet unfinished, supported by four Gothic arches : this edifice was designed from an ancient ruin in the neighbourhood. There is also a chapel in Killaghtee. A small Franciscan friary was founded here by Mac Swiney Bannig, but there are no remains. Some ruins of the castle of St. Catherine yet exist.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 41

59. St Mary's Church New Ross rebuilt 1813

    New Ross · town · Wexford · 1813

    The church dedicated to St. Mary in New Ross was rebuilt in 1813 on part of the site of the former edifice at a cost of £6000, partly a loan from the Board of First Fruits. It stands prominently on the side of the hill and contains three mural monuments to the Tottenham family in the chancel.

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    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

60. St. Mary's Parish Church, Newry, built 1811-1819

    near Newry · town · Down · 1811–1819

    A new parish church of St. Mary's in Newry was built on a new site in the Gothic style with a tower and spire 190 feet high, finished in 1819 at a cost of £12,566. Funds came from bequests by W. Needham and Sir Trevor Corry, donations, pew sales, and parochial assessment.

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    monastery already noticed, which, after having risen to a great height of prosperity by the fostering care of many successive kings, underwent the fate of all the other monastic institutions during the reign of Henry VIII. After the Dissolution it was converted into a. collegiate church for secular priests, which having soon fallen to decay, the abbey, with all its possessions, was granted by Edward VI. to Sir Nicholas Bagnal, in as free, full, and ample a manner as it had been enjoyed by any abbot. Hence, the episcopal jurisdiction previously exercised by its clerical head devolved at once upon its new proprietor, whose representative, the Earl of Kilmorcy, exercises it to its fullest extent, as lay abbot ; appointing spiritual officers, holding ecclesiastical courts, granting probates of wills and licences of marriage, and performing every other episcopal act with as plenary power as any bishop. The living is a donative, in the patronage of the Earl of Kilmorey, as lay abbot, who possesses the whole tithes. St. Patrick's church, built by Sir Nicholas Bagnal in 1.5/8, burnt in the civil wars, and restored after the Revolution, was originally the parochial church; but, in 1811, being much dilapidated and too small for the increasing congregation, an act was obtained under the provisions of which a new church was built on an enlarged scale and on a new site, called the parish church of St. Mary's, Newry. This church, in the Gothic style, with a tower and spire 190 feet high, was finished in 1819, at a cost of £1'2,566 British currency, exclusively of £"2469 expended in the purchase of the site, and in obtaining two acts of parliament. The funds for liquidating these charges arose from a bequest of £3138 from the late W. Needham, Esq., lord of the manor ; a bequest of £1346 from Sir Trevor Corry ; a donation of £923 from the Earl of Kilmorey; a donation of £461 from General Needham ; £'2520 raised by the sale of the pews ; and the remainder by parochial assessment. It is endowed with £300 per annum, payable by the lay abbot in lieu of tithe. In 18'29, the old church of St. Patrick was repaired and fitted up as a chapel of ease : the living is a chaplaincy or donative, in the gift of the Earl of Kilmorey, who endowed it with £100 per annum, subject to the pecuUar jurisdiction of the vicar-general of Newry.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 212