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. Strongbow celebrates sister's marriage in Wexford and appoints Raymond le Gros governor

   Wexford · town · Wexford · 1174

   In 1174 Henry granted Wexford to Strongbow, who during his residence there celebrated the marriage of his sister Basilea with Raymond le Gros and appointed him governor of the town.

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   After the main body of the English had proceeded to Dublin, the Wexford men invested the castle, and, having iu vain endeavoured to force an entrance, prevailed upon Fitz-Stephen and his garrison to surrender, by means of a fabricated account of the destruction of Strongbow and all his companions in arms. On the arrival of Strongbow, who, after the dispersion of the Irish army before Dublin, had hastened to the relief of Fitz-Stephen, the townsmen quitted "Wexford and took refuge in Beg Erin, an island in the harbour, carrying their prisoners with them as hostages for their own good treatment. The plan succeeded : on the arrival of King Henry, they gave up their prisoners, and were allowed to return peaceably to Wexford, which they now promised to hold under his authority. Henry, on his hurried departure from Ireland to suppress an insurrection in Normandy, gave the town in charge to William Fitz-Aldelm, Philip de Braosa, and Philip of Hastings, with a body of 50 knights. In 1174 he granted the town to Strongbow, who, during his residence in it, celebrated the marriage of his sister Basilea with Raymond le Gros and appointed him governor. In 1177, Raymond received Fitz-Aldelni here on his arrival as custos or governor of Ireland, and the latter placed his kinsman, Walter Almain, in command of the place ; but Raymond having been restored, soon after proceeded by sea with part of the garrison to the relief of the city of Cork, which was besieged by an Irish army. After the death of Strongbow, and all the male issue of his only daughter (who had married William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke), and on the subsequent partition of his immense property among his five grand-daughters, Wexford was assigned to Joan, the second sister, who had married Warren de Mountchensey. In 1318 the town received its earliest charter extant, from Adomar de Valence, into whose possession it and the lordship had come by marriage with Warren's only daughter. In 1327, an Irish army under O'Brien was repulsed from the town with great slaughter.

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2. Strongbow's capture of Waterford city

   Waterford · city · Waterford · 1171

   Strongbow arrived with 200 knights and 1200 infantry and attacked Waterford, which was defended by Danish and Irish forces. Raymond spotted a timber house projecting from the eastern wall; the besiegers hewed down its supports, collapsing part of the wall and breaching the city. The city fell to indiscriminate carnage, and Reginald, King of the Danes, was captured.

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   bouring chieftains, and was prepared for a vigorous defence. The English were twice repulsed, and twice returned to the attack, when Raymond, perceiving a house of timber projecting from the eastern angle of the city walls, and supported on the outside by posts, prevailed on his men to make a third assault, and direct their whole force against this quarter. They began by hewing down the posts ; and the house, falling, drew away with it such a portion of the walls as made a breach wide enough to admit the besiegers, who rushed in, and bore down all opposition ; the city becoming a scene of indiscriminate carnage and rapine. Reginald. King of the Danes, and Malachy O'Feolian, Prince of Decies, had been seized and were just on the point of being put to death, when the sudden arrival of Dermod M'^Murrough, King of Leinster, and his forces, with Fitzstephen and other English leaders, prevented further slaughter. Dermod embraced his new associates, and introduced his daughter Eva to her affianced husband. Earl Strongbow : the marriage being immediately solemnized, the earl departed with his allies, and, leaving a sufficient garrison in Waterford, proceeded to lay siege to Dublin.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 377

3. St Ruadan's abbey at Lorrha, c.6th century

   Lorrha · townland · Tipperary

   Lorrha was anciently distinguished for its religious establishments, the earliest being an abbey for Canons Regular founded by St. Ruadan, who presided over 150 monks and died in 584. The establishment flourished until its destruction in the 9th century.

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   LORHA, or Lorragh, a parish, in the union of Parsonstown, barony of Lower Ormond, county of TippERARY, and province of Munster, 8^ miles (W.) from Parsonstown, on the road to Portumna ; containing 4/42 inhabitants, of whom 312 are in the village. This place was anciently distinguished for its religious establishments, the earhest of which was an abbey for Canons Regular, founded by St. Ruadan, who presided here over 150 monks and died in 584. The establishment appears to have flourished without interruption till 844, when, according to Archdall, Turgesius, with his Norwegian forces, destroyed the town ; he was soon after taken prisoner by Maolseachlain, King of Meath, and drowned in Lough Ainin. After its restoration the abbey was destroyed by accidental fires in 1154 and 1 157, and in 1 179 the town was destroyed by fire. The hand of St. Ruadan was preserved in a silver case in this abbey till its suppression. A Dominican friary, also, was founded here in 1269, by Walter de Burgh, Earl of Ulster; in which, in 16S8, a provincial chapter of the order was held, when 150 friars clothed in their proper habits assisted. The parish comprises 16,521 statute acres : the land in cultivation is of good quality, and the system of agriculture improving ; the scenery is pleasingly diversified, and derives much interest from the venerable ruins of the abbey and friary. The principal seats are, Abbeville ; Portland ; Belle-Isle, of Lord Avonraore ; Harvest Lodge ; Ballymacegan ; Kilcarron ; and Grange. The village, containing 56 houses, is pleasantly situated within three miles of the river Shan-

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 109

4. St. Selsker's church and ancient tower in Wexford

   Wexford · town · Wexford · 1818

   St. Selsker's church was erected in 1818 in the early English style, its body connected by a vestibule to the massive ancient tower of the old church. The churchyard contains several monuments of great antiquity.

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   of the other churches. It is a plain structure with stone quoins and surmounted with a cupola ; the interior has a gallery round three sides, and the fourth, containmg the altar, forms a semicircular recess separated from the body of the building by an open screen of two pilasters and two columns. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners lately granted £252 for repairs. The church of St. Selsker is a small edifice, erected in 1818 at an expense of £1400, in the early style of English architecture, with pannelKd buttresses at the angles terminating in pinnacles, and plain buttresses between the lancet-shaped windows on each side, and a combination of three similarly shaped windows at the east end ; the body of the church is connected by a vestibule with the massive ancient tower of the old chiirch : the interior is fitted up with open seats instead of pews. There are several monuments of great antiquity in the churchyard ; and in St. John's churchyard is a handsome mausoleum erected by J. H. Talbot, Esq., of Talbot Hall, to the memory of his wife.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 399

5. St. Teallean's church at Teltown

   Teltown · townland · Meath

   The parish of Teltown appears to have derived its name from St. Teallean, who founded the church called Teachtelle, or 'Teallean's House.' The old burial-ground also remains.

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   TELTOWN, or Killalton, a parish, in the union of Kells, barony of Upper Kells, county of Meath, and province of Leinster, 3| miles (s. E.) from Kells, and on the road from Dublin to Enniskillen ; containing 1613 inhabitants. This place, under the name of Taltion, is celebrated in traditional history for the periodical assemblage of vast numbers from all parts for the purposes of traffic, sports, and social intercourse ; the custom is said to have been established or revived by King Tuathal. The parish appears to have derived its name from St. Teallean, who founded the church called Teachtelle, or " Teallean's House." It is situated on the river Blackwater, and the Carlanstown or Rosniin river, which joins the former at Bloomsbury ; and comprises 4266^ statute acres : about one-third is in tillage, and the remainder, with the exception of 200 acres of bog of inferior quality, is excellent pasture and meadow land. The seats are Bloomsbury, Teltown, and Hurdlestown. The parish is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath, entirely imjiropriate in Dominick O'Reilly, Esqs, and the representatives of Jas. C. Vincent, Esq. : the tithe rent-charge is £163. 8. In the Roman Catholic divisions, the parish is part of the district of Kilberry and Teltown, and contains a chapel, situated at Oristown. The old burial-ground remains.

   TEMPLEBEG, a parish, in the union of Thukles, barony of Upper Kilnemanagh, county of Tipperary, and province of Munster, 5 miles (S. E.) from Burriso'-leagh, and on the road from Newport to Thurles ; containing 1207 inhabitants, and comprising 3427 statute acres. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Cashel, entirely impropriate in the Marquess of Ormonde : the tithe rent-charge is £.50. 12. In the Roman Catholic divisions Templebeg is held with part of the parish of Toom, and contains a chapel.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 319

6. St. Thomas church, Waterford, Norman architecture remnant

   Waterford · city · Waterford

   The old parish church of St. Thomas, the only one of Waterford's old parish churches of which any part remains, is supposed to have been erected by Henry II or King John and dedicated to St. Thomas à Beckett. Part of the entrance is entire and displays a beautiful specimen of Norman architecture.

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   Jerusalem, situated respectively at Killure and Kilbarry ; near which last is a cromlech. In Arundel-square was anciently a college of Jesuits, of which there are still some small remains. Of the old parish churches, the only one of which any part remains is that of St. Thomas, supposed to have been erected by Henry II., or by his son and successor. King John, and which was dedicated to St. Thomas i Beckett ; part of the entrance is entire, and displays a beautiful specimen of Norman architecture. In Her Majesty's State-Paper Office is lodged a curious manuscript history, in verse, of the municipality of Waterford, thought to have been written in the time of Henry VIII., and of which a printed version is given in Ryland's History of Waterford.

   Among eminent natives may be noticed Gotofield, a learned Dominican friar of the 13th century ; William of Waterford, author of a polemical work, published in 1433 ; Peter White, a celebrated classical teacher, and author of several publications, in the reign of Elizabeth ; Nicholas Quemerford, D. D., cotemporary with the above, and author of "Answers to certain Questions propounded by the citizens of Waterford," and other works ; Peter Lumbard, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, and a learned writer, who died in 162.5 or 1626; Peter Wadding, a learned Jesuit, highly esteemed for his piety, who died in 1644 ; John Hartrey, a Cistertian monk, who wrote the history of his order iti Ireland ; and Luke Wadding, a Franciscan friar, born in I.tSS, who also compiled the annals of his own order. Waterford gives the title of Marquess to the family of De la Poer Beresford.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 389

7. Submerged forest at Ballyscanlan lake

   Ballyscanlan · townland · Waterford

   In the low land between the parishes of Dunhill and Reisk, trunks and roots of oak and pine trees of considerable size are found embedded, partially covered by water in winter and confined to the small lake of Ballyscanlan in summer.

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   The SURFACE is for the most part of a mountainous character ; and the valleys watered by the various rivers are generally picturesque and beautiful. It is divided into two nearly equal portions by the Ciimmeragh or Monevullagh mountains, which extend from Cappa, three miles west of Dungarvan. The general range of these mountains is from south to north : their sides are wild and precipitous, the lofty rocks and deep ravines exhibiting extraordinary masses of light and shade. On the summits of most of them are irregular piles of stones, many of them of great size, which, from their peculiar situation, are thought to have been placed there by the hand of man. Among the mountains are four lakes, two called Cummelouglis and the others Stilloughs, the largest of which covers only five or six acres ; they contain several inferior kinds of trout, and in the Cummeloughs are found also char : around these lakes are some very fine echoes. Connected with the northern extremity of the mountain range is the sterile district called the Commons of Clonmel, which extends to the vicinity of that town ; proceeding from which, however, down the course of the river Suir, is found a gradually expanding vale of the greatest beauty, particularly in the vicinity of Curraghmore, the seat of the Marquess of Waterford. From this vale to the seacoast, in a southern direction, the face of the country is wild, almost entirely destitute of trees, and, except near the village of Bonmahon, unimproved by any respectable residence. A considerable range of high land extends from this part of the coast through the parishes of Dunhill and Reisk, in which latter it divides into two branches ; the low land intervening is partially covered during the winter season with water, which in summer is confined to the small lake of Ballyscanlan. In this low land, trunks and roots of trees, chiefly oak and pine, of considerable size, are found embedded. Hence the hills extend to the vicinity of IVaterfonl ; and the entire range is overspread with rocks, forming in some places very curious groups, especially on the precipitous heights about Pembrokestown. The barony of Gaultier, which exhibits a varied though not very elevated surface, is a peninsular tract, appearing to have been at one period completely insulated in the direction of the line of marshy land which extends from Tramore bay to Kilbarry, near Waterford.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 374

8. Submerged forest found at Rosslare

   Rosslare · town · Wexford · 1814–1837

   During excavation of drains for the Rosslare reclamation, numerous roots and stems of oak-trees and several antlers were discovered, with similar remains found in a small bog nearby.

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   ROSSLARE, a parish, in the barony of Forth, union and county of Wexford, and province of Lei.n- STER, 7 miles (S. E. by S.) from Wexford ; containing 976 inhabitants. This parish, which is peninsular, is situated on the eastern side of Wexford harbour, its northern extremity forming the southern side of the entrance to the harbour. It comprises 1744 statute acres of well-cultivated land, exclusive of an extensive rabbit-burrow, or sand-bank, a portion of which has been inclosed within the last few years. In 1814 an English company expended nearly £30,000 in attempting to reclaim a large tract of land from the harbour ; but just as the inclosure was completed, the tide, during a heavy gale of wind, made a breach in the embankment ; and the company having exhausted their funds, and being unable to repair the damage, James Boyd, Esq., lord of the manor, took possession of it. He succeeded in reclaiming '200 statute acres (about onefourth of the tract originally embanked), which are now in cultivation, and have produced good crops of corn : it is considered that the remainder of the tract might still be reclaimed, at a comparatively small expense. In excavating for the drains, a number of the roots and stems of oak-trees, and several antlers, were discovered ; similar remains have been found in a small bog. Marl abounds, and, together with sea-weed, is used for manure. W^ith a view to afford employment for children, a quantity of the sea-weed called alga marina was lately collected, and, after its saline properties had been extracted, was sent to Dublin and Liverpool for making mattresses and cushions : it is still occasionally collected.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 265

9. Subscription theatre sold to Augustinian monks

   Limerick · city · Limerick

   An elegant theatre was erected in Limerick by subscription at a cost of £5,000, but proved so inadequately supported that the building was eventually sold to the Augustinian monks. This reflects the limited commercial viability of theatrical culture in the city.

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   The Limerick Instiiiitioii, founded in 1809, and composed of shareholders and annual subscribers, has a library containing upwards of '2000 volumes. There are four newspapers, three published twice a week, and one weekly. An elegant theatre, erected some years ago by subscription, at a cost of £5000, was so inadequately supported that the building was at length sold to the Augustinian monks. The Assembly-house, built in 1/70, at an expense of £4000, and recently taken down, was not latterly used for its original purpose, the balls commonly taking place at Swinburne's hotel ; part of it was occasionally used for dramatic performances. The Ilaiiging-Gardeiis, constructed in 1808 by William Roche, Esq., M.P., at an expense of £15,000, form a singular ornament to the town ; they are raised on ranges of arches of various elevation, from 25 to 40 feet, the vaults thus formed being converted into store-houses for wine, spirits, and other goods, now occupied by government at a rent of £500 per annum. On this foundation are elevated terraces, the highest of which has a range of hothouses, with greenhouses at the angles. The facade of these gardens extends about 200 feet ; and the top of the highest terrace, which is 70 feet above the street, commands a most extensive prospect of the city and the Shannon.

   Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 78

10. Subterranean caves at Cong linking Lough Mask and Lough Corrib

    Cong · town · Mayo

    The caves of Cong are described as the greatest natural curiosities of the county. Through these subterranean passages, the excess waters of Lough Mask flow into Lough Corrib.

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    The SURFACE of the county varies extremely, from the bleak and rugged mountain to the fertile plain. The baronies to the east of the lakes, and part of Tyrawley, are champaign and productive. In the flat country bordering on Loughs Mask and Carra are many miles of rocky ground which at a distance appears like an immense sheet of white stone, but on a nearer approach is found to consist of layers of projecting rock in parallel lines, rising from one to three feet above the surface, like flagstones pitched in the ground upon their edges, and all, however varying in shape, size, or relative distance, having the same direction : fissures of great depth are found in some of their narrowest interstices. The northern part of Tyrawley barony is level, and adorned with numerous villas and country seats. In travelling south from Kilcummin Head, the land by degrees swells into hills, the tops of which are covered with heath, while the sides and the valleys are green and remarkably fertile : these hills gradually change their character to that of the bleak and barren mountain which stretches in a continuous tract, si.xty miles long and seven miles broad, from Erris in the west to the Ox mountains of Sligo, in the contrary direction. In this range no variety meets the eye from Nephin to Westport, except in the glen of Bohedon and the extensive woods that sweep along the windings of the Colnabinna river, the banks of which are fringed with verdure of exquisite hue. The whole western part of the county is overspread with an immense mass of mountain and bog, very difficult of access : the central parts of this wild country are occupied by a range of lofty mountains, commencing at Nephin, and extending in a north-western direction to Knocklettercuss, and in a western to Achill Island. This great mountain chain divides the country into two parts ; that between its western base and the sea is covered with bog, as is also the greater part of the eastern division ; besides which, all the gentle acclivities and mountain summits are covered with a thin stratum of black bog. No arable ground occurs in these districts, except in the narrow valleys of the rivers, and in irregular patches along the shore. There is another range of mountain commencing at Dunfeeny bay, and stretching along the northern coast to Broadhaven, beyond which is the peninsula of The Mullet, flat, and capable of cultivation except where covered with sand. The northern coast is particularly wild : the rocky cliffs which extend along its whole length are generally perpendicular, and in some parts the surface of the land at top overhangs the sea ; their average height is 400 feet. In many places, the edge of the cliff is the highest point of the land ; so that the water which falls from the surface within 20 yards of the brow flows southerly, from the sea. Along the high bold coast to the west, as far as the Stags of Broadhaven, are caverns extending a great way under the surface, and vaulted overhead with immense flags. One of the most remarkable of these is nearly opposite the Stags, near Dunkechan ; it extends several hundred yards under the land, is roofed with stone, and is wide enough to admit several boats to enter abreast, which may be done in calm weather. But the greatest natural curiosities of the county are the caves of Cong, on the confines of the county of Galway, through which the superfluous waters of Lough Mask take their subterraneous course to Lough Corrib. 316

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 145

11. Subterranean lake link at Templemaly

    Templemaley · parish · Clare

    Templemaly parish in Clare contains several lakes, one of which has a small island and is believed to connect underground to another lake about a mile and a half away. The parish also has the ruins of an old church.

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    TEMPLEMALY, a parish, in the union of Ennis, barony of Bunratty Upper, county of Clare, and province of Munster, 3^ miles (N.) from Ennis, near the road to Corofin ; containing 1634 inhabitants. This parish, which, though only about one mile broad, is nearly five miles long, comprises 464Sy statute acres. Within its limits are several lakes, and about 100 acres of bog ; one of the lakes, which abounds with fish and contains a small island, is supposed to have a subterraneous communication with another lake, about a mile and a half distant. Templemaly is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Killaloe ; the rectory forming part of the rectorial union of Ogashin, and the vicarage part of the vicarial union of DrumclifFe. The tithe rent-charge is £79. 7- 6., of which £37. S. are payable to the rector, and the remainder to the vicar : there is a glebe of about one acre. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is part of the district of Dowry, or Doora. The ruins of the church still exist.

    TEMPLEMARTIN, a parish, in the union of Ban- DO.N', barony of Kinalmeaky, county of Cork, and prounce of Munster, 5 miles (X.) from Bandon, and on the road from Kinsale to Macroom ; containing 236'2 inhabitants. It comprises 7.515 statute acres, of which about 330 are common ; about one-tenth pasture ; onetwentieth bog (affording a good supply of fuel) ; and the remainder under tillage, but generally poor and stony ground. At Lisnegat is a large power-loom factory for spinning cotton, employing about 100 persons. At Mosstown was formerly a distillery, which was subsequently a brewery; but it has long been discontinued. Fairs are held at Mossgrove on March 17th, Corpus-Christi day, Sept. 2nd, and Dec. 8th, chiefly for cattle. The gentlemen's seats are. Mount 560

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 322

12. Suburb of Faithe at southern extremity of Wexford

    Wexford · town · Wexford

    The suburb of Faithe at the southern extremity of Wexford derives its name from a corruption of Feagh, from the parish of St. Michael of Feagh in which it is situated.

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    The TOWN is situated on the lower part of a hill, close to the shore of the estuary of the Slaney, where it opens into the broad but shallow expansion of Wexford haven. The extent from north to south within the walls is nearly a statute mile, or a mile and a quarter including the suburb of Faithe at the southern extremity, the name of which is a corruption of Feagh, from the parish of St. Michael of Feagh, in which it is situated. The streets are narrow, partially and indifferently paved, and

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 398

13. Sugar-house in Derry, 1762-1809

    near Derry · city · Derry · 1762–1820

    A sugar-house was built in 1762 in what is still called Sugar-house Lane but was abandoned in 1809. The buildings were converted into a glass manufactory in 1820, though this branch of business was carried on for only a few years.

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    The M.\NUFACTURES are not very considerable. The principal is that of meal, for which there are several corn-mills ; of these, one erected by Mr. Schoales in 1831, and worked by a steam-engine of IS-borse power, and another subsequently by Mr. Lcatham, worked by an engine of 20-hor>-e power,' are the chief The recent extension of this branch of trade has made meal an article of export instead of import, as formerly ; in 1 83 1 . 553 tons were imported, while in 1834 6950 tons were exported. In William-street are a brewery and distillery : there are copper-works which supply the whole of the north-west of Ulster, and afford regular employment to 27 men ; two coach-factories ; two flax-spinning mills; some tanyards and rope-walks; a cornmill and distillery at Pennyburn, and another at Waterside. A sugar-house was built in 1762, iu what is still called Sugar-housc-lane, but was abandoned in 1809; the buildings were converted into a glass manufactory in 1820, but this branch of business was carried on for a fesv years only.

    This is the place of export for the agricultural produce of a large tract of fertile country, which renders the coasting tr.vde very extensive, especially with Great Britain. The quantity of grain, &c., exported to England and Scotland alone, in the year ending Jan. oth, 1835, was, 3680 tons of wheat, 1490 tons of barley.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 101

14. Sugar-loaf commands views to Mourne and Wales

    near Great Sugar Loaf · mountain or mountain range · Wicklow

    The peaked cone of the Sugar-loaf appears prominent in every prospect on the northern side of Wicklow, commanding views of great scope and grandeur extending northwards to the mountains of Mourne in County Down and eastward to those of North Wales.

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

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 404

15. Sulphureous and chalybeate springs in Tireragh mountains

    Tireragh · barony · Sligo

    Sulphureous and chalybeate springs are found among the mountains of Tireragh in County Sligo, where the common spring and river waters are noted as being peculiarly pure and pellucid.

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    In the same parish are two wells much resorted to for devotional purposes : one of them, called Tubber Art, is celebrated for its efficacy in restoring to health persons whose cases have-^proved hopeless under the ordinary modes of treatment. In a rock near the entrance to the old church in Innismore, or Church Island, in Lough Gill, is a cavity called "My Lady's Bed," in which women lie down and repeat a certain formulary, believing themselves to be thus secured from the peril of death in childbed. Among the natural curiosities, may be mentioned a singular peculiarity in a stream in Glenduff, in which, when the wind blows strong from the south-west, at every gust the water, which flows perpendicularly down the mountain, is divided into two, and one part flows to the bottom, while the other is carried back up the mountain ; the channel of the stream being quite dry as long as the gust continues. At the base of Knocknaree mountain is a chasm, commonly called " The Glen," apparently formed by some violent convulsion of nature ; it is about a mile long, of considerable breadth and depth, in several parts well furnished with trees, and enlivened by small cascades. Sulphureous and chalybeate springs are found among the mountains of Tyreragh, where also the common spring and river waters are peculiarly pure and pellucid. This county gives the title of Marquess to the family of Browne. John Browne, an ancestor of the marquess, was created a baronet of Nova Scotia in l63'i : and his second son, of the same name, was a colonel in King James's service, and one of the capitulators of Limerick. The colonel's grandson, John Browne, Esq., M. P. for Castlebar, was elevated to the peerage of Ireland in 1*50 by the title of Baron Monteagle, of Westport, county Mayo ; and in 1*68 was made Viscount Westport, and in 1**1 Earl of Altamount : his grandson, the third earl, was created an Irish marquess and an English baron in the beginning of the present century.

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16. Sulphureous spa at Killymard with pump-room and baths

    Killymard · parish · Donegal

    Within the parish of Killymard is a fine sulphureous spa of great efficacy in cutaneous diseases. Mr. Murray, its proprietor, has erected a pump-room and hot, cold, and shower baths over the spa.

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    KILLYMARD, a parish, in the barony of Bannagh, union and county of Donegal, and province of Ulster, on the western side of the town of Donegal, from which it is separated by the river Esk ; containing 4*43 inhabitants. It comprises 'iSj^SO statute acres, of which 47^5 are in Lough Esk and ^O^^; in smaller loughs : about 18,000 are barren mountain and waste land. The principal seats are Lough Esk and Rosselongan. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Raphoe, forming the corps of the prebend of Killymard in the cathedral of Raphoe, and in the patronage of the Bishop : the tithe rent-charge is £20*. 14. per annum. The Board of First Fruits, in 1830, granted a loan of £800 for the erection of the church, and, in 1816, gave £200 and lent £600 for the erection of the glebe-house, which has a glebe of 495 statute acres. The Roman Catholic parish is co-extensive with that of the Established Church, and has a small chapel. Here are also a place of worship for Presbyterians of the Seceding Synod, and one for Wesleyan Methodists. Within the limits of the parish is a fine sulphureous spa of great efficacy in cutaneous diseases, over which Mr. Murray, its proprietor, has erected a pump-room, and hot, cold, and shower baths.

    KILLYON, a parish, in the union of Trim, barony of Upper Moyfenragh, county of Meath, and province of Leinster, 3 miles (N. by E.) from Clonard ; on the road from Trim to Kinnegad, and on the river Boyne ; containing "84 inhabitants. It comprises 43l6i statute acres: the land is generally fertile, and there is some meadow and pasture of superior quality on the banks of the Boyne ; there are several patches of bog. The Royal Canal passes through the southern part of the parish. Killyon House, is the property of the representatives of the late Lady Loftus, but is at present unoccupied. The parish is in the diocese of Meath : the rectory is impropriate in Lady Loftus' representatives, and the vicarage forms part of the union of Clonard; the tithe rent-charge is £103. 16. XI., of which £69. 4. *i. are payable to the impropriator, 126

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17. Sulphureous spring near Tullaghan in repute

    Tullaghan · town · Leitrim

    A mineral spring is found on the Oakfield estate and another at Tullaghan, while about a mile from the latter is a sulphureous spring held in much repute.

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    The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Kilmore, and in the patronage of the Bishop ; the rectory is partly appropriate to the see, and partly impropriate in the family of Wynne. The tithe rent-charge is £337. 10., of which £105 are payable to the bishop, £105 to the impropriator, and the remainder to the vicar : the glebe, situated in the parish of Killasnet, six miles distant, comprises 3'20 acres, valued at £170 per annum. The church, for the rebuilding of which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners lately granted £807, is a neat plain edifice. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms the three separate benefices of Kinlough, Glenade, and Ballaghameehan, in each of which is a chapel. There are slight vestiges of Dungarbery Castle, an extensive building, erected by Isabel Clancy in the reign of Elizabeth, within a quarter of a mile from the sea ; one gable end with an arched doorway remains. On an island in Lough Melvin are the remains of the castle of Rossclogher ; and on the eastern shore are the ruins of the ancient church of Rossinver, supposed to have been that of the nunnery of Doiremcll, founded by St. Tigeruach for his mother, St. Mella. At Keelogues are the ruins of an old church ; and at Conwell is a cemetery, still used by the Roman Catholics as a burial-place. On the Oakfield estate is a mineral spring ; there is another at Tullaghan ; and about a mile from the latter is a sulphureous spring in much repute. 495

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18. Sulphuric chalybeate spa three miles from Tralee

    Tralee · town · Kerry

    The principal sulphuric chalybeate mineral spring in the county, known as the Spa, was located about three miles from Tralee. Numerous simply chalybeate mineral springs were also found throughout the area.

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    Mineral springs, simply chalybeate, are numerous. Of sulphuric chalvbeates the principal is that called the Spa, about three 'miles from Tralee ; and at lialtubeg, north-east of Dingle, is another highly impregnated. A saline spring at Magherybeg, in Corkaguiney, rises a

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19. Sulphuric spring at Montpelier, parish of Kilnegariff

    Montpelier · townland · Limerick

    A sulphuric spring at Montpelier in the parish of Kilnegariff is listed among the natural curiosities of the county.

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    The peasantry differ little in their manners, habits, and dwellings, from the same class in the other southern agricultural counties ; their dwellings being thatched cabins, their food potatoes, with milk and butter occasionally, their fuel turf, their clothing home-made frieze and cheap cottons and stuffs. Their attachment to the neighbourhood of their nativity, and their love of large assemblages, whether for purposes of festivity or mourning, are further indications of the community of feelings and customs with their countrymen in the surrounding counties. Among the natural curiosities may be included Lough Gur, with its romantic knolls, islands, and cave ; the Castle-Connell chalybeate and astringent spa ; and the sulphuric spring at Montpelier, in the parish of Kilnegariff. Bones and horns of the moosedeer have been found in many parts of the county.

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20. Sulphuro-chalybeate spring east of Kilfinane

    Kilfinane · town · Limerick

    Eastward of the town of Kilfinane is a fine sulphuro-chalybeate spring, noted for its great efficacy in cutaneous diseases.

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    The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Limerick, united by act of council to the vicarage of Daragh, forming the union of KUfinane, in the patronage of the Earl of Cork, partly in whom and partly in the family of Freeman the rectory is impropriate. The tithe rentcharge of the parish is £247. 10., of which £78. 15. are payable to the Earl of Cork, and £123. 15. to the vicar; the rectorial tithe of Bossonstown, Bosnitstown, and Moorestown, amounting to £45, is payable to the family of Freeman. The church was rebuilt in 1760, and is a large plain edifice. The glebe-house was built in 1S13, the late Board of First Fruits giving £400 and lending £386 ; the glebe comprises 4^ acres. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is the head of a district, comprising the parishes of Kilfinane, Particles, and Ardpatriek, and containing two chapels ; one a large plain building at Kilfinane, erected in 1835 at an expense of £1000; and one at Ardpatriek. Adjoining the church are the ruins of an ancient castle, built by the Roches. Near the town are a rath and three strong forts ; also a large artificial cave. Castle Oliver, which was successively occupied by the Fitz-Harrises and the Roches, and since 1641 by the Olivers, is now in ruins. Eastward of the town is a fine sulphuro-chalybeate spring, of great efficacy in cutaneous diseases. Outside the town is " the Danes' fort," a mound about 130 feet high, 50 feet in diameter at the base, and 20 at the summit, encircled by seven earthen ramparts about 20 feet apart, gradually diminishing in height from the innermost to the outermost, which is about 10 feet high and 2000 feet in circuit : an extensive view is obtained from the summit.

    KILFINURA, a village, in the parish of Ballynahaglish, union of Tralee, barony of Trughenackmy,

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21. Sulphur spring near Springfield in Templetogher parish

    Templetogher · parish · Galway

    A spring impregnated with sulphur is located near the seat of Springfield in the parish of Templetogher, county Galway. Springfield itself is described as beautifully planted.

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    TEMPLETOGHER, a parish, in the union of Castlerea, barony of Ballymoe, county of Galway, and province of Connaught, 5 miles (W.) from Ballymoe ; containing 4976 inhabitants. It is situated on the confines of the counties of Mayo and Roscommon, and comprises 13,705f statute acres, the greater part of which consists of reclaimable bog and mountain ; within its limits are about 20 acres of woodland, some quarries of good limestone, and a fine trout-stream which propels two oatmeal-mills. A market for corn is held on Tuesday at Kelmalag, where also fairs are held on Easter- Monday and Whit- Monday ; and petty-sessions are held weekly at Williamstown, where, and also at Kelmalag, is a station of the constabulary police : at 'Williamstown is a comfortable hotel. The scats are Beahagh, Gurtane, and Springfield, which last is beautifully planted. The parish is in the diocese of Tuam, and is a rectory and vicarage, forming part of the union of Kiltullagh : the tithe rent-charge is £90. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is part of the district of Boyanagh, also called Glanamada : there are chapels at Kelmalag and ■Williamstown ; the site for the latter, and £50 towards its erection, were given by 'William M'^Dermott, Esq., who also gave six acres of land for the use of the priest, on which a neat house has been erected. Near Springfield is a spring impregnated with sulphur.

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22. Summerhill chalybeate spa

    Summerhill · street · Meath

    At Summerhill in Meath there was a chalybeate spa, though it was noted as not being of much strength or medicinal efficacy. Nearby mineral springs at Nobber were said to help with cutaneous complaints.

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    At Castlekieran is a remarkably fine spring, the origin of which tradition attributes to the miraculous powers of St. Kieran ; it is much frequented on the first Sunday in August, by persons seeking a remedy for various diseases. At Summerhill is a chalybeate spa, but not of much strength or medicinal efficacy. The waters of the mineral springs of Kikriew and Xobber are said to be serviceable in obstinate cutaneous complaints. At Knock is another chalybeate spring, 327

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23. Summerhill House, seat of Lord Longford

    Summerhill · street · Meath

    Contiguous to the post-town of Summerhill stands Summerhill House, the seat of Lord Longford, situated within a noble demesne. The town lies on roads from Dublin to Trim via Kilcock and Dunboyne.

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    SUMMERHILL, a post-town, in the parish of La- RACOR, union of Trim, barony of Lower Movfenragh, county of Me ATH, and province of Leinster, 5 miles (S. by E.) from Trim, and 17 (W. N. W.) from Dublin, by Dunboyne ; containing 47 houses, and '28* inhabitants. This town is pleasantly situated on the road from Dublin to Trim, by Kilcock, and also on that by Dunboyne, which latter road is nearer by three miles. It has a sub-post office under Kilcock and Trim, and is a chief constabulary police station ; petty-sessions are held on alternate Tuesdays, and fairs on April 30th, June 9th, Sept. 'i'ind, and Nov. '25th. Here is a Presbyterian meeting-house ; and contiguous to the town is Summerhill House, the seat of Lord Longford, situated in a noble demesne.

    SUTTONS, county Wexford. — See Kilmokea.

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24. Sumptuous abbey of Mellifont

    Mellifont · townland · Louth

    Mellifont was the site of a very sumptuous abbey, one of the most important religious houses in County Louth, with surviving remains.

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    Ballinahatncy, near Duiuialk ; circles and a cromlech on Killin hill ; a fine cromlech at Ballymuscanlan ; and a large cairn on Carrick-Brant. At Uullrighan has heen discovered a curious artificial cave ; and near Killin hill is the extraordinary tort called Faiths iia ain eighe, or " the one night's work." The most ancient mounds appear to be the ordinary tumuli, such as are seen between Dundalk and Drogheda ; in which latter vicinity is a very celebrated structure, at Grange. Next in date are those encompassed with a deep trench, and generally met with in the neighbourhood of some old castle or place of note ; such as those of Castle Guard at Ardee, Greencastle near Castle-Bcllingham, and at Killany. Some mounts have a square redoubt, or other works, attached to the main encircling trench ; as at Castletown. Besides those above mentioned, the places where camps of different kinds occur are, near Ballinahatncy plain; Mount Albani, about two miles from Dundalk : Rosskiigh, near Carrick-Brant, on the banks of the Dundugan river ; Mount Ash, near Louth ; a Danish fort, near Dunlecr ; another at Castletown, near Dundalk ; a round fort at Louth ; Castle Ring, near the same place ; Faughart, to the north of Dundalk ; Mount Bagnal ; and a Danish fort near Castle-Bellingham. A fine round tower is still standing at Monasterboice, and part of another at Dromiskin. The number of religious houses that existed in the county is no less than '23 : there are still remains of those of Carlingford, where the ruined buildings are very interesting ; Faughart, where the vestiges consist of St. Bridget's stone and pillar ; Mellifont, the abbey of which place was very sumptuous; and Monasterboice, where are two crosses, one of which, called St. Boyne's, is among the largest, most ancient, and richly decorated in Ireland. Of the numerous ancient castles, there are remains of those of Haynstown (three miles from Dundalk), Miltown, Killincoole, Darver, Carlingford, Castle- Roche, Dungooly, Rood's-town, Baling (near the northern shore of Dundalk bay), Dunmahan, Glass- Pistol (near Termoufechan), Clonniore, Rath (three miles from Carlingford), Ardee, Termoufechan, Ballrighan (two miles west of Dundalk), and Castletown. All of these, together with the chief modern mansions of the nobility and gentry, are particularly described in their respective parishes. A great number of ornaments of pure gold, swords, spears, axes of bronze, and other relics of antiquity, have been found in various places ; and in the summer of 1835 a very large head ornament and fibula of pure gold were found near Monasterboice.

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25. Sun-fish bank from the Blaskets to Erris Head

    Erris Head · promontory · Mayo

    The great Sun-fish bank, frequented by the basking shark during spring, lies about thirty miles off the coast and is supposed to be a ridge of elevated submarine land extending from the Blaskets in Kerry to Erris Head. The fish are taken with a harpoon.

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    Along the whole coast are remarkably fine fishing banks : the principal, extending between Innisbofin and Achill, is abundantly supplied with all kinds of whitefish, particularly mackerel, gurnet, and herrings. North of Achill Head is a sand-bank stretching to Blacksod bay, affording turbot and other flat-fish in the greatest abundance. Beyond this, lies the Inniskealing bank, extending eight leagues to sea ; it is usually fished from May to August. The great Siin-Jish bank, so called from being frequented by the sun-fish or basking shark during spring, is about thirty miles off the coast, and is supposed to be a ridge of elevated submarine land extending from the Blasquets, in Kerry, to Erris Head.

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26. Superior flagstones procured near Athea

    Athea · town · Limerick

    Large, thin, smooth, and very superior flagstones are quarried in the mountains near Athea in County Limerick. These flagstones represent a notable natural resource of the area.

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    Newcastle. At Linfield, near the Dead river, it rises to a height of nearly 200 feet, presenting a perpendicular colonnade of massive pillars towards the north, and bearing a striking resemblance to the promontory of Fair Head, in Antrim. Some of these pillars are 109 feet long, and approximate to a pentagonal or hexagonal form ; but in general the basalt of this county is amorphous. To the south-east of this range is Knockgreine, " the Hill of the Sun," 500 feet high, with a base of limestone and a summit of basalt. It every where contains a large portion of iron. Oxyde of iron and iron-clay are found in great quantities at the foot of the hills, and near Bohermore are procured specimens containing shells with an appearance of partial calcination. There are appearances of greenstone and millstone-grit in several places ; near Doon is a valuable bed of excellent freestone. Specimens of very pure copper-ore have been collected near Abington, and some attempts made to trace the vein. At Rathraore, in Manister- Nenagh parish, is a large bed of inferior pipe-clay. Slate, but of indifferent quality, is obtained in the demesne of Daragh and at Towerlegan ; and in the mountains near Athea are procured large, thin, smooth, and very superior flagstones.

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27. Swanlinbar iron-mine on Cuilcagh mountain

    Swanlinbar · town · Cavan

    Swanlinbar is believed to have originated from a rich iron-mine in the neighbouring mountain of Cuilcagh, worked to a considerable extent in a remote period. Ore was smelted into pig-iron in furnaces half a mile distant and manufactured into bars at works on a mountain stream, continuing until all mountain timber was consumed.

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    SWANLINBAR, a post-town in the parish of Kinawley, union of Enniskillen, barony of Tullaghagh, county of Cavan, and province of LTlster, 8 miles (N. W.) from Ballyconnell ; containing 492 inhabitants. This town is supposed to have derived its origin from a rich iron-mine in the neighbouring mountain of Cuilcagh, which was worked at a remote period to a very considerable extent. The ore was smelted into pig-iron in furnaces about half a mile distant, and manufactured into bars at some works erected upon a powerful mountain stream which flows through the village : these works were continued fill all the timber of the mountains was consumed in smelting the ore, when they were necessarily abandoned. In 17S6 a part of the town was destroyed by an accidental fire, which consumed 12 houses. It now contains 113 houses, and is situated on the old road from Ballyconnell to Enniskillen, and surrounded by the wild mountains of the barony. The place is chiefly distinguished for its mineral waters which are strongly impregnated with sulphur, earth, sea-salt, and fossil alkali, and in their medicinal effect are both alterative and diaphoretick ; they are esteemed highly efficacious as a restorative from debility. From April to September Swanlinbar is the resort of numbers of the gentry of the surrounding district. The spa is situated in an inclosure, tastefully laid out in pleasant walks, and embelhshed with thriving plantations : contiguous to the well is a handsome pump-room, in which the visiters usually take breakfast, and where on re-assembling an excellent dinner is provided. The mountains a6ford ample soope for the researches of the mineralogist, and contain several natural 539

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28. Swanlinbar mineral spa waters

    Swanlinbar · town · Cavan

    Swanlinbar was chiefly distinguished for its mineral waters, strongly impregnated with sulphur, earth, sea-salt, and fossil alkali, esteemed highly efficacious as a restorative. From April to September it was the resort of gentry, with a handsome pump-room and tastefully laid-out walks around the spa.

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    SWANLINBAR, a post-town in the parish of Kinawley, union of Enniskillen, barony of Tullaghagh, county of Cavan, and province of LTlster, 8 miles (N. W.) from Ballyconnell ; containing 492 inhabitants. This town is supposed to have derived its origin from a rich iron-mine in the neighbouring mountain of Cuilcagh, which was worked at a remote period to a very considerable extent. The ore was smelted into pig-iron in furnaces about half a mile distant, and manufactured into bars at some works erected upon a powerful mountain stream which flows through the village : these works were continued fill all the timber of the mountains was consumed in smelting the ore, when they were necessarily abandoned. In 17S6 a part of the town was destroyed by an accidental fire, which consumed 12 houses. It now contains 113 houses, and is situated on the old road from Ballyconnell to Enniskillen, and surrounded by the wild mountains of the barony. The place is chiefly distinguished for its mineral waters which are strongly impregnated with sulphur, earth, sea-salt, and fossil alkali, and in their medicinal effect are both alterative and diaphoretick ; they are esteemed highly efficacious as a restorative from debility. From April to September Swanlinbar is the resort of numbers of the gentry of the surrounding district. The spa is situated in an inclosure, tastefully laid out in pleasant walks, and embelhshed with thriving plantations : contiguous to the well is a handsome pump-room, in which the visiters usually take breakfast, and where on re-assembling an excellent dinner is provided. The mountains a6ford ample soope for the researches of the mineralogist, and contain several natural 539

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29. Swords incorporated by Queen Elizabeth in 1578

    Swords · town · Dublin · 1578–1603

    Swords was incorporated by Queen Elizabeth in 1578 as the 'Bailiff and Burgesses within the Town of Swords.' James I confirmed privileges in 1603, and the town sent two representatives to the Irish parliament until disfranchised at the Union.

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    rose to such a magnitude, that it had several additional places of worship, among which were chapels dedicated to St. Finan and St. Bridget, near the latter of which was an ancient cross, called " Pardon Crosse." Swords was repeatedly plundered and burnt by the Danes ; and about the year 103.5 it suffered in a similar manner from an attack by Conor O'Melaghlin, King of Meath, who was killed in the engagement, to revenge which his brother ravaged the whole district of Fingal with fire and sword. Notwithstanding these repeated injuries, it still retained the character of a place of much importance : for when the bodies of Brian Boroimhe and his son Murrough, who had fallen in the arms of victory at the famous battle of Clontarf, were being conveyed to their final place of interment at Armagh, they were deposited for one night during the journey in the abbey of this town. On the foundation of the collegiate establishment of St. Patrick's, Dublin, by Archbishop Comyn in 1190, Swords was constituted a prebend of that church : it is noticed by Archbishop Alan, in his Repertorium I'iride, as "the Golden Prebend, similar to that of Sarum in England ;" and in the same work is registered as giving name to one of the rural deaneries in the northern part of the diocese. King John granted to Comyn the privilege of holding a fair here for eight days after the feast of St. Columbkill. The place was incorporated by Queen Elizabeth in 1578. James I., in 1603, granted to the Archbishop of Dublin a confirmation of the privileges of the town, together with a weekly market on Monday ; in this document the place is called the " Archbishop's manor of Swords." A grant of two additional fairs was made in 1699. On the breaking out of the war in 1641, the Irish army of the pale assembled for the first time at Swords ; and on the 10th of the following January they were driven from it with the loss of 200 men, by Sir Chas. Coote, with scarcely any loss on his side except that of Sir Lorenzo Carey, a son of Lord Falkland, who was slain in the action.

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30. Swords monastery founded by St. Columbkill, 512

    Swords · town · Dublin · 512

    Swords owes its origin to a monastery founded in 512 by St. Columbkill, who presented a missal written by himself, appointed St. Finan Lobhair (the Leper) as first abbot, and blessed the well there. The monastery long increased in character and wealth.

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    SWORDS, a market and post town (formerly a parliamentary borough) and a parish, in the union of Balrothery, partly in the barony of Coolock, but chiefly in the baronyofNETHERCROSS, county of Dublin, and province of Leinster, 7 miles (N.) from Dublin, on the road to Drogheda by Balbriggan ; containing 363S inhabitants, of whom 1788 are in the town. The place appears to owe its origin to tlie foundation of a monastery in 512, by St. Columbkill, who presented to it a missal written by himself; appointed St. Finan Lobhair, or the Leper, its first abbot ; and blessed the well here. The monastery continued long to increase In character and wealth; and the town in consequence 3 Z2

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31. Swords plundered by Danes and attacked by O'Melaghlin

    Swords · town · Dublin · 800–1035

    Swords was repeatedly plundered and burnt by the Danes. About 1035, Conor O'Melaghlin, King of Meath, attacked the town and was killed; his brother then ravaged the district of Fingal in revenge.

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    rose to such a magnitude, that it had several additional places of worship, among which were chapels dedicated to St. Finan and St. Bridget, near the latter of which was an ancient cross, called " Pardon Crosse." Swords was repeatedly plundered and burnt by the Danes ; and about the year 103.5 it suffered in a similar manner from an attack by Conor O'Melaghlin, King of Meath, who was killed in the engagement, to revenge which his brother ravaged the whole district of Fingal with fire and sword. Notwithstanding these repeated injuries, it still retained the character of a place of much importance : for when the bodies of Brian Boroimhe and his son Murrough, who had fallen in the arms of victory at the famous battle of Clontarf, were being conveyed to their final place of interment at Armagh, they were deposited for one night during the journey in the abbey of this town. On the foundation of the collegiate establishment of St. Patrick's, Dublin, by Archbishop Comyn in 1190, Swords was constituted a prebend of that church : it is noticed by Archbishop Alan, in his Repertorium I'iride, as "the Golden Prebend, similar to that of Sarum in England ;" and in the same work is registered as giving name to one of the rural deaneries in the northern part of the diocese. King John granted to Comyn the privilege of holding a fair here for eight days after the feast of St. Columbkill. The place was incorporated by Queen Elizabeth in 1578. James I., in 1603, granted to the Archbishop of Dublin a confirmation of the privileges of the town, together with a weekly market on Monday ; in this document the place is called the " Archbishop's manor of Swords." A grant of two additional fairs was made in 1699. On the breaking out of the war in 1641, the Irish army of the pale assembled for the first time at Swords ; and on the 10th of the following January they were driven from it with the loss of 200 men, by Sir Chas. Coote, with scarcely any loss on his side except that of Sir Lorenzo Carey, a son of Lord Falkland, who was slain in the action.

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32. Synan family tomb at Kilbolane Church

    Kilbolane · townland · Cork · 1446–1837

    When the remains of the ancient church at Kilbolane were removed, a tomb belonging to the Synan family dating to 1446 was found and transferred to the new church building.

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    KILBOLANE, a parish, in the union of Kanturk, partly in the barony of Upper Connello, county of Limerick, but chiefly in the barony of Orrery and KiLMORE, county of Cork, and province of Munster, 5^ miles (S. W. byW.) from Charleville, on the road to Rathkeale ; containing 4155 inhabitants. It comprises 10,015 statute acres. The land is of good quality, and inosfly in pasture ; the portion in tillage yields excellent crops of grain and potatoes. There are about 26 acres of woodland, and 100 acres of bog, forming part of the " Red Bog," which extends into the adjoining parishes. The chief seats are Gibbins Grove, Kilbolane House, and Curryglass House ; and the villages of Millford and Coltycormick are in this parish. It is an impropriate cure, in the diocese of Cloyne, united by act of council to the rectory of Knocktemple, the two constituting the union of Knocktemple, in the patronage of the Bishop ; the rectory of Kilbolane is impropriate in the Earl of Cork, and the tithe rent-charge, amounting to £412. 10., is entirely payable to his lessee, who allows £6. 3. for discharging the clerical duties. A neat church, with a square tower, was erected iu 1834, at a cost of £300. There is neither glebe-house nor glebe. In the Roman Catholic divisions this parish forms part of the district of Millford, or Freemount : the chapel at Millford is a commodious modern building ; there is another chapel at Kilbolane. The castle of Kilbolane, which was destroyed by Cromwell, was of a square form, with a circular tower at each angle ; the rains are very insignificant. On removing the remains of the ancient church, the tomb of the Synan family, bearing the date 1446, was transferred to the new edifice.

    KILBONANE, a parish, in the union of Bandon, barony of East MusKERRY, county of Cork, and province of Munster, 3 miles (S. E.) from Cookstown ; on the river West Bride, and on the roads from Cork to Macroom and from Mallow to Bandon ; containing 1725 inhabitants. It comprises 4" 10 statute acres : about 21

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33. Synod of Kells distributes four palls 1152

    Kells · town · Meath · 1152

    The memorable synod of the Irish clergy was assembled at Kells in 1152, at which Cardinal Paparo distributed the four palls to the archbishops. This was a major event in the organisation of the Irish church.

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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.

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34. Table-land of Cummeragh and Knockmealdown

    near Knockmealdown Mountains · mountain or mountain range · Waterford

    The elevated region between the Suir and the Blackwater, comprising the heights of the Cummeragh and Knockmealdown, formed a table-land of clay-slate partly bordered by sandstone. Its outskirts were marked by Carrick, Clonmel, Clogheen, Kilmacthomas, Dungarvan, and Lismore.

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    The GEOLOGY of the county exhibits no great variety, nearly the whole being composed of clay-slate, sandstone, and some limestone. The elevated region between the Suir and the Blackwater, comprising the heights of the Cummeragh and of Knockmcledown, is a table-land of clay-slate, partly liordered by sandstone, and sustaining isolated caps of the same rock. Its outskirts are marked by Carrick, Clonmel, and Clogheen, on the north ; and by Kilmacthomas, Dungarvan, and Lismore. on the south ; on the north, west, and south, it is bounded by limestone. A border of sandstone approaches close to the Suir on the south side, from the vicinity of Ardfinnan to Kilmaiden, four miles west of W'atcrford. The clay-slate throughout the mountain district is of a reddish brown, purpleish, or greenish-grey colour ; it ranges nearly uniformly north-west and south-east, and dips generally from "0 to 75 degrees to the south and south-west. Good slates for roofing are raised in the glen of Ownashad, near Lismore, and in Glen Patrick, near Clonmel. Not far from the junction of the streams that form the river Mahon are veins of quartz, comprising granulated lead ore ; and in the same mineralogical tract, at Kilkeany, near Mountain Castle, is a fine vein of lead-ore. The rocks to the north of Lismore are also rich in mineral veins : iron, copper, and lead ores are of frequent occurrence. Lismore Castle stands on a floetz limestone rock, which, partly separated from the clayslate by a border of fine-grained sandstone, extends in a narrow range down the vale of the Blackwater, to the innermost recesses of Dungarvan harbour : in several places it assumes the character of marble, as at Tourin, where it is variegated with many colours ; near New Affane, where it is black and white; in the parish of Whitechurch, where it is both black and grey, &c.

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35. Taghadoe formerly belonged to monastery of All Hallows Dublin

    Taghadoe · townland · Kildare

    Before the Reformation, Taghadoe parish formed part of the possessions of the monastery of All Hallows, Dublin. The advowson was granted at the Suppression to the corporation of Dublin, who later sold it to the Duke of Leinster.

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    TAGHADOE, or Taptoo, a parish, in the union of Celbridge, barony of North Salt, county of Kil- DARE, and province of Leinster, 1^ mile (S. byW.) from Maynooth, on the road to Naas ; containing 4^23 inhabitants. This parish is situated between the Grand and Royal Canals, and comprises 41'265 statute acres, partly under tillage, but chiefly in pasture. Before the Reformation it formed part of the possessions of the monastery of All Hallows, Dublin ; the advowson was granted, at the Suppression, to the corporation of Dublin, from whom it was purchased in 1842 by the Duke of Leinster. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Dublin, and the tithe rent-charge is £165: there are 1'2 acres of glebe. The church is a small neat building, with octagonal turrets rising from square piers at the angles, and was erected in 1831 by aid of a gift of £830 from the late Board of First Fruits. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is part of the district of Maynooth : the chapel is in ruins. Near the church is an ancient round tower, about 60 feet high ; its external diameter is much larger than is usual in similar structures.

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36. Taghmon: anciently a borough

    Taghmon · town · Wexford

    Taghmon, now a post-town in County Wexford, was anciently a borough and sent two members to the Irish parliament. It is listed among the notable settlements of the county.

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    The county, with the exception of parts of two parishes, which are in the diocese of Dublin, is entirely within the diocese of Ferns. For civii, purposes it is divided into the baronies of Ballaghkeen, Bantry, Bargy, Forth, Gorey, Scarawalsh, Shelburne, and Shelmalier East and West. It contains the ancient episcopal town of Ferns ; the borough and market towns of Wexford and New Ross ; the market and post towns of Gorey, Enniscorthy, Newtownbarry ; the disfranchised borough of Fethard ; and the post-towns of Arthurstown, Broadway, Clonegal, Camolin, and Taghmon, the last of which was anciently a borough, as were also Clonmines and Bannow. The minor posts are Ballycarney, Banuow, Bridgetown, Duncaunon, Kyle, and Oulart. It sent eighteen members to the Irish parliament, two being for the county at large, and two for each of the boroughs of Wexford, New Ross, Gorey, Enniscorthy, Taghmon, Fethard, Clonmines, and Banuow ; but since the Union its representatives in the Imperial parliament have been, two sent by the county, and one for each of the boroughs of Wexford and New Ross. The county members are elected at Wexford. The shire is included in the Leinster circuit : the assizes are held at Wexford ; general sessions of the peace are held twice in the year at each of the towns of Gorey, Wexford, Enniscorthy, and New Ross ; and petty-sessions are held, at various intervals, at each of the above towns and at Newtownbarry, Burkestown, Clonroche, Duncormuck, Killinick, Oulart, and Taghmon. The county gaol is at Wexford, and there are bridewells at New Ross, Gorey, and Enniscorthy. The local government is vested in a lieutenant, 16 deputylieutenants, and til other magistrates. The number of constabulary police stations is 43. The district lunatic 635

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37. Taghmon castle tower of Sir Gilbert Talbot

    Taghmon · town · Wexford

    A massive square tower in Taghmon is all that remains of an ancient castle once belonging to the heirs of Sir Gilbert Talbot, Lord of Wexford, who held a hundred court there. It was the property of W. Hore, Esq., of Harperstown.

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    here under the management of a committee of ladies in 1826; it afforded much comfort to the poor, by supplying them with articles of clothing of their own manufacture, and also with wages for their labour : the association, however, has been lately dissolved. Here is a dispensary for the parishes of Taghmon and Horetown. There are three ancient burial-places, in two ot which are the ruins of churches ; and near the town is a burial-place called the Grave, belonging to the family of Batt, who have a large property here. In the town is a massive square tower, all that remains of an ancient castle once belonging to the heirs of Sir Gilbert Talbot, Knt., Lord of Wexford, who held a hundred court there ; it is now the property of W. Hore, Esq., of Harperstown.

    TAGOAT, a village, in the parish of Rosslabe, barony of Forth, county of Wexford, and province of Leinster, 1^ niile (N.) from Broadway ; the population is returned with the parish. It is situated at the southern extremity of the parish, and at the junction o» several roads, the principal of which is that leading to the town of Wexford, 7^ miles distant. Tagoat is a station of the constabulary police ; and contains the chief Roman Catholic chapel of the district, which comprises the parishes of Rosslare, Kilrane, Kilscoran, St. Helen (or Killilane), St. Michael, and Ballybrenuan. A very large and handsome chapel has been lately built, close to the former one. Within a quarter of a mile of the village is the church of the union of Tacumshane. also called the union of Kilscoran from the church being situated in the latter parish. Adjoining the chapel are schools for children of both sexes, under the superintendence of the parish priest ; and near the village is a neat school, erected and supported by the rector. In the immediate vicinity is Hill Castle.

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38. Talbot family mausoleum at St. John's churchyard, Wexford

    Wexford · town · Wexford

    A handsome mausoleum in St. John's churchyard was erected by J. H. Talbot, Esq., of Talbot Hall, in memory of his wife.

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    of the other churches. It is a plain structure with stone quoins and surmounted with a cupola ; the interior has a gallery round three sides, and the fourth, containmg the altar, forms a semicircular recess separated from the body of the building by an open screen of two pilasters and two columns. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners lately granted £252 for repairs. The church of St. Selsker is a small edifice, erected in 1818 at an expense of £1400, in the early style of English architecture, with pannelKd buttresses at the angles terminating in pinnacles, and plain buttresses between the lancet-shaped windows on each side, and a combination of three similarly shaped windows at the east end ; the body of the church is connected by a vestibule with the massive ancient tower of the old chiirch : the interior is fitted up with open seats instead of pews. There are several monuments of great antiquity in the churchyard ; and in St. John's churchyard is a handsome mausoleum erected by J. H. Talbot, Esq., of Talbot Hall, to the memory of his wife.

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39. Talbot granted Dungarvan barony and Waterford

    Dungarvan · town · Waterford · 1447

    Around 1447, John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, obtained a grant of the city and county of Waterford and the castles, honour, lands, and barony of Dungarvan, with jura regalia from Youghal to Waterford, because the country was waste and unprofitable to the crown.

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    The power of the Anglo-Norman invaders was too great to be long effectually resisted. In U73, Raymond le Gros, with a select party, overran the country of Decies, which he every where depopulated and ravaged ; and, after a conflict with the Danes of Cork, returned in triumph to Waterford. Henry II., in 1177, granted in custody to Robert le Poer, his marshal, the country lying between AVaterford and the river of Lismore (the Blackwater), comprising the greater part of the present county, the rest of which was included in the grant of the " kingdom " of Cork to Mile de Cogan and his companions. Henceforward the Poers maintained a great superiority in this territory, and often waged sanguinary hostilities on their own part with the men of Waterford. It appears from a charter of King John to the citizens of Waterford, in 1'206, that the territory of W^aterford had been then erected into a county, the justices of assize and other officers of which were inhibited from exercising any authority within the city : this controverts the generally received opinion that the first shires in Ireland were erected by King John, in 1^210. The same king granted the custody of this county and that of Desmond to Thomas Fitz-Anthony, together with all the royal demesnes in the same, at the annual rent of '250 marks. Edward I. confirmed it to his son John, for .500 marks per annum ; but this act having been performed during the king's minority, the lands were subsequently recovered by the crown, by a decree against Thomas Fitz-Maurice, cousin and heir of John : Edward, however, in 1'29-, granted them to Thomas Fitz-Anthony, another branch of the Geraldines. In 1300, a party of natives made an incursion into Waterford, but were repulsed with much slaughter by the O'Feolains. In 1444, James, Earl of Desmond, procured a patent for the government of this and other counties of Munster ; but three years afterwards, John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, then lord-lieutenant of Ireland, obtained a grant from the king of the city and county of Waterford, and the dignity and title of earl of Waterford, together with the castles, honour, lands, and barony of Dungarvan, with jera regalia, wreck, &c., from Youghal to Waterford ; because the country was waste, in so far as, in lieu of producing any profit to the crown, it was a cause of great loss. This patent was made by virtue of a privy seal, and by authority of parliament. By the act of the '2Sth of Henry VIII., however, vesting in the crown the possessions of all absentees from Ireland, the whole of the above lands, rights, and titles were resumed by the crown ; and the only portion restored to the family of Talbot was the title, which was re-granted to Francis Talbot in 1661 by Charles II. 629

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40. Talc-slate bed in Glenmacanass used for chimney-pieces and gravestones

    near Glenmacnass · valley · Wicklow

    In the lower part of Glenmacanass, the mica-slate contains a bed of talc-slate easily worked with a chisel and hardening in fire. Its qualities make it suitable for chimney-pieces, hearthstones, gravestones, and troughs.

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    The mica-slate occurs in direct contact with the granite range on each side, and is found in an uninterrupted range along its eastern border from Shillelagh, by Glenmalur, Glendalough, and Luggelaw, to the Scalp, where it is seen distinctly resting on the granite, as ia many other places. It is usually fantastically contorted, on a small scale, and of a dark-grey hue ; and consists of alternate layers of quartz and mica of various thickness : in some places strata of quartz and of granite, and irregular masses of the latter, are imbedded in it. In the lower part of Glenmacanass it contains a bed of talc-slate, easily worked with the chisel, and hardening in the fire ; which qualities fit it for chimney-pieces, hearthstones, gravestones, and troughs. On the western side of the granite range is a similarly incumbent series of mica-slate strata, but extending no farther south than Baltinglass, and not so regular and continuous as the eastern tract in its range from the point where it enters from the county of Dublin, north-east of Blessington. Lugnaquilla, though composed chiefly of granite, is capped with mica-slate, with some alternating strata of granite ; and although the glen of Imale is entirely based on granite, this slate is seen forming the summits of many of the high surrounding mountains on the north and south. Brisselstown hill, and its lateral extension to the west, called Spynan's hill, consist of mica-slate, fine and minute granular greenstone, and greenstone-porphyry : the mica-slate in the western part is porphyritic, containing numerous crystals of felspar ; and similar translations, as also into greenstone porphyry by an intimate intermixture of hornblende, are observed in various neighbouring localities. Garnet, in general so constant a companion of mica-slate, is seldom seen in the strata of this county ; but hollow spar occurs in some places. The low range of hills west of Blessington, and the rest of the north-western border of the county, are based on clay-slate.

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41. Tallaght abbey of St. Maelruane

    near Tallaght · town · Dublin · 700–1125

    An abbey was founded at Tallaght in the eighth century, with St. Maelruane as its first abbot. No record of the abbey remains after the year 1125.

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    TALLAGHT, a post-town and a parish, in the South Dublin union, barony of Uppercross, county of Dublin, and province of Leinster, 05 miles (S. W. by W.) from Dublin, on the road to Blessington ; containing 4921 inhabitants, of whom 348 are in the town. The name, which is also written Tavelagh, Tauelagh, Tamlact, and Taimlacbt, signifies a "place of burial, ' and is derived from a large cemetery attached to the church, which popular tradition states to be the place in which the whole race of Partholan, who formed a settlement in Ireland a. m. 1956, were interred after their destruction by a plague. An abbey was founded in the eighth century, of which St. Mtelruane was first abbot ; but no record remains concerning it after the year 1 1'25. A castle was built here by Alexander de Bicknor, Archbishop of Dublin, as his residence, and continued to be the seat of his successors until a late period; in 13'24, he obtained a remission of money in consideration of his expenses in its erection. In 1331, O'Toole, the chieftain of Imail, at the head of a numerous band, plundered the castle and demesne, slew many of the archbishop's people, and defeated Sir Philip Britt and a body of Dublin men who had been sent against him. A very large mansion-house was subsequently erected, to which was attached an extensive and well-stocked garden, laid out in the Dutch style, and a demesne of upwards of 200 acres. Dr. Fowler, who died in 1S03, was the last archbishop who resided here. Lord John G. Beresford, who was translated to the see of Dublin in 1619, obtained an act of parlia-

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42. Tallaght cemetery and Partholan tradition

    near Tallaght · town · Dublin

    The name Tallaght signifies a 'place of burial,' derived from a large cemetery attached to the church. Popular tradition states it is where the whole race of Partholan, who settled in Ireland circa AM 1956, were interred after dying of plague.

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    TALLAGHT, a post-town and a parish, in the South Dublin union, barony of Uppercross, county of Dublin, and province of Leinster, 05 miles (S. W. by W.) from Dublin, on the road to Blessington ; containing 4921 inhabitants, of whom 348 are in the town. The name, which is also written Tavelagh, Tauelagh, Tamlact, and Taimlacbt, signifies a "place of burial, ' and is derived from a large cemetery attached to the church, which popular tradition states to be the place in which the whole race of Partholan, who formed a settlement in Ireland a. m. 1956, were interred after their destruction by a plague. An abbey was founded in the eighth century, of which St. Mtelruane was first abbot ; but no record remains concerning it after the year 1 1'25. A castle was built here by Alexander de Bicknor, Archbishop of Dublin, as his residence, and continued to be the seat of his successors until a late period; in 13'24, he obtained a remission of money in consideration of his expenses in its erection. In 1331, O'Toole, the chieftain of Imail, at the head of a numerous band, plundered the castle and demesne, slew many of the archbishop's people, and defeated Sir Philip Britt and a body of Dublin men who had been sent against him. A very large mansion-house was subsequently erected, to which was attached an extensive and well-stocked garden, laid out in the Dutch style, and a demesne of upwards of 200 acres. Dr. Fowler, who died in 1S03, was the last archbishop who resided here. Lord John G. Beresford, who was translated to the see of Dublin in 1619, obtained an act of parlia-

    TALL

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43. Tallaght church and ancient belfry tower

    near Tallaght · town · Dublin · 1829

    The church at Tallaght, dedicated to St. Michtuane, was built in 1829 on the site of the ancient structure with a grant from the Board of First Fruits. The ancient belfry tower of considerable height was preserved as part of the new edifice.

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    The LIVING is a vicarage, in the diocese of Dublin, united to the rectory of Cruagh, and in the alternate patronage of the Archbishop of Dublin, and W. Bryan, Esq. ; the rectory of Tallaght till lately formed part of the corps of the deanery of St. Patrick's. The chapel of Killahan, in the townland of Oldbawn, and dilapidated since 1.53'2, and that of St. Bridget, near the Dodder, now in ruins, were appendant to the church of Tallaght. The Dean of St. Patrick's originally had the right of presentation to the vicarage, by a grant from Pope Gregory IX. ; but the right lapsed by neglect. The tithes of the parish, under the Corporation act, amounted to £678. 18. 6., of which £369. 4. 7. were payable to the dean, £'2^21. 10. 9. to the dean and chapter in their corporate capacity, and £88. 3. '2. to the vicar; the gross tithes of the vicarial union amounted to £270. The glebe-house stands on a glebe of \'a. '20p. ; it was built in 18'25 by aid of a gift of £'200 and a 'loan of £600 from the Board of First Fruits. The church, dedicated to St. Miclruane, was built in 18'29 on the site of the ancient structure, by a grant of nearly £3000 from the Board ; it is in the pointed style of architec- .644

    ture, with pinnacles at the angles and along the sides ; the ancient belfry tower, which is of considerable height, is still preserved as part of the edifice. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners lately granted £107 towards repairs. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the district of Rathfarnham, and has a chapel at Bohernabreena. At Fir House is a convent of discalced Carmelites, consisting of a superior and 13 professed and lay sisters, founded about 18 years since, with a small chapel attached. At Mount Anne is a small monastery of the order of Carmelites. In 1789, Robert Murphy, Esq., bequeathed to the minister and churchwardens £10 Irish currency for the poor, and £10 Irish per annum towards founding a Sunday school.

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44. Tallaght House built from archiepiscopal mansion

    near Tallaght · town · Dublin · 1803–1830

    A large mansion with a Dutch-style garden and demesne of over 200 acres succeeded the medieval castle at Tallaght. After Archbishop Fowler died in 1803, the buildings and lands were sold to Major Palmer, who demolished them and erected Tallaght House from the materials.

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    raent to sell the buildings and lands ; and his successor. Dr. Magee, sold them to Major Palmer, who, after having taken down the buildings, with the materials of which he erected Tallaght House, a handsome residence, disposed of his interest to John Lentaigne, Esq.

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45. Tallaght House castle remains

    near Tallaght · town · Dublin

    In the garden of Tallaght House were the remains of the original castle, consisting of a large square tower with a lofty gateway. This was a notable antiquity within the parish of Tallaght.

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    In the garden of Tallaght House are the remains of the original castle, consisting of a large square tower with a lofty gateway. On a rising ground that commands a pass in the road leading from Crumlin and Drymnagh Castle to Fir House is the castle of Timon, or Timothan, which anciently was the chief place in the lordship or manor of Tymothan, granted by King John to Henry de Loundres, Archbishop of Dublin, in recompense for his losses in repairing the castle of Dublin and for other public services : in 1247 the manor was erected into a prebend in St. Patrick's cathedral, which still exists, but without any endowment. The building, which was in a ruinous condition in the reign of Henry VIII., now consists of a square tower or keep with a few small windows in a very dilapidated state. At Aughfarrell are the remains of an old castle, and at Templeogue and beyond Friarstown are ruins of churches; near the latter of which is a well, dedicated to St. Anne. At the Greenhills are a rath and a fort, apparently erected at an early period to curb the predatory incursions of the Wicklow septs : on the grounds of Fortville Lodge is a Danish rath, surrounded with a fosse.

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46. Tallow entrenched and garrisoned in 1641

    Tallow · town · Waterford · 1641

    During the war of 1641 the Earl of Cork threw up an entrenchment with four gates around Tallow and maintained a garrison of 100 infantry, though the town was not walled.

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    TALLOW, or Tallagh, a market and post town (formerly a parliamentary borough) and a parish, in the union of Lismore, barony of Coshmore and Coshbride, county of Waterford, and province of Mun- STER, 39 miles (W. S. W.) from Waterford, and 114 (S. W. by S.) from Dublin, on the coach-road from Waterford, through Youghal, to Cork ; containing 486" inhabitants, of whom '2969 are in the town. This place, together with the surrounding territory, was, in I.5S6, granted by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Walter Raleigh, by whom the estates were subsequently assigned to Sir Richard Boyle, afterwards created Earl of Cork. In the original grant it is designated a decayed town ; but it was restored by the earl, who in the llth of James I. obtained for the inhabitants a charter of incorporation and various important privileges. Though not walled, an intrenchment with four gates was thrown up around it for its defence during the war in 1641, by the earl, who maintained here a garrison of 100 infantry; and in 1643 the Earl of Inchiquin, with his army, met the Lords Dungarvan and Broghill at this place, whence they proceeded to the relief of Lismore Castle, at that time besieged. In 1644 the castle of Ballyniacow, near the town, was taken from Sir Philip Perceval by the Irish, but was soon after restored by order of the supreme council at Kilkenny, in consequence of its seizure having been a violation of the cessation of hostilities previously concluded.

    The town is situated about half a mile to the south of the river Bride, and consists chiefly of two streets ; it contained, in 1841, 436 houses, many of them well built and of respectable appearance. The wool-combing business was formerly carried on extensively ; but at present the principal trade is in grain, which is brought from Fermoy and the neighbouring markets to be shipped here. The manufacture of coarse lace affords employment to several hundred females : an extensive ale and porter brewery was established in 1835, by Messrs. Anthony and Terry, which produces annually 3000 barrels ; and attached to it is a large Vol. II.— 545

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47. Tallow granted to Raleigh, then to Earl of Cork

    Tallow · town · Waterford · 1586

    In 1586 Queen Elizabeth granted Tallow and its surrounding territory to Sir Walter Raleigh, who subsequently assigned the estates to Sir Richard Boyle, afterwards created Earl of Cork. The original grant described Tallow as a decayed town, but the earl restored it.

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    TALLOW, or Tallagh, a market and post town (formerly a parliamentary borough) and a parish, in the union of Lismore, barony of Coshmore and Coshbride, county of Waterford, and province of Mun- STER, 39 miles (W. S. W.) from Waterford, and 114 (S. W. by S.) from Dublin, on the coach-road from Waterford, through Youghal, to Cork ; containing 486" inhabitants, of whom '2969 are in the town. This place, together with the surrounding territory, was, in I.5S6, granted by Queen Elizabeth to Sir Walter Raleigh, by whom the estates were subsequently assigned to Sir Richard Boyle, afterwards created Earl of Cork. In the original grant it is designated a decayed town ; but it was restored by the earl, who in the llth of James I. obtained for the inhabitants a charter of incorporation and various important privileges. Though not walled, an intrenchment with four gates was thrown up around it for its defence during the war in 1641, by the earl, who maintained here a garrison of 100 infantry; and in 1643 the Earl of Inchiquin, with his army, met the Lords Dungarvan and Broghill at this place, whence they proceeded to the relief of Lismore Castle, at that time besieged. In 1644 the castle of Ballyniacow, near the town, was taken from Sir Philip Perceval by the Irish, but was soon after restored by order of the supreme council at Kilkenny, in consequence of its seizure having been a violation of the cessation of hostilities previously concluded.

    The town is situated about half a mile to the south of the river Bride, and consists chiefly of two streets ; it contained, in 1841, 436 houses, many of them well built and of respectable appearance. The wool-combing business was formerly carried on extensively ; but at present the principal trade is in grain, which is brought from Fermoy and the neighbouring markets to be shipped here. The manufacture of coarse lace affords employment to several hundred females : an extensive ale and porter brewery was established in 1835, by Messrs. Anthony and Terry, which produces annually 3000 barrels ; and attached to it is a large Vol. II.— 545

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48. Tamlaght parish created by Primate Robinson

    Tamlaght · townland · Tyrone · 1781–1783

    Tamlaght was created a parish in 1783 by Primate Robinson, who separated townlands from Ballyclog and Ballinderry parishes, built the church, purchased the glebe, and endowed it with tithes. The glebe-house was built in 1781 at a cost of £496.

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    Tamlaght was created a parish in 1783, by Primate Robinson, by separating 6 townlands from the parish of Ballyclog in the barony of Dungannon, and 5| from that of Ballinderry in the barony of Loughinshohn ; the Primate also built the church, and purchased the glebe, with which he endowed it, together with the tithes of the II5 townlands. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Armagh, and in the patronage of the Primate ; the tithe rent-charge is £150. The glebe-house was built in 1781, at an expense of £496, of which £92 were a gift from the late Board of First Fruits, the residue being supplied by the then incumbent. The church is a small plain edifice, in the Londonderry portion of the parish. In Coagh is a meeting-house for Presbyterians in connexion with the General Assembly ; within the parish is a meeting-house for those till lately in connexion with the Associate Synod ; and there are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists, the latter in the market-place of Coagh. On the glebe stands a cromlech called Cloughtogel, composed of a stupendous table-stone of granite, weighing 22 tons, raised 13 feet above the ground on six uprights of basalt ; under it is a chamber or vault of considerable extent. There were formerly several other cromlechs connected with this, extending in a line due east and west, the whole surrounded by a circle of upright stones ; but, in the process of fencing and other alterations, all have been removed except the first-named. In a field called the " Honey Mug," not far distant, is a large upright pillar of marble of a singular kind, beneath which is an artificial cave.

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49. Tanderagee Castle on site of O'Hanlon's castle

    Tanderagee · townland · Armagh · 1641

    Tanderagee Castle is the seat of the Duke of Manchester, erected on the site of the ancient castle of O'Hanlon. After being rebuilt by Sir Oliver St. John, it was surprised and completely destroyed by the O'Hanlons in the war of 1641. The present structure stands in an ample, richly embellished demesne.

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    Adjoining the town is Tanderagee Castle, the splendid seat of the Duke of Manchester, erected on the site of the ancient castle of O'Hanlon, which, after it was rebuilt by Sir Oliver St. John, was surprised and completely destroyed by the O'Hanlons in the war of 1641 : the present structure is spacious, and is situated in an ample demesne, richly embellished, and diversified with bold eminences clothed with stately timber. In the immediate neighbourhood is also the elegant residence of the rector. The church, built by Sir Oliver, was nearly demolished during the war of 1641, and rebuilt in 1684; having fallen into decay, it was taken down in 1812, and the present handsome structure built upon its site. In removing the materials of the old church, the skull of its founder, who was shot by an assassin on his return to the castle, was discovered, perforated by a bullet. A very extensive and important charitable establishment has been founded on the moral agency system by the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, upon the estate of Tanderagee ; the benefits of which are open to the whole of their numerous tenantry, in the improvement of whose moral, intellectual, and social condition, it has, though comparatively in its infancy, produced the most beneficial effects. The establishment includes a loan fund, a clothing fund, three dispensaries, an orphan asylum, a circulating library, and 2.5 pubUc schools, to each of which is attached a lending library. The loan and clothing funds are conducted by the " moral agent " resident at the castle ; the dispensaries are at Tanderagee, Portadown, and Tullahappy, and are open one day in every week, under the care of a physician, who devotes the whole of his time to dispensing medicines and to visiting poor tenants at their own dweUings. The orphan asylum, at Tanderagee, is open to the female orphans of the Protestant tenantry, who are boarded, clothed, and educated for service in respectable families. The schools, for which spacious and handsome buildings with houses for the master and mistress, have been erected, are scattered over the whole estate ; those in this parish are at Tanderagee, Corvernagh, Cargans, and Ballymore. There are schools at Portadown and Mullantine, in the parish of Drumcree ; and also in the parishes of Sea- 550

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50. Taney old church and Halliday monument

    Taney · parish · Dublin · 1812

    The old church of Taney parish still remains, with one portion used for reading the funeral service and another for the parochial school. The cemetery contains interesting monumental inscriptions, including one to William Halliday, Jun., who died in 1812 aged 24, distinguished for his proficiency in Irish literature.

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    The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Dublin, forming part of the corps of the archdeaconry of Dublin : the tithe rent-charge is about £350. The church, towards the erection of which the late Board of First Fruits granted a loan of £4300, in 1818, is a spacious and handsome cruciform structure, in the later English style, with a square embattled tower ; the interior was thoroughly renovated in 1835. The old church is still remaining ; one portion of it is used for reading the funeral service, and another is appropriated to the parochial school. In the cemetery are some interesting monumental inscriptions, among which is one to William Hallida}', Jun., who died in 1812, aged 24 ; he was distinguished for his proficiency in Irish literature and his critical knowledge of the language. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the unions of Booterstown, Sandyford, St. Mary Donnybrook, and St. Mary and St. Peter's Rathmines ; there is a chapel at Dundrum, and the parish also contains a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. — See Dundrum.

    TANKARDSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of Rathvilly, union and county of Carlow, and province of Leinster, if mile (N. W. by N.) from TuUow ; containing about 1100 inhabitants. It is situated on the rivers Derreen and Slaney, the former of which separates it from the county of Wicklow and bounds it on the east, while the latter bounds it on the west. About seven-tenths of its surface consist of meadow and pasture ; the remainder is arable, with a small portion of wood. Within its limits are the small hamlet called from its situation Tankardstown Cross-roads, and Copnagh House. In ecclesiastical concerns it is not

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51. Taper upright stone at Harristown near Kilcullen

    Harristown · townland · Kildare

    At Harristown, near Kilcullen, stands another tapering upright stone with a conical top, similar to the pillar-stones found elsewhere in the Naas vicinity. These stones are part of a regional pattern of ancient monuments.

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    here are sixteen small conical hills, supposed to be the seats on which the elders sat. Not far from the rath is a single pillar-stone, called Gobhlan, about seven feet high, supposed to have been erected for the worship of Baal. Similar stones are to be seen at Kilgowan, Furnace, and Punch's Town, all in the vicinity of Naas. At Harristown, near Kilcullen, is another of those taper upright stones, with a conical top ; and about two miles from Jigginstown are two, known by the name of the Long Stones. The rath of Knock-Caellagh, near Kilcullen, consists of a tumulus surrounded by a circular intrenchment, '20 feet wide and 10 deep, with a rampart outside the trench : Cromwell is said to have encamped here on his way to the south. Others less remarkable, yet worthy of notice, are to be seen near Rheban, two miles north of Athy, at Kildare, at Naas, near Kilkea Castle, at Moone, at Clane, at Lyons (across which rath the boundary line of the counties of Kildare and Dublin passes), and at Rathsallagh, near Duncavan. On the Curragh are numerous earthworks, most of which appear to be sepulchral, forming a chain of fourteen small raths or circular intrenchments without ramparts, in a line of nearly three miles, extending east and west. A tradition has long prevailed of a stupendous heathen monument of huge stones existing here ; but no vestige of it can now be discovered.

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52. Tara barony title granted to John Preston

    Tara · parish · Meath

    Tara formerly gave the title of Baron to John Preston of Bellinter, but the title became extinct upon his death.

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

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

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53. Tara Hill building stone and panoramic views

    near Tara Hill · mountain or mountain range · Wexford

    Tara Hill yields building-stone of excellent quality, and its summit commands extensive views over both sea and inland landscapes. A sand bank called the Saleen patch and an oyster-bed lie near its shore.

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    southern extremity being nearly opposite the entrance to Courtown harbour. About midway between the sand bank and the shore at the foot of Tara Hill, is a smaller bank, called the Saleen patch ; and a little to the north of this is an oyster-bed. Building-stone of excellent quality is obtained on the hill ; and its summit commands extensive marine and inland views.

    TARBERT, an island, in the parish of Omey, union of Clifden, barony of Ballynahinch, county of Galway, and province of Connaught, 3 miles (N. W.) from Clifden : the population is returned with the parish. It is situated on the western coast, about half a mile from the shore, and comprises 90 statute acres of arable land. Between this island and that of Rualie is a channel to Clifden for small vessels ; and between Tarbert and Kingstown is a bar, passable only by small vessels at high water.

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54. Tara Hill building-stone quarries

    near Tara Hill · mountain or mountain range · Wexford

    On Tara Hill, nearly half of which lies within the parish of Kiltennel (Courtown), are quarries of building-stone that supply the surrounding neighbourhood.

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    KILTENNELj or Courtown, a parish, in the union of GoREY, barony of Ballaghkeen, county of Wexford, and province of Leinster, 1 miles (S. E.) from Gorey, and on the sea-side road from Wexford to Dublin j containing 1'279 inhabitants. This parish, which is also called Kilbride, is situated on the Irish Channel, and bounded on the south by the Awen-o-varra river ; it comprises 4125f statute acres, the greater portion under tillage and the remainder good pasture and meadow land. The soil is generally fertile, and the system of agriculture improving. On Tara Hill, of which nearly half is in this parish, are some quarries of buildingstone which supply the neighbourhood. Courtown, the elegant seat of the Earl of Courtown, is situated in a retired spot on the banks of the Awen-o-varra, which winds through the richly-wooded demesne ; the grounds are tastefully laid out, and from the house is obtained a glance of the sea through a vista in the surrounding plantations. Seaficld, held by John Glascott, Esq., from the earl, is situated about a mile and a half to the north of Courtown.

    There are several boats belonging to this parish, employed in the Courtown fishery, and great quantities of cod are taken off the coast ; but from the uncertainty of the voyage to Dublin, by which the cargo is frequently spoiled before it reaches the market, the value of the fishery is much diminished. To obviate this evil an act was obtained, in 1824, for the construction of a harbour 175

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55. Tara Hill: seat of the triennial assembly of Ireland

    Tara · parish · Meath

    Tara Hill, also called Teagh-mor or Temora, was until the end of the sixth century the meeting place of the states-general of Ireland every three years, for civil and ecclesiastical decisions and the investiture of the supreme monarch. The institution was traditionally attributed to the ancient legislator-king Ollamh Fodla.

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    TARAGH, Tarah, or Tara, a parish, in the union ofNAVAN, barony of Skreen, county of Meath, and province of Leinster, 3^ miles (X. by W.) from Dunshaughlin ; containing 5S6 inhabitants, of whom 126 are in the village. Taragh Hill, which was also named Teagh-mor, signifying " the Great House," and frequently called Temora, derived that appellation from its having been, to the end of the sixth century, the place where the convocation of the states-general of Ireland was held every three years, for the decision of civil and ecclesiastical matters, and also for the election and investiture with supreme authority of one chief, sovereign of all Ireland. This triennial convocation of the provincial kings, priests, and bards, is said to have been originally instituted by the great Ollamh Fodhla, one of the ancient monarchs, celebrated as a great legislator, in the traditional records of the kingdom. Tuathal, a Milesian prince, is conjectured to have convoked an assembly here after his victory over the Firbolgs, when he was recognised by the states as supreme monarch. During the ceremony of inauguration, the monarchs were placed upon the Liafail, or " stone of destiny," 551

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56. Tara Hill, Wexford: mariners' landmark

    near Tara Hill · mountain or mountain range · Wexford

    Tara Hill near the eastern coast of Wexford, though not of great extent or elevation, forms a conspicuous and useful landmark for mariners with reference to the Kilgorman sands and the new harbour of Courtown.

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

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57. Tarbert harbour in the Shannon

    Tarbert · town · Kerry

    Tarbert possesses the only harbour in County Kerry located within the River Shannon. An island of the same name sits just off the mouth of the harbour.

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    calogue, and on its northern side, that of Sncem ; and along the northern shore is a succession of small islands, the principal of which are Rossmorc, Ilansherky, Cappanacoss, and Dunkerron. The next bay is that of Ballinaskellig, near the entrance of which are the Hog Islands ; and towards the west are the Skellig Islands, which, like the other principal islands here noticed, are described under a separate head. Beyond these lies Puffin Island (see Killemlagh), and beyond Puffin is Valencia Island, forming a harbour by the channel that separates it from the main land ; this harbour has an entrance at each end, and is considered one of the safest and most commodious on the western coast. Between Valencia Island and the Blas(|uets is Dingle bay, an extensive opening with steep shores on each side, in which a ship may anchor in any part above a mile from the shore ; it contains the harbours of Ventry, Dingle, and Castlcmaine. Dunmore Head, the most western point of Ireland, forms the northern extremity of Dingle bay ; the natives call it Tig-vourney-Geeranc, or Mary Gerane's house. Otf this headland are the Blasquet or Ferriter's Islands, between the largest of which and the main land is a deep sound with a rapid current. Beyond Dunmore Head is Smerwick bay, the whole of which was originally bog, now invaded by the sea. Pursuing eastward the north coast of the peninsula of Corkaguiuey, between Magharee Head and Brandon Head, lies Brandon bay, on the eastern side of the mountain of that name. The Magharees, or Seven Hog Islands, lie at the extremity of a peninsula which separates Brandon from Tralee bay. Between Fenit Island (behind which is the inlet called Barra harbour) and Kerry Head is Balhjheigne bay, in which there is no shelter ; and from an error in laying down the latitude of Loop Head in the charts, it has often been fatally mistaken for the mouth of the Shannon. The only harbour in Kerry within the Shannon is that of Tarbert : off its mouth is the island of the same name.

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58. Tarbert harbour on the Shannon

    Tarbert · town · Kerry

    The harbour of Tarbert is capable of being made one of the most useful ports on the Shannon. Improving it, along with opening the mouth of the Cashen, could greatly benefit the county's maritime commerce.

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    domestic purposes only ; the wool being mostly sent to Cork or Limerick, where it is purchased and made up into cloth. The Coomduffe mountains, however, form an exception to this remark ; for the tenants there pay their rent by flannels, which are sold at the markets of Tralee and Dingle. The fishery is carried on chiefly from the ports of Valencia and Dingle ; the kinds taken include cod, ling, hake, glasson, and some haddock. Along the shores of the Kenmare river, the fishery is likewise carried on to some extent ; and here, that of pilchards was also a great source of profit, but the fish quitted the coast many years since. Salmon is abundant, though much thinned by the seals, which frequent the shores in such numbers that the rocks are covered with them in summer ; these are killed sometimes with musket balls, and sometimes by moonlight in the caverns where they sleep. Dingle bay is famous for its crayfish, and for lobsters on its northern side ; oysters and other shell-fish are to be obtained in many places. A great disadvantage which the entire county labours under, is, the want of means for exporting its produce ; there are but few quays, so that it loses nearly all the advantages of its maritime situation. Much might be done in this respect by opening the mouth of the Cashen, and by improving the harbour of Tarbert, which is capable of being made one of the most useful ports on the Shannon.

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59. Tarbert Island battery and bomb-proof barracks

    Tarbert Island · townland · Kerry · 1793–1815

    On Tarbert Island, about a mile from the town, stand a battery and bomb-proof barrack mounting seven 24-pounders and two howitzers. These were erected during the late continental war to protect the trade of Limerick.

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    lated only at extraordinary high water of spring tides, being connected with the main land by a narrow causeway for foot passengers, which is proposed to be superseded by a bridge. An excellent road from the town to the island has been constructed along the shore of the bay by the Steam-Navigation Company, for the convenience of passengers, there being at present no nearer point of embarkation than the inner side of the island. A pier has also been completed on the south-east side of the island, at a point recommended by Captain Mudge in his report to the Board of Public Works, the trade of the port having been much checked for want of such an accommodation. On the island, which is about a mile from the town, are a battery and bomb-proof barrack mounting seven 24-pounders and two howitzers, erected, with several others, during the late continental war, for the protection of the trade of Limerick. Here is also a revenue station, under the Board of Customs, the establishment of which consists of a surveyor and six boatmen. A lighthouse (completed in 1835) has been constructed on the extreme northern point of the island, enabling vessels to run for this anchorage at night, when driven from Carrigaholt and Scattery.

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60. Tarbert Island lighthouse completed 1835

    Tarbert Island · townland · Kerry · 1835

    A lighthouse was completed in 1835 on the extreme northern point of Tarbert Island, enabling vessels to run for the anchorage at night when driven from Carrigaholt and Scattery.

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    lated only at extraordinary high water of spring tides, being connected with the main land by a narrow causeway for foot passengers, which is proposed to be superseded by a bridge. An excellent road from the town to the island has been constructed along the shore of the bay by the Steam-Navigation Company, for the convenience of passengers, there being at present no nearer point of embarkation than the inner side of the island. A pier has also been completed on the south-east side of the island, at a point recommended by Captain Mudge in his report to the Board of Public Works, the trade of the port having been much checked for want of such an accommodation. On the island, which is about a mile from the town, are a battery and bomb-proof barrack mounting seven 24-pounders and two howitzers, erected, with several others, during the late continental war, for the protection of the trade of Limerick. Here is also a revenue station, under the Board of Customs, the establishment of which consists of a surveyor and six boatmen. A lighthouse (completed in 1835) has been constructed on the extreme northern point of the island, enabling vessels to run for this anchorage at night, when driven from Carrigaholt and Scattery.

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