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. Tuam cathedral's Norman arch and fire damage

   Tuam · town · Galway · 1688–1777

   The cathedral of Tuam, also the parochial church, retains only a portion of the original building with some remains of Norman character. The entrance arch is of a red gritty stone not found locally; the edifice was repaired in 1688 and later damaged by an accidental fire.

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   one in alternate patronage, and the remainder in the patronage of the Bishop or Incumbents. The total number of parishes is 90, of which 86 are rectories and the remainder perpetual curacies; there are 31 churches, J8 other buildings in which divine service is |)erformed, and 21 glebe-houses. The cathedral, which is also the parochial church, appears to be only a portion of the original building : it has some remains of Norman character, and the arch at the entrance of the porch is of a kind of red gritty stone not found in any part of the county ; the edifice was repaired in I688, and about 60 years since was considerably damaged by an accidental fire.

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2. Tuam destroyed by fire in 1244

   Tuam · town · Galway · 1244

   In 1244 the town of Tuam, with all its churches, was destroyed by fire. This was one of several destructive fires and plunderings the town suffered throughout its medieval history.

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

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3. Tuam elevated to archbishopric with the pall, 1152

   Tuam · town · Galway · 1152

   At the synod held in 1152 by Cardinal Paparo, Edan O'Hoisin was invested with the pall and the see of Tuam became one of the four archbishoprics of Ireland. The bishoprics of Mayo, Killala, Roscommon, Clonfert, Achonry, Cluan, and Duach were made suffragan to Tuam.

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   The See of Tuam, as be fore noticed, was founded in the early part of the 6th century by St. Jarlath, of whose successors (who for some years after his death were styled comorbans, bishops, or archbishops, of Connaught) but little is recorded, with the exception of Muredach O' Dubhai, who in 1143 convened a great synod of 12 bishops and 500 priests at this place, to devise the best means of ransoming Rory O'Conor, son of Tirdelvac, King of Ireland, who had been taken prisoner by Tiernan O'Rourk. That prelate was succeeded, in 1 150, by Edan O'Hoisin, who, at the synod held m 1 152 by Cardinal Paparo, was invested with the pall j and the see of Tuam became one of the four archbishoprics of Ireland. The bishoprics of Mayo, Killala, Roscommon, Clonfert, Achonry, Cluan, and Duach were at that time made suffragan to Tuam, to which was afterwards united

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4. Tuam plundered and burnt by Charles Oge de Burgo, 1356

   Tuam · town · Galway · 1356

   In 1356 the town of Tuam was plundered and burnt by Charles Oge, son of William de Burgo. This was part of the recurring violence that afflicted the town during the medieval period.

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

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5. Tullamore rebuilt after fire-balloon disaster

   Tullamore · town · Offaly · 1790

   Around 1790 Tullamore was an insignificant village of thatched cabins, nearly destroyed by an accidental fire caused by the mismanagement of a fire-balloon. It was rebuilt by the Earl of Charleville in an improved manner and grew rapidly in wealth and population, helped by its position as a Grand Canal terminus.

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   TULLAMORE, or Kilbride, a market, assize, and post town, a parish, and the head of a union, in the barony of Ballycovtan, King's county, and province of Leinster, '20 miles (S. E. by E.) from Athlone, and 495 (W. by S.) from Dublin, on the road to Parscmstown, and on the line of the Grand Canal from Dublin to Shannon Harbour; containing 96O8 inhabitants, of whom 6343 are in the town. About the year 1790 this place was an insignificant village, consisting almost wholly of thatched cabins ; but having been nearly destroyed by an accidental fire, occasioned by the mismanagement of a fire-balloon, it was rebuilt by the Earl of Charleville, the proprietor, in an improved manner. Its central situation in a very fertile agricultural district, and the circumstance of its being for some time the terminus of the Grand Canal, before the line was extended to Shannon Harbour, caused it to increase very rapidly in wealth and population, insomuch that an act of parliament was passed in 1833 to transfer the place of holding the assizes and transacting the county business to it from Philipstown, which had been the assize town from the time of the formation of the county in the reign of Philip and Mary. The small river Clodagh, a branch of the Brosna, passes through it, and is crossed by a neat bridge. The town now consists of 1179 houses, and is the chief mart for the agricultural produce of a large extent of country, which in return draws from it the requisite supplies of foreign articles and manufactures : several stores have been erected on the banks of the Grand Canal, which passes close to the town, and affords a direct communication between this central depot and Dublin on one side and the west of Ireland on the other. The distance of Tullamore from Dublin by the canal is 57 miles. Various branches of industry are carried on here with considerable spirit : there are two distilleries and three breweries, and near the town is a large brick-manufactory. A branch of the Bank of Ireland is established. The market, which is held on Tuesday and Saturday, is well supplied with provisions ; a neat market-house has been built by

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6. Tullanisken church destruction and Newmills church

   near Newmills · population centre · Tyrone · 1641–1792

   The old church of Tullanisken was destroyed during the war of 1641 and left in ruins until 1792. Primate Robinson dissolved the union with Drumglass and built the present church at Newmills on the site of the ancient one.

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   The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Armagh, and in the patronage of the Lord Primate ; the tithe rentcharge is £150. The glebe-house was built about 1791, at a cost of £813 British, of which £100 were a gift from the late Board of First Fruits. The old church was destroyed in the war of 1641; in the 15th of Charles II. this parish was episcopally united to that of Drumglass, and Tullanisken church remained in ruins until 1792, when Primate Robinson dissolved the union and erected the present church at Newmills, on the site of the ancient one. It is a plain building with an embattled square tower, and was built at a cost of £553 British, of which £461 were a gift from the beforementioned Board, £35 were raised by parochial assessment, and the residue by private subscription ; in 1823 a gallery was added at an expense of £73, of which £40 were subscribed by individuals, the residue being raised by parochial assessment. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is one of three forming the district of Drumglass, and has one small chapel. Near Lake Farlough is an ancient mansion named alter it, distinguished as occupying the site of Tyrone's favourite camp ; and a little westward from Tullanisken church.

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7. Tullaroan church and Grace's chapel ruins

   Tullaroan · townland · Kilkenny

   The ruins of Tullaroan church and Grace's chapel, located half a mile east of Courtstown Castle, were both founded by the Grace family. Grace's chapel features a curiously decorated ogee gateway.

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   The parish is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the union of Callan : the tithe rent-charge is £384. 18. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is part of the district of Freshford : the chapel is on the townland of Brith. There is scarcely a townland in which some vestige of remote antiquity cannot be traced. One of the most perfect raths is at Courtstown ; it is composed of a large moated inclosure encompassing a smaller : on the same townland are two of inferior dimensions. Others of very large size are on the lands of Rathely-Grace, and near the site of the old parish church. The ruins of Courtstown Castle, which for many years presented striking remains indicative of its former extent and importance, are now reduced to little more than an outline of the foundations : in digging among these, many curious relics of former ages have been discovered. About half a mile eastward of the castle are the ruins of TuUaroan church and Grace's chapel, both founded by members of the Grace family : the former are of small extent, and present little to attract attention ; the latter building, which is an offset from the church, is entered by a curiously decorated ogee gateway. The remains of a small structure, supposed to be a friary, are near the church ; and at the rath of Rathely-Grace are some remains of the eastern window of an old church, and of its side walls, which are pierced with loopholes instead of windows. In the village are two ornamented stone crosses in a perfect state ; a third, now mutilated, is on the roadside near Bonnetstown. The water in some of the landdrains is deeply coloured with ochreous matter, affording strong indications of the existence of iron.

   TULLIG, a village, in the parish of Kilballyhone, union of Kilrush, barony of Moyarta, county of Clare, and province of Munster j containing 269 inhabitants.

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8. Tullow castle and Augustinian monastery founded 1315

   Tullow · town · Carlow · 1315–1331

   Tullow is supposed to have been an appendage to a castle erected by English settlers under Hugh de Lacy and to a monastery founded in 1315 for Augustinian friars by Simon Lumbard and Hugh Tallon, confirmed by Edward III in 1331. At the Dissolution the temporalities were granted to the Earl of Ormonde; the only relic of the abbey is a mutilated stone cross in a burial-ground south of the river.

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   TULLOW, or TuLLOWPHELiM, a market and post town, and a parish, in the barony of Rathvilly, union and county of Carlow, and province of Leinster, 7i miles (E. S. E.) from Carlow, and 46^ (S. S. W.) from Dublin, on the road from Carlow to Newtownbarry ; containing 4478 inhabitants, of whom 2019 are in the town, which extends into the parish of Fennagh, and contains altogether 3097 inhabitants. This place, which is situated on the river Slaney, over which is a bridge of five arches, built, according to an inscription on it, in the year I767, is supposed to have been originally an appendage to a castle erected here by some of the first English settlers under the directions of Hugh de Lacy, and to a monastery founded in 1315 for Augustinian friars by Simon Lumbard and Hugh Tallon, whose grant was confirmed, in 1331, by Edward III. At the Dissolution, the temporalities of the monastery were granted to the Earl of Ormonde. The castle was defended by Colonel Butler in 1650 against the parliamentarian army, but after a stubborn resistance was taken by Colonels Hewson and Reynolds. There are no vestiges of it now in existence, and the only relic of the abbey is a mutilated stone cross in a burial-ground on the south side of the river; it is said that the building was taken down in the reign of Queen Anne, to supply materials for the erection of a barrack on a site nowoccupied by the court-house. The town comprises two main streets and a few lanes, in which are 565 houses, mostly of inferior description : its outlets extend into the two adjoining parishes of Ardristan and Killerig. It obtained a patent for holding a market on Saturday, and again for another on Tuesday ; the market is now held on Saturday, and is the best corn-market in the county. Fairs are held on April 21st, July 10th, Oct. 29th, and Nov. 21st. The extensive flour-mill of Messrs. Doyle and Pim grinds about 10,000 barrels of wheat annually : there are also two breweries. Generalsessions of the peace are held in January, April, June, and October ; petty-sessions are also held : the business of both is transacted in a small court-house. The town is a chief constabulary police station.

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9. Tullyallen linen-finishing mills

   Tullyallen · townland · Armagh

   Two large mills for finishing linen-cloth stood in the townland of Tullyallen within Loughgilly parish. Bleach-greens and other mills also remained in the area for finishing manufactured goods for English markets.

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   about three-fourths are under tillage, and in a very high state of cultivation; the remainder, though in some parts rocky, affords good pasture. Slate is found, but the quarries are not at present worked. There are several substantial and some handsome houses, the principal of which is Gleuanne, an elegant residence. In the southern part of the parish is a small lake, called Shaw's Lough, from which a stream flows through Glcnanne. This stream was a convenient site for some extensive mills for spinning cotton and weaving calico, in which were 170 power-looms, affording employment to nearly 300 persons ; the mills were lately burned down, and for the last two years have been in ruins. There are still, however, bleach-greens and other mills here, in which manufactured goods are finished for the English markets ; and in the townland of Tullyallen are two large mills for finishing linen-cloth. Since the establishment of these works, the proprietor has planted a great portion of mountainous and rocky land, introduced a good practical system of agriculture, and much improved the entire neighbourhood. A manorial court for the district of Baleek is held every month, in which debts to the amount of 40s. are recoverable. Baleek was separated from this parish in 18*26, and erected into a perpetual curacy.

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10. Tullylish forfeited by the Maginnis family in 1641

    Tullylish · townland · Down · 1641

    The parish of Tullylish was formerly the property of the powerful Maginnis family, lords of Iveagh. It was forfeited as a consequence of the part taken by the head of the family in the 1641 rebellion.

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    TULLYLISII, a parish, in the union of Lurgan, barony of Lower Iveagh, county of Down, and province of Ulster; containing, with the post-town of Gilford (which is separately described), 12,660 inhabitants. The parish formerly was the property of the powerful family of Maginnis, lords of Iveagh ; it was forfeited in consequence of the part taken by the head of the family in 1641. At the commencement of the war which broke out in that year, a body of Protestant women sent by Sir Phelim O'Nial from Armagh to Claneboy, were forced to cross Lough Kernan, in this parish, during a severe frost ; and the ice giving way when they were in the middle of it, the whole party perished. In 1685 the townland of Moyallen was granted to a colony of the Society of Friends in England, whose descendants still maintain the settlement and have contributed greatly to the prosperity of the surrounding district. In 17*2, a band of the insurgent peasantry, who styled themselves " Hearts of Oak," attacked Gilford Castle, the seat of Sir R. Johnstone, Bart., who with his family and friends defended the place so gallantly as to repulse the assailants ; but the Rev. Samuel Morel], Presbyterian minister of the parish, who had joined in the defence, was killed during the engagement.

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11. Tulsk Abbey ruins

    Tulsk · townland · Roscommon

    The ruins of Tulsk Abbey are among the monastic remains surviving in the county of Roscommon. They are listed alongside other religious establishments such as the Dominican convent at Roscommon.

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    The most numerous class of antiquities is the raths, which abound in the northern and middle baronies, though less frequent in the south. No less than 470 are marked on the grand jury map of the county ; and the people generally regard them with veneration, deeming it unlucky to disturb or cultivate them. At Jamestown are two, remarkable for being situated so close to each other that the encircling trenches join ; there is a still more curious circular fortification at Lough Glynn, and at Oran are the remains of an ancient round tower. The monastic remains are also various and interesting : Archdall enumerates 50 religious establishments of various kinds ; and there are still interesting and picturesque ruins of Boyle Abbey ; of that at Clonshanvill ; of Trinity Abbey, on the shore of Lough Kea ; of the priory of Inchmacneerin, an island in the same lake ; of Tulsk Abbey ; of the Dominican convent at Roscommon; of Dcrane Abbey, two miles north-east from Roscommon ; and of Clontuskert Abbey, in the same vicinity. There are also a large old church and other ecclesiastical ruins at St. John's. Several remains of small castles are scattered through the county, undeserving of particular notice. The following are most remarkable : the old castle of Lough Glynn j the fortress on Castle Island, in Lough Kea, anciently belonging to Mac Dermct ; Ballynafad Castle, the ancient seat of O'Conor Roe ; the extensive ruins of Roscommon Castle ; those of Ballintobber Castle, belonging anciently to O'Conor Don ; the old keep of Athlone Castle ; the ruined fortress and fortified isthmus of St. John's; and the old castle of Ballinasloe. Old Coote Hall, in the parish of Tumna, presents curious remains of fortification in a tower and ruined walls ; and at Belanagare, Kilmore, and near Athleague, are ruined mansions, conspicuous by their tall ornamented chimneys and high gables. Among the other antiquities may be noticed the old bridge of Athlone, the inscription on which states it to have been built 4S3

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12. Tulsk incorporated as borough by Charles II

    Tulsk · townland · Roscommon

    The inhabitants of Tulsk were incorporated by Charles II in the fourteenth year of his reign as the 'Portreeve, Free Burgesses, and Commonalty of the Borough of Tulsk,' with elective franchise and market rights. The borough returned two members to the Irish parliament until the Union, after which it was disfranchised and the corporation became extinct.

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    TULLYVIN.— See Killersherdiny. TULSK, a post-town or village (formerly an incorporated market-town and parliamentary borough), in the parish of Ogulla, union, barony, and county of Roscommon, province of Connaught, 8 miles (N.) from Roscommon, and 79|- (W. N. \V.) from Dublin ; containing 133 inhabitants. O'Conor Roe erected a castle here in 1406 ; and during the same century a Dominican monastery was founded, either by Mac Duil or O'Dowel, or by Phelim, son of Phelim Cleary O'Conor, who was interred here in 1448. The castle was for along time one of the strongest in the province, and was garrisoned by the Earl of Kildare when he led his forces into this province in 1499. The monastery existed till the reign of Elizabeth ; but for some time prior to the Dissolution its possessions had been usurped by the corporation of Galway. A Dominican abbey was founded at Toemonia, near the town, by O'Conor Roe, and in the reign of Elizabeth was in the occupation of Franciscans of the third order, on whose suppression it was granted by the Queen to Richard Kyndelinshe. The inhabitants were incorporated by Charles II., in the fourteenth year of his reign, by the designation of the " Portreeve, Free Burgesses, and Commonalty of the Borough of Tulsk :" the charter also conferred the elective franchise, with power to hold a court of record and a weekly market. Under this charter the corporation consisted of a portreeve, 15 free burgesses, and an indefinite number of freemen, assisted by two serjeants-at-mace and other officers appointed in the usual manner. The portreeve and free burgesses continued to return two members to the Irish parliament till the Union, when the borough was disfranchised. The court of record, which had jurisdiction to the amount of £5, has been long discontinued ; the corporation has become extinct, and the town has dwindled into an insignificant village consisting only of a few straggling cottages and one shop. Fairs are held on Easter-Monday and the first Monday in November (O. S.). In the village is a receiving-house for letters in connexion with Strokestown ; a constabulary police force is stationed in it ; and petty-sessions are held weekly. There are some remains of the ancient abbey, situated in a large cemetery which is still used ; the chief feature is a double-arched doorway divided in the centre by a round pillar of elegant design and in good preservation. The surrounding district is extremely rich, and afifords luxuriant pasturage. 613

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13. Tumulus destroyed by Camden Fort excavations

    Crosshaven · town · Cork

    A nearly perfect tumulus once stood on the eastern point of land close to the inner harbour. It was almost obliterated by excavations undertaken for the construction of Camden Fort.

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    a gift of £450 and a loan of £50 from the Board of First Fruits. The church is a large edifice in the early English style of architecture, with a turret and spire, erected in 17/8, near the site of a former church; its situation is remarkable, on the summit of the highest ridge that rises west of the mouth of the harbour, and being whitewashed, it forms a conspicuous and wellknown landmark. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the union of Carrigaline : the chapel is a large plain building. The ancient castle of Aghamarta, in the demesne of that name, was built by the first earl of Desmond ; it stands on the verge of a beautiful and picturesque glen, and consists of a tower 52 feet high, partly square and partly octagonal. Upon its west side are the fragments of a building of two stories ; the upper one, which is unroofed, was lighted by two large semicircular windows on each side : this part of the building, formerly much more extensive, was taken down by a late tenant, and the materials used in the erection of a house and cottages on the estate. On the eastern point of land, close to the inner harbour, was a nearly perfect tumulus, which has been almost obliterated by the excavations for Camden Fort.

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14. Turf-cutters' dwellings on the Bog of Allen along Grand Canal

    near Bog of Allen · bog · Kildare

    Along the parts of the Grand Canal that pass through the Bog of Allen, land was let in small lots to turf-cutters who excavated habitation sites on the driest banks. Their hovels were sunk so deep that little more than the roof was visible, covered with turf pared from the bog, blending with the surrounding scenery.

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    The remains of many castles are scattered through the county : the principal were Kilkea, Athy, Castledermot, Rheban, Kilberry, Woodstock, Timolin, Castle-Carbery, Ballyteague, Clane, Rathcoffy, Donadea, Lackagh, Kildare, Leixlip, Corifig, Morrestown-Nenagh, Cloncurry, and Maynooth. The modern mansions of the nobility and gentry are noticed in the articles on the parishes in which they are respectively situated. Tlie farmhouses in general consist of a long thatched building of one story, containing in the centre a large kitchen, with lodging-roonis at each end : the front door opens into a yard, here called a bawn, on the sides of which are the out-buildings. The cottiers' cabins exhibit a mode of construction different from that of the more northern districts ; the lower half being built of stone and clay-mortar, and the upper of clay or sods, topped with a thick covering of straw thatch. Oatmeal, potatoes, herrings, and some milk and butter, constitute the food of the poorer class ; their fuel is turf; their clothing principally home-made frieze. Even in the midst of summer a heavy frieze loose coat, called a " trusty," is worn over the rest of the garments. The dress of the women is much better than it formerly was. The circumstances and appearance of the population located on the bogs, or their immediate vicinity, are very unfavourable. On each side of those parts of the Grand Canal that pass through the Bog of Allen, the land is let in small lots to turf-cutters, who take up their residence on the spot, however dreary and uncomfortable. Their first care is to excavate a site for a habitation on the driest bank that can be selected, the hovel being sunk so deep that little more than the roof is visible ; this is covered with scanty thatch, or, more frequently, with turf pared from the bog and laid with the herbage upwards, which so perfectly assimilates with the aspect of the surrounding scenery that the eye would pass over the spot unnoticed, were it not undeceived by the appearance of children and domestic animals sallying from a hole in one side, and by the occasional gush of smoke from the numerous chinks in the roof. The English language is every where spoken. The customs of gossipred and fosterage are closely adhered to. Gossips will fight most pertinaciously for each other ; in all conversations they call each other by the endearing name ; and not to have gossips at baptism would cast a deep reflection on the parents.

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15. Turgesius destroys Lorrha, 844

    Lorrha · townland · Tipperary · 844

    In 844 the Norwegian leader Turgesius destroyed the town of Lorrha with his forces. He was soon after captured by Maolseachlain, King of Meath, and drowned in Lough Ainin.

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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-

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16. Turlogh O'Brien builds Shannon bridge at Killaloe

    Killaloe · town · Clare · 1054

    In 1054, Turlogh O'Brien built a bridge across the Shannon at Killaloe, marking the town's growth into some importance. Little of the town's previous history is otherwise related.

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

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

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 33

17. Turlough Castle ruins, Clare

    Oughtmama · townland · Clare

    On the border of a lough in Oughtmama parish, Clare, stand the ruins of Turlough Castle, of which no historical account was extant at the time of writing.

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    nora : the tithe rent-charge is £90. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is part of the district of Abbey. On the border of a lough are the ruins of Turlough Castle, of which no account is extant.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 226

18. Turlough east of Kilfenora town

    Kilfenora · town · Clare

    To the east of Kilfenora town is a turlough that affords very rich pasture for fattening cattle in summer but is under deep water in winter after heavy rains. It forms part of the parish's grazing land.

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    The parish comprises 10,776J statute acres, a considerable portion of which is good grazing-land, and the remainder mostly under profitable cultivation ; the system of agriculture is improving, and there is a large tract of valuable bog. To the east of the town is a turlough, which in summer alfords very rich ])asture for fattening cattle, but in the winter is under deep water after heavy rains. A new road has been made between the town and Ennistymon, with great benefit to the intervening district. The chief seats are Ballykeale and Kilcarragh. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Kilfenora, united from time immemorial to the rectories of Clouney and Kiltoraght, together constituting the corps of the deanery of Kilfenora, in the patronage of the Crown : the tithe rent-charge of the parish is £187. 10., and of the whole union £31'2. 10. In the church are two monuments, one of which is supposed to be that of the founder, bearing a full-length effigy rudely sculptured ; and to the north of the transept is another. The deanery or glebe- house, now occupied by the dean's curate, the Rev. Thomas Lyon, and towards the erection of which the Board of First Fruits contributed a gift of £300, and a loan of £450, was built about the year 1813; and has been greatly improved by the Very Rev. W. H. Stackpoole, D.D., the present dean, who has added an extensive range of out-offices to the house : in the shrubberies is a perfect ancient rath, thickly planted. The glebe and deanery lands comprise '231 plantation acres, of which "0 are good pasture and the remainder mountain land ; the gross annual value of the deanery, tithe and glebe inclusive, before the passing of the Rent-charge act, was £482. 18. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is held with that of Kiltoraght ; the chapel here is a neat modern edifice in the village, and a chapel has been just erected in the parish of Kiltoraght. There is an excellent dis pensary. At Kilcarragh, very near this place, on the estate of Sir W. M'^JMahon, was anciently an hospital or monastery, endowed with a quarter of land, and which, after the Dissolution, was granted to John King. Near the cathedral is a stone cross of very light and beautiful design ; and in the churchyard is a plain cross of great antiquity : there were formerly seven crosses around this place, but these are the only two remaining.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 24

19. Turlough of Mantua, a temporary lake of 600 acres

    Mantua · electoral division · Roscommon

    A turlough or temporary lake at Mantua contains about 600 English acres, forming in winter and usually disappearing in summer. These turloughs occupy shallow basins in limestone districts where fissures and swallow-holes occur, apparently formed by back-water from subterraneous reservoirs.

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    The largest and most beautiful of the lakes wholly belonging to the county is Lough Kea, close to the town of Boyle, now more generally known by the name of Rockingham Lake, from the seat of Lord Lorton on its southern shore. Several rivers from the south and west are tributary to it, but its principal supply proceeds from Lough Gara, on the borders of Sligo, whence a rapid stream called the Boyle water enters the western extremity of the lake ; it discharges itself by a narrow outlet, which soon expands into a series of lakes that take their common name from the town of Oakford in their neighbourhood, and empty themselves into the Shannon. The scenery throughout the whole of this chain of lakes is highly picturesque. To the north of Lough Kea are the smaller lakes of Lough Skean and Lough Meelagh, the latter very beautiful, and both communicating with the Shannon by a common outlet. In the west of the county is Lough Aeluyn, and in its neighbourhood are Loughs Erritt and Glynn. In the central part, to the east of Elphin and Strokestown, are numerous small lakes, the waters of most of which find a passage to the Shannon; Lough Funcheon, in the barony of Athlone, is the only lake of any extent in the south. The eastern boundary of the county is bordered by several of the lakes formed by the Shannon ; Lough Gara, already noticed, is on its western side between it and Sligo. In winter, the extent of water in the county is considerably increased by turloughs or temporary lakes, which usually disappear in summer, though they sometimes remain through the whole of that season, and occasionally even a second year. These turloughs, which vary considerably in extent during different years, occupy shallow basins in the limestone districts, where fissures in the rocks, and swallow-holes, occur ; and are apparently formed by these vents being stopped by the back-water from the subterraneous reservoirs with which they are connected. Such as have a grassy bottom, when the waters retire in time, produce most luxuriant crops. Some are of considerable size ; that of Mantua contains about 600 English acres, and one near Lough Glynn is upwards of half a mile in length : they are most numerous in the western and central parts of the county. The extent of surface occupied by water, in the baronies of Boyle and Roscommon, is much greater than in all the other divisions.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 258

20. Tuscar Rock lighthouse and fog bell

    near Tuskar Rock · island or archipelago · Wexford

    Tuscar Rock lies about seven miles south-east of Greenore Point and is marked by a revolving light of three faces (two bright, one deep red). A bell also rings in foggy weather to warn mariners.

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    forming a floating-dock. Wexford harbour is large and capacious ; but its entrance is obstructed by a bar, and the navigation is in other respects dangerous. The Tuscar Rock hes about seven miles south-east of Greenore Point : it is marked by a revolving light of three faces, two bright, the third a deep red ; a bell, also, rings in foggy weather. In the northern part of We.Kford harbour are the islands of Beg Erin, or Little Ireland, and Great Island, both inhabited : the former is of very small extent, but ancient fame ; the latter contains about .SO acres. On doubling Carnsore Point, the Saltee Islands, two in number, the Larger and the Smaller, present themselves off the southern coast. A late return from the resident incumbent of the adjoining parish on the main land, states that these islands are considered to form part of the county of Tipperary. The larger is a mile long and half a mile broad, but not more than one-third of it consists of arable land ; the lesser is about a mile in circuit ; both are high, and contain some rocky pasture. From the lesser island to the main land is a ridge of rocks called St. Patrick's bridge, extremely dangerous, having not more than from 7 to 10 feet of water above them at low tide. Farther westward is Bagenbon Head, and near it the small dry harbour of Fethard. What was formerly called "Slade Island " is connected with Bannow by a narrow isthmus of sand. The extreme south-west point of the county is marked by a lighthouse at Hook Head, 140 feet high, with a steady fixed light. On doubling this point the navigator finds himself within the grand and safe estuary of Waterford harbour, into which the united streams of the Suir, Barrow, and Nore are received.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 393

21. Twelve-arch bridge over the Foyle at Urney

    Urney · townland · Tyrone

    At the northern extremity of Urney parish is a bridge of twelve arches over the Foyle, leading to Lifford. Another bridge near the church leads to Donegal, and a third at Bridgetown crosses the Mourne to Strabane.

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    URNEY, a parish, in the union of Strabane, partly in the barony of Raphoe, county of Donegal, but chiefly in that of Strabane, county of Tyrone, and province of Ulster, 1 miles (S. S. W.) from Strabane ; containing, with the village of Claudy and part of the town of Strabane (each separately described), 7^61 inhabitants. This parish, comprising 14,4895 statute acres, is bounded on the north-west by the rest of the county of Donegal, and is situated for the most part between the rivers Finn and Mourne, which, uniting at its northern extremity, form the Foyle. The greater portion of the land is remarkably fertile, and, under its present improved treatment, produces crops of all kinds of grain : there is abundance of limestone, which is extensively used both for building and agriculture ; the bogs are increasing in value, and the moimtains afford excellent pasturage. The inhabitants combine with their rural employments, to which most attention is given, the manufacture of linen-cloth : a large mill has been built at Seeir, upon the Mourne river, for the spinning of linen-yarn. The produce of the soil finds a ready market at Strabane, and much of the grain is sent to Derry by the river Finn, in barks of from 60 to 80 tons' burthen. At the northern extremity of the parish is a bridge of twelve arches over the Foyle, leading to Lifford ; another near the church, over the same river, leads to Donegal ; and at Bridgetown, a third of light arches over the Mourne connects the parish with the main part of the thriving commercial town of Strabane. It is partly within the manor of Strabane, and partly within that of Ardstraw, for the latter of which a court is held once a month at Castlederg. The vale of Urney is among the most fertile and highly cultivated parts of the county : the houses are in general well built, and have gardens and orchards attached to them ; those of the higher classes are embellished with flourishing plantations. The principal seats are, Urney Park, the residence of the Galbraith family; Urney House ; Fyfinn Lodge ; Galany j Ballyfatton ; and Castletown.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 369

22. Twenty churches recorded in Wexford at 1615 visitation

    Wexford · town · Wexford · 1615

    A regal visitation in 1615 recorded twenty churches in Wexford town. By the time of writing only two remained, those of St. Iberius and St. Selsker.

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    The ECCLESIASTICAL union of Wexford, in the diocese of Ferns, and in the patronage of the Bishop, consists of the rectories of St. Patrick's, Maudlintown, Kdlilogue or Kerlogue, Drjnagh, Rathaspick, Kildavin, and Ardcandrisk ; the rectory and vicarage of St. ^Mary's ; and the impropriate cures of St. Iberius (Wexford), St. Bridget's or Bride's, St. Selsker's or Sanctum Sepulcrum, St. Tullogue's or St. Euleck's, St. Peter's, St. Michael's of Feagh, and Carrigg. Of these, the parishes of St. Patrick, St. Mary, St. Iberius, St. Bridget, St. Selsker, and St. TuUogue are within the walls, and, being entirely built upon, pay no tithe or dues of any kind ; the rest, which are without the walls, are described under their respective heads. The glebe of St. Patrick's, now the site of the parochial school, contains 20 perches ; that of St. Mary's, now a dwelling-house and offices, 2 roods ; of St. Selsker's, now a garden, 20 perches ; and of St. Tullogue's, the site of five small houses, 1 rood ; making a total of 1 acre of glebe land within the walls. By a return to a regal visitation in 1615, it appears that there were then 20 churches in the town ; at present there are but two, those of St. Iberius and St. Selsker. The former, erected in the latter part of the last century, is now the principal, but not the mother, church of the union ; that of Rathaspick being so considered, and the incumbent being therefore inducted first into it and afterwards into each 663

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 399

23. Twin lighthouses on Oyster Island

    near Oyster Island · townland · Sligo

    Two lighthouses were erected on Oyster Island in Sligo Bay to aid navigation into the harbour.

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    Sligo bay is situated between Aughris Head and Rinoran Point, which latter is in the charts improperly named Gessigo. It is about five miles in breadth at the mouth, and extends as much inland ; the upper part divides into three inlets, of which the central one only, leading to the town, is of importance, as each of the others has a bar and is nearly dry at low water. On the north side of the bay is Raughly, a small peninsula of rising ground, connected by a low narrow neck with some sand-hills on the shore ; at the south-west side of the peninsula is the Wheaten rock, extending nearly half a mile N. E. and S. W., and partly dry at spring tides. At the south end of Raughly, about two cables' length off the shore, are the Bird rocks ; half a mile to the eastward a vessel may lie in moderate weather in 2i fathoms, and there is a small pier with 12 feet of water inside the point. At the distance of one mile south from Raughly is the point of the reef called Bungarr, or Black Rock, extending to the north end of Coney Island, and having the western part entirely, and the rest nearly, dry at low water ; a lighthouse has been erected on it, and the channel into Sligo lies close along its north side. Shallows from this point towards Lissadill or Lisadill form the bar of Sligo, on which are only 10 feet at low water. Ships drawing 12 feet of water should take half flood into the harbour, for with westerly winds there is generally a heavy sea between Raughly and the point of Ross. Two lighthouses have been erected on Oyster Island.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 294

24. Two ancient castles of unknown origin at Monkstown, Dublin

    Monkstown · townland · Dublin

    Monkstown Castle in county Dublin is a modern house, in the grounds of which are the ruins of two ancient castles of unknown origin. The parish is pleasantly situated on Dublin Bay with handsome seats and villas.

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    MONKSTOWN, a parish, in the union of Rathdown, partly in the barony of Dublin, but chiefly in the barony of Rathdown, county of Dublin, and province of Leinster, 5 miles (S. E.) from Dublin, on the road to Bray by Kingstown ; containing, with the town of Kingstown and the village of Blackrock (both of which are separately described), 13,143 inhabitants. The parish is pleasantly situated on the bay of Dublin, and comprises 2051 5 statute acres, of which a large portion is in demesnes and pleasure-grounds. The scenery is beautifully diversified, and the neighbourhood thickly studded with handsome seats and pleasing villas, most of which command fine views of the bay and the adjacent country. Of these, the principal are, Monkstown Castle, a modern house, in the grounds of which are the ruins of two ancient castles of unknown origin ; Rockville, Bloomsbury, Windsor, Ashton Park, IMonkstown House, Somerset, Rochford, Ranelagh House, Easton Lodge, Richview Priory, Thornhill, Cromwell Lodge, 80c. The Dublin and Kingstown railway passes from Blackrock to Kingstown along the coast of this parish. The living is a rectory and curacy, in the diocese of Dublin ; the rectory till lately united to those of Kill, Dalkey, Killiney, and Tullow, together constituting the corps of the deanery of Christ Church, Dublin, in the patronage of the Crown ; and the curacy united to the curacies of the same parishes, forming the union of Monkstown, till lately in the patronage of the Dean. The tithe rent-charge of the parish is £153. '., the whole payable to the curate ; the dean received two- YoL. il.— 353

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 171

25. Two castles in Moycullen celebrated by Lady Morgan

    Moycullen · town · Galway

    The ruins of two old castles in the parish of Moycullen obtained celebrity from being selected by Lady Morgan as the scene of one of her novels. They may be seen from a great distance.

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

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 179

26. Two circular forts in Magheragall plantations

    Magheragall · townland · Antrim

    In the plantations of Magheragall parish there are two circular forts in a perfect state of preservation. The smaller fort appears to have served as an outpost to the larger one.

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    The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Connor, and in the patronage of the Bishop ; the rectory is appropriate to the see of Down. The tithe rent-charge is £2'25, of which £150 are paid to the bishop, and £75 to the vicar, who also receives £46. 4. from Primate Boulter's augmentation fund : there is no glebe-house or glebe. The church was rebuilt in 1830, by a loan of £1000 from the Board of First Fruits ,; it is a neat edifice, with a large tower. There are places of won^hip for Presbyterians and Wesleyan Methodists. The parochial school-house was built in 1826, chiefly at the expense of the Marquess of Hertford. Remains of the old church, which was destroyed in the civil war, exist near Brook-Hill, and have been converted into a stable : many human bones have been turned up by the plough ; and silver and copper coins of the reigns of Elizabeth, James I., and Charles I., have been found on the estate of Mr. Watson, and are in his possession. In the plantations are two circular forts, in a perfect state, the smaller appearing to have been an outpost to

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 128

27. Two gold torques found near Tara in 1813

    Tara · parish · Meath · 1813

    Two splendid torques of pure gold were found near Tara in 1813. They passed into the possession of an unnamed party, representing significant archaeological treasure from the area.

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    The most remarkable relics of antiquity of the earliest ages are two round towers, one at Kells, and the other in the churchyard of Donoughmore, near Navan. At New Grange, near Slane, is a very curious tumulus, in which is an artificial cavern of some extent and singular construction. Near Dowth are a Druidical circle and the remains of a cromlech. Vestiges of Danish monuments are very numerous ; the most remarkable is a rath near Taragh, supposed to have been the residence of the Danish king, Turgesius ; the raths of Odder, Rameven, and Ringlestown, are in the same neighbourhood : they have all been planted. Six of the ancient instruments called corabasnas were found by persons digging in a park near Slane, in 1781 : the corabasna was of a complex form, consisting of two circular plates of brass connected by a spiral wire, which produced a jingling noise when the plates were struck by the fingers ; it was used for the purpose of keeping time. Two splendid torques of pure gold were found near Taragh, in 1813, and passed into the pos- 326

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28. Two new lighthouses on Shrove Head, Inishowen

    Stroove · townland · Donegal

    Two recently erected lighthouses on Shrove Head in Inishowen serve as guiding lights past the great Tun Bank lying to the east. They supplement the Innishtrahull light for vessels approaching Lough Foyle.

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

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 102

29. Tyhallon: parish church built 1788, Catholic chapel built 1827

    Tehallan · parish · Monaghan · 1788–1827

    The Established Church at Tyhallon was a plain structure built in 1788 at a cost of £277 from parochial assessment. The Roman Catholic chapel, a spacious edifice, was built in 1827 at an expense of £1000.

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    TYHALLON, or Teholland, a parish, partly in the barony of Cremorne, but chiefly in that of Mo.vaghan, union and county of Monaghan, and province of Ulster, 2 miles (E. N. E.) from Monaghan ; on the turnpike road to Armagh, and on a branch of the river Blackwater ; containing 4G30 inhabitants. It comprises 5949^ statute acres of land (S23:J being within the barony of Cremorne and 5126,: within that of Monaghan), which is nearly all under tillage, there being very little waste land, though to the east there is a tract of bog. The line of the Ulster canal passes through the parish from east to west. There are some limestone-quarries, for building and other purposes ; and the linen manufacture is carried on in private dwellings. Here is a constabulary police station. The gentlemen's seats are Bessmount Park, Droraore, Liscarney, Coolmain, and Sallymount. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Clogher, being the corps of a prebend in the cathedral of Clogher, and in the patronage of the Bishop ; the tithe rent-charge is £'26'2. 10. The glebe comprises 40 acres, valued at £b0 per annum : the glebe-house, which is near the church, was improved by the incumbent, in 1S'20, at an expense of £370. The church is a plain structure, built in 1788 at a cost of £'277, defrayed by parochial assessment. The Roman Catholic parish is co-extensive with that of the Established Church ; the chapel is a spacious edifice, built in 18'27 at an expense of £1000. The late Mr. Richardson bequeathed £100, the interest of which continues to be divided among the poor.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 363

30. Tyhallon: Richardson bequest for the poor

    Tehallan · parish · Monaghan

    The late Mr. Richardson bequeathed £100 to Tyhallon parish, the interest of which continued to be divided among the poor. This charitable endowment was still active at the time of writing.

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    TYHALLON, or Teholland, a parish, partly in the barony of Cremorne, but chiefly in that of Mo.vaghan, union and county of Monaghan, and province of Ulster, 2 miles (E. N. E.) from Monaghan ; on the turnpike road to Armagh, and on a branch of the river Blackwater ; containing 4G30 inhabitants. It comprises 5949^ statute acres of land (S23:J being within the barony of Cremorne and 5126,: within that of Monaghan), which is nearly all under tillage, there being very little waste land, though to the east there is a tract of bog. The line of the Ulster canal passes through the parish from east to west. There are some limestone-quarries, for building and other purposes ; and the linen manufacture is carried on in private dwellings. Here is a constabulary police station. The gentlemen's seats are Bessmount Park, Droraore, Liscarney, Coolmain, and Sallymount. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Clogher, being the corps of a prebend in the cathedral of Clogher, and in the patronage of the Bishop ; the tithe rent-charge is £'26'2. 10. The glebe comprises 40 acres, valued at £b0 per annum : the glebe-house, which is near the church, was improved by the incumbent, in 1S'20, at an expense of £370. The church is a plain structure, built in 1788 at a cost of £'277, defrayed by parochial assessment. The Roman Catholic parish is co-extensive with that of the Established Church ; the chapel is a spacious edifice, built in 18'27 at an expense of £1000. The late Mr. Richardson bequeathed £100, the interest of which continues to be divided among the poor.

    Internet Archive topographicaldic02inlewi, Chapter 363

31. Tyntes Castle in Youghal

    Youghal · town · Cork · 1643

    Tyntes Castle in the north main street of Youghal was built in 1643 by Sir Robert Tynte, a distinguished officer in Lord Carew's army, in the Elizabethan castle style. Smith relates that the Lord President was obliged to seize £4000 from him for the supply of his army.

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    Of the ancient walls there are some remains on the western side of the town, where they are tolerably perfect, and three of the tenalia or flanking towers are yet standing. The gates have all been removed, except the AVater-Gate leading out t(j the quay, which is extremely dilapidated ; and the Clock-Gate, which was rebuilt iu 1777. In the north main street is Tyntes Castle, in the style of those erected in the reign of Elizabeth ; it was built in 1643, by Sir Robert Tynte, Knt., a distinguished officer in Lord Carew's army, from whom Smith relates that the Lord President was obliged to seize £4000 for the supply of his army. Sir Robert Tynte died in 1663, and lies buried in the church of Kilcredan, three miles eastward of Castlemartyr, of which he was founder : his tomb is on the south side of the communion-table ; on it is placed the effigy of a recumbent knight, clad in a surcoat of mail, while at the head and feet are two kneeling female figures, supposed to represent his two wives. At the north-eastern extremity of the parish, near the river Tohrig, are the remains of the castle of Kilnatohrig, a noble structure formerly belonging to the great Earl of Desmond. Several ancient houses are still remaining in the town, some of them having the staircases in the walls, which

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32. Tyrella House and Montgomery family demesne

    near Tyrella · parish · Down

    Tyrella House is the handsome residence of the Montgomery family, beautifully situated in a richly planted demesne of 300 acres commanding views over Dundrum Bay with the Mourne Mountains in the background. The parish church stands within the demesne's limits.

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    TYRELLA, a parish, in the union of Downpatrick, barony of Legale, county of Down, and province of Ulster, 4 miles (S. S. E.) from Clough, and 6 (s. \V.) from Downpatrick ; containing 1079 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the bay of Dundrum, by which it is bounded on the south ; and comprises 1999^ statute acres, the whole of which, with the exception of a few acres of sand-hills along the shore, is land of good quality and in a state of profitable cultivation. The system of agriculture is improved ; and the crops of wheat, barley, oats, flax, and potatoes, are abundant, the lands being much enriched by the facility of obtaining sea sand and weed for manure. Tyrella House, the handsome residence of the Montgomery family, is beautifully situated in a richly planted demesne of 300 acres, commanding extensive views over the bay, with the noble range of the Morne mountains in the background, and containing within its limits the parish church. Off the coast is a rocky shoal extending one mile from the shore, at the extremity of which is a rock called the Cow and Calf, seldom covered by the sea. The parish is a rectory, in the diocese of Down, till lately forming part of the union and corps of the deanery of Down: the tithe rent-charge is £1'23. 1'2. After the separation of the rectory from the deanery, in 1S39, a handsome church of cut granite was erected on the site of the old edifice ; it was opened for divine service in September, 1S4'2. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is the head of a district, comprising also the parish of Ballykinlar and part of Loughinisland ; there are chapels at Ballykinlar and Drumaroda. In the demesne of Tyrella House, and near the church, a cave was discovered in 1S32, artificially constructed of uncemented stones, and covered with flagstones, above which the earth is thickly heaped ; it is 43 yards long, 2^ feet wide, and about .5 feet high, dividing into three chambers, 60, 45, and 24 feet in length respectively, the last extending its width to six feet.

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33. Tyrone Ditches and vanished fortress of Mount Norris

    Mountnorris · townland · Armagh

    Fortification remains known as the 'Tyrone Ditches' stood near the junction of Loughgilly parish with Killevy and Ballymore parishes. Of the extensive fortress of Port Norris, or Mount Norris, not a vestige could be traced at the time of writing.

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    The living of Loughgilly is a rectory, in the diocese of Armagh, and in the patronage of the Lord-Primate; the tithe rent-charge is £695. 3. 9. The glebe-house was built in 17S'2, and subsequently enlarged and improved ; the glebe comprises 500 statute acres. The church is a spacious and handsome edifice with a tower, originally built at an expense of £1384. \'2., a loan from the late Board of First Fruits, and rebuilt in 1S'2S by aid of a gift of £830. 15. from the same Board. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is the head of a district, comprising also the parishes of Ballymoyer and Baleek ; in each is a chapel. There are three places of worship for Presbyterians and one for Covenanters. Of eleven schools, the male parochial school is supported by the trustees of Erasmus Smith's fund, and the female school chiefly by the rector : the parochial school-house was built on the glebe in 1813, at an expense of £'250. A school-house for males and females has been built at Mullaghmore by the Education Society, who have endowed it with £35 per annum from the surplus funds of the collegiate school at Armagh, which latter was founded by Charles I., who granted seven townlands in this parish for the foundation of a school at Mountnorris, which was some years afterwards established at Armagh. A school-house for males and females has been lately built at Mountnorris by Mr. Cope, who has endowed the school with £40 per annum. Four unendowed almshouses were built by Dean Dawson, in 1811, for four aged women ; and the late Lord Gosford bequeathed a sum of money, the interest of which is annually distributed among the poor. During the rebellion of the Earl of Tyrone, the garrison here was put to the sword by the O'Donells ; it also suffered greatly in the war of 1641, when a dreadful carnage took place. There are several remains of fortifications in the neighbourhood ; the " Tyrone Ditches " are near the junction of the parish with the parishes of Killevy and Ballymore ; but of the extensive fortress of Port- Norris, or Mount-Norris, not a vestige can at the present time be traced. 277

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34. Tyrone's Ditches at Drumbanagher

    Drumbanagher · townland · Armagh

    At Drumbanagher, vestiges survive of the intrenchment that surrounded the principal stronghold of the Earl of Tyrone during his wars with Queen Elizabeth. The earthworks are known as Tyrone's Ditches.

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    POYNTZ-PASS, Pointz-Pass, or Fenwick's-Pass, a small town, in the union of Newry, partly in the parish of Aghaderg, barony of Upper Iveagh, county of Down, but chiefly in the parish of Ballymore, barony of Lower Orior, county of Armagh, and province of Ulster, 2f miles (S. W.) from Loughbrickland, to which it has a receiving-house for letters ; containing 643 inhabitants. This place was formerly an encumbered pass through bogs and woods, from the county of Down into that of Armagh, and from the O'Hanlons' to the Magennises' country : it derives its present name from this important military position having been forced, after a desperate action, by Lieutenant Poyntz, of the English army, with a few troops, against a numerous body of Tyrone's soldiers ; for which service he was rewarded with a grant of 500 acres in the barony. There are some remains of the castle which formerly commanded the pass ; and at Drumbanagher are vestiges of the intrenchment surrounding the principal stronghold of the Earl of Tyrone during his wars with Queen Elizabeth, called Tyrone's Ditches. Poyntz- Pass is now one of the most fertile and beautiful spots in this part of the country. To the south is Drumbanagher Castle, a handsome residence built in the Italian style, with a large portico in front ; and on an eminence above the town is Acton House ; not far from which is Union Lodge, in a beautiful demesne bounded by the extensive waters of Lough Shark. That portion of the town which is in the county of Armagh was built about 1790, by Mr. Stewart, then proprietor, who procured for it a grant of a market and fairs ; the former was never established, but the latter, held on the first Saturday in

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35. Tyrrell's Pass named for Tyrrell family castle

    Tyrrellspass · town · Westmeath

    The town takes its name from having been for many centuries the residence of the Tyrrell family, whose castle remains survive near the town. It consists of one long street with 105 well-built houses at the meeting of three roads.

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    TYRRELL'S-PASS, a post-town, partly in the parish of Clonfad, but chiefiy in that of Newtown, union of Mullingar, barony of Fartullagh, county of Westmeath, and province of Leinster, IQi miles (E.) from Athlone, and 40 (S. W.) from Dublin, on the coach-road to Athlone; containing 6^23 inhabitants. This town takes its name from having been for many centuries the residence of the family of Tyrrell, of whose castle near the town there are still some remains. It is situated at the meeting of three roads, and consists of one long street, containing 10.5 houses, most of which are well built, and roofed with slate ; the inhabitants are supplied with water from a pump in the centre of the market area, inclosed at the expense of the Countess of Belvidere, who is proprietor of the town. To the east rises the high hill of Gnewbaune, near the base of which is Tou, a pleasant seat ; and in the environs are several other handsome seats and pleasing villas. The

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36. Ullard old church and ornamental cross

    Ullard · parish · Carlow

    The remains of the old church at Ullard, with an ornamental cross in the churchyard, appear to be of great antiquity and considerable interest. The parish is situated on both sides of the river Barrow.

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    ULLARD, a parish, partly in the baronies of Idrone East and St. Mullins, county of Carlow, and partly in the barony of Gowran, county of Kilkenny, and province of Leinster, 1^ miles (N.) from Graig, and on the road from Carlow to New Ross; containing 2354 inhabitants. This parish is situated on both sides of the river Barrow, and comprises 5S47 statute acres. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Leighlin, being the corps of a prebend in the cathedral of Leighlin, and in the patronage of the Bishop ; the tithe rent-charge is £210. 9. S., and the gross income of the prebend about £240. There is a glebe-house, with a glebe of 30 acres. A new church and a school-house have been erected on sites given by the Rev. Mr. Stubbs, the incumbent, through whose exertions the cost of the buildings was defrayed, wholly by private subscription. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is part of the district of Graig. The remains of the old church, with an ornamented cross in the churchyard, appear to be of great antiquity, and arc of considerable interest.

    ULLID, or Illod, also called Illede, a parish, in the union of Waterford, barony of Iverk, county of Kilkenny, and province of Leinster, 6^ miles (N. N. W.) from Waterford ; containing 646 inhabitants, and comprising 2249 acres. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the union of Poleroan ; the rectory is impropriate in the corporation of Waterford, and the tithe rent-charge is £101. 5., two-thirds

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37. Union-Hall cruciform church at Glandore harbour

    Unionhall · town · Cork

    Union-Hall is situated at the western extremity of Glandore harbour with an excellent quay. The parish church is a handsome cruciform building with a tower, and nearby is the district chapel of Castlehaven.

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    UNION-HALL, a village, in the parish of Myross, union of Skiubereen, Eastern division of the barony of West Cardery, county of Cork, and province of Munster, 6 miles (S. W.) from Rosscarbery, to which it has a sub-post : the population is 336. It is situated at the western extremity of the harbour of Glandore, where is an excellent quay for vessels drawing ten feet of water ; and a considerable trade is carried on in the export of corn. Close to the village is the parish church, a handsome cruciform building with a tower ; and not far distant is the district chapel of Castlehaven, a large plain building. It is a constabulary police station, and petty-sessions are held on alternate Thursdays. There are a dispensary and three public schools. In the immediate vicinity are several handsome seats, which are enumerated in the article on Myross.

    UI'PERCHURCH.— See Templeoutragh.

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38. Union workhouse at Newry completed 1841

    near Newry · town · Down · 1841

    The union workhouse in Newry, on a seven-acre site purchased for £972, was completed in 1841 at a cost of £7100 and constructed for 1000 inmates.

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    The Mendicity Association, established in 1820, is now merged in the workhouse. The late William Needham, Esq., in 1806, bequeathed £50 per annum for 50 years to the poor of the parish : this, as well as a bequest of £30 per annum, by the late W. Ogle, Esq., to the poor, and another of the same amount from the late Mr. Wright, is given in equal shares to the vicar, the parish priest, and the Presbyterian minister, for the paupers of their respective congregations. The interest of £2000, bequeathed by Sir Trevor Corry, is distributed among poor housekeepers. A savings' bank was founded in 1821, and a very elegant and commodious building was erected for it a short time since, at a cost of £2500 : the deposits, at the close of the year 1845, amounted to £99,000. There are six almshouses, erected at the expense of the Rev. J. Pullen, vicargeneral, without any endowment attached to them ; the inmates are appointed by the vicar of Nesvry. The union workhouse, on a site of seven acres purchased for £972, was completed in 1841, at a cost of £7100, and is constructed for 1000 inmates. Among the more remarkable relics of antiquity may be noticed a large and perfect rath, about li mile from the town, on the Rathiriland road, called Crown Rath. It is an earthwork, 112 feet high, nearly circular at the base, which measures 585 feet in circumference, with a flat top of oblong form ; and is surrounded by a fosse 20 feet broad and 10 deep. On the south side of the fosse is a square platform, surrounded with an intrenchment, the glacis of which declines towards the old ford of the river. Many other remains of forts, and many cromlechs, are to be found in various parts. Newry is said to have been the birthplace of Jarlath MacTrien, prior of Armagh in 465 ; also of Dr. Parry, who was raised to the bishopric of Killaloe in 1647. It gives the inferior title of Viscount to the Earl of Kilmorey.

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39. Union workhouse at Sligo, completed 1841

    Sligo · town · Sligo · 1841

    The union workhouse at Sligo was completed in 1841 at a cost of £9100 on a nine-acre site held at £50 rent, and was constructed for 1200 inmates.

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

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40. United Irishmen meetings held in Waterford during 1798 rebellion

    Waterford · city · Waterford · 1798

    During the 1798 rebellion, the citizens of Waterford took no active part. Meetings of United Irishmen were held in the city, but peace was preserved by the victory gained over the insurgents at Ross.

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    James IL, on the day after the battle of the Boyne, arrived at this place, and immediately embarked for France in a ship which lay in the harbour ready to receive him. On the "Oth of July, Major-General Kirk advanced with a body of forces from Carrick, and despatched a trumpeter to the city to summon the garrison to surrender ; this was at first refused in mild terms, but soon after, the citizens sent to know the terms that would be granted, which, being the same as those offered to the garrison of Drogheda, were rejected. The garrison then demanded the enjoyment of their estates, the freedom of their religion, and liberty to march out with their arms and baggage, which being refused, preparations were made for a regular siege ; but on the 25th the garrison was allowed to march out with arms and baggage, and was conveyed to Mallow. On the following day King William entered the city, and took measures to prevent the property of any person from being damaged ; on his return from the siege of Limerick, he embarked at this port on the 5th of September, for England. At the close of this century the city is represented as being in a wretched condition ; the houses in ruin, the streets filthy and uneven, and the roads extremely bad ; but, under the management of successive mayors, it was greatly improved both in comfort and appearance early in the following century. In 1732, a tumultuous assembly attempted to prevent the exportation of corn ; another riotous meeting, occasioned by the scarcity of provisions, took place in 1744, when the military were called to suppress the riot, and some lives were lost. In the rebellion of 1798 the citizens took no part; meetings of United Irishmen were held here, but the peace of the city was preserved by the victory gained over the insurgents at Ross. 638

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41. Unknown castle ruins at Ballyculhane, Kildimo

    Ballyculhane · townland · Limerick

    At Ballyculhane in Kildimo parish are the ruins of a third castle, the history of which is unknown.

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    which produces particularly fine wheat : the substratum is limestone. At the foot of the finely wooded hill of Dromore is a deep lake of about 30 acres, separated from another of about 45 by a small bog. The surrounding country is fertile and picturesque, particularly to the south of the village. The village consists of nearly 40 houses ; and another, called New Kildimo, is rising up on the new road which was made for the mail from Limerick to Tralee, and which is very level and good, but has been superseded by that through Newcastle, which is much shorter. The parish is in the diocese of Limerick : the rectory forms part of the union of St. Michael's and corps of the archdeaconry ; and there is a perpetual curacy, instituted in 1S15, endowed with the tithes of five townlands containing 6/2 acres, and in the patronage of the Archdeacon of Limerick. The tithe rent-charge is £304. 13. 6., of which £207. 14. are payable to the archdeacon, and the remainder to the perpetual curate. The church, which is small, was rebuilt in 1*05. There is a glebe-house, for the erection of which the late Board of First Fruits gave £150 and lent £50, in 1810 ; the glebe comprises 6^ acres. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is the head of a district, comprising the parishes of Kildimo, Ardcanny, and Chapel-Russell, and containing two chapels, one a large plain building in the village of Kildimo, and the other at Whiteforge. The parochial school-house is at present occupied by a family. Near the western extremity of the parish are the ruins of a church, only 12 feet long and 8 broad, the walls and doors of which are tolerably perfect ; it was built about 1290 by the Knights Templars, on lands given by Dermot O'Donovau. Kildimo Court, which is nearly entire, was the seat of the Hartstonge family. In the grounds of BoUane Cottage are the ruins of Bollane Castle, built by the O Donovans in the 15th century; near the river Mague are the remains of Cullan Castle, built by one of the Fitzgeralds in 1514, and taken by Sir Hardress 'Waller in 1651 ; and at Bally culhane are the ruins of a third, the history of which is unknown.

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42. Unsuccessful coal trial at Naul in 1824

    Naul · town · Dublin · 1824

    In 1824, after several previous trials, an attempt to find coal at Naul was made by boring to a depth of 160 feet, but without success.

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    Agriculture is not in a forward state : the principal crops are wheat, oats, and potatoes ; limestone is raised for manure from quarries in the parish. In 1824, after several previous trials, a trial for coal was made by boring to the depth of 160 feet, but without success. There is a station of the constabulary police in the

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43. Unworked lead mine at Renville demesne

    Rinville East · townland · Galway

    On the demesne of Renville near Oranmore is a lead mine of promising appearance which has never been worked. There are also quarries of excellent limestone in the parish.

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    ORANMORE, a post-town and parish, partly in the barony of Galway, but chiefly in the barony of DuNKELLiN, union and county of Galway, and province of CoNNAUGHT, on the road from Dublin to Galway, and on the bay of Galway, 4i miles (E.) from Galway, and 100 miles (W. by S.) from Dublin; containing 7952 inhabitants, of whom 842 are in the town. Here was an ancient fortress of the Earl of Clanricarde, who placed it, on the breaking out of the war in 1641, under the command of Captain Willoughby, who also held the fort of St. Augustine, at Galway ; and both the.se he surrendered to the Catholic forces in 1643. The parish comprises 19,339 statute acres : the land is generally of very good quality ; there are about 100 acres of bog, and much waste land flooded in winter, but easily reclaimablc. On the demesne of Renville is a lead-mine of promising appearance, which has never been worked ; and there are quarries of excellent limestone. The town comprises 137 houses, and is well built : it is situated on an inlet of the bay ; and two miles distant is New Harbour, where there is a quay, with good anchorage. A manor court is held every three weeks, petty-sessions every Thursday ; and the town is a constabulary police station ; fairs take 412

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44. Upper Lake of Killarney, wild sublimity

    near Upper Lake · lake or lakes · Kerry

    The Upper Lake of Killarney, about two and a half miles in length, is wholly surrounded by mountains and is described as possessing the wildest sublimity of the three Killarney lakes.

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    The LAKES in the mountainous regions are numerous, but few are of large dimensions. The most remarkable for extent is the celebrated Lough Leine, the principal of the lakes of Killarney, which are three in number, and connected by straits, or short rivers. They are distinguished by the names of the Upper, the Turc, and the Lower lake. The last is about six miles in length and of great breadth, with mountains on one side of the richest grandeur, which is increased by the contrast of the level shore on the other ; the surface is overspread with islands of the most luxuriant beauty. Tore lake is separated from it by the wooded peninsula of Muekross and Dinis Island, and is still more picturesque ; but the wildest sublimity is that of the Upper Lake, about 2^ miles in length, and wholly surrounded by mountains. [For a more detailed account, see the article on Killarney.] The other lakes are as follow : — Lough Currane, near the shore of Ballinskellig bay, and which has several islands, and is fed by a stream called the Cummaragh river, flowing from the smaller lakes of Derriana and Elaineane, in the mountains ; Lough Scall, about halfway between Tralee and Dingle ; Lough Cara, near the harbour of Castlemaine ; and Lough Quinlan, near the creek of Kilmacalogue, and which contains several small floating islands. The Devil's Punch-Bowl is a very deep hollow near the summit of Mangerton mountain, upwards of 1500 feet above the level of the sea ; it discharges its surplus water by a large stream that rolls down the mountain side in a succession of cataracts distinguished by their white foam at a considerable distance. At the foot of the same mountain is Lough Kittane, a secluded and picturesque lake.

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45. Urn discovery near Cookstown

    near Cookstown · town · Tyrone

    An urn was found in a small sandy hill near Cookstown, covered with a large limestone slab and surrounded by six other stones.

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    The REMAINS of ANTIQUITY are not peculiarly interesting. Raths are scattered over almost every part ; near the western border of the mountain named Mary Grey, more than twelve of them may be seen within the compass of a mile : they are generally in pairs. Many are now scarcely discernible, in consequence of the farmers having drawn off the mould for manure. The most perfect has a parapet six feet high, with stepping stones projecting from the inner sides in an oblique direction to the top, like the winding of a staircase; its diameter is 33 yards. A very remarkable Druidieal monument, called Cloghtogle, or the " lifted stone," stands on a hill a mile north of Newtown-Stewart ; it consists of three large stones set upright in a triangular position, about 7 feet high each, and covered with a broad horizontal flag 1 1 feet long, 7 broad, and Ij inches thick. On an opposite hill, at the distance of about 100 yards, was a similar relic of larger dimensions, now lying on the ground. There is a large and very beautiful one, also called Clogh-togle, at Tamlaght, near Coagh ; it consists of six upright stones standing about 5 feet above the ground, on which is a large slab whose greatest diameter is 10 feet, its circumference 2S, and its greatest thickness 7 feet. Another, but less perfect, is to be seen in the demesne of Loughry ; and a very noble one, 12 feet high, a quarter of a mile above Castlederg. At Kilmeillie, near Dungannon, are two circles of stones, each about 20 yards in diameter, in the form of the figure S. On the same hill has been found a kind of altar of dry stones, with the charcoal aud bones fresh among the stones, which retained the marks of fire. An urn has been found in a little sandy hill near Cookstown, covered with a large limestone slab, and surrounded by si.x others. Near Omagh, three small chests containing as many urns were found in 17 1-. under two heaps of stones. In the parish of Errigal-Keroge is a flat stone set upright, about three feet broad and of the same height above ground, having one side covered with carvings of a regular design, consisting of waving and circular lines : it had been the cover of a vault formed of flags set edgeways ; in the vault were found two earthen vessels containing ashes. Near Dungannon have been found several brazen trumpets of an uncommon construction, with a hole in the side, and the smaller end stopped, supposed to have been Danish. The monastic institutions of which traces yet remain are those of Ardboe, Ardstraw, Cluin-Dhubhain, Garvaghkerin, Puble, Grange, and Dououghmore : Cloghcr, Airecal-

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46. Urney Church built 1734 in Grecian style

    Urney · townland · Tyrone · 1734–1809

    The parish church of Urney, situated in the vale, is a handsome edifice in the Grecian style built in 1734. It underwent a thorough repair in 1809.

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    The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Derry, and in the patronage of the Bishop : the tithe rent-charge is £525. The old glebe-house having been accidently burnt, a nevv one was erected in 1*98, during the incumbency and at the sole expense of the late Dr. Fowler, Bishop of Ossory, who did not charge his successor in the living with any portion of the outlay. The glebe, of 286 Cunningham acres, is in two portions : one, on which the glebe-house stands, contains 83 acres on the banks of the Finn, from the inundations of which river it is protected by an embankment \1 feet high and nearly a mile long _; the other, called Rabstown, is let to tenants. The entire glebe is valued in the Commissioners' books at about £300 per annum. The church, in the vale of Urney, a handsome edifice in the Grecian style, built in 1734, underwent a thorough repair in 1809. The right of nomination to the perpetual cure of Skirts, or Derg, belongs to the incumbent of this benefice. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is the head of a district comprising this parish and that of Skirts. There are places of worship for Presbyterians at Somcrville and Alt, in connexion with the General Assembly. Andrew Sproule, Esq., in 1801, bequeathed £1000 to the rector and churchwardens for ever, in trust for the poor of the parish ; the interest is annually

    distributed in winter clothing. The Honj and Most Rev. Dr. Beresford, Archbishop of Tuam ; the Right Rev. Dr. Forster, Bishop of Kilmore ; and the Right Rev. Dr. Fowler, Bishop of Ossory, were successively rectors of Urney.

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47. Urney glebe-house rebuilt 1798 by Bishop Fowler

    Urney · townland · Tyrone · 1798

    The old glebe-house at Urney having been accidentally burnt, a new one was erected in 1798 during the incumbency and at the sole expense of the late Dr. Fowler, Bishop of Ossory, who did not charge his successor with any portion of the outlay.

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    The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Derry, and in the patronage of the Bishop : the tithe rent-charge is £525. The old glebe-house having been accidently burnt, a nevv one was erected in 1*98, during the incumbency and at the sole expense of the late Dr. Fowler, Bishop of Ossory, who did not charge his successor in the living with any portion of the outlay. The glebe, of 286 Cunningham acres, is in two portions : one, on which the glebe-house stands, contains 83 acres on the banks of the Finn, from the inundations of which river it is protected by an embankment \1 feet high and nearly a mile long _; the other, called Rabstown, is let to tenants. The entire glebe is valued in the Commissioners' books at about £300 per annum. The church, in the vale of Urney, a handsome edifice in the Grecian style, built in 1734, underwent a thorough repair in 1809. The right of nomination to the perpetual cure of Skirts, or Derg, belongs to the incumbent of this benefice. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is the head of a district comprising this parish and that of Skirts. There are places of worship for Presbyterians at Somcrville and Alt, in connexion with the General Assembly. Andrew Sproule, Esq., in 1801, bequeathed £1000 to the rector and churchwardens for ever, in trust for the poor of the parish ; the interest is annually

    distributed in winter clothing. The Honj and Most Rev. Dr. Beresford, Archbishop of Tuam ; the Right Rev. Dr. Forster, Bishop of Kilmore ; and the Right Rev. Dr. Fowler, Bishop of Ossory, were successively rectors of Urney.

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48. Urn finds near Omagh in 1712

    near Omagh · town · Tyrone · 1712

    Near Omagh, three small chests containing as many urns were found in 1712 under two heaps of stones.

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    The REMAINS of ANTIQUITY are not peculiarly interesting. Raths are scattered over almost every part ; near the western border of the mountain named Mary Grey, more than twelve of them may be seen within the compass of a mile : they are generally in pairs. Many are now scarcely discernible, in consequence of the farmers having drawn off the mould for manure. The most perfect has a parapet six feet high, with stepping stones projecting from the inner sides in an oblique direction to the top, like the winding of a staircase; its diameter is 33 yards. A very remarkable Druidieal monument, called Cloghtogle, or the " lifted stone," stands on a hill a mile north of Newtown-Stewart ; it consists of three large stones set upright in a triangular position, about 7 feet high each, and covered with a broad horizontal flag 1 1 feet long, 7 broad, and Ij inches thick. On an opposite hill, at the distance of about 100 yards, was a similar relic of larger dimensions, now lying on the ground. There is a large and very beautiful one, also called Clogh-togle, at Tamlaght, near Coagh ; it consists of six upright stones standing about 5 feet above the ground, on which is a large slab whose greatest diameter is 10 feet, its circumference 2S, and its greatest thickness 7 feet. Another, but less perfect, is to be seen in the demesne of Loughry ; and a very noble one, 12 feet high, a quarter of a mile above Castlederg. At Kilmeillie, near Dungannon, are two circles of stones, each about 20 yards in diameter, in the form of the figure S. On the same hill has been found a kind of altar of dry stones, with the charcoal aud bones fresh among the stones, which retained the marks of fire. An urn has been found in a little sandy hill near Cookstown, covered with a large limestone slab, and surrounded by si.x others. Near Omagh, three small chests containing as many urns were found in 17 1-. under two heaps of stones. In the parish of Errigal-Keroge is a flat stone set upright, about three feet broad and of the same height above ground, having one side covered with carvings of a regular design, consisting of waving and circular lines : it had been the cover of a vault formed of flags set edgeways ; in the vault were found two earthen vessels containing ashes. Near Dungannon have been found several brazen trumpets of an uncommon construction, with a hole in the side, and the smaller end stopped, supposed to have been Danish. The monastic institutions of which traces yet remain are those of Ardboe, Ardstraw, Cluin-Dhubhain, Garvaghkerin, Puble, Grange, and Dououghmore : Cloghcr, Airecal-

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49. Valencia harbour: nearest European port to America

    Valencia · parish · Kerry

    Valencia harbour, being the nearest to America of any European port and directly accessible from the ocean with safe anchorage, was advocated by men of science as a desirable departure point for America and northern colonies. Her Majesty's vessels used it as a safety harbour during recent winters.

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    The H.ARBOUR of Valencia, being the nearest to America of any in Europe, and so directly and easily accessible from the ocean, as well as possessing all the qualities of capaciousness and safe anchorage, has been much talked of by men of science of all countries as a desirable point for departure towards America and our northern colonies. Its value as a safety harbour has been well ascertained, during the last two winters, by Her Majesty's vessels stationed or cruizing on the western coast ; and the lines of railway projected from Dublin and Wexford towards the south-west, seem to point to Valencia as a future packet-station for America. It is understood that many of the citizens of the United States interested in a proper choice, have, after a careful investigation of the different Irish harbours, given a decided preference to the harbour of Valencia.

    VASTINA. — See Castletown-Kindelane.

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50. Valentia Island harbour

    near Valencia Island · island or archipelago · Kerry

    Valentia Island forms a harbour via the channel separating it from the mainland. Considered one of the safest and most commodious harbours on the western coast of Ireland.

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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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51. Vale of Myroe scenery

    near Myroe · population centre · Derry

    The vale of Myroe is described as exhibiting some of the most beautiful and romantic scenery in the north of Ireland, containing very fine and productive land bearing heavy crops of all kinds of grain.

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

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52. Vale of Ovoca and Meeting of the Waters near Rathdrum

    Rathdrum · town · Wicklow

    The Vale of the Avonmore and the Meeting of the Waters below Rathdrum, along with the Vale of Ovoca extending towards Arklow, are among the most celebrated natural spots in Wicklow.

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    The present residences of the nobility and gentry are very numerous, and render the county the most richly adorned and the most peaceable in the island ; the chief are noticed in the parishes or places in which they are respectively situated. The farmhouses of the principal tenants in the northern and eastern parts are built in a style of superior accommodation, with roomy and convenient offices ; those in the southern and western parts were mostly destroyed in the year 1798, and have been rebuilt in an improved mode, with slated roofs. In the vicinity of gentlemen's demesnes are many pretty cottages, and those of the north-eastern part of the county generally have an appearance of superior comfort ; but the habitations of the lower tenants and cottiers are for the most part extremely wretched, being roughly formed of sods or stones supporting a thatched roof not impervious to the weather. The squalid misery of these in parts of the mountain districts is extreme ; in some places even the roof is of sods taken from the mountain side. The character of the peasantry is the same as in the country generally ; with regard to their language, it is remarkable that, while the Irish is often spoken in the contiguous counties, it is never heard here, and scarcely a peasant even of the wildest districts understands it. Natural curiosities of a minor character, such as mineral springs, are very few ; but those of the highest order, exhibited in the mountains and glens, their fantastic rocks and picturesque waterfalls, present a greater variety of sublime features than any tract of equal extent in the island. The most celebrated spots are, the waterfall of Poul-a-Phuca, near Blessiugton ; Luggelaw, included in the modern parish of Calary ; the Vale of the Avonmore and the Meeting of the Waters, below Rathdrum ; the Vale of Ovoca, with its contiguous seats and demesnes, extending by Castle-Mac-Adam towards Arklow; the Glen of the Downs, near Delgany; the Scalp, near Enniskerry ; the recesses of Glendalough ; the Devil's Glen, that of Dunran, and those of Kiltimon and Ballyvolan, in the parish of Killeskey; the Dargle, the Waterfall, and Lough Bray, near Powers- 674

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53. Vale of Urney: fertile cultivated lands with seats

    Urney · townland · Tyrone

    The vale of Urney is described as among the most fertile and highly cultivated parts of Tyrone, with well-built houses having gardens and orchards. Principal seats include Urney Park (Galbraith family), Urney House, Fyfinn Lodge, Galany, Ballyfatton, and Castletown.

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    URNEY, a parish, in the union of Strabane, partly in the barony of Raphoe, county of Donegal, but chiefly in that of Strabane, county of Tyrone, and province of Ulster, 1 miles (S. S. W.) from Strabane ; containing, with the village of Claudy and part of the town of Strabane (each separately described), 7^61 inhabitants. This parish, comprising 14,4895 statute acres, is bounded on the north-west by the rest of the county of Donegal, and is situated for the most part between the rivers Finn and Mourne, which, uniting at its northern extremity, form the Foyle. The greater portion of the land is remarkably fertile, and, under its present improved treatment, produces crops of all kinds of grain : there is abundance of limestone, which is extensively used both for building and agriculture ; the bogs are increasing in value, and the moimtains afford excellent pasturage. The inhabitants combine with their rural employments, to which most attention is given, the manufacture of linen-cloth : a large mill has been built at Seeir, upon the Mourne river, for the spinning of linen-yarn. The produce of the soil finds a ready market at Strabane, and much of the grain is sent to Derry by the river Finn, in barks of from 60 to 80 tons' burthen. At the northern extremity of the parish is a bridge of twelve arches over the Foyle, leading to Lifford ; another near the church, over the same river, leads to Donegal ; and at Bridgetown, a third of light arches over the Mourne connects the parish with the main part of the thriving commercial town of Strabane. It is partly within the manor of Strabane, and partly within that of Ardstraw, for the latter of which a court is held once a month at Castlederg. The vale of Urney is among the most fertile and highly cultivated parts of the county : the houses are in general well built, and have gardens and orchards attached to them ; those of the higher classes are embellished with flourishing plantations. The principal seats are, Urney Park, the residence of the Galbraith family; Urney House ; Fyfinn Lodge ; Galany j Ballyfatton ; and Castletown.

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54. Vales of Avoca and Avonmore as scenes of beauty

    Avoca · town · Wicklow

    In the country east of the great central mountain chain and south of Wicklow, the only scenes of peculiar beauty are the vales of the Ovoca and the Avonmore. The coast road from Wicklow to Arklow presents many fine sea-views.

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    In the country east of the great central mountain chain, and south of Wicklow, the only scenes of peculiar beauty are the vales of the Ovoca and the Avonmore. The general aspect of this part of the county is marked by extensive swells and ranges of elevated ground descending to vales of little picturesque beauty, though the road along the coast, from Wicklow to Arklow, presents many fine sea-views. One of the southern extremities of the central mountain tract is Askeaky, close to .\ughrim, from which hill a range of mountainous heights stretches south-westward, by Tinahely and the western side of the Aughrim or Derry river, through Shillelagh, to tlie confines of Carlow and Wexford counties. The barony of Shillelagh, though much improved through the exertions of the late Earl Fitzwilliam, still wears a rugged and forbidding aspect. The alluvial district to the west of the great mountain range consists for the most part of low, long, and flat hills, with intervening valleys sometimes spread out into broad meadows of considerable fertility ; the only hills of striking elevation being those of Baltinglass, \'i~i feet high; Brisselstown, 1330; and Spynan's, 1351. This district is enriched with numerous gentlemen's seats ; yet some parts exhibit a neglect of improvement, such as the great glen or valley of Imale, between five and six miles long and from three to four broad, extending from Stratford-upon-Slaney to the foot of Lugnaquilla mountain, and presenting an appearance of desolate wildness, notwithstanding that there is every inducement to cultivation.

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55. Valley of the Dargle celebrated between Sugar-loaf and Dublin

    near Dargle River · river · Wicklow

    The celebrated valley of the Dargle intersects the elevated grounds between the Sugar-loaf mountain and the confines of County Dublin. It is noted as one of the picturesque scenes on the northern side of the county.

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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.

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56. Variegated marble at Tourin, New Affane, Whitechurch

    Tourin · townland · Waterford

    The limestone along the Blackwater vale assumed the character of marble in several places: variegated with many colours at Tourin, black and white near New Affane, and both black and grey in the parish of Whitechurch.

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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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57. Vault at Tullyvin demesne

    Tullyvin · townland · Cavan

    A vault in the demesne of Tullyvin contains 23 coffins holding the remains of deceased members of the Moore and Boyle families. A chalybeate spring on the townland of Curravilla is now in disuse.

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    and a loan of £1125 ; the glebe comprises 2S5 acres. The Roman Catholic parish is co-extensive with that of the Established Church ; the chapel was built in IS'25, at an expense of £"00. Nearly 500 children are taught in four public schools : the parochial schools are supported by the vicar ; and one at TuUyvin is endowed with £50 per annum late currency, and a house for the master. There are several forts in the parish, supposed by some to be Danish, but by others to have been raised by the native Irish as a defence against those invaders ; and on the several hills on which they are situated, ancient coins have been found. In the demesne of Tullyvin is a vault, in which are 23 coffins, containing the remains of deceased members of the families of Moore and Boyle ; on the townland of Curravilla is a chalybeate spring, now in disuse.

    KILLERY, a parish, in the barony of Tiraghrill, union and county of Sligo, and province of Connaught, 4 miles (S. W.) from Dromahaire, on the road from that place to CoUooney, and on Lough Gill ; containing S'JQS inhabitants. It comprises 9094^ statute acres ; the land is of good quality, principally under tillage, and there is some bog and excellent limestone. Fairs are held at Ballintogher on Jan. 22nd, June Sth, July 2Sth, Oct. 17th, and Dec. Sth ; and a manorial court is held there occasionally. Oldcastle, the seat of the Neynoe family, was erected on the site of the old castle of Kingsfort ; near it is a strong chalybeate spa. Killery is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ardagh, united to that of Killenumery ; the rectory is impropriate in M. Baker, Esq., and the tithe rent-charge is £"2. 14., onethird payable to the impropriator, and two-thirds to the vicar. The church is a plain building, erected in 1*15. In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the district of Killenumery, and has a chapel at Ballintobber. There are some remains of the old church of Killery, with a large burial-ground ; and of an ancient castle at Drunicondra.

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58. Venerated church ruins at Ballymore, Wexford

    Ballymore · townland · Wexford

    At Ballymore in the parish of Kilbride, County Wexford, stood the ruins of an ancient church held in such veneration that persons dying within 40 miles were sometimes buried there. The chief seat, Ballymore, was a handsome modern mansion in a richly wooded demesne.

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    KILBRIDE, a parish, in the union of Enniscorth y, barony of Scarawalsb, county of Wexford, and province of Leinster, 2| miles (s. E.) from Camolin, and on the coast-road from Gorey to Oulart ; containing 1054 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated in the vicinity of Ferns, was, during the disturbances of 1*98, partly occupied by the insurgents, who encamped on Carrigrua Hill in their progress towards Gorey. It comprises 4473^ statute acres, of which a considerable portion is excellent grazing-land, and the remainder under tillage : the system of agriculture is slowly improving. Quarries of good building-stone are worked, and jasper has been found in some parts ; there is only a scanty supply of fuel. A large quantity of butter is made here, and sent to the markets of Gorey and Enniscorth}-. The chief seats are, Ballymore, a handsome modern mansion, beautifully situated in the midst of a richly wooded demesne; and Rockspring. The parish is in the diocese of Ferns, and the rectory forms a part of the union of that name : the tithe rent-charge is £390. In the Roman Catholic divisions, also, Kilbride is part of the union or district of Ferns : the chapel, a neat building, is at Kilcissan, or Clorogue ; and there is a place of •worship for the Society of Friends at Ballintore. A school in the parish is under the Church Education Society, and another under the National Board. At Ballymore are the ruins of an ancient church, held in such veneration that persons dying within 40 miles of the spot are sometimes buried there.

    KILBRIDE, a parish, in the poor-law union of Rathdrum, barony of Arklow, county of Wicklow, and province of Leinster ; situated near Arklow, from which it is separated by the river Ovoca ; and containing 1445 inhabitants. It hes on the coast, extends three miles northward of Arklow, in the direction of Wicklow, and comprises 6754 statute acres : the land is generally in a high state of cultivation. Shelton, the splendid seat of the Earl of Wicklow, is within the

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59. Ventry parish near Dunmore Head, westernmost point

    Ventry · townland · Kerry

    Ventry parish is situated in the interior of a harbour of the same name on the northern shore of Dingle Bay, and is near Dunmore Head, the most western point of Ireland. It contained 2426 inhabitants, of whom 190 lived in the village.

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    VENTRY, a parish, in the union of Tralee, barony of CoRKAGUiNEY, couuty of Kerry, and province of MuNSTER, 4i miles (W.) from Dingle ; containing 2426 inhabitants, of whom 190 are in the village. The parish is situated in the interior of a harbour of the same name on the northern shore of Dingle bay, and is near Dunmore Head, the most western point of Ireland : it contains 4439 statute acres, of which a large portion

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60. Ventry peninsula: last Danish stronghold tradition

    Ventry · townland · Kerry

    A tradition holds that the narrow peninsula separating Ventry harbour from Dingle was the last ground possessed by the Danes in Ireland. Hanmer's Chronicle, citing the Book of Howth, states a great battle was fought here between the Irish and the Danes.

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    is coarse mountain land and bog. The harbour is spacious, and is considered to be a dependency on the port of Dingle, being separated from it only by a narrow peninsula, concerning which there is a tradition that it was the last ground possessed by the Danes in Ireland, which is somewhat corroborated by a statement given by Hanmer in his Chronicle from the "Book of Howth," that a great battle was fought here between the Irish and the Danes. The harbour is exposed to the gales from the south-east. On its western point, called Cahir Trant, is an ancient Danish intrenchment, and at Rathlanane are the remains of an old castle of the Knight of Kerry : at a place called Fane, or Fahan, is a small cell or hermitage with a pointed roof of stone. There is a coast-guard station at East Coumtra, belonging to the Dingle district. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, and in the patronage of the family of Crosbie : the tithe rent-charge is £80, and the glebe, which is in three portions, contains 4a. 2r. 2z>p. A church and a parsonage have been lately built. In the Roman Catholic divisions this parish forms part of the district of Dingle, and has a chapel in the village. Ventry gives the title of Baron to the family of Mullins.

    VICARSTOWN, a village, in the parish of MoY- AN'NA, union of Athy, barony of Stradbally, Queen's county, and province of Leinster, on a branch of the Grand Canal, from Monastereven to Athy ; containing about 14 houses and 77 inhabitants. It is a constabulary police station.

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