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which the late Board of First Fruits contributed a gift
of £100 and a loan of £1350, in 1812, is a handsome
residence; the glebe comprises 73 acres. The church,
a handsome structure, was enlarged in 1818, for which
purpose the same Board granted a loan of £2,00, and
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have recently granted
£224 for its repair. In the R. C. divisions the parish
forms part of the union or district of Aghabologue;
the chapel, a neat and spacious edifice, is situated at
Coachford, where there is a national school. A small
parochial school is aided by the rector; and there is also
a private school. In Dripsey demesne are the ruins of
the church of Kilcoleman, and of the ancient castle
of Carrignamuck, which belonged to the McCarthys
and was built in the 15th century by the founder of
Blarney castle; it is situated on a rock on the bank
of the Dripsey, and is surrounded with trees, forming
an interesting feature in the picturesque scenery of the
parish.
MAGOWRY, a parish, in the barony of MIDDLE-
THIRD, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER,
4 miles (S. E.) from Killenaule; containing 456 inhabi-
tants, and comprising 1707 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the
diocese of Cashel, forming part of the union of Kille-
naule: the tithes amount to £100. In the R. C. divi-
sions also it is part of the union or district of Kille-
naule.
MAGUIRE’S- BRIDGE, a market-town, in the
parish of AGHALURCHER, barony of MAGHERASTEPHENA,
county of FERMANAGH, and province of ULSTER, 2½
miles (N. W.) from Lisnaskea, on the road to Fintona;
containing 854 inhabitants. It is situated on Maguire’s
river, here crossed by a bridge which gives name to the
town, and consists of one street comprising about 200
houses, and containing a R. C. chapel, meeting-houses
for Presbyterians and Methodists, and a dispensary.
It has a penny post to Lisnaskea. The market is on
Wednesday; and fairs are held on the first Wednesday
in each month, and on Jan. 17th, the third Wednesday in
May, July 5th, and Oct. 2nd. It is a station of the con-
stabulary police. The R. C. chapel is a large building,
erected in 1822 at an expense of £800; it is lighted
with pointed windows, and the altar is embellished with
a painting. Attached to the chapel is a school. The
seats in the vicinity are Drumgoon, the residence of R.
Graham, Esq.; Green Hill, of Major Irvine; Abbey
Lodge, of J. Macartney, Esq.; and Aghavea, of the
Rev. T. Birney.
MAHONAGH, or CASTLEMAHON, a parish, in
the Glenquin Division of the barony of UPPER CON-
NELLO, county of LIMERICK, and province of MUNSTER,
2 miles (S. E.) from Newcastle; containing 3846 inha-
bitants. This parish is intersected by the river Deel,
and the road from Newcastle to Charleville: it com-
prises 12,262 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe
act, which are in part very good, though some are cold,
wet, and stiff, being chiefly pasture and meadow, con-
stituting several large dairy farms; around the village
is some good land tolerably well cultivated. The
marshy land consists chiefly of exhausted bog, all re-
claimable by drainage. The soil rests on a substratum
of limestone, excellent quarries of which are worked at
Shauragh and near the village. The village, which con-
sists of 24 small houses, is on the eastern bank of the
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Deel, over which there is a good stone bridge. The prin-
cipal seats are Mayne, the residence of Bryan Sheehy,
Esq.; and Ballymakillamore, of Godfrey Massey, Esq.
The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Limerick, and in the patronage of the Earl of Devon:
the tithes amount to £500; and there is a glebe of 13
acres at Castlemahon, and another of 8 acres adjoining
the old churchyard of Aglish. The Protestant pa-
rishioners attend the church of Newcastle. In the R. C.
divisions the parish is the head of a union or district,
called Castlemahon, comprising this parish and Cor-
comohide, in which union there are three chapels, situ-
ated at Castlemahon, Foughanough or Feohonagh (both
modern buildings), and a new chapel, erected in 1836
on the road-side between Newcastle and Drumcolloher,
at an expense of £600. Darby O’Grady, Esq., gave
£10 towards the belfry. About 50 children, are educated
in a national school; and there are three private schools,
in which are about 150 children. The ruins of a massive
square tower, about 30 feet high, exist near Castle-
mahon and give name to that village. Near it is a
curious circular building, with a high conical roof of
stone; it was a strong fortress, erected about 1490 by
the Fitzgeralds. Not far from this are the remains of
the ancient church. At Mayne are traces of ancient
buildings, supposed to have been ecclesiastical, though
their present appearance indicates that it was a military
position; they most probably formed a strong hold of
the Knights-Templars, and were therefore partly military
and partly ecclesiastical. There is a churchyard at
Aglish, but no vestige of the church, which was some-
times called Aglish na Munni.
MAHONSTOWN, a village, in the parish of DULEEN,
barony of UPPER KELLS, county of MEATH, and pro-
vince of LEINSTER, 2 miles (N. W.) from Kells; con-
taining 32 houses and 182 inhabitants.
MAINE, a parish, in the barony of FERRARD,
county of LOUTH, and province of LEINSTER, 5¾ miles
(N. E. by N.) from Drogheda; containing 360 inhabi-
tants. It is situated on the eastern coast, and com-
prises, according to the Ordnance survey, 1060¾ statute
acres of excellent land, principally under tillage; there
is no bog. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese
of Armagh, forming part of the union of Termonfechan:
the tithes amount to £90, and there is a glebe of 6 acres,
valued at £9. 16. 10½. per annum. In the R. C. divi-
sions it is part of the union or district of Clogher.
About 60 children are taught in a private school. The
ruins of an ancient church exist here.
MAINHAM, a parish, in the barony of IKEATHY
and OUGHTERANY, county of KILDARE, and province
of LEINSTER, 1½ mile (N.) from Clane, on the road
from Celbridge or Maynooth to Naas; containing 738
inhabitants. It is chiefly under tillage, but contains
some good pasture land: the soil is fertile and the
system of agriculture improving; the potatoe crops are
universally drilled. Fuel is obtained in abundance, and
at a very moderate expense, from a valuable tract of
bog in the parish. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of
Kildare, forming part of the union of Clane; the rectory
is impropriate in the representatives of Lord Falcon-
berg; the tithes amount to £124. 4. 1½. In the R. C.
divisions the parish belongs to the union or district of
Clane; the only chapel is the domestic chapel belong-
ing to the R. C. college at Clongowes Wood, an exten-