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seats and pleasing villas, of which the principal are
La Mancha, the residence of M. M. O’Grady, Esq., M.D.;
Sea Mount, of K. C. French, Esq., from which is a view
of Lambay island, the hill of Howth, and the bay of
Dublin, with the Dublin and Wicklow mountains; Sea
Park Court, of W. Cosgrave, Jun., Esq., commanding a
fine view of Malahide creek and bay; Gaybrook, of
the Rev. F. Chamley; Mill View, of Capt. Ross, R. N.;
and Auburn Cottage, of M. A. Dalton, Esq. The living
is a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Dublin, and. in
the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of St. Patrick’s,
Dublin, by whom it is endowed with the whole of the
tithes of the rectory (which is appropriate to the econo-
my fund), amounting to £120. The glebe, in the ad-
joining parish of Swords, comprises 8 acres of cultivated
land. The church was erected in 1822, at an expense
of £1300, of which £900 was a gift and £300 a loan
from the late Board of First Fruits, and £100 a gift
from Lord Talbot de Malahide; it is a neat edifice, in the
later English style, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
have recently granted £112 for its repair. In the R. C.
divisions the parish forms part of the union or district
of Swords; the chapel is a neat edifice. About 140 chil-
dren are taught in two public schools. Contiguous to
the castle are the remains of the ancient church, for
ages the place of sepulture of the proprietors of the cas-
tle: it consists of a nave and choir, separated from each
other by a lofty pointed arch nearly in the centre of the
building; the east window is large and enriched with
geometrical tracery, and over the western end is a small
belfry thickly covered with ivy, beneath which is a
window of two lights, ornamented with crocketed ogee
canopies; the whole is shaded by chesnut trees, of which
the branches bend over the roofless walls. Of the ancient
monuments, only one decorated altar-tomb of the 15th
century is remaining, bearing the effigy of Lady Matilda
Plunkett, wife of Richard Talbot. Adjoining the church
are the ruins of a chantry anciently attached to it; and
on the lands of Sea Park is a martello tower. This place
gives the title of Baron Talbot de Malahide to the family
of Talbot.
MALIN, a village, in the parish of CLONCHA, barony
of ENNISHOWEN, county of DONEGAL, and province of
ULSTER, 3 miles (N.) from Cam, to which it has a penny
post: the population is returned with the parish. It
is situated at the extremity of a creek of Strabreagy bay,
on the road from Londonderry to Malin Head, and
comprises 28 well-built modern houses, in the form of
a square: at the east end is a large bridge leading
towards Cam and Culdaff. Malin Hall, the residence of
J. Harvey, Jun., Esq., is situated a little above the village
in a well-planted demesne, which forms a great ornament
in this bleak neighbourhood. Malin has a patent for
a market on Tuesday, not now held, but there are fairs,
principally for the sale of cattle and sheep, on Easter-
Tuesday, June 24th, Aug. 1st, and Oct. 31st, which are
well attended. It is a constabulary police station; and
petty sessions are held on alternate Wednesdays. The
parish church of Cloncha was erected here in 1827; it
is a neat edifice, in the early English style, with a square
tower surmounted with pinnacles. The male and female
parochial schools were built by J. Harvey, Esq., and
there is a female work school. Here was formerly a
conventual church, the only remains of which are a heap
of stones; and there are numerous vestiges of antiquity
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and natural curiosities in the neighbourhood, which are
described under Cloncha.
MALLARDSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of
KELLS, county of KILKENNY, and province of LEIN-
STER, 2 miles (E.) from Callan, on the road to Thomas-
town; containing 547 inhabitants. It is partly bounded
on the north by the King’s river, and comprises 2490
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. Here
is an extensive flour-mill, worked by Mr. Wm. Phelan.
Mallardstown, the property of Silver Oliver, Esq., is now
the residence of G. Helsham, Esq. It is a rectory and
vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the
union of Kells: the tithes amount to £171. 1.8. In
the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of
Callan.
MALLOW, a borough, market-town, and parish,
partly in the barony of DUHALLOW, but chiefly in that
of FERMOY, county of CORK, and province of MUN-
STER, 17 miles (N.) from Cork, and 127¾ (S. W.) from
Dublin; containing 9804 inhabitants, of which number,
7099 are within the limits of the borough, including the
recently added suburb of Ballydaheen, and 5229 in the
town. This place was anciently called Malla, Moyalla,
and Moyallow, of which its present name is only a
modification. Though the town has little claim to
antiquity, yet the seigniory, which is independent of
both baronies, formed part of the territories of the
great Earl of Desmond, who erected a noble castle here
on the northern bank of the Blackwater, which com-
manded the pass of that river. After the rebellion of
the Earl in the reign of Elizabeth, during which this
place was the centre of the operations of the English
forces, the Queen was advised to fortify this castle for
the defence of the ferry, where the troops were fre-
quently detained for many days. In 1584, the castle
and the manor were granted by the Queen to Sir Tho-
mas Norris, Lord-President of Munster; they afterwards
passed by marriage with the daughter and heiress of
Sir Thomas to Major-Gen. Sir John Jephson, Knt, of
Froyle, in the county of Hants, and have since con-
tinued in the occupation of his descendants. In 1612,
Jas. I. confirmed these possessions to Dame Elizabeth
Jephson, Sir John being then living, with the grant
of a court baron and power to determine pleas to the
amount of 40s.; also the privilege of a market and
two fairs, with the power of appointing a clerk of the
market, and of licensing certain tradesmen. In the
same year the town, which had greatly increased and
was strengthened with a second castle on the north
side, called Castle Garr, or “the Short Castle,” was
incorporated and made a free borough; and on the
breaking out of the war in 1641, besides its two castles,
it contained 200 houses occupied by English settlers,
of which 30 were strongly built and roofed with slate.
On the 11th of February, 1642, the insurgent forces under
Lord Mountgarret entered the town, on which occasion
Capt. Jephson entrusted the strong castle of Mallow to
the custody of Arthur Bettesworth, with a garrison of
200 men, an abundant supply of arms and ammunition,
and three pieces of ordnance. Castle Garr was also
defended by Lieut. Richard Williamson, who, after sus-
taining repeated assaults, in which he lost most of his
men, and several breaches had been made, agreed to
surrender upon honourable terms. After he had left
the fortress, finding that the insurgents were not