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age of Donquin, together constituting the union of
Marhyn, in the patronage of Lord Ventry, in whom the
rectory is impropriate: the tithes amount to £75, pay-
able in equal portions to the impropriator and the vicar;
and the entire tithes of the benefice to £75. In the R. C.
divisions the parish forms part of the union or district of
Keel, or Terreter. About 100 children are taught in two
private schools. The ruins of the church still remain in the
burial-ground, which is generally used. On the hill of
Ballyneanig is a druidical circle, and at a short distance
to the south-east are two large upright stones; in the
vicinity are the remains of a stone cell of great antiquity,
also an old castle built by one of the Desmond family,
afterwards the residence of the Moriarties; and on the
destruction of the sand banks at Ballyneanig, some years
since, vestiges of an ancient encampment were dis-
covered.
MARKETHILL, a market and post-town, partly in
the parish of MULLAGHBRACK, and partly in the dis-
trict of KILCLUNEY, barony of LOWER FEWS, county of
ARMAGH, and province of ULSTER, 5½ miles (E.) from
Armagh, on the mail coach road to Newry, and 60 miles
(N. by W.) from Dublin; containing 1043 inhabitants,
and comprising 195 houses. It consists of one principal
street, from which two others diverge, and is situated
in the midst of a fertile country, the extensive demesne
and splendid castle of Gosford, the property of Viscount
Gosford, adding greatly to its beauty. Two miles to the
south-west is the Vicar’s Cairn, or Carricktole, command-
ing a most extensive and beautiful view. Dean Swift
in his writings notices a favourite spot here, which he
named Draper’s Hill 3 it is now within Lord Gosford’s
demesne. This is a thriving town, having more than
doubled its inhabitants and houses within the last ten
years; it has an excellent market on Friday, and a fair on
the third Friday in each month for cattle and pigs: petty
sessions are held every Friday, and quarter sessions for
the county, alternately with Ballybot, in a neat sessions-
house. The staff of the Armagh militia is at this town;
among their muniments is deposited the stand of colours
taken by them from the French at Ballynamuck, in
1798. It is a constabulary police station; and here is
a small prison, with separate cells for males and females.
There are large meeting-houses for Presbyterians of the
Synod of Ulster and the Associate Synod, and one for
Wesleyan Methodists, also a national school and a dis-
pensary.---See MULLAGHBRACK.
MARLFIELD, or ABBEY, a village, in the parish
of INNISLONNAGH, barony of IFFA and OFFA EAST,
county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER, 2
miles (W. S. W.) from Clonmel; containing 1123 inhab-
itants. It is situated near the river Suir, and is the
property of J. Bagwell, Esq., whose elegant mansion
stands in a well-planted demesne. Within the last twenty-
five years it has become a respectable village; many of
the inhabitants are employed in a very extensive distil-
lery, conducted by Messrs. John Stein and Co.
MARLINSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of FER-
RARB, county of LOUTH, and province of LEINSTER, 1½
mile (S. E.) from Dunleer, on the coast road from Drogh-
eda to Dundalk; containing 202 inhabitants. It com-
prises, according to the Ordnance survey, 758¾ statute
acres, the greater portion of which is under tillage,
and the remainder affords excellent pasture; the soil is
fertile, the system of agriculture improved, and the lands
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are all in a state of profitable cultivation. The surround-
ing scenery is pleasingly varied; and in the parish is
Rokeby Hall, the property of Sir Richard Robinson,
Bart., now in the occupation of the Count de Salis, a
spacious mansion, situated in a well-planted demesne
commanding some very interesting views; the house
contains a fine collection of paintings by some of the
old masters. The parish is in the diocese of Armagh;
it is a vicarage, forming part of the union of Dunany;
the rectory is impropriate in — Hall, Esq, The tithes
amount to £70. 9. 1., of which £40. 19. 2 is payable to
the impropriator, and £29. 9. 11. to the vicar. About
60 children are taught in a private school.
MARMULLANE, or PASSAGE, a parish, in the
barony of KERRYCDRRIHY, county of CORK, and pro-
vince of MUNSTER, on the western shore of the estuary
of the Lee, opposite the Great Island; containing, with,
the greater part of the post-town of Passage-West
(which is separately described), 1639 inhabitants. This
parish is bounded on the west by the liberties of the
city of Cork, and on the south by Monkstown; it com-
prises 534 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe
act, and valued at £937 per ann., which, with the ex-
ception of about 4 or 5 acres of woodland, are arable
and pasture, generally good land, though light and
rapidly absorbing moisture; good crops of corn are
produced, though the land is principally devoted to
dairy farms; agriculture is rapidly improving under
the spirited exertions of J. Roberts, Esq., a large landed
proprietor, who has introduced the Scottish system of
husbandry and the most improved agricultural imple-
ments, at a great expense. The interesting character of
the scenery, and the numerous beautiful views over the
river and the adjacent islands, have rendered this pa-
rish very attractive for genteel families, whose plea-
sure grounds and demesnes occupy much of the land
Among the principal seats are Pembrook, that of T.
Parsons Boland, Esq.; Ardmore, of J. Roberts. Esq,;
Grove Hill, of J. C. Irvine, Esq.; Rockenham, of Noble
Johnson, Esq.; Greenmount, of E. K. Percy, Esq.;
Horse Head, of Samuel Lane, Esq., an elegant mansion
in the Tudor style of architecture, situated amidst beau-
tiful scenery; and the glebe-house, of the Rev. R. Lloyd;
besides which there are numerous villas, cottages, &c,
principally occupied during the summer months by
merchants and other inhabitants of Cork. The living
is a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Cork, and in the
patronage of the Dean and Chapter, to whom the rec-
tory is appropriate: the tithes amount to £69, granted
by the dean and chapter to the perpetual curate. The
glebe comprises 8 acres; the glebe-house was built, in
1813, by aid of a gift of £450 and a loan of £50 from
the late Board of First Fruits. The church, situated in
the town of Passage, was a small edifice, built in 1684,
but it was considerably enlarged in 1808, at the expense
of the dean and chapter, aided by local contributions;
it is, however, much too small, and is about to be re-
placed by one which will afford better accommodation
to the increasing population. In the R. C. divisions
the parish, with Monkstown and part of Carrigaline,
forms the union or district of Passage: the chapel is a
neat edifice, built in 1832. About 110 children are
educated in the parochial schools and in a school in con-
nection with the R. C. chapel; and in five private schools
are about 113 children.