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rick, in boats of 10 or 12 tons burden, and where lime-
stone and sea manure are landed for the supply of the
neighbourhood. It has a daily penny post to Ennis and
Kilrush, and a public dispensary: and fairs are held
on June 14th, Sept. 16th, and Nov. 8th, chiefly for
cattle. A little to the north of the village is the ruined
tower or castle of Dangan, the upper part of which is
supported only by the winding stone staircase.—See KILCHRIST.
BALLINACARGY, or BALNACARRIG, a market
and post-town, in the parish of KILBIXY, barony of
MOYGOISH, county of WESTMEATH, and province of
LEINSTER, 7½ miles (W. by N.) from Mullingar, and
45¾ miles (W. by N.) from Dublin; containing 308
inhabitants. This town is situated on the road from
Mullingar to Colehill, in the county of Longford, and
near the right bank of the Royal Canal; it contains
about 60 houses, neatly built and roofed with slate.
Nearly adjoining it is an extensive deer-park belonging
to Mrs. O’Connor Malone, in whom the fee of the town is
vested. The markets are held on Wednesday for corn
and butter, and on Saturday for provisions; and fairs
are held on the 9th of May and Oct. 20th. It is a con-
stabulary police station; and petty sessions are held
every Wednesday. The R. C. parochial chapel for the
union or district of Kilbixy is situated in the town. A
large school-house was built by Lord Sunderlin, open to
children of all denominations; the master’s salary is paid
by Mrs. Malone. Here is a dispensary.—See KILBIXY.
BALLINACARRIG, otherwise STAPLESTOWN, a
parish, partly in the barony of RATHVILLY, but chiefly
in that of CARLOW. county of CARLOW, and province of
LEINSTER, 1 mile (E. N. E.) from Carlow; containing
615 inhabitants, This parish, which is situated on the
river Burren, and on the road from Carlow to Tullow,
comprises 2576 statute acres, as applotted under the
tithe act, and valued at £2200 per annum. Two-thirds
of the land are arable, and nearly one-third pasture or
wet grazing land; there is little waste or unprofitable
bog; the state of agriculture is improving. There are
some quarries of excellent granite for building; and
mills at which about 10,000 barrels of flour are annually
made. The principal gentlemen’s seats are Kilmany,
the residence of S. Elliott, Esq.; Staplestown Lodge, of
H. Waters, Esq.; and Staplestown Mills, of — Mason,
Esq. The living is an impropriate curacy, in the dio-
cese of Leighlin, united by act of council in 1804 to the
rectories of Tullowmagrinagh and Ballycrogue, consti-
tuting the union of Staplestown, in the gift of the
Bishop; the rectory is appropriate to the Dean and
Chapter of Leighlin. The tithes amount to £170, of
which £100 is payable to the dean and chapter, and
£70 to the impropriate curate: the entire tithes of the
benefice payable to the incumbent amount to £411. 17. 6.
The church, situated in Staplestown, is a small neat
edifice, erected in 1821; it contains a tablet to the
memory of Walter Bagenal, the last male representative
of that ancient family. There is a glebe-house but no
glebe. In the R. C. divisions the parish is in the union
or district of Tullowmagrinagh, also called Tinriland.
There are two schools, in which are about 40 children.
Some remains of the old church yet exist. Sir Wm.
Temple resided at Staplestown, from which many of his
letters are dated; there are still some remains of the
house in which he lived.
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BALLINACLASH, a district parish, in the barony
of BALLINACOR, county of WICKLOW, and province of
LEINSTER, 2¾ miles (S. W. by S.) from Rathdrum;
containing 3855 inhabitants. This district is situated
on the river Avonbeg, over which there is a bridge, and
on the road from Rathdrum to Glenmalur. It is of
recent creation as a parish, and comprehends the con-
stablewicks of Ballykine and Ballinacor, forming a per-
petual curacy, in the diocese of Dublin and Glendalough,
and in the patronage of the Rector of Rathdrum, who
pays the curate’s stipend. The church, on the townland
of Ballinaton, is a neat building with a square tower,
in the later English style of architecture, erected in
1834, at an expense of £900, granted by the Church
Temporalities Commission. There is no glebe-house or
glebe. There are two schools in the village, one a daily
school and the other a Sunday school.—See BALLYKINE
and BALLINACOR.
BALLINACLOUGH.—See BALLYNACLOUGH.
BALLINACOR, a constablewick or sub-denomina-
tion of the parish of RATHDRUM, barony of BALLINA-
COR, county of WICKLOW, and province of LEINSTER,
2½ miles (W.) from Rathdrum; containing 1221 inha-
bitants. This place is situated in the mountain district
leading to Glenmalur, and comprises 27,225 statute
acres, of which 20,473 are mountain, and 6752 are
arable and pasture land, and of which also 16,619 acres
are applotted under the tithe act. Ballinacor, the seat
of W. Kemmis, Esq., is beautifully situated on the side
of a hill commanding an extensive view of the vale
towards the Cormorce copper mines. The military road
intersects the constablewick, in which are the barracks
of Drumgoff and Aughavanah. Fairs are held on Feb.
4th, May 1st, Aug. 4th, and Nov. 4th. As regards its
tithes, which amount to £103. 17. 6¾., this is one of the
denominations that constitute the union or benefice of
Rathdrum; it also forms, with the constablewick of
Ballykine, the perpetual cure of Ballinaclash, in the
diocese of Dublin and Glendalough, and in the patronage
of the Incumbent of Rathdrum. A school is supported
by Mr. Kemmis, in the village of Grenane.
BALLINACOURTY, a parish, in the barony of
DUNKELLIN, county of GALWAY, and province of CON-
NAUGHT, 3 miles (S. by W.) from Oranmore; containing
3250 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the eastern
shore of the bay of Galway, and on the road from
Oranmore to an inlet of the bay forming the approach
to Claren-Bridge. The inlet of Tyrone or Ballinacourty
is well sheltered, and has good anchorage for vessels
drawing not more than ten feet of water, which, how-
ever, must not venture in when it comes within two
hours of low water of spring tides, as there are then
only nine feet in the channel. Westerly winds occasion
a great swell at the entrance, in which case it should
not be attempted before half flood, nor after half ebb.
On the south side of the haven there is a small pier
called St. Kitt’s, built by the Fishery Board, but adapted
only for boats, the strand being dry at low water; it
was never properly finished, and is now in a ruinous
condition. Small craft sail up this inlet three miles
further, to a point near Claren-Bridge and Kilcolgan.
In the parish is the Cottage, the residence of J. Ryan,
Esq. The living consists of a rectory and a perpetual
curacy, in the diocese of Tuam; the former is part of
the union of St. Nicholas and corps of the wardenship