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situated in grounds tastefully laid out and adjoining
the demesne of Rossmore Park: there are also many
handsome residences in the immediate environs. The
living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Clogher, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes
amount to £553. 16. 11. The glebe-house is a neat
thatched residence, and the glebe comprises 38 statute
acres, valued at £114 per annum. The church, a very
handsome structure, in the later English style of archi-
tecture, with a tower and spire, was erected on the site
of the former edifice in 1836, at an expense of £5330,
of which £1100 was a legacy, with interest, bequeathed
by the late Dowager Lady Rossmore; £1000, a bequest
of Mrs. Jackson; £2000, a loan from the late Board of
First Fruits, the remainder being raised by subscrip-
tion. The interior contains some handsome monuments
and tablets of white marble, to the late rector, the Rev.
Mr. Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, the families
of Lucas and Cole, and the lady of Col. Westenra. The
R. C. parish is co-extensive with that of the Established
Church; there are chapels situated respectively at Lat-
lurken, Ardahy, and in the town. Contiguous to the
chapel at Latlurken are the national school and a house
and ground given by the Rossmore family for the resi-
dence of the R. C. clergyman. There are places of
worship for Presbyterians in connection with the Synod
of Ulster, of the second and third classes, and for those
of the Seceding Synod, of the first class; also for Wes-
leyan and Primitive Wesleyan Methodists. The con-
sistorial court of the diocese of Clogher is held in the
town; and the presbytery of Monaghan, in connection
with the Synod of Ulster, also holds its meetings here
in February and October. The diocesan school for
the sees of Raphoe, Kilmore, and Clogher was founded
by Queen Elizabeth and is supported chiefly by the
bishops and clergy of those dioceses: the school-house
is a spacious and handsome edifice, towards the erection
of which Lord Rossmore contributed largely, and en-
dowed the establishment with an annuity and five acres
of land. About 1400 children are taught in ten other
public schools, of which the parochial school, for which
a new house has been recently built, is partly supported
by the rector; a free school for boys was founded by
R. Jackson, Esq., who endowed it with £22. 10. per
annum, and a house rent-free; a female sewing school
is also supported by the same gentleman, who endowed
it with a house rent-free and a salary of £16 for the
mistress; and a school at Killamarly is aided by an
annual donation from W. Brook, Esq. There are also
seven private schools, in which are about 300 children.
The county infirmary, a good building, occupying an
open and elevated site, is supported by a parliamentary
grant, by the interest of a legacy of £4000 bequeathed
by the late Francis Ellis, Esq., a rent-charge of £20
by the late J. Wright, Esq., and £100 per annum from
Bishop Sterne’s charity; also by Grand Jury present-
ments and subscriptions. During the year ending Jan.
6th, 1835, it afforded relief to 286 in-patients, and
medicine and attendance to 900 out-patients. There are
also a mendicity society, and a penny a week society
for the assistance of the poor, supported by subscrip-
tion and weekly contributions from the members. An
almshouse for six poor widows was founded by the late
Richard Jackson, Esq., who endowed it with £25. 19.
per annum, charged on lands in the parish. A large
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house in the square called the Diamond is said to occupy
the site of an ancient castle; and in the rear of it are
some old walls, said to be the remains of the old abbey;
the cemetery attached appears to have been very exten-
sive. In levelling the ground in front of the old gaol,
human bones and a skull of unusually large size were
discovered. On the summit of the hill to the north of
the town, and near the site of the new gaol, was a small
mound of earth, marking the site of the fortress built
by Sir Edward Blayney for the protection of the town,
and noticed by Sir John Davies as serving both for a
garrison and a gaol. Several silver coins have been
found here, among which was a curious coin of one of
the Henrys, and a larger coin of Jas. I., which is in
good preservation; and in a meadow near the river
was dug up, some years since, an ancient brass spur,
similar to those in the museum of Trinity College, Dub-
lin. On the townland of Lisard, about two miles to
the south-west of the town, is a perfect fort, with a
rampart and fosse; it is situated on an eminence com-
manding the surrounding country.
MONANIMY, a parish, in the barony of FERMOY,
county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 5 miles
(N. E.) from Mallow, on the river Blackwater, and on
the high road from Mallow to Fermoy; containing 2751
inhabitants. The estates of Monanimy, Ballygriffin, and
Carrigacunna formerly belonged to the ancient family
of the Nagles, the head of which has for several centuries
been settled in the vicinity; the two former have passed
by female connection into other families; the last was
the residence of Sir Richard Nagle, successively Attorney-
General, Lord Chief Justice, Speaker of the Irish House
of Commons, and private secretary to Jas. II., whom
he accompanied into exile; he died abroad, and the
estate was forfeited; it is now the property of H. B.
Foott, Esq. The parish, which comprises 10,637 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at
£4140 per ann., is situated on both sides of the Black-
water, and contains part of the range called the Nagle
Mountains on the south side of that river, affording
good pasturage; the land on the north side, which com-
prises about one-third of the parish, is good and chiefly
in tillage, and the state of agriculture is improving.
There is a large tract of bog, that supplies not only the
neighbourhood, but the market of Mallow, with fuel.
Considerable improvements have been made by H. B.
Foott and Jas. Hennessy, Esqrs.: those of the former
consist of flourishing plantations extending up a ro-
mantic mountain glen on the old road to Fermoy;
and those of the latter are in connection with the
village of Kealavollen, or Killavullane, under which
head they are noticed, together with his seat, Bally-
mackmoy House. Carrigacunna Castle, the seat of H.
B. Foott, Esq., is a handsome modern mansion, ad-
joining the ruins of the old castle, the approach to which
from Kealavollen is through some young plantations
leading to a grove of venerable oak-trees, forming with
the castle an interesting feature in the surrounding
beautiful and diversified scenery. The living is a rec-
tory and vicarage, in the diocese of Cloyne, and in the
patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to £400.
The church, a small neat building with a tower and
spire, is situated on the northern bank of the Black-
water: it was erected in 1810, on the site of an ancient
preceptory of Knights Hospitallers that formerly existed