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demesne; the quarries of building stone are very ex-
tensively worked. Coal is supposed to exist in the
townland of Ryland, the property of Lord Farnham,
but it has not yet been sought for. In the town is a
mansion, formerly the residence of Lord Farnham before
he succeeded to the title, and now in the occupation of
Mrs. St. George Irwine; the gardens are laid out with
great taste and richly stocked with many varieties of
choice plants. In the vicinity, but principally in the
parish of Kilrush, is Woodfield, the present seat of
Lord Farnham, a handsome mansion beautifully situated
in a richly wooded demesne extending into the parishes
of Barragh and Clonegal; the grounds are tastefully
disposed and embellished with verdant lawns sloping to
the margin of the river. Weston Cottage, the recently
erected residence of R. West, Esq.; Rylandville, that
of G. Warren, Esq.; and the Glebe-house, of the Rev.
Alex. M c Clintock, are in the parish. The inhabitants
are chiefly employed in agriculture and in the stone and
slate quarries, and near the town is an extensive flour-
mill.
The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Ferns, separated from the parish of Templeshanbo by
act of council, in 1776, and in the patronage of the
Bishop: the tithes amount to £369. 4.7½ The glebe-
house, towards the erection of which the late Board of
First Fruits contributed a gift of £100, is a handsome
residence, built in 1808; the glebe comprises 13 acres.
The church is a neat structure, with a square tower sur-
mounted by a spire, which, rising above the foliage of
the grove in which it is situated, forms an interesting
and conspicuous feature in the distant view of the town;
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have lately granted
£548 for its repair; the churchyard is kept in neat
order, and the graves are annually decked with flowers.
In the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union
or district formerly called Marshals town, comprising
also part of the parishes of Monart and Templeshanbo,
and small portions of St. Mary’s Enniscorthy and Kil-
rush. The chapel, recently erected near the north-
eastern suburb, but within the parish of Kilrush, is a
handsome edifice with a lofty pinnacled tower, of which
the lower stage forms a hall to the adjoining residence
of the priest. A chapel of ease has also been built
in the village of Kilmashall, and the old chapel converted
partly into a residence for the curate and partly into a
school, to be placed in connection with the New Board of
Education; there are chapels also at Marshalstown and
Castle-Dockrell. About 260 children are instructed in
three public schools, of which one is on Erasmus Smith’s
foundation; the master has a salary of £30, with’ a
house and garden; the school-house was enlarged in
1814, by the trustees and the late Lady Farnham, who
also presented to it a lending library of 200 volumes,
for the use of the parish; and Lord Farnham contri-
butes an annual donation of £10 for its further support,
and also £12 per ann. for the support of another school.
A school is also supported by the parish priest, who
gives the use of a house and an acre of land. There are
also five private schools, in which are about 330 chil-
dren; and a Sunday school is held in the old parochial
school-house, which has been enlarged for that purpose.
A dispensary is open three days in the week for the
medical relief of the poor, who, if unable to attend, are
visited at their own dwellings. The fever hospital, built
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by subscription about ten years since, contains beds for
12, and is capable of receiving 20, patients: the medical
attendant is paid £120 per ann. for attending the dis-
pensary and £20 for visiting the hospital. Near Cloha-
mon bridge are some slight remains of a castle,
now rapidly disappearing; the principal gateway re-
tains the grooves for the portcullis, and the fosse by
which it was surrounded is still remaining. In the
wood adjoining the town is a very strong chalybeate
spring, now grown into disuse; and at Kilmashall are
the ruins of an ancient church, near which is a holy
well, formerly held in great veneration, and much resort-
ed to by pilgrims.
NEWTOWNBREDA, a village, in the parish of
KNOCKBREDA, barony of UPPER CASTLEREAGH, county
of DOWN, and province of ULSTER, 2 miles (S.) from
Belfast, on the road to Saintfield; the population is re-
turned with the parish. It is pleasantly situated on an
eminence near the river Lagan, and immediately ad-
joining Belvoir Park, the seat of Sir R. Bateson, Bart.;
it consists chiefly of small detached white-washed cot-
tages, with gardens in the rear, which give the village
an extremely interesting appearance. It is a station of
the constabulary police; and petty sessions are held on
alternate Saturdays. Fairs are held on July 5th, and
Oct. 27th. Here is the parochial church, a small but
elegant edifice in the Grecian style, erected in 1747,
under the direction of Mr. Cassels, by the Viscountess
Dowager Midleton. The burial-ground, which is the
cemetery of several of the most respectable families of
the surrounding country, has a very neat and interest-
ing appearance.
NEWTOWN-BUTLER, a town, in the parish of
GALLOON, barony of COOLE, county of FERMANAGH,
and province of ULSTER, 4½ miles (W. by S.) from
Clones, on the road to Enniskillen; containing 412 in-
habitants. In 1641, the Enniskilleners defeated the
army commanded by Mac Carthy-more, about one mile
north of the town, in retreating through which the latter
set fire to the church and burned it to the ground, toge-
ther with several inhabitants who had sought refuge
there; they were afterwards totally defeated at Kilgar-
ret Hill, half a mile to the south, and their leader made
prisoner. The village consists of two streets, and in
1831 contained 76 houses: it has a penny post to Clones
and Lisnaskea. There is a market on Friday; fairs for
yarn and butter are held on the second Friday in each
month, and on May 12th is a large fair for cattle.
General sessions are held four times in the year, and
petty sessions on alternate Wednesdays, in the court-
house, to which a bridewell is attached. A constabulary
police force is stationed in the town. Here are the pa-
rochial church, and a large R. C. chapel; a handsome
meeting-house was recently erected for the Primitive
Wesley an Methodists, one-half the expense of which
was defrayed by J. Butler Danvers, Esq. The old
meeting-house has been converted into a school for gra-
tuitous daily instruction, and is also used as a Sunday
school; a national school is held in the chapel; and
there is also a parochial school. This place gives the
inferior title of baron to the family of Butler, Earls of
Lanesborough, and it was once the seat of that family,
of whose mansion no vestige can now be traced.
NEWTOWN-CLONBUN, or NEWTOWN-TRIM,
a parish, in the barony of UPPER NAVAN, county of