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militia, and some yeomen cavalry, in all 100. In the
first onset the commander of the Ancient Britons was
killed and the captain and lieutenant of the yeomen
severely wounded, but after some loss on both sides the
insurgents were totally routed. The town is pleasantly
situated on a declivity towards the east, in the centre of
some of the most beautiful scenery in the county. It
chiefly consists of one wide street, with a small market-
house in the centre, which being disused as such for a
long time, is now called the court-house; and contains
123 houses irregularly built, some slated, but the greater
number low and thatched. The market, which was held
on Friday, has been discontinued. Fairs are held on Feb.
2nd, April 5th, June 29th, Aug. 15th, Oct. 29th, and
Dec. 21st. Petty sessions are held on alternate Satur-
days, and road sessions every quarter. It is also a con-
stabulary police station. There is a fever hospital and
dispensary, supported in the usual manner. On an
eminence near the northern entrance of the town a
church is in progress of erection, as a chapel of ease to
Newcastle, on a site given by Robert Gun Cunningham,
Esq., the lord of the manor, who also contributed £100
towards its construction: it is in the later English
style, and although not finished, divine service is per-
formed in it. About 120 children are educated gratui-
tously in a school kept in the old market-house. The
town has an excellent inn, well supplied with carriages
of various descriptions. In the neighbourhood are
some of the most beautiful and romantic places in
the county, such as the Glen of the Downs, Belview,
described under Delgany; Woodstock, under New-
castle; Dunran, Kiltimon, and the Devil’s Glen, under
Killeskey; and in its immediate vicinity are several
fine mansions and elegant villas. Mount-Kennedy,
formerly the residence of Sir Richard Kennedy, was
purchased from his descendant by the late Gen. Cun-
ningham, who was afterwards raised to the peerage by
the title of Baron Rossmore, and who expended upwards
of £60,000 in plantations and other improvements: it
is now the seat of R. Gun Cunningham, Esq. The house
is a noble structure of the Ionic order, built after a de-
sign by Wyatt: from the portico on the western side is
a fine prospect of highly ornamented grounds, closed in
by the mountains in the distance; and from the eastern
front another prospect equally rich in scenery and more
extensive in scope, terminated by the sea: on the lawn
grew an arbutus of extraordinary dimensions, which
being shattered by a storm, the arms, having been laid
down and taken root, serve by the extent of ground they
spread over to convey an idea of the great size of the
parent trunk: the demesne contains some very fine
specimens of the sweet chesnut, oak, and ash in the
highest degree of vigour. In the hall are the fossil
horns of a moose deer, found with several others at
Kiltimon, Altidore, the seat of the Rev. L. W. He-
penstal, is a large and plain building, but the grounds
are peculiarly picturesque: in a wooded glen near the
house is a succession of cascades of great height, over
which the late proprietor, Mr. Blachford, threw alpine
bridges, and also constructed seats and laid out a series
of walks calculated to display its beauties to the utmost
advantage: the glen, called the Hermitage, formerly
contained the mansion of Col. Carey. Glendarragh, the
elegant seat of St. George Knudson, Esq., on an
eminence overhanging a richly wooded glen; East Hill,
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of Jas. Lamb Audouin, Esq.; Monaline, of T. J. Stamper,
Esq.; Hermitage, of the Rev. Joseph Callwell; Ballin-
ahinch, of — Rider, Esq.; Truddar House, of S. Henry,
Esq.; Newtown, of J. Armstrong, Esq.; and Warble
Bank, of Mrs. Smyth, are all worthy of notice.
NEWTOWN-PLATTEN, a village, in the parish of
DULEEK, barony of LOWER DULEEK, county of MEATH,
and province of LEINSTER, 1½ mile (S. W.) from
Drogheda, on the road to Navan; containing 21 houses
and 116 inhabitants.
NEWTOWN-SANDES, a village, in the parish of
MURHIR, barony of IRAGHTICONNOR, county of
KERRY, and province of MUNSTER, 4 miles (S.) from
Tarbert, on the road from Listowel to Glin; containing
72 houses and 375 inhabitants. It gives name to the
R. C. district, comprising the parishes of Murhir and
Knockanure, each containing a chapel: that of Murhir,
situated in the village, is a large thatched edifice, which
it is in contemplation to rebuild. Near the village is a
large school-house, erected at the expense of the Rev.
J. Long, P.P., and presented by him to the National
Board of Education, which allows £12 per annum for
the support of the school.
NEWTOWN - SAVILLE, an ecclesiastical district,
in the barony of CLOGHER, county of TYRONE, and pro-
vince of ULSTER, 4½ miles (N.) from Clogher, on the
new road from Dublin to Omagh; the population is re-
turned with Clogher. The lands were part of those
granted by Jas. L, in 1610, to Sir W. Cope, then called
Derrybard; and, in 1619, a bawn was built thereon.
It comprises 13,768½ statute acres, and was formed, in
1820, by disuniting 29 townlands from the parish of
Clogher, in the manors of Cecil and Cope, at which
time the district was an entire waste of unenclosed and
uncultivated common, having been since reclaimed by
the judicious management of the proprietor. The land
varies in quality, some being light, some indifferent, and
some good, but there is none of the best description; a
small portion is mountain: yet, in consequence of its
judicious management, where nothing but bog and heath
was to be found 20 years since, crops of corn, flax, and
potatoes, and the richest verdure, are now general. The
inhabitants combine spinning and weaving with agricul-
tural pursuits. There are indications of coal, and pure
specimens of carbonate of lead have been discovered:
excellent freestone is found in several parts. Numerous
escars run entirely through the district, curiously undu-
lating, and rising into gentle swells consisting of sand
and water-worn pebbles, principally of trap, greenstone,
hornblende, quartz, porphyry and agate. The village is
small, comprising only 17 poorly built houses: a court
is held here, once a month, for the manor of Cecil and
Cope, for the recovery of debts under 40s. Fairs were
formerly held, but have been discontinued owing to the
numerous quarrels to which they led. Cecil is the hand-
some residence of the Rev. F. Gervais, the spirited
proprietor of the district; Raveagh, of Captain Edwards;
and the glebe-house, of the Rev. H. A. Burke, around
which are beautiful plantations. The living is a per-
petual cure, in the diocese of Clogher, and in the pa-
tronage of the Dean, who appropriates £60 per ann.
towards the income of the curate. The glebe-house was
erected in 1824, by aid of a gift of £450, and a loan of
£50, from the late Board of First Fruits: the glebe
comprises 15 acres, valued at £15 per annum. The
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