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OWR
on the road from Cashel to Clonmel; containing 602
inhabitants. It comprises 1482 statute acres, as ap-
plotted under the tithe act. The living is a rectory,
in the diocese of Lismore, episcopally united to that of
Mortlestown, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the
tithes amount to £92. 6. 1., and of the union to £142. 6.1;
there is a glebe-house, with a glebe of 12 acres. The
Protestant parishioners attend the church at New Inn.
About 50 children are educated in a school supported
by Wray Palliser, Esq., and the rector.
OUTRATH, a parish, in the barony of SHILLE-
LOGHER, county of KILKENNY, and province of LEIN-
STER, 1½ mile (S.) from Kilkenny; containing 1529
inhabitants, and comprising 2008 statute acres. It is a
prebend, in the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the
union of Inchiolaghan and of the corps of the chancel-
lorship of Ossory: the tithes amount to £200. In the
R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of
St. Patrick’s, and contains the chapel of Grange.
About 50 children are educated in a private school.
OVENS.—See ATHNOWEN.
OWEN (ST.)—See ATHNOWEN.
OWENDUFFE, or AWINDUFFE, a parish, in the
barony of SHELBURNE, county of WEXFORD, and pro-
vince of LEINSTER, 6½ miles (S. W.) from Taghmon,
an the road to Ballyhack; containing 2348 inhabitants.
It is situated on a stream called the Awenduffe or Black-
water, which is tributary to the Bannow or Scar river,
and separates the baronies of Shelburne and Shelmalier;
and it comprises 7799 statute acres, as applotted under
the tithe act. At Yoletown are two flour-mills, worked
by the Blackwater, and there are also two bleach-
greens on the banks of that river. The parish is in the
diocese of Ferns, and is an impropriate cure, forming
part of the union of Tintern: the rectory is impropriate
in Cæsar Colclough, Esq., to whom the tithes, amount-
ing to £340, are payable. The church is in ruins. In the
R. C. divisions also it is in the union or district of
Tintern. About 100 children are educated in three
private schools.
OWEY, or WYE, an island, in the parish of TEM-
PLECROAN, barony of BOYLAGH, county of DONEGAL,
and province of ULSTER, 5 miles (N.) from Rutland;
containing 76 inhabitants. It forms one of the group
of islands called the Rosses, situated off the north-west-
ern coast.
OWNING, or BEAULIEU, also called BEWLEY,
a parish, in the barony of IVERK, county of KILKENNY,
and province of LEINSTER, 4½ miles (N.) from Carrick-
on-Suir, and near the confines of the county of Tippe-
rary; containing 1281 inhabitants, and comprising 3652
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and
valued at £2867 per annum. The village comprises
about 12 houses. The parish is in the diocese of Ossory,
the rectory being one of the four denominations con-
stituting the union of Fiddown: the tithes amount to
£180. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union
or district of Templeorum, and contains a chapel. About
140 children are educated in two national schools; there
is also a Sunday school.
OWREGARE, or UREGARE, a parish, partly in the
barony of SMALL COUNTY, but chiefly in that of COSH-
MA, county of LIMERICK, and province of MUNSTER, 2
miles (S.) from Bruff, on the road from Limerick to
Kilmallock; containing 1874 inhabitants. This place,
453
PAI
in 1660, was the scene of an obstinate and severe skir-
mish between the celebrated Pierce Lacy and a detach-
ment of the English garrison of Kilmallock, which
pursued him to this place, where he was defeated and
many of his followers were slain. The parish comprises
4748 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act: the
land is chiefly under tillage, with some large tracts of
meadow and pasture; the soil is fertile, and the system
of agriculture improved. The principal seats are Green-
park, the residence of R. Ivers, Esq.; the Cottage, of
Miss Ivers; Owregare House, of Mrs. Gubbins; Mil-
town, of G. Gubbins, Esq.; and Ballincolloe, of J. Gub-
bins, Esq. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of
Limerick, and in the patronage of the Earl of Bucking-
hamshire; the rectorial tithes are impropriate in the
Grady family. The tithes amount to £385. 4.3., of
which two-thirds are payable to the impropriators, and
the remainder to the vicar. The church is in ruins;
the Protestant parishioners attend the church of Bruff.
In the R. C. divisions the parish is partly in the union
of Dromin, and partly in that of Bruff. Near the ruins
of the church, of which the foundations only now exist,
are the extensive remains of the castle of Ballygre-
nane, the once splendid residence of the De Lacy family,
and now the property of Lord Carbery; and near the
southern extremity of the parish is Bulgadine Hall,
also the property of that nobleman, but in a neglected
and ruinous condition. Within ten yards of Owregare
House, two skeletons of unusually large size were dis-
covered in digging. Admiral Sir Edward Nagle was a
native of this place.
OYLGATE, a village, in the parish of EDERMINE,
county of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER, 4¼
miles (S.) from Enniscorthy, on the mail road to Wex-
ford; containing 14 houses and 86 inhabitants. Fairs
for cattle are held on March 1st, May 21st, and Aug.
15th. Here is the principal R. C. chapel of the district,
Which has been recently rebuilt; and adjoining it a
residence for the parish priest and a school-house have
been erected by subscription.
OYSTER-ISLAND, in the parish of KILLASPIC-
BROWN, barony of UPPER CARBERY, county of SLIGO,
and province of CONNAUGHT, 5 miles (N. N. W.) from
Sligo: the population is returned with the parish. It
is situated in the Pool of Sligo, and is remarkable for
the purity of its herbage, and for restoring diseased
cattle. Its ancient name was Inishroras, and it is enu-
merated among the lands granted by Chas. II. to
the Earl of Strafford and Thomas Radcliff, Esq., in
1666.
P
PACE-KILBRIDE. -See KILBRIDE-PILATE.
PAINSTOWN, a parish, partly in the barony of
KILKEA and MOONE, county of KILDARE, but chiefly
in the barony and county of CARLOW, and province of
LEINSTER, 1¾ mile (N.) from Carlow, on the road to
Dublin and Athy, and on the river Barrow; containing
177 inhabitants. This parish comprises 2232 statute