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flour-mill: at the salmon-weir near the Shannon, is a very-
extensive flour-mill, which commands the whole water of
that river: in the city suburbs is a large brewery. A short
canal from the Abbey river to the Shannon, formed in
1758, intersects the parish from west to east. The city
water-works and the county infirmary are in the parish.
There are several very elegant seats, with small but highly
ornamented demesnes: the principal are Park House, the
residence of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Ryan, R. C. bishop of
Limerick; Corbally House, of Poole Gabbett, Esq.;
and Corbally Park, of Pierce Shannon, Esq. The living is
a rectory and perpetual cure, in the diocese of Limerick;
the rectory was united, at a period prior to any known
record, to the entire rectory of Cahirvally, the rectory
and vicarage of Emly-Grenan, and the chapelry of Kil-
quane, which constitute the corps of the treasurership of
the cathedral of Limerick, and in the patronage of the
Bishop, who is also patron of the perpetual cure, which
comprises the parishes of St. Patrick and Kilquane. The
tithes amount to £156. 18. 5½. per ann., and of the
benefice to £585. 12.6½. The church has been in ruins
since the war of 1641, when it was destroyed together
with an adjoining round tower: the cemetery is still
used as a place of burial for Roman Catholics. In the
R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union or district,
comprising this parish and those of Kilmurry and Derry-
galvin, in which union there are two chapels. Singland
was the scene of a battle fought in 943 between the
Munster Irish and the Danes, in which the latter were
defeated, driven into the town, and forced to pay a heavy
contribution. Cromwell, Ireton, Wm. III and de Ginkell
all had their camps and intrenchments here when they
invested Limerick; military weapons have consequently
been frequently found in the grounds. Some remains
of the ancient military roads from Dublin and from
Cork which passed through the parish are still trace-
able. The lands of Singland are held under the vicars
choral of Limerick by a lease, from which that body
derives little advantage.
PATRICK’S ROCK (ST.),county of TIPPERARY.—
See CASHEL.
PATRICK’S WELL (ST.), a village, partly in the
parishes of KILLELONEHAN and MUNGRETT, but chiefly
in that of KILKEEDY, barony of PUBBLEBRIEN, county
of LIMERICK, and province of MUNSTER, 6 miles (S. W.)
from Limerick, on the road to Rathkeale; containing
515 inhabitants. This place derives its name from a
well dedicated to St. Patrick, and still held in great
veneration by the peasantry, over which has recently
been placed a figure of the tutelar saint, rudely carved
in stone. The village consists of one long and irregular
street, and contains 89 houses, most of which are old
thatched buildings, and the remainder neat, well built
cottages roofed with slate and of recent erection; the
mail from Limerick to Tralee passes daily through it,
and a penny post to the former place has been lately
established. Fairs are held on Feb. 26th, May 28th,
June 16th, Oct. 14th and 20th, and Dec. 18th, princi-
pally for cattle and pigs; petty sessions once a fort-
night; and a constabulary police force is stationed
here. In the neighbourhood are several large and
handsome houses with well-wooded demesnes, and
numerous good farm-houses with thriving orchards,
producing abundance of apples from which excellent
cider is made.
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PEPPERSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of MID-
DLETHIRD, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUN-
STER, 2¾ miles (N. E.) from Fethard; containing 1156
inhabitants. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese
of Cashel, forming part of the union of Fethard: the
tithes amount to £250. The ruins of the church still
remain. The ruined castle of Knockelly, consisting of
a large and nearly perfect square tower of superior ma-
sonry, forms a conspicuous object in the surrounding
scenery: it is encompassed by a strong wall, about 30
feet high, with bastions at the angles, and part of the
enclosed area is now occupied by a farm-house. There
is also an ancient fort or moat within the limits of
the parish.
PETER’S (ST.) a parish, in the barony of FORTH,
county of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER, im-
mediately adjoining the town of Wexford; containing,
with the ecclesiastical parishes of Kerlogue and Maud-
lintown, 1445 inhabitants, of which number, 697 are
within the town. The parish, which, as applotted under
the tithe act, comprises 1246 statute acres, extends in a
south-western direction from Wexford towards the
mountain of Forth: the soil is good and the system of
agriculture much improved. The principal seats are Great
Clonard, that of W.H. Kellett, Esq.; and Little Clonard,
of Capt. Richards, both embracing fine views of Wex-
ford Harbour: Roseville, the property of Major Wilson,
and Newbay, of the Hatton family, are also within, the
parish; and that part of the town within its limits con-
tains the Franciscan convent, nunnery, R. C. chapel,
Lancasterian school, fever hospital, and the distillery,
which are respectively noticed under the head of Wex-
ford. The ecclesiastical parishes of Kerlogue and Maud-
lintown have for all civil purposes long since merged into
St. Peter’s. It is an impropriate curacy, in the dio-
cese of Ferns, forming part of the union of Wexford;
the rectory is impropriate in the Earl of Portsmouth.
The tithes amount to £91. 4., of which £10. 8. 4, is pay-
able to the impropriator and the remainder to the curate.
There are no remains of the church. In the R. C. di-
visions also it forms part of the union or district of Wex-
ford. In the demesne of Great Clonard are the ruins
of a castle or tower, near which Cromwell is said to have
had an encampment: various coins of his period have
been found on the spot.
PETTIGOE, a town, partly in the parish of DRUM-
KEERAN, barony of LURG, county of FERMANAGH, but
chiefly in the parish of TEMPLECARNE, barony of
TYRHUGH, county of DONEGAL, and province of UL-
STER, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Kesh, on the road to
Ballyshannon and Donegal; the population is returned
with the respective parishes. It is situated on the united
rivers of Pettigoe and Omna, which are here crossed
by two bridges in their course to Lough Erne. It is a
station of the constabulary police, and has a penny post
to Kesh. Fairs are held on the 25th of each month,
besides which there are three large markets (here called
“Marga More”) on the Wednesdays respectively preced-
ing All Saints’-day, Christmas-day, and Lent. The paro-
chial church of Templecarne, the R. C. chapel, and a
meeting-house for Presbyterians of the Seceding Synod,
are in the town.
PHIBSBOROUGH, a village, in the new parish of
GRANGEGORMAN, barony of COOLOCK, county of DUB-
LIN, and province of LEINSTER, 1 mile (N.) from Dub-
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