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Cuslough House, formerly the seat of Lord Tyrawley,
and now of R. Livesey Esq.; and Creagh, that of J.
Cuff, Esq. On Lough Carra is Lakeview, the residence
of Mrs. Blake. Robe Villa is the seat of Courtney Kenny,
Esq., in the demesne of which, and on the bank of the
river, are the remains of the abbey; Lavally House, of R.
Fair, Esq.; Springvale, of Henry Joseph Blake, Esq.;
and Cluna Castle, the residence of J. Gildea, Esq. The
living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Tuam,
and in the patronage of the Archbishop; the tithes
amount to £480. The church, a neat plain building,
was repaired in 1815, towards which the late Board of
First Fruits granted a loan of £300; and the Ecclesi-
astical Commissioners have lately granted £251 for
its further repair. The glebe-house, a handsome resi-
dence, was built by aid of a gift of £100 and a loan of
£1050 from the late Board; the glebe comprises 10
acres. The R. C. parish is co-extensive with that of the
Established Church: the chapel, a large slated building
with a lofty square tower, was erected in 1815 by sub-
scription, towards which the late Lord Tyrawley gave
£50 and one acre of land. There is a place of worship
for Baptists. Two schools in the town are aided by
donations from C. N. Knox, Esq., and afford instruction
to about 200 children; and there are seven private pay
schools in the parish, in which are about 320 children,
and a Sunday school. There is also a dispensary. Nu-
merous remains of ancient forts may be traced; and on
the grounds of Mr. Clendinning and Mr. Rycroft are
chalybeate springs.
BALLINSPITTLE, a village, in the parish of RING-
RONE, barony of COURCEYS, county of CORK, and pro-
vince of MUNSTER, 4 miles (W. S. W.) from Kinsale, on
the road to Kilbritain: containing 105 inhabitants. It
has recently been much improved by J. B. Gibbons,
Esq., who has erected a square of slated houses. There
is a court-house, in which petty sessions are held on
alternate Tuesdays; and it is a constabulary police sta-
tion. Fairs are held on May 14th and September
25th, and a large fair for pigs commences on St. Ste-
phen’s day, and is held every Monday for about a
month. A road is being formed from the village to
the ferry of Kinsale. The R. C. chapel for the union or
district of Courceys is situated here, and has been
recently repaired by a bequest of £200 from the late
T. Rochford, Esq., of Garretstown. Near it is a large
school, built in 1833 by a gift of £200 from Mr. Roch-
ford, on land given by Mr. Gibbons. A dispensary has
been erected for the parishes of Ringrone, Kilbritain,
Ballinadee, and the remainder of the barony of Cour-
ceys. Ballinspittle House is the residence of J. Barry
Gibbons, Esq., and around the village are several other
handsome houses, which are noticed in the article on
Ringrone.
BALLINTAMPLE, a village, in the parish of AHAMP-
LISH, barony of LOWER CARBERY, county of SLIGO,
and province of CONNAUGHT, 13 miles (N.) from Sligo;
containing 20 houses and 110 inhabitants. It is situated
on the peninsula of Mullaghmore, and is a station of the
coast-guard.
BALLINTEMPLE, a parish, in the barony of CLON-
MAHON, county of CAVAN, and province of ULSTER,
6¾ miles (S. by W.) from Cavan, containing, with part
of the town of Ballinagh, 4982 inhabitants. This parish
is situated on the road from Virginia to Killyshandra,
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and comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, in-
cluding 54¼ under water, 10,657¾ statute acres, of which
8074 are applotted under the tithe act. It is a vicarage,
in the diocese of Kilmore, and forms part of the union
and corps of the deanery of Kilmore 5 the rectory is im-
propriate in the representatives of Richard, Earl of West-
meath. The tithes amount to £259, of which £104 is
payable to the impropriators, and the remainder to the
vicar. The church was erected in 1821 by aid of a
loan of £1200 from the late Board of First Fruits. The
glebe comprises 103a. 1r. 29p. of profitable land, valued
at £87. 13. 10. per annum. The R. C. parish is co-ex-
tensive with that of the Established Church; there are
three chapels, called respectively the upper and lower
chapels and the chapel of ease. The parochial school
and two others afford instruction to about 180 boys
and 60 girls; and there are also three private pay
schools, in which are about 170 boys and 50 girls.—See
BALLINAGH.
BALLINTEMPLE, a parish, in the barony of KIL-
NEMANAGH, county of TIPPERARY, and province of
MUNSTER, 6 miles (N. E.) from Tipperary, on the road to
Thurles; containing 786 inhabitants. It comprises about
3600 statute acres, principally under an improved sys-
tem of tillage. Dundrum, the handsome seat of Vis-
count Hawarden, who is proprietor in fee of the barony,
is beautifully situated in a fine demesne, comprising
more than 2400 statute acres, of which nearly 800 are
well planted; the grounds are tastefully laid out, and
there is a profusion of fine old timber on the estate. A
new line of road from Dundrum to Cappaghmore is in
progress, which will there unite with a road to Limerick,
and thus open a more direct line of communication with
that city, by which a saving of about five miles will be
effected in the distance. At the junction of this road
with that from Thurles to Tipperary, and at the base of
the Kilnemanagh hills, is situated the modem village of
Dundrum or Newtown-Dundrum. Fairs are held here
at Whitsuntide, and on the second Tuesday in October;
and it is a station of the constabulary police. The living
is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Cashel, to
which the rectories and vicarages of Rathlynan, Ough-
terleague, and Kilpatrick were united by act of council in
1795, forming the union of Ballintemple, in the patron-
age of the Bishop. The tithes of the parish amount to
£240, and of the benefice to £726. 9. 2¾. The church
is a plain modern edifice, situated nearly in the centre
of the union. There is a glebe-house, with a glebe of
20 acres. Here is a R. C. chapel. Near Dundrum is a
school for both sexes, supported by Viscount Hawarden,
with a house and garden; and there is another school
aided by private subscriptions, together affording in-
struction to about 220 children: also a dispensary.
BALLINTEMPLE, a parish, in the barony of ARK-
LOW, county of WICKLOW, and province of LEINSTER,
4½ miles (N. W. by W.) from Arklow; containing 1021
inhabitants. This parish is situated on the road from
Arklow to Carlow, and on the river Derry, which meets
the Ovoca at the Wooden Bridge hotel in the village,
thence called the second “Meeting of the Waters.” The
soil is fertile, and the system of agriculture improving.
Some of the streams descending from the mountain
Croghan-Kinshela, which towards the close of the last
century was explored for gold, run through this parish;
and shafts have been sunk for copper, with a prospect