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the basaltic formation appears in one or two places
much decomposed and assuming a columnar tendency.
The principal seat is Ballynaguard, the handsome resi-
dence of J. Croker, Esq., pleasantly situated in an
extensive and well-wooded demesne; there are several
excellent farm-houses. The living is a vicarage, in the
diocese of Cashel, and in the patronage of the Arch-
bishop; the rectory is partly impropriate in E. D. Free-
man, Esq., and partly in J. Croker, Esq. The tithes
amount to £60, of which £20. 11. 4. is payable to
Mr. Freeman, £19. 9. 8. to Mr. Croker, and the re-
mainder to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions the parish
forms part of the union of Ballybricken. On the banks
of the Commogue, near Six-Mile-Bridge, are the remains
of the ancient monastery.
ROCHESTOWN, a parish, in the barony of IFFA
and OFFA WEST, county of TIPPERARY, and province
of MUNSTER, 2½ miles (S. by E.) from Cahir, on the
river Suir; containing 411 inhabitants. It comprises
966 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act.
Rochestown, the seat of S. Barton, Esq., is beautifully
situated near the banks of the river, commanding a fine
view of the Clogheen mountains. It is a rectory, in the
diocese of Lismore, forming part of the union of Ard-
finnan: the tithes amount to £95. In the R. C. divi-
sions also it is part of the union or district of Ardfin-
nan. Abotit 100 children are educated in a private
school. There are some remains of an ancient church
and castle, with several forts or raths usually attributed
to the Danes.
ROCHFORT-BRIDGE, formerly called BEGGAR’S-
BRIDGE, a post-town, in the parish of CASTLELOST,
barony of FARTULLAGH, county of WESTMEATH, and
province of LEINSTER, 7½ miles (S. W.) from Kinnegad,
on the road from Dublin to Athlone; containing 27
houses and 171 inhabitants. It is traditionally stated
that this place derived its former name from the cir-
cumstance of a beggar having died here, in whose
pockets was found money sufficient to build the bridge,
which crosses a small stream at the eastern extremity
of the village. It is a station of the constabulary police,
and contains the parochial church and a National
school.
ROCKCORRY, a village, in the parish of EMATRIS,
barony of DARTRY, county of MONAGHAN, and province
of ULSTER, 4 miles (N. E.) from Cootehill, on the old
road to Monaghan; the population is returned with
the parish. The place derives its name from the family
of Corry, on whose estate it is situated, and whose
residence is contiguous to the village. It consists of
one wide street, of which many of the houses are of
respectable appearance, and it has a neat market-house.
The market is on Wednesday, and there is a fair on the
last Wednesday in each month. Here is a station of
the constabulary police, and petty sessions are held on
alternate Wednesdays. In the village are meeting-
houses for Presbyterians of the Seceding Synod, and
for Wesleyan Methodists; the former is of recent erec-
tion, and both are neat buildings. An infants’ school,
chiefly supported by Mrs. Devereux, is held in the mar-
ket-house, to which a sewing-school is attached; and
there is a dispensary.
ROCK ISLAND, a village, in the parish of KIL-
MOE, Western Division of the barony of WEST CAR-
BERY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 19
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miles (S. W.) from Skibbereen: the population is re-
turned with the parish. It is advantageously situated
on a peninsulated rock opposite Crookhaven, on the
south-western coast, and has risen into a flourishing
state through the spirited exertions of its proprietor,
R. Notter, Esq. A new line of road has been recently
opened between this place and Skibbereen, and the
post-office has been removed hither from Crookhaven:
there is a mail to Skibbereen every second day. Im-
mediately off the village, which contains some well-built
houses, is the entrance to the spacious and well-sheltered
harbour of Crookhaven, noticed in the article on that
place. Here is a coast-guard station (usually called the
Crookhaven station), being one of the nine included in
the Skibbereen district. A dispensary has been esta-
blished in the village.
ROCKMILLS, a village, in the parish of NATHLASH,
or ST. NICHOLAS, barony of FERMOY, county of CORK,
and province of MUNSTER, 2 miles (N. N. W.) from
Glanworth, on the road to Kildorrery: the population
is returned with the parish. It derives its name from
the large flour-mills in the immediate vicinity, romanti-
cally situated in the rocky vale of the river Funcheon;
adjoining the mills is Rockmill Lodge, the residence of
Mrs. Oliver. In the village is the parochial church, a
small neat building with a tower and spire. The sur-
rounding scenery is varied and highly picturesque.
ROCKSBOROUGH.—See INCHINABACKY.
ROCKY ISLAND, in the parish of TEMPLEROBIN,
barony of BARRYMORE, county of CORK, and province
of MUNSTER, 1 mile (S.) from Cove, in the harbour of
Cork; the population is returned with Hawlbowling
island. This island, an immense mass of limestone
rising abruptly from the bay to the height of 42 feet
above high water mark, and terminating in a conical
point, was selected by the Board of Ordnance as a
magazine for the military depôt of the south of Ireland.
In 1815, the surface of the rock, with the exception of
its summit, on which a watch-tower has been formed,
approached by a winding stair-case cut in the solid
rock, was levelled; and beneath it large vaults have
been excavated, to each of which is a separate entrance
from a deep road-way sunk in the rock, and continued
round its entire circumference. The magazine contains
25,000 barrels of gunpowder, and is under the care of
a detachment of the artillery from the establishment at
Spike island, who are the only inhabitants of the place.
The approach from the bay to the road surrounding the
magazine is through a lofty archway hewn out of the
rock. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union
or district of Passage.
ROEBUCK, a district, in the parish of TANEY, half-
barony of RATHDOWN, county of DUBLIN, and province
of LEINSTER, 2½ miles (S.) from the General Post-office,
Dublin, on the road to Enniskerry, by way of Clonskea:
the population is returned with the parish. Roebuck
Castle, the seat of A. B. Crofton, Esq., was originally
erected at a remote period and strongly fortified. About
the year 1534 it was the residence of Lord Trimleston,
then Lord Chancellor of Ireland; and it was occupied
by Jas. II. and the Duke of Berwick, when they en-
camped in this neighbourhood. It was subsequently
suffered to fall into decay, until about the year l790,
when it was repaired by the then Lord Trimleston, who
fitted up one of the apartments, a noble room, 50 feet