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on chiefly in Mount-Mellick and its vicinity; there are
also breweries and distilleries.
The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese
of Kildare: the rectory is impropriate in Gen. Dunne;
the vicarage, united with those of Castlebrack, Kilman-
man, and Rerymore, is in the patronage of Thos. Kem-
mis, Esq. The tithes amount to £398. 15. 4¾., of which
£265. 16. 11¼. is payable to the impropriator, and
£132. 18. 5½. to the vicar; the parishes of the union
constitute the barony of Tinnehinch, and the tithes of
the benefice amount to £336. 3. 3½. The glebe-house,
at Camira, is a commodious building on an elevated
piece of ground near the village of Rosenallis, and has
a glebe of 180 acres annexed to it, besides which there are
356 acres of glebe, including mountain land, in the other
parishes of the union. The church, at Rosenallis, is a
neat building, and has been lately thoroughly repaired
by means of a grant of £578 from the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners: there is a chapel of ease at Mount-
Mellick. In the R. C. divisions Rosenallis is the head
of a union or district, comprising parts of the parishes of
Rosenallis, Castlebrack and Rerymore; the other part
of the parish is in the district of Mount-Mellick; there
are chapels at Capard and Mount-Mellick. The Society
of Friends have an enclosed burial-ground near the
village. Besides the schools at Mount-Mellick, there
are, two in Rosenallis, one of which is a national school.
At Rosenallis is a station of the constabulary police.
Within the grounds of Cappard are several raths, and
brass coins of Jas. II. were dug up near the mansion a
few years since. A remarkable togher or bog-pass, in
the neighbourhood, is pointed out as the place where an
engagement took place between parties of King Wil-
liam’s and King James’s forces, in which the latter were
defeated.
ROSINAN, a parish, in the barony of KNOCKTOPHER,
county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 5
miles (N. N. W.) from Waterford, on the road to Kilken-
ny; containing 1130 inhabitants, and comprising 5105½
statute acres. It is in the diocese of Ossory; the rectory
is appropriate to the vicars choral of the cathedral of
St. Canice, Kilkenny, and the vicarage forms part of the
union of Kilbeacon. The tithes amount to £207, of
which £138 is payable to the vicars choral, and the re-
mainder to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it forms
part of the union or district of Kilrnacow.
ROSKEEN, or RUSHEEN, a parish, in the barony
of DUHALLOW, county of CORK, and province of MUN-
STER, 3 miles (S. E.) from Kanturk, on the road to
Mallow; containing 591 inhabitants. It is bounded on
the south by the river Blackwater, which is here crossed
by a stone bridge of ten arches. Near this bridge com-
mences the new Government road, which at Clonbanin
branches off on the right to King-William’s-Town and
Castle-Island, and on the left towards Killarney. The
parish comprises 1795 statute acres, as applotted under
the tithe act; the land is in general good and chiefly in
tillage, and the state of agriculture has of late years
undergone considerable improvement. On the lands of
Pallis, the estate of Robt. Phayre, Esq., are several beds
of culm, which have not yet been worked; limestone
is also found on that estate, and brownstone adapted for
ordinary building purposes is found in other parts of the
parish. The Blackwater is here very rapid and subject
to floods, but at ordinary times is fordable in several
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places. Roskeen House, the residence of Pierce Power,
Esq., is pleasantly situated near the river and com-
mands a fine view of the majestic mountain of St.
Hilary. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Cloyne, form-
ing part of the union of Clonmeen: the rectory is im-
propriate in Robt. Phayre, Esq. The tithes amount to
£80. 10. 7., of which £55 is payable to the impropriator,
and the remainder to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions
it is part of the union or district of Castlemagner.
ROSS, a parish, in the barony of Ross, county of
GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 3 miles (W. by
N.) from Cong, on the road to Connemara and the sea at
Killery bay; containing 4361 inhabitants. This parish,
which was formerly known also by the name of Faghery,
together with the adjoining parish of Cong, forms the
narrow isthmus which separates the extensive loughs
Corrib and Mask, and comprises 44,062 statute acres,
as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £3923
per annum. About two-fifths of the land are rough
mountain pasture, all of which by judicious treatment
could be reclaimed and rendered available for agricul-
tural purposes, one-fifth waste, one-fifth bog, and the
remainder, with the exception of about 500 acres of
wood, good arable land in a profitable state of cultiva-
tion. Great quantities of oats raised here are sold
at Clonlur, in this parish, where a market is held on
Saturday, and fairs for general farming stock on Feb.
1st, March 17th, July 1st, and Sept. 1st. A small
market for corn is also held at Fairhill during the sea-
son. A few of the inhabitants are employed in spinning
flax and woollen yarn for their own use. Lumber boats
are employed on Lough Mask in carrying turf, timber,
grain, and other agricultural produce of the parish to
Galway, and a communication with the sea and the
Killery harbours affords great facility of conveyance. In
the mountain of Glanlosh is a slate quarry, the pro-
perty of Thos. Martin, Esq., but not worked at pre-
sent. The only seats are Ross Hill, the property of
the Earl of Leitrim, at present unoccupied; Peters-
burgh, the residence of C. Lynch, Esq.; and Ben-
levy Lodge, of J. Blake, Esq. At the head of Lough
Corrib, which is navigable to the neighbourhood of
Galway, is the Corrib hotel, situated at Maam, among the
mountains, at the foot of Noneen More, at the entrance
of Joyces’ country and the Killeries, and commanding a
beautiful view of the picturesque scenery in this very
romantic district. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the
diocese of Tuam, forming part of the union of Kilmolara;
the tithes amount to £430. In the R. C. divisions it is
the head of a union or district, comprising also part of
the parish of Cong; this union is also called Feara, and
contains three chapels, two at Ross and one at Cong.
About 240 children are taught in two public schools,
one of which is in connection with the Kildare-place
Society and the other with the Board of National Edu-
cation; and there is a private school at Fairhill, in
which are about 50 children. A monastery for Con-
ventual Franciscans was founded here in 1431, which
was reformed by the Observantines in 1470. There
are some remains of Castle Kirk, on the island of
that name in Lough Corrib. Near the house of Ross-
hill are the ruins of an ancient church and a burial-
ground, called by the people in the neighbourhood Russ
the Faghery to distinguish it from, the abbey of Ross
near Headford, which is called Russ Rela.
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