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residence of F. Welsh, Esq.; and the glebe-house, of
the Rev. D. Dickenson.
It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Dromore, and in
the patronage of the Bishop; the rectory forms part of
the union of Aghaderg and of the corps of the deanery
of Dromore. The tithes amount to £390. 16. 4., of
which £119. 11. 9. is payable to the vicar, and £271. 4. 7.
to the dean. The glebe-house is a commodious old build-
ing: the glebe comprises 111¾ statute acres, valued at
£155. 5. per annum. The church, a small building
on the eastern shore of the Bann, was erected in 1698
upon the site of the ancient edifice, which had beea
destroyed in the war of 1641; being incapable of ac-
commodating one-sixth of the population, a large church
has been lately built near Banbridge, under the provi-
sions of an order in council, obtained in 1834, at an
estimated cost of £2890, of which £1500 was given by
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, £600 by the Marquess
of Downshire (who also gave the site), and the remain-
der was raised by voluntary contributions. In the R. C.
divisions the parish forms part of the union or district
of Tullylish. Near Banbridge is a meeting-house for
Presbyterians in connection with the Remonstrant
Synod, of the first class; here is also a meeting-house in
connection with the Synod of Ulster, of the third class,
built in 1830; one in connection with the Seceding Synod,
and a chapel each for the Wesleyan and Primitive Me-
thodists. The parochial schools, with residences for the
master and mistress, situated on the glebe, are endowed
with an acre of land and supported by subscriptions
Near Banbridge is a large male and female school-
house, comprising a centre and wings, the former the
residence of the master and mistress, and the latter
the schools; it was built by subscription, to which the
Marquess of Downshire contributed £90, and is en-
dowed with an acre and a half of land and £50 per
annum. There are also schools at Ballydown, Bally-
lough, and Banbridge. At Tullyeonnaught is a large
school-house, founded and endowed by Miss M. Mulli-
gan, by will dated 1824, and built in 1829, at a cost of
£150: the interest of the principal bequeathed having
accumulated, it furnished a greater surplus than was
expected, the interest of which, £15 per annum, is given
to the master: it is in connection with the Board of
National Education. There are also six private schools
in the parish. On the Dromore road is a valuable
chalybeate spring, similar in its properties to the waters
of Aix-la-Chapelle, and efficacious in scurvy. Baron
M c Clelland was born here, as was also his contem-
porary, Dr. Dickson, Bishop of Down and Connor.
SEIRKYRAN, or ST. KEIRAN, a parish, in the
barony of BALLYBRIT, KING’S county, and province
of LEINSTER, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Parsonstown,
on the road to Kinnitty; containing 1484 inhabitants.
This place derives its name from St. Kieran the elder,
who in the earliest period of the Christian church,
founded a monastery here, and is said also to have
made it the seat of a small bishoprick. So early did
he exercise his mission that he has been styled the
father of the Irish saints. This establishment was re-
peatedly plundered by the Danes and other freebooters;
and in 1052 the see of Seir-Kieran was removed to
Aghaboe, and thence finally to Kilkenny. To this see
the manor anciently belonged, and it was recovered to
the bishops by trial of single combat in 1284. In suc-
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ceeding ages a monastery, dedicated to St. Kieran, was
founded here for Canons Regular of the order of St.
Augustine, of which the ruins are still to be seen:
the possessions of this monastery, at the dissolution,
were granted to Sir William Taafe, and by him assigned
to James, Earl of Roscommon. The parish comprises
6480 statute acres, of which 162 are woodland, 64 bog
and waste, the remainder being arable and pasture.
Limestone is found, and agriculture is improving.
Oakely Park is the seat of — Stoney, Esq.; and Grange
House, of — Harding, Esq. The living is a vicarage,
in the diocese of Ossory, and in the patronage of the
Bishop; the rectory is impropriate in J. Curtis, Esq.
The tithes amount to £162. 17. 5., of which £S4. 9. 8.
is payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the
vicar: the glebe comprises 12 acres, and the glebe-
house was built by a gift of £450 and a loan of £88, in
1814, from the late Board of First Fruits. The church
stands on the site of the monastery, and is a very old
building out of repair. The R. C. parish is co-extensive
with that of the Established Church, and contains two
chapels, one at Clareen, and the other at Fancraft, both
plain buildings in good repair. There are two private
schools, in which about 120 children are educated.
Ruins exist of the old fort of Ballybrit, once a place of
some importance, and from which the barony has de-
rived its name: at Drumoyle are the remains of a vil-
lage. Here is the holy well of St. Kieran.
SESKINAN, a parish, in the barony of DECIES-
without-DRUM, county of WATERFORD, and province of
MUNSTER, 5¾ miles (N.) from Dungarvan; containing
2732 inhabitants. It comprises 16,077 statute acres, of
which the greater part consists of mountainous and
boggy lands. At Ballynamult, on its western confines,
is a small military barrack. The living is a rectory and
vicarage, in the diocese of Lismore; the rectory forms
the corps of the prebend of Seskinan in the cathedral
of Lismore, with which the vicarage is held. The tithes
amount to £335. 5. 2. The R. C. parish is co-extensive
with that of the Established Church, and contains two
chapels. About 340 children are educated in five
private schools.
SEVEN CHURCHES, KING’S county.—See CLON-
MACNOIS.
SEVEN CHURCHES, county of WICKLOW.—See
GLENDALOUGH.
SHALLEE CGUGHLAN, a village, in the parish of
KILLOSCULLY, barony of GWNKY and ARRA, county of
TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER, 6 miles (E.)
from Newport, on the old road from Dublin to Limer-
ick; containing 138 inhabitants. On the high land in
this vicinity a lead mine was formerly worked, and
about seven tons of ore were raised containing silver in
the proportion of 80 oz. to a ton.
SHALLON, a village, in the parish of KILSHARVAN,
barony of LOWER DULEEK, county of MEATH, and
province of LEINSTER, 3 miles (S.) from Drogheda, on
the road from Duleek to Nynch; containing 29 houses
and 169 inhabitants.
SHANAGOLDEN, a post-town and parish, in the
Shanid Division of the barony of LOWER CONNELLO,
county of LIMERICK, and province of MUNSTER, 20
miles (W.) from Limerick, and 116 (W. S. W.) from
Dublin, on the road from Rathkeale to Listowel; con-
taining, in 1831, 3213 inhabitants, of which number,