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educated; there is also a private school; in which are
about 70 boys.
SHANKILL, a parish, in the barony and county
of ROSCOMMON, and province of CONNAUGHT, 2 miles
(S. W.) from Elphin, on the road from Boyle to Ros-
common; containing 2669 inhabitants. It comprises
4238 statute acres of land, in general good, and chiefly
in pasture; there is a large portion of bog, some of
which has been reclaimed, and the remainder is easily
reclaimable. Limestone gravel exists in abundance, and
within the limits of the parish are some quarries of ex-
cellent limestone. At Mantua is the great turlough of
that name, the waters of which cover in winter an ex-
tent of about 500 acres, which in summer afford rich
pasturage: the water is supplied by a subterraneous
channel from a source about half a mile distant. The
seats are Mantua, the residence of O. D. J. Grace, Esq.,
surrounded by a well-planted and highly improved
demesne; and Cherryfield, of G. Mills, Esq. The pa-
rish is in the diocese of Elphin: the rectory is united
to those of Kilmacumsey, Kilcorkey, Kilcola, and
Creeve, together constituting the corps of the precen-
torship of Elphin, in the gift of the Bishop; the vicar-
age forms part of the union of Ardclare. The tithes,
amounting to £92. 6. 2., are payable in equal portions
to the rector and the vicar; and the entire tithes of the
rectorial benefice amount to £207. 15. 5.: the precen-
tor’s lands comprise 102½ statute acres, situated near
the town of Elphin, and let on lease at £55. 7. 8½. per
annum. The church is in ruins. In the R. C. divisions
it forms part of the union or district of Elphin, and
has a chapel at Ballyrody. In a school supported by
O. D. J. Grace, Esq., and in a private school, about 90
children are educated.
SHANLESS.—See SHENLISH.
SHANNON-BRIDGE, a village, in the parish of
CLONMACNOIS, barony of GARRYCASTLE, KING’S coun-
ty, and province of LEINSTER, 8 miles (S.) from
Athlone; containing 559 inhabitants. It is situated
on the river Shannon, and derives its name and origin
from a bridge which here crosses the river and con-
nects King’s county with that of Roscommon. The
bridge is a handsome structure of stone, 140 yards in
length; it consists of sixteen arches, exclusive of two
over a parallel canal, the roadway being level through-
out. At the western or Roscommon end is a tower and
battery forming a tête-du-pont, with an artillery bar-
rack for 2 officers and 44 men, and a magazine an-
nexed. On a rising ground in the vicinity is an ad-
vanced redoubt. The village is a station of the con-
stabulary police, and contains one of the two R. C.
chapels belonging to the district, and the parochial
school.
SHANNON-HARBOUR, a village, in the parish of
GALLEN, barony of GARRYCASTLE, KING’S county, and
province of LEINSTER, 3 miles (W.) from Cloghan;
containing 199 inhabitants. It is situated at the junc-
tion of the Grand Canal with the river Shannon, and
near the Upper Brosna river, which falls into the
Shannon a little above it. Here is one of the stations of
the Inland Steam-Navigation Company, from which, on
the arrival of the canal packet-boat from Dublin, a
steamer starts for Portumna, Killaloe, and Limerick. In
the village, which in 1831 contained 33 houses, is a
station of the constabulary police.
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SHANRAHAN, a parish, in the barony of IFFA and
OFFA WEST, county of TIPPERARY, and province of
MUNSTER, on the mail road from Clonmel to Cork;
containing, with the post-town of Clogheen, 7002 inha-
bitants. It comprises 13,946 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act. Within its limits is Shanbally
Castle, the splendid mansion of Viscount Lismore,
erected by Mr. Nash, of London: the demesne, which
comprises 820 acres, is finely wooded, and, being situ-
ated in a valley between the Galtee and Waterford moun-
tains, is surrounded by scenery of a grand and im-
posing character. His lordship has lately erected a
lodge in a situation of much beauty in a glen of the
Galtees, and surrounded it with a plantation of about
150 acre s; the agricultural improvements carried on
tinder his own inspection afford employment to a con-
siderable number of persons. Rehill, the residence
of Wm. Fennell, Esq., is also in this parish. A ma-
nor court is occasionally held at. that place. The liv-
ing is a vicarage, in the diocese of Lismore, episco-
pally united, in 1774, to that of Templetenny, and in
the gift of the Crown: the rectory is impropriate in
Lord Lismore and Caesar Sutton, Esq. The tithes
amount to £665, of which £415 is payable to the
impropriators, and the remainder to the vicar; there
is a glebe of 3a. 1r. 20p. The gross value of the be-
nefice, including the glebe, is £434. 12. 3. The church
is a neat modern edifice of hewn stone, towards the
erection of which the late Board of First Fruits grant
ed a loan of £1000, in 1819. In the R. C. divisions
the parish, under the name of Clogheen, is co-ex-
tensive with that of the Established Church, and con-
tains the chapels of Clogheen and Burncourt, or Shan-
bally Cross. At Burncourt are the ruins of a fine
old castellated mansion, originally erected by one of
the barons of Ikerrin, and besieged and taken by a
party of Cromwell’s army: it was enclosed in a bawn or
court of considerable extent, surrounded by a high
wall, and with its tall gables and chimneys still forms
a striking object. At Shanrahan is the burial-place of
the O’Callaghan family, of which Lord Lismore is the
head. Quin, the celebrated actor, is said to have been
a native of this parish.
SHEANNA, a small village, in the parish of RATH-
DRUM, barony of BALLINACOR, county of WICKLOW,
and province of LEINSTER, 5 miles (W. by S.) from
Rathdrum, on the road to Tinahely; containing 15
houses and 95 inhabitants.
SHEFFIN, a parish, in the barony of GALMOY,
county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER; con-
taining 798 inhabitants, and comprising 2452 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at
£2302 per annum. It is in the diocese of Ossory;
the rectory is appropriate to the Dean and Chapter of the
cathedral of Kilkenny, and the vicarage forms part of
the union of Freshford, and corps of the prebend of
Aghoure. The tithes amount to £134. 11. 9½. of which
£S9. 14. 6½. is payable to the lessee of the appropria-
tors and the remainder to the vicar. In the R. C. divi-
sions it is part of the union or district of Lisdowney.
About 100 children are educated in two private
schools.
SHENLISH, or SHANLESS, a parish, in the
barony of ARDEE, county of LOUTH, and province of
LEINSTER, 1 mile (S. W.) from Ardee, on the road to