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agement of a committee of ladies in 1826; it has
afforded much comfort to the poor, by supplying them
with articles of clothing of their own manufacture, and
also with wages for their labour; in 1832, not less than
210 pieces of linen and woollen stuff, each 50 yards
long, were manufactured for the association, which,
though supported by subscriptions amounting only to
£15 per ann., has, after paying all expenses and render-
ing great assistance to the poor, realised a capital of
£100. Here is also a dispensary for the parishes of
Taghmon and Horetown. There are three ancient
burial-places, in two of which are the ruins of churches;
and near the town is a burial-place, called the grave,
belonging to the family of Batt, which has a large pro-
perty here. In the town is a massive square tower,
all that remains of an ancient castle formerly belong-
ing to the heirs of Sir Gilbert Talbot, Knt., Lord of
Wexford, who held a hundred court there; it is now the
property of W. Hore, Esq., of Harperstown.
TAGOAT, a village, in the parish of ROSSLARE, ba-
rony of FORTH, county WEXFORD, and province of
LEINSTER, 1½ mile (N.) from Broadway: the popu-
lation is returned with the parish. It is situated at
the southern extremity of the parish, and at the junc-
tion of several roads, of which the principal is that
leading to the town of Wexford, 7½ miles distant.
It is a station of the constabulary police; and con-
tains the principal R. C. chapel of the district, which
comprises the parishes of Rosslare, Kilrane, Kilscoran,
St. Helen (or Killilane), St. Michael, and Ballybren-
nan; within a quarter of a mile of the village is the
church of the union of Tacumshane, also called the
union of Kilscoran, from the church being situated in
the latter parish. Adjoining the chapel are schools for
children of both sexes, which are under the superin-
tendence of the parish priest; and near the village is
a neat school, erected and supported by the rector. In
the immediate vicinity is Hill Castle, the seat of G. M.
Dance, Esq.
TALLAGHT, a post-town and a parish, in the ba-
rony of UPPERCROSS, county of DUBLIN, and province
of LEINSTER, 5½ miles (S. W. by W.) from Dublin, on
the road to Blessington; containing 4646 inhabitants, of
which number, 359 are in the town. The name, which
is also written Tavelagh, Tauelagh, Tamlact and Taim-
lacht, signifies a “place of burial,” from a large cemetery
attached to the church, which popular tradition states
to be the place in which the whole race of Partholan,
who formed a settlement in Ireland A. M. 1956, were
interred after their destruction by a plague. An abbey
was founded here, in the eighth century, of which St.
Mælruane was first abbot; but no record remains con-
cerning it after the year 1125. A castle was built here by
Alexander de Bicknor, Archbishop of Dublin, as his re-
sidence, which continued to be the seat of his successors
until a late period; in 1324, he obtained a remission of
money in consideration of his expenses in its erection.
In 1331, O’Toole, the chieftain of Imail, at the head of
a numerous band, plundered the castle and demesne,
slew many of the Archbishop’s people, and defeated
Sir Philip Britt and a body of Dublin men who had
been sent against him. A very large mansion-house
was subsequently erected, to which was attached an
extensive and well-stocked garden, laid out in the Dutch
style, and a demesne of upwards of 200 acres. Dr.
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Fowler, who died in 1803, was the last archbishop who
resided here. Lord John G. Beresford, who was trans-
lated to the see of Dublin in 1819, obtained an act of
parliament to sell the buildings and lands, and his suc-
cessor, Dr. Magee, sold them to. Major Palmer, who,
after having taken down the buildings, with the mate-
rials of which he erected Tallaght House, a handsome
modern residence, disposed of his interest in them to
John Lentaigne, Esq., the present proprietor.
The parish contains 6604 acres, as applotted under
the tithe act: the northern portion of it is generally
flat, with a range of low hills, or escars, extending from
Balrothery hill, on the Dodder, to the Greenhills at its
western extremity; the southern and eastern parts rise
into the range of Tallaght hills, which command a mag-
nificent view of the vale of Dublin and are backed by
the lofty range of Seechin, the summit of which is on
the southern verge of the parish. The Dodder has its
sources near Castlekelly, in the valley of Glennasmuil,
or the “Thrushes’ vale,” in the south, and proceeding
northward quits the parish at Templeogue near Rath-
farnham: the Brittas river, a tributary of the Liffey,
also rises in the parish. The hills consist of clay-slate,
greenstone, and greenstone porphyry; the last-named
formation is most abundant in the eastern part. There
are several paper and flour-mills and a woollen-mill in
the parish. In the town is a dispensary; it is a con-
stabulary police station, and petty sessions are held in
it on alternate Mondays. It has a patent for fairs but
they are not held. Near Newlands is Belgarde Castle,
originally the property of a branch of the Talbots of
Malahide, from whom it passed by marriage to the
Dillon family, and thence by purchase to the ancestors
of the present proprietor, P. H. Cruise, Esq., who re-
sides in it. The mansion is a large building in a demesne
in which there are a number of very fine aged forest
trees, and has at one of its angles a square tower of
very antique appearance, that formed part of the original
structure, which at some distance gives it the appear-
ance of a church. The other more remarkable seats
are Templeogue House, the residence of P. Gogarty,
Esq.; Newlands, of J. Crotty, Esq., and at one time
that of Viscount Kilwarden, chief justice of the King’s
Bench; Cypress Grove, of J. Duffy, Esq.; Friarstown,
of Ponsonby Shaw, Esq.; Delaford, of B. Taylor Ottley,
Esq.; Sally Park, of W. E. Handcock, Esq.; Kilvere, of
J. Sealy Townsend, Esq.; Willington, of the Rev. Chas.
M c Donnell; Prospect, of the Rev. Dr. R. M c Donnell;
Allenton, of F. R. Cotton, Esq.; the Glebe House, of
the Rev. W. Robinson; Kiltalown, of J. Robinson, Esq.;
Fir House, of J. Armitage, Esq.; Orlagh, of N. Call-
well, Esq.; Killymanagb, of J. Clancy, Esq.; Castle-
kelly, of J. Grierson, Esq.; Oldbawn, of M. M c Donnell,
Esq., an ancient mansion having in. one of its apart-
ments the date 1635; Ballyroan, of W. Poole, Esq.;
Ellenborough, of N. Read, Esq.; Knocklyon, of W.
Dunne, Esq.; Johnville, of N. Roe, Esq.; Annemount,
of J. Gaham, Esq.; Newbawn, of S. P. Lea, Esq.; New-
hall, of Edw. Manders, Esq.; Killininey, of W. Devine,
Esq.; Mount Hastings, of R. Hastings, Esq.; and
Cherryfield, of P. A. Lawless, Esq.
The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Dublin,
united to the rectory of Cruagh, and in the alternate
patronage of the Archbishop of Dublin and W. Bryan,
Esq.; the rectory forms part of the corps of the
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