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and are conducted under its patronage on the most im-
proved system: the parochial male and female schools, at
Tamlaght, were built by the rector in 1832, and are sup-
ported by him: two others in the parish were built and
are supported by the Fishmongers’ company; one, at
Glasvey, is in connection with the London Hibernian
Society; and there are schools at Ballinarig, Dromore,
Largy, Crindale, Carraghmenagh, and Lomond, in con-
nection with the Kildare-place Society. These schools
afford instruction to about 500 children: there are also
10 private schools, in which are about 300 boys and
230 girls; and a large and handsome dispensary at
Ballykelly. The remains of Walworth castle, erected by
the Fishmongers’ company, in 1619, shew it to have been
a large and spacious edifice, defended by a bawn and
flankers, three of which are still in a tolerable state of
preservation. Closely adjoining are the remains of a
church, built by the Hamilton family in 1629. The
ruins of the old parish church, which was destroyed in
the war of 1641, occupy the site of the ancient abbey.
There are numerous raths, of which that called Daisy
Hill, in Roe park, and another near it, called Rough
Fort, are the most remarkable.
TAMLAGHTOCRILLY, a parish, partly in the
barony of COLERAINE, but chiefly in that of LOUGHIN-
SHOLIN, county of LONDONDERRY, and province of
ULSTER, 3 miles (N. W.) from Portglenone, on the river
Bann; containing 10,070 inhabitants. The parish com-
prises, according to the Ordnance survey, 16,839 statute
acres, the general quality of which is light and cold,
with a good deal of moss or bog, being chiefly com-
posed of decomposed basalt; in some places there are
escars of sand and rubble, and in others the bare rocks
of basalt rise above the land; in some districts large
detached masses of basalt are scattered in great con-
fusion, so that not more than three-fourths of the land
can be said to be available for tillage, the system of
which is rapidly improving; good crops of corn, flax,
and potatoes are produced, and are likely to be still
further augmented by reason of the increasing applica-
tion of lime as manure. There are considerable tracts of
turbary in various parts of the parish, in which large
trunks of oak and fir are imbedded. Five townlands
of the parish belong to the Mercers’ Company, and are in
the manor of Kilrea; seven belong to the see of Derry,
and are in the manor of Maghera, as are also the several
glebes. There are three inconsiderable villages, situ-
ated on the western side of the river Bann, namely,
Tamlaght, Glenone, and Innisrush. The gentlemen’s
seats are Innisrush, the residence of Hercules Ellis,
Esq.; Glenburn, of J. Courtenay, Esq.; Termoneeny
glebe-house, of the Rev. C. S. Foster; Hervey-hill, of
the Rev. W. Napper, the incumbent; and Glenone, of
the Rev. M. Bloxham, curate of the chapel of ease.
The living is a rectory and perpetual cure, in the
diocese of Derry, the former in the patronage of the
Bishop, and the latter in that of the incumbent: the
tithes amount to £435.19., payable to the rector; the
glebe comprises 564 acres, valued at £522.2. per an-
num. The income of the perpetual curate arises from
£92.6.2., payable by the rector, and £4.7.6., the
rent of two houses; he has also a glebe-house, and a
glebe of 15 acres, valued at £18.15. per annum. The
peculiarity of the glebes is worthy of notice: Lisgor-
gan belongs to the rector of Desertmartin, 6 miles dis-
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tant; Ballymacpeake belongs to the rector of Maghera
and Termoneeny, upon which stands the glebe-house
of the latter; Killymuck belongs to the rector of Kil-
rea; and Moneystaghan to the rector of Ballyscul-
lion, besides the glebe of the rector of Tamlaght and
the curate of Tyanee chapelry. The church is in the
village of Tamlaght: it was rebuilt in 1815 by aid of a
loan of £1000 from the late Board of First Fruits. The
chapel at Tyanee is a small neat edifice, in the early
English style, built at the private expense of the late
Earl of Bristol, Bishop of Derry, and to the repairs of
which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have recently
granted £150. In the R. C. divisions the parish is
part of the union or district of Desertoghill; it con-
tains two chapels, a small one at Greenlough, and a lar-
ger one at Drumagarner, both plain buildings. At
Boveedy is a meeting-house for Presbyterians in con-
nection with the Seceding Synod, of the second class;
one lately erected in the village of Tamlaght in connec-
tion with the Synod of Ulster; and one at Drumbolg
for Covenanters. About 1200 children are educated in
seventeen public schools, of which the parochial school
on the glebe is supported by the rector; those at Lis-
moyle and Lisnagrott are partly supported by the
Mercers’ Company; one at Gortmacrane is aided by
R. Heyland, Esq; those at Tyanee and Greenlough are
under the National Board, and twelve are in connec-
tion with the London Hibernian Society. There are also
two private schools, in which are about 70 children;
and seven Sunday schools. The Rev. Ralph Mansfield,
about 80 years since, bequeathed £100 to the poor
of the parish, of which only £50 remains, the interest
of which is distributed twice a year. There are some,
remains of ancient fortifications; and at Tivaconway is
a Druidical circle. On a rising ground above the vil-
lage is the sepulchral cave, or Tamlachta, from which
the parish derives its name.
TANDERAGEE, or TAWNATELEE, a market and
post-town, intheparish of BALLYMORE, barony of LOWER.
ORIOR, county of ARMAGH, and province of ULSTER, 4½
miles (N. W.) from Loughbrickland; containing 1559
inhabitants. This town appears to owe its origin to the
erection of a baronial castle here by the O’Hanlons,
proprietors of the surrounding territory, on whose par-
ticipation in the Earl of Tyrone’s rebellion, in the reign
of Elizabeth, the estates became forfeited to the crown,
and were on the plantation of Ulster granted by
Jas. I., in the Sth year of his reign, to Sir Oliver
St. John, who rebuilt the castle and laid the founda-
tion of the present town, which he peopled with English
inhabitants. Sir Oliver, in 1622, also built the church,
which afterwards became the parish church of Baliy-
more; and it appears to have been the intention of
the King to make the town a free borough and to in-
corporate the inhabitants; but this design was never
carried into effect; the only privileges they received
were those of a market, fairs, and courts leet and baron.
The town is beautifully situated in a richly cultivated
part of the country, on the confines of the county of
Down; within a mile of the Newry canal, which opens
a communication between that town and Belfast; and
on the estate of Lord Mandeville. It consists of two
principal and three smaller streets, and in 1831 con-
tained 253 houses, most of which are handsome and
well built; its general appearance is prepossessing,
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