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prising 317 acres, is valued at £260. 6. 5½. per annum.
The glebe-house was originally built in 1785, at a cost
of £1313 British, and subsequently improved at an
expense of £1399 by the then incumbent. The church
was erected in 1626; the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
have lately granted £268 for its repair. In the R. C.
divisions the parish forms part of the union or district
of Lagan, or Raymochy; the chapel was built about
50 years since. In the parochial school partly supported
by an endowment of Col. Robertson, a school under the
London Hibernian Society, and two schools supported
by subscription, about 200 children are educated; there
are also nine private schools, in which are about the
same number of children, and five Sunday schools:
two school-houses have been lately erected by the
Marquess of Abercorn. There is a dispensary for the
poor.
TAUGHBOYNE, or ARTAGH, also called TIBO-
HINE, a parish, in the barony of BOYLE, county of
ROSCOMMON, and province of CONNAUGHT, on the
river Gara (also called Lung), and on the road from
Boyle to Ballaghadireen and the great new western road
to Ballina; containing, with the market and post-town of
French-Park, and the village of Lough Glynn (both of
which are separately described), 6336 inhabitants.
According to Archdall, a religious establishment existed
here, of which St. Baithen was Bishop in 640; the same
writer also says that here was a celebrated school. The
parish comprises 20,606 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act; it consists for the most part of
isolated hills and ridges bounded by bogs, forming
altogether a wild tract, one-half bog and the other
inferior land, under an unimproved system of agri-
culture. The river Lung rises in the parish, as does
a branch of the river Suck. To the north-east of
Lough-Glynn rises the high sandstone hill of Fairy
Mount; and two miles west of the village are some
turloughs presenting a considerable extent of water in
winter, but dry in summer, of which Feigh is the princi-
pal, containing 200 acres and celebrated for the numbers
of wild fowls that resort thither. The river Lung runs
underground for about a mile in this vicinity. The ma-
nufacture of felt hats is carried on here. A manor court
is held monthly in the parish, and petty sessions and
fairs are held at French-Park; there are also fairs at
Lough-Glynn. Lough-Glynn, with its lake and fine
hanging woods, is the seat of Viscount Dillon; it is a
large massive building, with angular bay windows, and
has a noble appearance, from its situation on the north-
ern bank of the lake, which is about an Irish mile long,
having smooth green banks sloping to the water’s edge,
or overspread with trees, and a wooded island; on
the opposite side of the lake are two ash trees of remark-
able growth. About five miles west is Lough Erritt,
the highly improved seat of Fitzstephen French, Esq.,
beautifully situated in an extensively planted demesne at
the head of a lake of the same name, which covers
upwards of 360 statute acres, and contains very fine fish.
Cahan is the seat of C. French, Esq.; and near French-
Park are Cloonshanville, the seat of J. Davis, Esq.; and
Mullen, occupied by Lynch Plunkett, Esq.
The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese
of Elphin, being the corps of the prebend of Artagh or
Taughboyne, in the patronage of the Bishop; the tithes
amount to £347.1. 6½. The glebe-house was erected in
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1819, by a gift of £400 and a loan of £340 from the
late Board of First Fruits; the glebe comprises 21½
acres, subject to a rent of £29.15.4. and of the same
value. The church is an ancient building, remarkable
for its vaulted roof; the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
have recently granted £240 for its repair. There is a
chapel of ease at Lough-Glynn. The R. C. parish is
co-extensive with that of the Established Church, and
contains three chapels, at French-Park, Taughboyne,
and Lough-Glynn. The school-house of the parochial
free school, and 4 acres of land, were given by A. French,
Esq.; and two day schools are supported by Lord Dil-
lon; in these schools about 400 children are taught.
There are also eleven private schools, in which about 500
boys and 200 girls are educated. There are dispensa-
ries at French-Park and Longh-Glynn. Among the
woods on the southern side of Lough-Glynn are remains
of the old castle of that name, said to have been found-
ed by one of the Fitzgeralds of Mayo, once a building
of considerable extent and strength, defended at each
angle by a tower, of which, in later times, one was
used as a temporary prison. Near Lord Dillon’s deer-
park is a strong circular fortification on the summit of
a round hill.
TAUGHEEN.—See TAGHEEN.
TAUGHSRARA.—See TESSARAGH.
TAUNAGH, a parish, in the barony of TIRAGHRILL,
county of SLIGO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 9 miles
(N. N. W.) from Boyle, on the road to Sligo; containing
1568 inhabitants. This parish, situated on the river
Arrow, or Unshion, which flows from Lough Arrow,
comprises, as applotted under the tithe act, 2510 statute
acres; it has in general a good deep soil, and contains
a small quantity of bog. It is in the diocese of Elphin;
the rectory forms part of the union and corps of the
prebend of Kilmacallane; the vicarage, part of the
union of Boyle. The tithes amount to £77.10.9., equally
divided between the rector and the vicar. In the R. C.
divisions it is part of the union or district called Rivers-
town. There are remains of the old church, with a
burial-ground attached; and near the mail coach road
are the ruins of Bahy castle, surrounded with trees.
A patron is held at Patrick’s well on March 17th.
TAWNA, or TAYNA, an island, in the parish of
BALLINACOURTY, barony of DUNKELLIN, county of
GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 5 miles (S. W.)
from Galway, in the bay of Galway; containing 220
inhabitants.
TAWNEY.—See TANEY.
TAXAX.—See TEIGHSASSON.
TECOLME, a parish, in the barony of BALLYADAMS,
QUEEN’S county, and province of LEINSTER, 5 miles
(S. W.) from Athy, on. the road from Stradbally to Car-
low; containing 228 inhabitants. It is in the diocese
of Leighlin; the rectory is impropriate in the represent-
atives of Thos. Fitzgerald, Esq.; the vicarage forms the
corps of the prebend of Tecolme, in the patronage of the
Bishop. The tithes amount to £100.7.8¾., of which
£66.18.6. is payable to the impropriator, and the re-
mainder to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it is part
of the union or district of Ballyadams.
TEDONAGH.—See TYDAVNET.
TEIGHSASSON, TY-SASSION, or TAXAX, also
called TISASSON, a parish, in the barony of KINSALE,
county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 2½ miles