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52 feet high, partly square and partly octagonal: on
the west side are the fragments of a building of two
stories; the tipper one, which is unroofed, was lighted by
two large semicircular windows on each side: this part
of the building, formerly much more extensive, was
taken down by a late tenant, and the materials used in
the erection of a house and cottages on the estate. On
the eastern point of land, close to the inner harbour,
was a nearly perfect tumulus, which has been almost
obliterated by the excavations for Camden Fort.
TEMPLEBREDIN, a parish, partly in the. barony
of CLANWILLIAM, county of TIPPERARY, and partly in
that of COONAGH, county of LIMERICK, and province
of MUNSTER, 6 miles (N.W.by W.) from Tipperary;
containing 1353 inhabitants, of which number, 683 are
in that part of the parish which is in the county of
Limerick. The land is equally divided between tillage
and pasture, with the exception of a small portion of
bog, which supplies the tenantry with fuel. The living
is a vicarage, in the diocese of Emly, and in the pa-
tronage of the Crown, during the legal incapacity of the
Earl of Kenmare; the rectory is impropriate in the
Marquess of Ormonde. The tithes amount to £142.10.,
of which £18 is payable to the impropriator, and the
remainder to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions the parish
forms part of the union or district of Pallasgreine.
There are three private schools, in which are about 180
children.
TEMPLEBRYAN, a parish, in the Eastern Divi-
sion of the barony of EAST CARBERY, county of CORK,
and province of MUNSTER, 2¼ miles (N. N. W.) from
Clonakilty, on the old road to Bandon; containing
496 inhabitants. It comprises 957 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act, the gross annual value
being £800: the soil is generally light, and that
portion of it which is well cultivated is very pro-
ductive; on the waste land is some excellent turbary.
It is in the diocese of Ross; the rectory is ap-
propriate to the see, and the vicarage forms the corps
of the prebend thereof in the cathedral of Ross,
and in the patronage of the Bishop. The tithes
amount to £134.13.11., of which £60 is payable to
the prebendary, and the remainder to the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners. The Protestant inhabitants attend
divine worship at the church of Clonakilty. In the
R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union or
district of Clonakilty. On the summit of a gentle
eminence are the ruins of the ancient parochial church,
of which the foundations and part of the walls only
remain: in the burial-ground is the shaft of a cross,
11 feet high, set up by the Knights Templars in 1303,
who at the period had possession of the whole parish,
and from whom it received its present name. Nearly
adjoining the ruins of the church is a small circular
building, resembling a round tower, but it is not more
than six feet in diameter: and in an adjacent field are
the remains of a very extensive heathen temple; six of
the stones still exist, the centre one being of white
quartz and much larger than the rest. This monument
of antiquity, near which is a spacious cave, is described
in the Philosophical Transactions, No. 471, A. D. 1742,
by the then Bishop of Clogher.
TEMPLECARNE, or TEMPLECOIN, a parish,
partly in the barony of LURG, county of FERMANAGH,
but chiefly in the barony of TYRHUGH, county of
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DONEGAL, and province of ULSTER, 4 miles (W.) from
Kesh; containing 5461 inhabitants. The parish,
which is also called Termoncerin-Magrath, from its
having been the residence of Magrath, the first Protes-
tant bishop of Clogher, is bounded on the south by
Lough Erne, and comprises, according to the Ordnance
survey, 45,868 statute acres, of which 7719 are in the
county of Fermanagh. Of these, 2140½ are in Lough
Derg, which is wholly within the parish; 4400 are in
Lower Lough Erne, and 1085½ are in small loughs.
About three-fourths of the land consist of heathy moun-
tain, affording during the summer only a scanty pasturage
to a few black cattle; the remainder, with the exception
of a moderate portion of meadow, is principally under
tillage. The soil is but indifferent, and the system of
agriculture backward; though some improvement has
taken place in the low lands, its general progress has
been greatly retarded by the want of convenient roads
through the mountainous district. Limestone abounds,
and is quarried for agricultural uses; there are also
large quarries of excellent freestone, of mill-stones of
peculiar hardness, and of a coarse kind of dark marble;
iron ore is found here, and mines were formerly worked
to advantage. The rivers Pettigoe, Omna, Letter, and
Rossharbor, all of which abound with trout, pike, and
eels, intersect the parish in various directions and fall
into Lough Erne. The principal mountains, among
which are some small lakes well stored with fish, are
Crocknacunny, Minchifin, Rushen, and Rossharbor.
Lough Derg, a noble expanse of water, bordering on the
eastern confines of the county of Donegal, is thickly
studded with picturesque islands, of which the chief
are Saints’ Island, called also St. Dabeoc’s, or St. Fin-
tan’s island, from the supposed founder of a monastery
upon it, of which there are some remains; Turres or
Station island, so called from its being the resort of
pilgrims on penance; Innishtoesk, and Goat, Eagle,
Ash, Kelly’s, Grouse, Lodge, and the Prior’s islands.
The shores of the lake are precipitously steep, except in
that part where the ferry-boat plies to convey visiters
to the several islands; and the scenery of the parish is
strikingly diversified. Waterfoot, the residence of
Lieut.-Col. Barton, is pleasantly situated. Fairs are
held on the 25th of every month except December, in
which month the fair is held on the Wednesday next
before Christmas-day, for cattle, sheep, pigs, and linen
yarn. A manorial court and petty sessions are held
every other week.
The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese
of Clogher, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the
tithes amount to £300. The glebe-house was built
in 1813, at an expense of £978.9.2¾., of which
£623.1.6½. was a loan from the late Board of First
Fruits, and the remainder was defrayed by the then
incumbent: the glebe comprises 141 acres of good
land, valued at £176.16.8. per annum. The church,
situated at Pettigoe, is a small, old, and dilapidated
structure, towards the rebuilding of which Mrs. Leslie
(the proprietor of the estate), the rector, and the Protes-
tant parishioners have contributed a large sura; and a
subscription has been raised to build a chapel of ease
about four miles from the town. In the R. C. divisions
the parish, called also Pettigoe, is the head of a union
or district, comprising also the parish of Belleek. There
are two chapels in this parish; one at Pettigoe, a large