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ing. The village of Ring is remarkably well situated
for an extensive trade, but, except the export of slate,
the only business carried on is in grain, potatoes, and
flour, to facilitate which several very capacious stores
have been built, connected with which is an extensive
flour-mill; 5000 bushels of wheat and 1000 tons of
potatoes are annually shipped. Lackenduff is the resi-
dence of J. Lucas, Esq.
The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese
of Ross, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes
amount to £200.5.4. The glebe comprises 11 acres,
which has been much injured by the working of a slate
quarry for many years. Divine service is performed in
a large building at Ring, licensed by the Bishop, and
well adapted for the purpose. In the R. C. divisions
the parish forms part of the union or district, of Clona-
kilty; the chapel is a large plain edifice at Darrery.
The parochial school was established at Ring in 1835,
and is principally supported by the incumbent; a school
is aided by the parish priest; and there is a private
school. The ruins of the church form a conspicuous
and interesting object on a hill. In the lands of Lack-
enduff are the remains of an extensive heathen temple;
two large stones remain standing near each other; and
in an adjoining field is another still larger.
TEMPLEORAN, or FORAN, a parish, in the barony
of MOYGOISH, county of WESTMEATH, and province of
LEINSTER, 5 miles (N.W.) from Mullingar, on the road
to Ballinacargy, and on Lough Iron, which bounds the
parish on the north; containing 1298 inhabitants. This
parish, which is intersected by the Royal Canal, com-
prises 5498 statute acres of excellent land, principally
under grass; there is a small quantity of bog. Sonna,
for upwards of six centuries the seat of the Tuite family,
is at present the residence of H. Morgan Tuite, Esq.;
the. house is a light and elegant building, in a well-
planted demesne, situated on the bank of a picturesque
lake. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath, entirely
impropriate in Sir John B. Piers, Bart., and forming
part of the union and perpetual cure of Leney: the
tithes, amounting to £137.3., are wholly payable to the
impropriator. In the R. C. divisions it is the head of a
union or district, called Sonna, comprising this parish
and that of Kilbixy, in each of which is a chapel; that
of Templeorum is at Sonna. There is a private school, in
which are about 26 children. The ruins of the old
church are on the lands of Templeoran, and in their
vicinity are several raths.
TEMPLEOUGHTER, a parish, in the barony of
UPPER GLENARM, county of ANTRIM, and province of
ULSTER, adjoining the post-town of Glenarm, and on
the Glenarm water: the population is returned with the
parish of Ticmacrevan, by which this parish is entirely
enclosed; nearly two-thirds of it are barren mountain.
It is ecclesiastically consolidated with Ticmacrevan,
which see. A small fragment of the ancient church is
still remaining on the lawn in front of the castle of
Glenarm, near the principal entrance. The church of
the union was built about 55 years since by act of
council within the limits of this parish, and in a situa-
tion convenient for both parishes.
TEMPLEOUTRAGH, or UPPER CHURCH, a pa-
rish, in the barony of KILNEMANAGH, county of TIPPE-
RARY, and province of MUNSTER, 5 miles (S. E.) from
Burris-o’-leagh, on the road from Newport to Thurles;
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containing 2635 inhabitants, and comprising 1285 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act. It is in the
diocese of Cashel; the rectory is impropriate in the
Marquess of Ormonde, and the vicarage is appropriate
to the Archbishop’s mensal: the tithes amount to
£202.10. In the R. C. divisions it is the head of a
union or district, called Upperchurch, comprising this
parish and that of Moyaliffe, in each of which is a cha-
pel: that of Templeoutragh is a large building. There
are five private schools, in which are about 300 children.
Some remains of the old church exist.
TEMPLEPATRICK, a parish, partly in the barony
of LOWER, but chiefly in that of UPPER, BELFAST, county
of ANTRIM, and province of ULSTER, 4 miles (E. by S.)
from Antrim, on the road from Belfast to Londonderry;
containing 4217 inhabitants, of which number, 314 are
in the village. This place is said to have derived its
name from a preceptory of Knights Templars established
here at a very early period, but of its foundation or its
history nothing is recorded. The parish, in form nearly
triangular, comprising also within its limits the ancient
parishes of Cam Graney or Grame, Ballyrobert, and
Umgall, was granted, in the reign of Jas. I., to Sir Ar-
thur Chichester, and afterwards regranted to Roger
Norton. At the hamlet of Dunadry, or Dunetherg, “the
Middle Fortress,” one mile from Templepatrick, a sharp
action took place in 1648 between the English and
Scotch forces, in which the celebrated Owen O’Conolly,
who commanded the former, was mortally wounded.
The parish comprises, according to the Ordnance survey,
13,26l½ statute acres, a considerable portion of which is
mountain land, though affording good pasturage for
sheep; there is but a small tract of bog, scarcely yield-
ing sufficient fuel for the use of the inhabitants. The
system of agriculture is beginning to improve under the
auspices of Lord Templetown, the proprietor, who has
subdivided the larger townlands, increased the size
of the farms, drained and brought into cultivation
great quantities of waste land, laid out the whole valley
from the castle to the Six-mile-water as lawn and pas-
ture ground, upon which large numbers of cattle are
fed, planted a great number of trees and whitethorn
hedges, and made many other improvements. Near
the village is the venerable mansion of Castle Upton,
formerly called Norton Castle, after Sir Robert Norton,
by whom it was founded in the reign of Elizabeth, and
now the seat of Viscount Templetown: it occupies the
site of the ancient preceptory, and is in the castellated
style of architecture; it is at present, being restored
from the partial dilapidations it had suffered from time
to time. The weaving of linen and calico, and the mak-
ing of hosiery are carried on in several of the farm-
houses; and in and near the village are extensive lime-
works, supplied with limestone raised on the spot;
there are also numerous quarries of basaltic stone, which
is obtained in abundance. Though there are no fairs in
the parish, two of the largest in the county are held on
its borders, one at Park Gate, a mile to the north, and
the other at Oldstone, two miles to the west. This parish
appears to have been one of the earliest Presbyterian
settlements in Ireland; on the introduction of a Scottish,
colony into Ulster, Josias Welsh, grandson of the Scottish
reformer, John Knox, is said to have obtained possession
of the church, from which he was ejected in 1631 by
the bishop of Down and Connor, for nonconformity; he