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lian debenturer, comprises 187 acres, valued at £300
per annum, and the gross value of the benefice is
£647. 19. 2. The church, with the exception of
the tower, which is of great antiquity and partly
covered with ivy, was rebuilt in 1803, at an expense
of £738, raised by assessment and a gift from the
bishop; in 1827 a gallery was added, at an expense
of £350, a loan from the late Board of First Fruits,
and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have recently
granted £100 for its repair. In the R. C. divisions
the parish is the head of a union or district, comprising
also the parishes of Trimlestown and Newtown-Clon-
bun or Trim; there are two chapels, one of which is
at Bordsmill, a neat modern edifice. About 300 chil-
dren are taught in two public schools, of which the
parochial school is partly supported by the vicar: the
school-house was built by Lord Mornington, at an ex-
pense of £1100. There are also seven private schools,
in which are about 230 children; and a dispensary.
The remains of the castle are extensive and form a
conspicuous and highly interesting object: the keep is
a massive pile strengthened by four lofty square towers,
which rise to a considerable height above the other
parts of the building; and there are several round
towers and other outworks extending to the river Boyne,
which flows along their base, the whole occupying an
area of about four acres. The remains of the ancient
abbey, in which was preserved an image of the Virgin,
that was burnt at the Reformation, consist principally
of part of the tower called the Yellow Steeple, one-
half of which was destroyed by Cromwell, against whom
it was garrisoned and defended for a considerable time.
Here were formerly a convent of grey friars, dedicated
to St. Bonaventure; a Dominican friary, founded in
honour of the Blessed Virgin, in 1263, by Geoffrey de
Geneville, Lord of Meath, in which general chapters of
the order were frequently held; and a chantry in the
parish church. At Newtown-Clonbun or Trim, about
half a mile from the town, on the banks of the Boyne,
are extensive remains of other religious foundations,
the principal of which are those of a priory of Canons
Regular of the order of St. Victor, founded by Simon
de Rochfort, Bishop of Meath, about the year 1206;
the prior was a lord of parliament, and there are still
some remains of the fine old church. Adjoining the
bridge are the remains of a square tower, from which
a regular range of building extends along the water’s
edge to another tower, near which is the eastern gable
of a small chapel with a fine window; and at a short
distance is a neat circular turret: these are the remains
of a house of Crouched friars, founded in the 13th cen-
tury, to which the bishops of Meath were great bene-
factors. In the parish church of Newtown-Clonbun
is the tomb of Sir Lucas Dillon, ancestor of the Earls of
Roscommon, and an able jurist in the reign of Elizabeth.
TRIMLESTOWN, an ancient chapelry, in the parish
of TRIM, in the barony of UPPER NAVAN, county of
MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 2 miles (W. N. W.)
from Trim, on the road to Mullingar: the population
is returned with the parish. Within the limits of this
chapelry stands an imposing pile, in the style of archi-
tecture prevalent in the 16th century, with square
windows, embattled parapets, and ornamented towers,
formerly the seat of Lord Trimlestown, contiguous to
which is a small chapel, the burial-place of the Barne-
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wall family. It gives the title of Baron Trimlestown
to that family.
TRISTELKERIN. -See LOGHAN.
TRISTLEDERMOT.—See CASTLEDERMOT.
TROREY, or ST. MICHAEL’S, TRORY, a parish,
partly in the barony of LURG, but chiefly in that of
MA GH ERA BOY, county of FERMANAGH, and province of
ULSTER, 4 miles (N.) from Enniskillen, on Lough Erne;
containing 2012 inhabitants. It comprises, according
to the Ordnance survey, 6068¾ statute acres, of which
1564½ are in Lurg and the remainder in Magheraboy;
1832 acres are in Lower Lough Erne, 135¾ in the river
Erne and small loughs, upwards of 100 are woodland,
and 100 bog; the remainder is arable, and one-third of
it was abbey land and is tithe-free. A bridge with
an arch of 30 feet span crosses the river here; it was
erected in 1817, at an. expense of £1100. Adjoining
it, on the river Ballycassidy, and on the banks of the
lough, are the extensive flour-mills of John Halliday,
Esq., employing 25 persons, and worked by water
equal to a 35-horse power: small boats, of about 10
tons’ burden each, ply up the lake to these mills. The
parish was constituted, in 1778, by disuniting some
townlands from the parish of Devenish: the living is a
perpetual cure, in the diocese of Clogher, and in the
patronage of the Prebendary of Devenish. The tithes
amount to £116. 10. 3½., payable to the perpetual
curate. The glebe comprises 60 acres, valued at £90
per ann.: the glebe-house was built in 1820, at an
expense of £461, being a gift of £415 and a loan of
£46 from the late Board of First Fruits. The church
is a plain building, erected in 1778, at the cost of £300,
defrayed by assessment on the parish. There is a
place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists; also five
schools, in which, about 240 children are taught; and
a Sunday school.
TRUBLY, or TUBBERVILLE, a parish, in the
barony of LOWER DEECE, county of MEATH, and pro-
vince of LEINSTER, 3 miles (E. by N.) from Trim, on
the river Boyne; containing 92 inhabitants. This
parish comprises 95O¾ statute acres of land mostly
under tillage, with some good pasture. It is a
rectory, in the diocese of Meath, forming part of the
union of Trim; the tithes amount to £46. 3. 1. In the
R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of
Dunsany. Here are remains of an old castle, formerly
belonging to the Cusacks, in which Oliver Cromwell is
said to have slept after the taking of Drogheda; it is
now the property of the Hon. Gen. Taylor.
TRYVETT, or TREVET, a parish, partly in the
barony of RATOATH, but chiefly in that of SKREEN,
county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 2 miles
(N.N.E.) from Dunshauglin, on the road from Navan
to Ratoath; containing 418 inhabitants. This place
was distinguished in the earliest ages of Christianity in
Ireland by the foundation of a considerable monastery,
the founder of which is unknown; though pillaged by
the Danes in 917, destroyed by fire in 1145, and plun-
dered by the men of Hy Briuin in 1152, it appears to
have existed till the settlement of the English in Meath.
The ancient town was rebuilt soon afterwards by Hugh
de Lacy, who placed here a colony of his English fol-
lowers, and upon this occasion the monastery appears
to have been superseded by the erection of a large
church in honour of St. Patrick. The town continued