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TUL
Esq.; Kilgoray, of D. O’Connell, Esq.; Stone Hall, of
T. McMahon, Esq.; Knockane, of J. McMahon, Esq.;
Newgrove, of T. Browne, Esq.; Tyredagh, of Mrs.
Browne; and Deremore, of F. Gore, Esq.
The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese
of Killaloe; one moiety of the rectory forms part of the
union of Ogashin, and the other, with the vicarage, con-
stitutes the corps of the prebend of Tulloh in the cathe-
dral of Killaloe. The tithes amount to £380. 15. 5¼.,
of which £284. 9. 11. is payable to the prebendary of
Tulloh, £92. 6. 1¾ to the incumbent of Ogashin, and
£3. 19. 4½|. to the prebendary of Tomgraney. The
glebe-house is a good residence near the church, and
the glebe comprises 2¾ acres; the church, towards
the erection of which the late Board of First Fruits
granted a loan of £500, in 1812, is a neat edifice with a
spire. The R. C. parish is co-extensive with that of the
Established Church; it contains two chapels, one in
the town and one at Drimcharley. There are five private
schools, in which are about 340 children; and a dis-
pensary. At Kiltanon is a succession of limestone
caverns, through which a rivulet takes its course; these
are much visited in summer: many petrified shells are
found in the limestone, some of which are nearly
perfect and very curious. On the hill of Tulla are the
remains of an ancient abbey, and of a druidical altar.
TULLAFERNE, county of DONEGAL.—See TULLY.
TULLAGH, county of CARLOW.—See TULLOW.
TULLAGH, a parish, in the Eastern Division of the
barony of WEST CARBERY, county of CORK, and pro-
vince of MUNSTER, 6¼ miles (S. by W.) from Skibbereen,
on the southern coast; containing 3422 inhabitants.
This parish, which includes the island of Sherkin or
Innisherkin, and the village and sea-port of Baltimore
(both of which are separately described), is situated on
the harbour of Baltimore, and comprises 5796 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at
£3174 per annum. The surface is hilly and in some
places rises to a considerable elevation 5 the principal
eminence is Ballylinch, 649 feet above the level of the
sea. The greater portion of the parish is rocky, in
some places quite bare, but in others affording good
pasture: about one-half of the land is under cultiva-
tion, and as it consists chiefly of small patches among
the rocks, spade husbandry is necessarily adopted,
and the manure is conveyed on horseback. Good free-
stone is found near the shores of the inner bay, and
slate exists in several places. The principal seats are
Baltimore Castle, the residence of Mrs. Freake; Lougli-
Hyne, of Jas. O’Brien, Esq.; Baltimore House, of Jno.
Collins, Esq.; the Cottage, of Thos. Baldwin, Esq.; and
the glebe-house, of the Rev. J. R. Smyth. The living
is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ross, and in
the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to
£300. The glebe-house was built about 1818, when
£100 was given and £825 lent by the late Board of
First Fruits; the glebe comprises 10a. 1r. 3p. The
church, towards the erection of which the late Board
also granted a loan of £600 in 1818, is in the village of
Baltimore. In the R. C. divisions the island of Innis-
herkin forms part of the union or district of Cape
Clear, and the remainder of the parish, part of that of
Skibbereen: there are two chapels, one in the island,
the other at Rathmore; the latter, on the new road
from Baltimore to Skibbereen, is a large plain building.
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TUL
The parochial school at Baltimore, built in 1832 at the
expense of Lord Carbery, is a large and handsome
structure, comprising a centre and two wings, the
former containing the master’s apartments and the
latter the male and female schools; in this, and in
another school to which a sum of £4 per arm. is con-
tributed by the Catholic inhabitants, for the education
of the poor children, about 200 children are instructed.
The extensive and picturesque ruins of Baltimore castle
still remain, but of Ardagh castle, which stood on an
eminence nearly in the centre of the parish, a small
fragment only exists. The remains of the church are
picturesquely situated on the shore of a small bay
opposite the island of Ringa-Roga.
TULLAGHAN.—See ROSSINVER.
TULLAGHOBIGLEY, a parish, in the barony of
KILMACREKLAN, county of DONEGAL, and province of
ULSTER, 7 miles (S. W.) from Dunfanagby, on the
north-west coast, and on the rivers Gwidore and Clady;
containing 8464 inhabitants. For civil purposes it
is divided into east and west; the former contains
5202, and the latter 3262, inhabitants. It is said to
derive its name from Tully O’Bigiey, who founded a
monastery here, of which the remains exist. Accord-
ing to the Ordnance survey it comprises 68,608 statute
acres, of which 785 are in Tory Island, 92½ in the
tideway of the Gwidore, and 1720 in small loughs;
19,811 are applotted under the tithe act. About one-
fourth of the entire superficies is arable, and the re-
mainder mountain and bog; agriculture is but little
improved. Within the limits of the parish are the dis-
trict of Cloghanheely and part of that of the Rosses;
and the islands of Tory, (about two leagues to the
north-east), Innisboffin, Island Dowey, or Innisduck,
(comprising about 20 acres of arable and pasture and a
quantity of mountain land), Innisbeg, Inisinney, and
Innismanan, of which the two first are inhabited, and
the rest only during the summer; also Bloody-Fore-
land-Point, in lat. 55°. 8’., and Ion. 8°. 17’.; and the
mountains of Errigal, 2462 feet, Carntreena 1396 feet,
and Bloody-Foreland 1035 feet, above the level of the
sea. In the Rosses, at a place called Rosapenna, so
lately as 1784, the district was well cultivated, planted
and improved, particularly around the mansion of Lord
Boyne, whose demesne excited general admiration;. but
now the house, park, garden and even the tallest trees
are covered with sand blown in from the Atlantic; even
the chimneys are only visible at times, and, added to
this, 1400 acres of land lie buried beneath the sand,
which is every year increasing. On the townland of
Tullaghobigley iron ore has been found in large lumps;
and in the Errigal mountain, extensive lead mines,
belonging to the Earl of Leitrim, have been successfully
worked, but are at present abandoned. Fairs are held
at Gortahock on the first Tuesday, at the Cross Roads
the last Thursday, and at Derrybeg on the last Monday
in every month, but they are only indifferently attended.
The gentlemen’s seats are Cashel, the residence of R.
Johnston, Esq.; and Dunloey, of Capt. Dambrene,
where is a fine marble quarry. The living is a rectory
and vicarage, in the diocese of Raphoe, and in the
patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to £220,
and the glebe comprises 40 acres, valued at £30 per
annum. The roof of the church fell in in 1834, which
having left it a ruin, divine service is now performed in