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many parts of the parish, but the attempts to explore the
veins have not been undertaken in that spirit of scien-
tific perseverance that would enable the speculators to
form a well-grounded estimate of the probable results
of an outlay of capital. As far as the superficial work-
ings have afforded means of determining the quality
of the veins, these appear to enlarge as they descend,
dipping into the mountain at an angle of about 23 de-
grees; and therefore incapable of being worked with
a prospect of success without a large expenditure for
machinery and skilful workmanship. The crops mostly
cultivated are oats and potatoes, the soil not being
found to be well adapted for wheat; but most of the
land is under meadow or pasture, chiefly for dairy
farms, there being very few landholder’s who do not
send considerable quantities of butter to market. The
village is a constabulary police station, and has a fair
on the 28th of August. The roads in some parts are
formed of a kind of black slate, which in wet weather
is very soft: this defect could easily be remedied, as
abundance of good gravel is to be had from the beds of
the streams.
It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory,
forming part of the union of Callan: the tithes amount
to £513. 4. 4. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the
union or district of Freshford: the chapel is on the
townland of Brith. There are six private schools, in
which about 280 children receive instruction. There is
scarcely a townland in which some vestige of remote
antiquity cannot be traced. One of the most perfect
raths is at Courtstown: it is composed of a large moated
enclosure encompassing a smaller: on the same town-
land are two others of inferior dimensions: others of
very large size are on the lands of Rathely-Grace, and
near the site of the old parish church. The ruins of
Courtstown castle, which for many years presented
striking remains indicative of its former extent and
importance, are now reduced to little more than an
outline of the foundations: in digging among these
many curious relics of former ages have been discovered.
About half a mile eastward of the castle are the ruins
of Tullaroan church and Grace’s chapel, both founded
by members of the Grace family; the former are of
small extent and present little to attract attention; the
latter, which is an offset from the church, is entered by
a curiously decorated ogee gateway. The remains of a
small structure, supposed to be a friary, are near the
church; and at the rath of Rathely-Grace are some
remains of the eastern window of an old church and of
its side walls, which are pierced with loopholes instead
of windows. In the village are two ornamented stone
crosses in a perfect state; a third, now mutilated, is
on the roadside near Bonnetstown. The water in
some of the land drains is deeply coloured with an
ochreous matter, affording strong indications of the
existence of iron.
TULLILEASE, a parish, partly in the barony of
ORRERY and KILMORE, but chiefly in that of DUHAL-
LOW, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 7
miles (W. S. W.) from Charleville, on the new road from
Newcastle to Kanturk; containing 2155 inhabitants.
It is situated on the river Allua, which flows into the
Blackwater below Kanturk, and it comprises 8241
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and
valued at £4670 per annum. The state of agriculture
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is rapidly improving, in consequence of the construction
of new roads in this district, of which that between
Newcastle and Kanturk intersects the parish from the
borders of the county of Limerick to John’s Bridge.
Some veins of culm have been discovered, but not yet
worked; at Ballinaguila is a quarry of fine flagstones;
and there are some quarries of good brownstone within
the limits of the parish. On the river Allua is a small
oatmeal mill. Fairs are held at Tullilease on March
1st, April 29th, June 29th, and Oct. 24th, for cattle,
and pigs. The seats are Tullilease House, the residence
of J. J. Sullivan, Esq.; and Bellagh, of Edw. Allen, Esq.
The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Cloyne, and in
the patronage of the Bishop: the rectory is impropriate
in the’representatives of A. Ankittle, Esq. The tithes,
amounting to £340, are payable in equal portions to the
impropriators and the vicar. There is no church, but
divine service is regularly performed on Sundays at
Tullilease House. In the R. C. divisions the parish
forms part of the union or district of Freemount; divine
service is performed in a private house until a chapel
can be built. About 50 children are educated in a pri-
vate school. Of the ancient priory, which, according
to Ware, was founded here by Matthew Mac Griffin for
Canons Regular of the rule of St. Augustine, and which
was afterwards united to Kells in Ossory, the ruins of
the church still exist, and contain a stone effigy, sup-
posed to be that of St. Barnabas, the patron saint: the
burial-ground is still used.
TULLOGHALLEN.—See TULLYALLEN.
TULLOGHER, a village, in the parish of DYSERT-
MORE, barony of IDA, county of KILKENNY, and pro-
vince of LEINSTER, 4 miles (S.) from Inistioge; con-
taining 34 houses and 170 inhabitants.
TULLOGHMEELAN, or TULLAMELLON, a pa-
rish, in the barony of IFFA and OFFA WEST, county of
TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER, 5 miles (S. W.
by W.) from Clonmel, on the mail road to Cork; con-
taining 1100 inhabitants. It is situated on the river
Suir, and comprises 1660 acres, as applotted under the
tithe act, chiefly under an improved system of tillage.
Knocklofty, the seat of the Earl of Donoughmore, is
situated in a finely wooded and extensive demesne,
which, with the deer-park, comprises about 320 acres;
the demesne, which is bounded on the south by the
river, exhibits some delightful scenery, and commands
extensive and interesting views. The living is a rectory,
in the diocese of Lismore, united to that of Newcastle,
and together constituting the corps of the treasurership,
in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to
£207. 2. 3. The lands belonging to the treasurership
comprise 96¼ statute acres, of which 72, called Ballyna-
legan, adjoin the town of Lismore, on the river Black-
water; the remaining 24¼ acres constitute the glebe of
Newcastle, and the whole is let on lease at £47.10.
per annum, and an annual renewal fine of £27: the
gross value of the dignity, tithe and land inclusive,
amounts to £436, 0. 9. per annum. The glebe-house
was built in 1817, when the late Board of First Fruits
gave £100 and lent £750 towards its erection. The
church, a neat and commodious edifice with a tower, was
erected about 46 years since. In the R. C. divisions the
parish forms part of the union or district of Ardfinnan,
and contains a chapel. In the parochial school, which
is chiefly supported by the Earl of Donoughmore, who
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