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also built the school-house, about 80 children are edu-
cated. John, second Earl of Donoughmore, is interred
in the family vault at Tulloghmeelan; he succeeded
Sir Ralph Abercromby in the command of the army in
Egypt, where he much distinguished himself, and was
raised to the peerage in 1801 as Baron Hutchinson of
Alexandria and Knocklofty: his lordship died in 1832.
There are some ancient Danish forts within the limits
of the parish.
TULLOHANBROGE, or GROVE, a parish, in the
barony of SHILLELOGHER, county of KILKENNY, and
province of LEINSTER, 3½ miles (W. S. W.) from Kil-
kenny, on the road to Callan containing 620 inhabit-
ants, and comprising 3616 statute acres. Within its
limits is Ballykeefe Hill, the property of the Earl of
Desart, which has been lately planted to the extent of
90 acres, and forms a conspicuous and interestmg fea-
ture. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Ossory, forming part of the union of Inchiolaghan and
of the corps of the chancellorship: the tithes amount
to £232. 10. In the R. C. divisions it is in the union or
district of St. Patrick’s. Some remains of the old
church of Kyleballykeefe still exist; and at Ballykeefe
are the ruins of the castle of that name.
TULLOW, or TULLOWPHELIM, a market and
post-town, and a parish, in the barony of RATHYILLY,
county of CARLOW, and province of LEINSTER, 7¼ miles
(E. S. E.) from Carlow, and 46½ (S. S. W.) from Dublin,
on the road from Carlow to Newtownbarry; containing
2587 inhabitants, of which number, 1929 are in the
town. This place, which is situated on the river Slaney,
over which is a bridge of five arches, built, according to
an inscription on it, in the year 1767, is supposed to
have been originally an appendage to a castle erected
here by some of the first English settlers under the
directions of Hugh de Lacy, and to a monastery founded
here in 1315 for Augustinian friars by Simon Lumbard
and Hugh Tallon, whose grant was confirmed, in 1331,
byEdw. III. At the dissolution its temporalities were
granted to the Earl of Ormonde. The castle was de-
fended by Col. Butler in 1650 against the parliament-
arian army, but after a stubborn resistance it was taken
by Cols. Hewson and Reynolds. There are no vestiges
of it now in existence, and the only relic of the abbey
is a mutilated stone cross in a burial-ground on the
south side of the river. It is said that the building
was taken down in the reign of Queen Anne, to supply
materials for the erection of a barrack on a site now
occupied by the court-house. The town comprises
two main streets and a few lanes, in which are 305
houses, mostly of inferior description: its outlets ex-
tend into the two adjoining parishes of Ardristan and
Killerig. It obtained a patent for holding a market
on Saturday and again for another on Tuesday: the
market is now held on Saturday, and is the best corn
market in the county. Fairs are held on April 21st,
July 10th, Oct. 29th, and Nov. 21st. The extensive
flour-mill of Messrs. Doyle and Pirn grinds about 10,000
barrels of wheat annually: there are also in the town
two breweries belonging to Mr. Carter and Mr. Roche.
General sessions of the peace are held in the town in
January, April, June, and October; petty sessions are
also held here: the business of both is transacted in a
small court-house. The town is a chief constabtilary
police station.
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The parish contains 5837 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act: about one-half of it is meadow and
pasture, and the remainder under tillage, with the excep-
tion of a small portion of wood. Two of its townlands
are locally situated in the adjoining county of Wicklow.
The Derreen river flows along its south-eastern and
southern boundaries, and at its southern extremity joins
the Slaney near the church of Aghade. The principal
seats are Newstown, the residence of R. Eustace, Esq.;
Rathglass, of Pilsworth Whelan, Esq.; ——of R.
Doyne, Esq.; Castlemore, the seat of the Eustace fa-
mily; Rathrush, a seat of Viscount Frankfort de Mont-
morency: and Ballynunnery, of — Swift, Esq.; the
residence of W. Carter, Esq., is in the town. The living
is a rectory, in the diocese of Leighlin, and in the pa-
tronage of the Marquess of Ormonde: the tithes amount
to £600. There is a glebe-house, with a glebe near the
church; the latter is a new building, erected in 1831 in
the Gothic style. In the R. C. divisions the parish is
the head of a union or district, comprising the parishes
of Tullow and Tankardstown, and part of those of Ard-
ristan, Pubbledrum, and Urglin. In the union there are
three chapels; that of Tullow is a spacious building
with three galleries, to which has been lately added a
very fine tower and spire. There is a monastery in the
town, the friars of which, ten in number, superintend a
classical school, and also a national school, to which the
Board of National Education allows £20 per annum for
an additional master. The ladies of a convent super-
intend two schools, one for the daughters of the gentry,
the other a free school for the education of the poorer
classes; the latter of these also receives aid from the
National Board. A number of orphan children are sent
from Dublin,to the monastery and convent schools for
instruction. There is in the town a school for boys and
girls, supported by subscriptions, and an infants’ school,
maintained by Chas. Doyne, Esq. There are also two
private schools, in which are about 60 boys and 20 girls.
Some distance south of the town are the ruins of Castle
Grace, erected by one of the ancient family of Grace,
descended from Raymond le Gros. The title of Viscount
Tullowphelim was enjoyed successively by two branches
of the Butler family, both of which have been many
years extinct.
TULLOW, county of DUBLIN.—See TULLY.
TULLOWCRINE, a parish, in the barony of ID RONE
WEST, county of CARLOW, and province of LEINSTER,
5¼ miles (S. W.) from Carlow, on the road from Leigh-
lin-bridge to Castlecomer, and on the river Barrow;
containing 1348 inhabitants. It is an impropriate cure,
in the diocese of Leighlin, forming part of the union of
Old Leighlin: the rectory is appropriate to the Dean
and Chapter. The tithes amount to £300 In the R.
C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of
Leighlin-bridge.
TULLOWHERIN, a parish, in the barony of Gow-
RAN, county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER,
3¼ miles (S. S. W.) from Gowran, on the road to Tho-
mastown; containing 895 inhabitants, and comprising
5122 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. It
is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, the
rectory being the corps of the precentorship, and the
vicarage forming part of the “union of Kilfane and corps
of the archdeaconry, both in the patronage of the Bishop.
The tithes amount to £460, of which £210 is payable to