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fairs are held on Feb. 9th, April 16th, May 19th, July 6th,
Aug. 20th, Sept. 21st, Oct. 21st, and Dec. 17th. A con-
stabulary police force and a revenue station have been
established here; and there is a school of about 90 boys
and 40 girls.—See KILRONAN.
BALLYFEARD, a parish, in the barony of KINNA-
LEA, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 4½
miles (N. E. by E.) from Kinsale; containing 1337 in-
habitants. This parish comprises 4500 statute acres,
of which 3576 are applotted under the tithe act and
valued at £2460 per annum: about 3500 acres are
arable and pasture, and 1000 waste and bog. The land
is in general very good and principally under tillage;
but agriculture, as a system, is comparatively unknown;
the chief manure is sea-sand, which is brought from
Menane Bridge, three British miles distant. It has been
proposed to cut a canal from Belgooley to the river
Menane, and application has been made to Government
for that purpose, but nothing has been yet decided.
The village contains 24 houses indifferently built; it is a
constabulary police station, and petty sessions are held
every alternate Wednesday. The living is a vicarage,
in the diocese of Cork, and in the patronage of the
Bishop; the rectory is impropriate in the Earl of Shan-
non; the tithes amount to £260, of which one-half is
payable to the impropriator, and the other to the vicar.
There is no church, but divine service is regularly per-
formed in the parochial school-house, which is licensed
for that purpose. The glebe comprises five acres, but
there is no glebe-house. In the R. C. divisions this is
one of the three parishes that constitute the union or
district of Clontead; the chapel at Ballingarry is a plain
thatched building. The parochial school and a Sunday
school are under the superintendence of the vicar: there
are also two pay schools in the parish.
BALLYFERMOT, a parish, in the barony of NEW-
CASTLE, county of DUBLIN, and province of LEINSTER,
3 miles (W. by S.) from Dublin 5 containing 402 inha-
bitants. It is intersected on the south side by the Grand
Canal, and comprises 1178 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act, and valued at £3214 per annum.
Ballyfermot Castle, an ancient building, is now the resi-
dence of Capt, Lamplin; the other seats are Johnstown,
the residence of T, Daly, Esq., and Johnstown Lodge,
of—Place, Esq. An extensive paper-manufactory, be-
longing to Messrs M c Donnel and Sons, in which from
70 to 80 persons are generally employed, is carried
on at Killeen: the principal kinds made are bank-note
paper for the Bank of Ireland, and printing paper for
the Dublin newspapers. Within the enclosure of this
establishment, which resembles a small town, are dwell-
ing-houses for the workmen and their families; the house
of the proprietor is pleasantly situated in some taste-
fully ornamented grounds. There is also in the parish
a small manufacture of glue and parchment. It is a
rectory, in the diocese of Dublin, and is part of the
union of Chapelizod: the tithes amount to £130. The
church is in ruins. In the R. C. divisions it is included in
the union or district of Lucan, Palmerstown, and Clon-
dalkin.
BALLYFOIL, a parish, in the barony of KINNA-
LEA; county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 10
miles (B. by N.) from Kinsale; containing 1291 inhabi-
tants. This parish, which is called also Bealfoyl and
Poliplicke, was formerly part of the possessions of
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Tracton Abbey, and from time immemorial was reputed
free from tithes, till brought within the operation of the
tithe composition act. It is situated on the southern
coast, and comprises 1304 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act. The soil is fertile, and about one-
half of the land is under tillagej the remainder is in
dairy farms. The system of agriculture is improved;
the only manure is sea-sand, which is brought into
Rocky bay and Roberts’ Cove, two small coves in the
parish, in large boats, of which several are employed in
this trade. At Roberts’ Cove is a valuable slate quarry,
belonging to Sir Thomas Roberts, Bart., but it is not
worked to any considerable extent. Britfieldstown, the
seat of Sir Thomas Roberts, Bart., is pleasantly situated
in a secluded spot above Roberts’ Cove. On the same
estate is Fort Richard, the residence of J. Galwey, Esq.
The Cove affords a commodious shelter for vessels of
200 tons’ burden, which occasionally arrive laden with
coal, and return with cargoes of slate. The coast-guard
station here is the most westerly of the eight stations
that constitute the district of Cove. A little to the
west, on the summit of Roberts’ Head, is a ruined sig-
nal tower, from which is an interesting and extensive
prospect. It is an impropriate curacy, in the diocese of
Cork, and is part of the union of Tracton, where the
Protestant inhabitants attend divine worship; the rec-
tory is impropriate in the Earl of Shannon. The tithes
amount to £109. 4. 6. the whole of which is payable to
the impropriator. The church has long been a ruin.
In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or dis-
trict of Kinnalee or Tracton. The parochial male and
female schools are supported by the Cork Diocesan So-
ciety; there is also a hedge school in the parish,
BALLYGARTH, a parish, in the barony of LOWER
DULEEK, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER,
4 miles (N. W.) from Balbriggan; containing 96 inha-
bitants. This parish is situated on the Nanny water,
on the eastern coast, and is skirted on the west by
the mail coach road from Dublin, by Balbriggan, to
Drogheda. It compriscs 810 statute acres, of which
758 are applotted under the tithe act: the lands are
principally under grass, and the parish is remarkably
well planted; the hedge-rows abound with thriving
trees, and the scenery is generally pleasing. Ballygarth
Castle, the seat of Lieut.-Col. T. Pepper, is picturesquely
situated on the banks of the Nanny water 5 the demesne,
which is well wooded, comprises 486 statute acres, and
contains the ruins of the ancient parish church. Cor-
ballis House, the seat of J. Smith Taylor, Esq., is
pleasantly situated in a demesne of 372 statute acres of
fertile land. At the mouth of the Nanny water is a
coast-guard station, which is one of the nine that con-
stitute the district of Swords. The living is a rectory,
in the diocese of Meath, and in the patronage of the
Crown; the tithes amount to £62. There is neither
church nor glebe-house 5 near the ruins of the old
church are two acres of glebe, and there are other de-
tached portions, amounting in the whole to four acres.
In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union
or district of Stamullen.
BALLYGARUFF, a village, in the parish of TEMPLE-
TOGHER, barony of BALLYMOE, county of GALWAY, and
province of CONNAUGHT, 2½ miles (W. S. W.) from Bal
lymoe, on the road from Dunmore to Castlerea; con-
taining 15 dwellings and 72 inhabitants.