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a mile from Gilford, contributes to the increase of this
prosperity, by affording a vent for the manufactured
articles throughout a large extent of inland country both
to the north and south, and to the two great shipping
ports of Belfast and Newry. The parish is in the manor
of Gilford and was subject to the jurisdiction of the
court held there with the exception of two townlands
which belong to the Bishop of Dromore’s manor of
Bailonagalga; but it is now united to that of Rathfri-
land, and is within the jurisdiction of the court there.
Petty sessions are held in Gilford and two fairs an-
nually. The seats are very numerous; among them are
Gilford castle, the residence of Sir W. Johnstonc, Bart.;
Tullylish-House, of H. Hamilton, Esq.; Milltown, of
John Smyth, Esq.; Banville, of Jas. Foote, Esq.;
Hazelbank, of S. Law, Esq.; Sprigvale, of Thomas
Upritehard, Esq.; Lawrencetown, of—Bowen,Esq.;
Banford, of B. Haughton, Esq.; Mount Pleasant,
of I. Stoney, Esq.; Tullylish House, of Mrs. Hamil-
ton; the glebe, of the Rev. W. H. Wynne; Fanny-
mount, of the Rev. John Johnstone; Stramore House,
of R. J. Nicholson, Esq.; Stramore, of J. Christy, Esq.;
Moyallon, of T. C. Wakefield, Esq.; Gilford Villa, of W.
McCreight, Esq.; Mill Park, now unoccupied; Banvale,
of J. Upritchard, Esq.; and Lennaderg, of the Rev.
H. H. Madden, where also is a house built in 1645
for the accommodation of the officers of the royal army,
who were stationed on the Bann water during the war
of 1641; it is still a handsome cottage and the resi-
dence of Thos. Weir, Esq., by whose ancestor it was
erected.
The living is a rectory and vicarage, in. the diocese
of Dromore; the rectory partly forms a portion of the
union of Aghaderg and the corps of the deanery of Dro-
more, the rectorial tithes of 15 townlands being payable
to the dean; and is partly united with the vicarage, and in
the patronage of the Bishop; the incumbent receiving the
rectorial tithes of the four remaining townlands. The
tithes amount to £496. 2. 10., of which £269. 11. 8. is
payable to the dean and the remainder to the vicar. The
glebe-house is situated about a mile from the churchy on a
glebe of 40 acres, valued at £60 per ann.: it was erected
in 1789 by aid of a gift of £100 from the late Board of
First Fruits; offices were added in 1803, at an expense
of £120 British, and in I8O8 £424 was further ex-
pended in additions. The church, which is situated at
Banford, on the southern bank of the river, over which is
an excellent stone bridge, was built in 1698, upon one
of the outer defences of an ancient fort or field-work,
raised to defend the pass of the river, on the site of the
former edifice, which had been destroyed in 1641: a large
circular aisle was added to it on the north side, in 1827,
by aid of a loan of £800 from the late Board of First
Fruits, and at the same time a square pinnacled tower:
the church is now about to be again enlarged, to enable
it to afford sufficient accommodations for the still in-
creasing numbers of the congregation. In the R. C.
divisions the parish is the head of a union or district,
comprising this parish and those of Seapatrick (which
includes the town of Banbridge), Magherally, and Do-
naghcloney, in which are two chapels, both of large di-
mensions; one near the bridge at Coose was greatly
enlarged and improved in 1834; the other is on the
townland of Clare. Near the villlage of Hall’s Mills is
a place of worship for Presbyterians in connection with
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the Synod of Ulster, of the first class: in it is a hand-
some monument to the memory of the Rev. Samuel
Morell, who was buried here. At Moyallen is a meet-
ing - house of the Society of Friends: there are also
places of worship for Seceders and Methodists. A
male and female parochial school at Knocknagan is
supported by subscriptions; there are also male and
female schools at Clare and at Park, a female school
at Gilford, and schools at Bleary, Mullabrack, Moyallen,
Coose, and Gilford, all in connection with different
societies and the last three with the National Board of
Education: in all these there are about 260 boys and
130 girls. There are also 12 private schools, in which
are about 270 boys and 330 girls. The remains of
several ancient forts are still to be traced: the largest
is that at Banford, on which the church is built, of
which, though a road now passes through it, and the
ramparts are nearly levelled, the general outline can
still be distinctly traced. At Tullyhoa are extensive
ruins, supposed by some to be those of an abbey.
TULLYNAKILL, a parish, in the barony of CAS-
TLEREAGH, county of DOWN, and province of ULSTER,
3 miles (S. S. E.) from Comber, on the western shore
of Strangford Lough, and on the road from Down-
patrick to Belfast; containing, with the village of Ard-
millan, 1386 inhabitants. It comprises, according to
the Ordnance survey, 2923¼ statute acres, including
several islands in the lake. The whole of the land is
arable and of excellent quality, and it is under a highly
improved system of cultivation, producing fine crops of
grain, potatoes and turnips. Some large limestone
quarries, in which fossil remains abound, are extensively
worked: the stone, which resembles porphyry, is con-
veyed both by land and water to all parts of the sur-
rounding country. A manorial court with extensive
jurisdiction and peculiar privileges was formerly held
here, but it has fallen into disuse for many years. The
living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Down, and in the
patronage of the Bishop, to whom the rectorial tithes
of the whole of the parish, which is bishop’s land, are
payable, and have merged in the rental; the vicarial
tithes amount to £110. 10. 1. The church, erected in
1825, at an expense of £-830, a gift from the late Board
of First Fruits, is a very neat edifice in the early English
style. The ruins of the old church, built, or according
to some accounts, rebuilt in 1636, are still visible. A
private school affords instruction to 37 boys and 35
girls.
TULLYRATH.—See TALLERATH.
TULLYRUSK, a parish, in the barony of UPPER.
MASSAREENE, county of ANTRIM, and province of
ULSTER, 3 miles (E.) from Glenavy, on the road from
Lisburn to Antrim 3 containing 2360 inhabitants. It
comprises, according to the Ordnance survey,4779½
statute acres, chiefly under pasture; “the land in the
lower part is tolerably good, but in the southern part
there is much unimproved and barren mountain: there
are about 100 acres of bog at the Brown moss. The
climate, from the position of the parish between Lough
Neagh and Belfast Lough, is moist and chilly. The
rivers Cramlin and Glenavy bound it to the east and
west. The weaving of linens and cottons for the
Belfast market is carried on to some extent in the
farm-houses. Knockairn is the residence of Fortescue
Gregg, Esq. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Connor,
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