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forming part of the union of Glenavy; the rectory is
impropriate in the Marquess of Hertford. The tithes
amount to £71. 1. 11., of which £15. 15. is payable to
the impropriator, and £55. 6. 11. to the vicar. In the
registry of Connor this parish is called a grange, and
in the terrier and regal visitation book a chapelry;
having been, probably, either a Bishop’s mensal or a
dependency on one of the great monasteries. The
church of Tullyrusk stood in the townland of that
name, near the verge of the parish; from the portions
of its foundations still remaining, its dimensions appear
to have been 62 feet by 17. Adjoining it is a large
and well-enclosed cemetery, in which the Protestant
dissenters and Roman Catholics chiefly bury. There
are four private schools, in which about 140 children
are educated; and two Sunday schools. Several raths
and tumuli occur in various parts. The crystals com-
monly called Lough Neagh pebbles are found in great
quantities on turning up the land by the plough,
although the lake whence they take their name is three
miles distant, and the elevation of the land where they
are found is many hundred feet above the level of its
surface.
TULSK, a post-town (formerly an incorporated
market-town and parliamentary borough), in the parish
of OGULLA, barony and county of ROSCOMMON, pro-
vince of CONNAUGHT, 8 miles (N.) from Roscommon,
and 79¾ (W. N. W.) from Dublin: the population is re-
turned with the parish. O’Conor Roe erected a castle
here in 1406, and during the same century a Dominican
monastery was founded either by Mac Duil or O’Dowell,
or by Phelim, son of Phelim Cleary O’Conor, who was
interred here in 1448. The castle was for a long time
one of the strongest in the province, and was garrisoned
by the Earl of Kildare when he led his forces into this
province in 1499. The monastery continued to flourish
till the reign of Elizabeth, but for some time prior to
the dissolution its possessions were usurped by the
Corporation of Galway. A Dominican abbey was also
founded at Toemonia, near the town, by O’Conor Roe
which in the reign of Elizabeth was found to be in the
occupation of Franciscans of the third order, on whose
suppression it was granted by the Queen to Richard
Kyndelinshe. The inhabitants were incorporated by
Chas. II., in the fourteenth year of his reign, by the de-
signation of the “Portreeve, Free Burgesses, and Com-
monalty of the Borough of Tulsk:” the charter also
conferred the elective franchise, with power to hold a
court of record and a weekly market. Under this
charter the corporation consisted of a portreeve, 15
free burgesses, and an indefinite number of freemen,
assisted by two serjeants-at-mace and other officers
appointed in the usual manner. The portreeve and free
burgesses continued to return two members to the
Irish parliament till the Union, when the borough was
disfranchised. The court of record, which had juris-
diction to the amount of £5, has been long discon-
tinued, and the corporation has become extinct. The
town has dwindled into an insignificant village, consist-
ing only of a few straggling cottages and one shop.
Fairs are held on Easter-Monday and the first Monday
in November (O. S.); a constabulary police force is
stationed in the village, and petty sessions are held
weekly. There are some remains of the ancient abbey,
situated in a large cemetery which is still used as a
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burial-place; and also of the conventual buildings; but
the chief feature is a double-arched doorway, divided
in the centre by a round pillar, which is of elegant de-
sign and in good preservation. The surrounding district
is extremely rich and affords luxuriant pasturage.
TUMNA, or TOEMONIA, a parish, in the barony
of BOYLE, county of ROSCOMMON, and province of
CONNAUGHT, 1½ mile (W.) from Carrick-on-Shannon,
on the road to Boyle and on the river Shannon; con-
taining 4453 inhabitants. This parish comprises 4473¾
statute acres, mostly good land, though there is much
bog: agriculture is in a backward state: limestone and
freestone abound. There is a canal from Lough Allen
to Carrick, to avoid the shoals. A large portion of the
parish is occupied by the Coote Hall estate, the im-
proved property of Hugh Barton, Esq., presenting a
great contrast to the surrounding lands. Some of the
tenantry are engaged in the woollen and cotton manu-
factures, such as coarse flannels, and striped woollen
and cotton stuffs used for under garments. The Shan-
non bounds the parish on the east, on the shore of
which is the small rising village of Battlebridge, at the
end of a bridge on the road from the village and county
of Leitrim: this bridge is of 6 arches, 150 feet in length
and 13 in width. On the south side of the parish are
the upper and lower Oakford loughs, through which the
Boyle water descends into the Shannon. Near the
banks of the Boyle water stands Old Coote Hall (with
a wretched dependent village), formerly a place of
strength, of which a northern round tower with a coni-
cal roof forms an appendage to the farm-house into
which the buildings have been converted: the sur-
rounding curtain walls include ruins of various other
old buildings. The gentlemen’s seats are Hughestown,
the residence of C. Molloy, Esq., standing immediately
on a large lake formed by the Boyle water; Wood-
brook, of J. Kirkwood, Esq.; Lakeview, of T. Kirkwood,
Esq.; and Springfield, of C. W. Peyton, Esq. It is a
vicarage, in the diocese of Elphin, forming part of the
union of Ardclare; the rectory is impropriate in Vis-
count Lorton. The tithes amount to £140, half of
which is payable to the impropriator, and half to the
vicar. In the R. C. divisions the parish is partly in the
union or district of Killuken, also called Croghan and
Ballinameen, and partly in that of Ardcarne or Crossna,
and contains a chapel: a school is maintained by the
parish priest. Remains of an ancient church exist,
with a cemetery attached. Seven golden balls were
dug up near the old church of the size of an egg, sup-
posed to have belonged to the church.
TUMORE, a parish, in the barony of CORRAN,
county of SLIGO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 5 miles
(N. W.) from Boyle, on the road to Ballymote; con-
taining 3395 inhabitants. It comprises 8496 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act. The portion of
the land which is under cultivation, both in tillage and
pasture, is of superior quality and makes a good return,
but there is a good deal of mountain and bog: lime-
stone is abundant for all purposes. Battlefield is the
residence of James Knott, Esq.; and Mount Dodwell,
of C. Thompson, Esq. It is a vicarage, in the diocese
of Achonry, forming part of the union of Emlyfadd;
the rectory is impropriate in Sir H. C. Montgomery,
Bart. The tithes amount to £294. 5., of which £124. 5.
is payable to the impropriator, and £170 to the vicar.