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and two other schools, supported by subscription, in
which are about 200 boys and 100 girls; and there are
also two Sunday schools. The remains of the former
church, with the exception of the roof, are in good pre-
servation, and form a picturesque and interesting object.
Near the eastern end is a remarkably large ash tree,
beneath the shade of which are deposited the remains
of Florence Mac Moyer, otherwise Mac Wire or Mac
Guire, a Franciscan friar, upon whose evidence Primate
Plunket was executed at Tyburn in 1690. Some years
since, a cairn was opened here and found to contain two
separate tombs, in one of which were two urns of ele-
gant form and workmanship containing ashes; one of
them is in the possession of Mr. Synnot, of Ballymoyer
Lodge, who has also a variety of ancient coins found in
the neighbourhood, and some curiously marked stones,
found in the large cairn of Mullyash, in the county of
Monaghan.
BALLYMURRY, a village, in the parish of KIL-
MEAN, barony of ATHLONE, county of ROSCOMMON, and
province of CONNAUGHT, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Ros-
common: the population is returned with the parish.
This village is situated on the road from Roscommon
to Athlone, and consists of a few neatly built houses
and about 20 cabins. It has a neat and improving
appearance, and is kept remarkably clean; the manu-
facture of pottery is carried on to a moderate extent.
The parish R. C. chapel, a thatched building in good
repair, and a place of worship for the Society of Friends,
are situated in the village; here is also the parochial
school, under the patronage of Lord Crofton.—See
KILMEAN.
BALLYNACLOGH, or DOLLARDSTOWN, a parish,
in the barony of COONAGH, county of LIMERICK, and
province of MUNSTER, 1 ½ mile (N. by W.) from Pallas-
Greine, on the road from Limerick to Tipperary; con-
taining 211 inhabitants. The land is everywhere of
good quality, being mostly based on limestone. It is a
rectory, in the diocese of Emly, forming the corps
of the prebend of Ballynaclogh in the cathedral of
Emly, and one of the rectories that constitute the union
of Dromkeen and corps of the archdeaconry of Emly:
the tithes amount to £46. In the R. C. divisions it is
within the union of Greine, or Pallas-Greine; the chapel
is situated in the little village of Nicker.
BALLYNACLOUGH, a parish, in the barony of
UPPER ORMOND, county of TIPPERARY, and province of
MUNSTER, 3 miles (S. E.) from Nenagh; containing 1149
inhabitants. This parish is situated on the river Arra,
which falls into the Shannon at Drominear, and com-
prises 3701 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe
act: the land is all arable and pasture, the soil fertile,
and the system of agriculture much improved. Lime-
stone abounds, and a marble quarry has recently been
reopened on the demesnes of Debsborough and Ballyna-
clough, with a prospect of its being extensively worked;
the marble is both of red and grey colour, and of very
fine quality. There is a small corn-mill. Debsborough,
the seat of J. Bayly, Esq., is pleasantly situated in a
demesne tastefully laid out and well planted: the other
seats are Ballynaclough, that of R. N. Bayly, Esq., and
Bayly Farm, of Mrs. Bayly. A constabulary police force
has been stationed in the parish. The living is a vica-
rage, in the diocese of Killaloe, united, since the foun-
dation of the deanery, to the entire rectories of Dromi-
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near and Kilkeary, and the vicarage of Terryglass, which
four parishes constitute the union of Ballynaclough and
the corps of the deanery of Killaloe, in the patronage of
the Crown: the rectory is impropriate in the Rev.
Daniel and Mrs. Wall, and the Misses Elizabeth, and
Harriet Hardy: the tithes amount to £235, of which
£156. 13. 4. is payable to the impropriators, and
£78. 6. 8. to the dean; and the tithes of the whole
benefice amount to £408. 6. 8. The church, a neat
modern edifice, was erected by aid of a gift of £500
from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1815. The
glebe-house is situated on a glebe of 7a. 1r. 18½ p., and
there is also a glebe of 15 acres in Terryglass. In the R.C.
divisions this parish forms part of the union or district of
Kilmore; the chapel is a modern building, situated on
the townland of Ballyquiveane. There is a parochial
school of about 20 boys and 20 girls, supported by the
dean and John Bayly, Esq.,; and there are two pay
schools, in which are about 80 boys and 10 girls. The
poor have the benefit of the dispensaries at Nenagh and
Silvermines. There are some remains of the old church
adjoining the present structure, and also of the castle
of Ballynaclough, which have a picturesque effect.
BALLYNACRAGGY, a hamlet, in the parish of
DROMCREEHY, barony of BURREN, county of CLARE,
and province of MUNSTER, 3 miles (W.) from Burren;
containing 19 houses and 123 inhabitants. This place,
which derives its name from an ancient castle, of which
there are some remains, is situated on the road from
Burren to Ballyvaughan. A school is about to be esta-
blished, for which purpose Captain Kirwan has given the
site and £10 towards the erection of the building.—See
DROMCREEHY.
BALLYNACURRA.—See MIDLETON.
BALLYNADRIMNA, a parish, in the barony of
CARBERY, county of KILDARE, and province of LEIN-
STER, 3 miles (W.) from Enfield; containing 1503 inha-
bitants. This parish is situated on the road from Kil-
cock to Kinnegad, and contains Garriska House, the
property of C. Nangle, Esq. It is a vicarage, in the
diocese of Kildare, and is part of the union of Castle-
Carbery; the rectory is impropriate in the Marquess of
Downshire: the tithes amount to £92. 6.10 ¼. In the
R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of
Ballyna or Johnstown; the chapel, a neat building, is at
Garriska. There is a school at Broadford, in which are
60 boys and 60 girls.
BALLYNAHAGLISH, a parish, in the barony of
TRUGHENACKMY, county of KERRY, and province of
MUNSTER, 5½ miles (W.) from Tralee; containing 2883
inhabitants. This parish, is situated on the bay of Tralee,
and comprises 2875 statute acres, as applotted under
the tithe act; the land is chiefly under tillage, produc-
ing excellent crops, and the system of agriculture has
been greatly improved within the last few years; sea-
weed and sand are extensively used as manure, and good
limestone, of a kind approaching to grey marble, is also
obtained. The seats are Oyster Hall, that of Barry
Collins, Esq., and Oyster Lodge, of— Nelligan, Esq. The
village of Taulert, or Chapeltown, lies on the south-east-
ern shore of the creek or harbour of Barra, and is partly
inhabited by fishermen. On account of the fine bathing
strand in Tralee bay, and a chalybeate spring of great
power on the border of the parish and adjoining Clog-
herbrien, it is much frequented during the summer by
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