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and Boate, in his Natural History, states that gold has
been also discovered here. Derrynoyd Lodge is the
residence of the Rt. Hon. Judge Torrens. The inhabit-
ants are principally employed in agriculture, with which
they combine the weaving of linen and dealing in cattle,
great numbers of which are bred on the mountains and
exported to England and Scotland.
The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Derry, and
in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to
£623. 1. 6½. The church, a large handsome edifice in
the early English style, is situated at Draperstown, and
was erected in 1760, principally through means of the
Earl of Bristol, then Bishop of Derry; and the tower
and a handsome octagonal spire were added in 1792,
aided by contributions from Sir Wm. Rowley, Bart.,
and the Drapers’ Company, the latter of whom are pro-
prietors of the estate and contributed £50. The glebe-
house, a handsome residence, is situated on a glebe of
161a. 3r. 12p.; and there is another glebe in the town-
land of Bancran, containing 750a. lr. 7p., much of
which is mountain and pasture land. The R. C. parish
is co-extensive with that of the Established Church;
there are chapels at Moneymeeny and Straw. Two
male and female schools are supported by the rector;
two, situated at Black Hill and Carnamony, are sup-
ported by the Drapers’ Company; and there are seven
schools, situated respectively at Draperstown, Derry-
noyd, Brackragh-Dysart, Drumard, Labby, Altyaskey,
and Straw, under the National Board. In these schools
are about 700 boys and 520 girls; and there are also
two private schools, in which are about 100 children;
and five Sunday schools. The ruins of the old church
are highly interesting. There are numerous relics of
antiquity, particularly cromlechs, of which there were
formerly five within the limits of the parish. — See
DRAPERSTOWN.
BALLYNASLANEY, a parish, partly in the barony
of SHELMALIER, but chiefly in that of BALLAGHKEEN,
county of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER, 43/4
miles (S. by E.) from Enniscorthy; containing 916
inhabitants. This parish is situated on the eastern
bank of the river Slaney, and on the mail coach road
from Wexford to Enniscorthy; it comprises 2608 sta-
tute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. A small
portion is marshy, but by far the greater portion is good
arable and pasture land. The river is navigable for
vessels of large burden as far as Pooldarragh, in this
parish, at which place the contemplated canal to Ennis-
corthy, a distance of 6½ British miles, will commence,
according to the proposed plan. It is an impropriate
curacy, in the diocese of Ferns, annexed to the rectory
of Edermine by act of council in 1806; the rectory is
impropriate partly in the Earl of Portsmouth and partly
in the Representatives of Walter Redmond, Esq. The
tithes amount to £161. 10. 9., of which £106. 3. 0¾. is
payable to the impropriators, and the remainder to the
curate. The church, of which even the ruins have been
removed, must have been originally a handsome struc-
ture; a very fine Norman doorway, formerly a part of
it, has been inserted in the church of Kilpatrick at
Saunders-court. In the R. C. divisions the parish
forms part of the union or district of Oylgate, in the
parish of Edermine, where stands the chapel. There
is a pay school in which about 40 children are edu-
cated.
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BALLYNAULTIG, or KILSHANNAH, a parish, in
the barony of BARRYMORE, county of CORK, and pro-
vince of MUNSTER, adjacent to Rathcormac; containing
1270 inhabitants. This parish, which is also called
Kilshanahan, is situated on the road from Cork to
Rathcormac, and comprises 2791 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £2454 per
annum: the soil is for the greater part strong and
shallow, but is more fertile near the river Bride, which
abounds with excellent trout. The gentlemen’s seats
are Scartbarry, that of E. Wilson, Esq., and Bushy
Park, of R. Gifford Campion, Esq. It is a rectory, in
the diocese of Cork, forming part of the union and corps
of the prebend of Killaspigmullane in the cathedral of
St. Finbarr, Cork: the tithes are included in the compo-
sition for Killaspigmullane. There is no church, but
there is an old burial-ground within or near which the
ancient church is supposed to have been situated. In
the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district
of Ardnageehy or Watergrass-Hill.
BALLYNEEN, a village, in the parish of BALLY-
MONEY, Eastern Division of the barony of EAST CAR-
BERY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 10
miles (W. S. W.) from Bandon; containing 691 inhabit-
ants. This village is situated on the mail coach road
from Bandon to Dunmanway, and on the north bank of
the river Bandon, over which is a spacious bridge of ten
arches: it consists of one principal street, with a shorter
street branching from it towards the bridge, and in 1831
contained 121 houses, the greater number of which are
tolerably well built. A few of the inhabitants are em-
ployed in the weaving of coarse linens for home con-
sumption, and in the manufacture of cotton cord; but
the greater number are engaged in agriculture. A
constabulary police force has been stationed here; and
district petty sessions are held in a court-house gener-
ally every alternate Monday. There is a place of wor-
ship for Wesleyan Methodists; also a dispensary, which
annually affords medical relief to more than 5000
patients of the surrounding neighbourhood.—See BAL-
LYMONEY.
BALLYNEFAGH, or BALLINAFEAGH, a parish,
in the barony of CLARE, county of KILDARE, and pro-
vince of LEINSTER, 4 miles (W. N. W.) from Clare, on
the road to Edenderry; containing 614 inhabitants.
It is nearly surrounded by the bog of Clashaghbane,
and contains 2184 statute acres, as applotted under the
tithe act. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of
Kildare, and in the patronage of the Crown; the rectory
is impropriate in Lord Cloncurry. The tithes amount
to £105. A church and glebe-house have been lately
erected; and there is a glebe of 14 acres, in five parcels.
There is a school of about 130 children.
BALLYNEMARA, or BALLINAMARA, a parish,
in the barony of CRANAGH, county of KILKENNY, and
province of LEINSTER, 2½ miles (S. S. E.) from Fresh-
ford, on the road from Kilkenny to Johnstown; con-
taining 867 inhabitants. It comprises 3755 statute
acres of tolerably good land, of which about two-thirds
consist of pasture land, and one-third is under tillage.
The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, and
in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of St. Canice,
Kilkenny, to whom the rectory is appropriate: the
tithes amount to £240, of which. £160 is payable to the
appropriators, and £80 to the vicar. The church is a