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priate in Matthew Baker, Esq.; the tithes amount to
£461. 10. 9½., payable in moieties to the impropriator
and the incumbent. The church, situated at Collooney,
is a handsome building, in the ancient English style of
architecture, and contains some good monuments, of
Which one to the memory of the late Mrs. Cooper, exe-
cuted at Florence, is a fine piece of sculpture; it was
enlarged in 1834, by aid of a gift of £700 from the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and donations of £800
from Mr. Cooper and £50 from Major O’Hara. The
glebe-house was built by aid of a gift of £400 and a loan
of £400, in 1819, from the late Board of First Fruits:
the glebe comprises 20 acres. In the R. C. divisions
this parish is the head of a union or district, called
Collooney, comprising also the parish of Kilvarnet, and
containing three chapels, situated respectively at Col-
looney and Currownagh, in Ballysadere, and the third
in Kilvarnet. There are seven schools, two of which, at
Ballysadere and Collooney, were built and are supported
by Mr. Cooper; also five private pay schools and Sun-
day schools. On an eminence immediately over the
harbour is an ancient burial-ground of considerable
extent, still used, in which are the remains of a
church.
BALLYSAX, a parish, partly in the barony of WEST
OPHALY, but chiefly in that of EAST OPHALY, county of
KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER, 2¾ miles (S. W. by
W.) from Kilcullen-Bridge; containing 996 inhabitants.
This parish is situated within a mile of the great south-
ern road from Dublin to Cork, and comprises 4995
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and
valued at £2817 per annum. The greater portion is
under tillage, and the remainder, with the exception of
a large tract of bog and waste, is meadow and pasture;
the soil is fertile, and the system of agriculture improved.
Adjoining the parish is the celebrated race-course called
the Curragh; and within its limits is Ballysax House,
the elegant seat of G. O’Kelly, Esq. On the Curragh
are also Cobourg Lodge, the residence of J. Maher, Esq.;
Brownstone House, of G. Knox, Esq.; Ballyfair House,
occupied during the races by His Excellency the Lord-
Lieutenant; Lark Lodge, of W. Disney, Esq.; Maddens-
town House, of W. Kelly, Esq.; Turf Lodge, of R.
Hunter,. Esq.; Jockey Hall, of G. Watts, Esq.; Athgar-
von Lodge, of the Hon. F. Ponsonby; and Maddens-
town, of Terence Kelly, Esq. A fair is held at the
French Furze on July 26th. The living is a rectory and
vicarage, in the diocese of Kildare, and in the patronage
of the Crown: the tithes amount to £186. The church,
a neat edifice, with a square embattled tower crowned
with pinnacles, was erected by aid of a loan from the
late Board of First Fruits, in 1826; and the Ecclesias-
tical Commissioners have lately granted £249 for its
repair. There is a glebe-house, with a glebe comprising
19a. 2r. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of
the union or district of Sancroft. A school is supported
by local subscription, aided by an endowment bequeathed
by the late Rev. William Tew; and there is also a school
in connection with the National Board. In these about
60 boys and 40 girls are instructed; and there is a pay
school, in which are 20 boys and 20 girls. The Rev. W.
Tew also bequeathed £50 in the 3½ per cent, for the
benefit of the poor.
BALLYSCADANE, a parish, in the barony of COST-
LEA, county of LIMERICK, and province of MUNSTER, 4
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miles (S. E. by S.) from Hospital. It is situated on the
road from Galbally to Hospital, and comprises 893 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act: the land is in
general of good quality, and chiefly in pasture. Nearly
in the centre of the parish is Ryves Castle, the residence
of P. Ryan, Esq.; and at no great distance is Scarteen,
the property also of Mr. Ryan, but at present unoccupied.
It is a rectory, in the diocese of Emly, united from time
immemorial to the entire rectory of Glanbane, together
constituting the corps of the deanery of Emly, in the
patronage of the Crown: the tithes amount to £40. 12. 6.,
and of the whole union to £88. 4. The lands of the
deanery, called the mensal lands of Gurteen, comprise
179a. 2r. 15p., statute measure, let on lease at £92. 6. 1½
per annum, with an annual renewal fine of £27. 13. 10¼.:
the entire income of the deanery, as returned by the
Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Inquiry, amounts to
£225. 16. 10. per annum. The church has long since
fallen into decay: in the churchyard, which is within
the demesne of Ryves Castle, is a handsome monumental
obelisk to the family of Ryan. There is no glebe-house
in either parish; the glebe comprises 4a. 2r. 36p., and
there is also a glebe of 7 acres in the adjoining parish of
Galbally. In the R. C. divisions this parish forms part
of the union or district of Emly.
BALLYSCULLION, a grange, in the barony of
TOOME, county of ANTRIM, and province of ULSTER,
4 miles (N. W.) from Randalstown; containing 3351
inhabitants. This place, which is an extra-parochial
district, never having paid either church cess or tithe,
is situated on the road from Portglenone to Antrim, and
is bounded on the north-west by the river Bann; it
comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 4279¼
statute acres. There is no provision for the cure of
souls; the members of the Established Church attend
divine service in the contiguous parish of Duneane, in
the diocese of Connor. In the R. C. divisions it forms
part of the union or district of Ballyscullion, in the
diocese of Derry; the chapel is a small plain building;
there is also a place of worship for Presbyterians.
BALLYSCULLION, a parish, partly in the barony
of UPPER TOOME, county of ANTRIM, but chiefly in that
of LOUGHINSHOLIN, county of LONDONDERRY, and
province of ULSTER; containing, with the post-town of
Bellaghy, 6453 inhabitants. This parish, which is inter-
sected by the roads leading respectively from Castle-
Dawson to Portglenone, and from Maghera to Bellaghy,
comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 12,750¼
statute acres, of which 10,617¼ are in the county of
Londonderry, 2406 are part of Lough Beg, and 72¾
part of the river Bann, which here forms the boun-
dary of the parish, barony, and county. On the plan-
tation of Ulster, these lands were granted by Jas. I. to
the Irish Society, and by them transferred to the Vint-
ners’ Company of London, who founded the castle and
town of Bellaghy, described under its own head. At a
very early period a monastery was founded on an island
in Lough Beg, about two miles from the shore, then
called Ynis Teda, but now Church island, from the
parish church having been subsequently erected there:
this establishment continued to flourish till the disso-
lution, and some of the lands which belonged to it are
still tithe-free. Two townlands in the parish belong to
the see of Derry, and the remainder has been leased in
perpetuity by the Vintners’ Company to the Marquess