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leyan Methodists. There are two school-houses in the
town, one erected by subscription, and the other by a
bequest of £200 from the Rev. D. Crowley, late parish
priest of Bantry; and a dispensary. Bantry gives the
titles of Earl, Viscount, and Baron, in the Irish peerage,
to the ancient family of White, of whom the present Earl
was created Baron in 1797, Viscount in 1800., and Earl
of Bantry and Viscount Bearhaven in 1816.
BAPTIST GRANGE.—See GRANGE ST. JOHN.
BARNA, a village, in the parish of RAHOON, county
of the town of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT,
3 miles (W.) from Galway: the population is returned
with the parish. It is situated on the coast of Galway
bay, and is chiefly noted for the quality of its butter,
with which it supplies the town of Galway. A pier was
originally built by a private individual in 1799, and re-
built by Mr. Nimmo in 1822, but being only indifferently
constructed, it was destroyed in 1S30, and partially
rebuilt in the following year by the officer of the coast-
guard and collector of Galway, with the aid of charitable
funds at their disposal, and has been, found very useful
for the fishery; it is sheltered from the south and south-
west gales, and is the only safety harbour for small craft
in an extent of 27 miles of coast. Barna is the seat of
Nicholas Lynch, Esq. Here are a constabulary police
station and a coast-guard station, the latter forming one
of the seven stations that constitute the district of Gal-
way, The R. C. chapel for the parish, a small thatched
building, is situated here.—See RAHOON.
BARNA, a hamlet, in the parish of DUNKERRIN,
barony of CLONUSK, KING’S county, and province of
LEINSTER, 3 miles (N. E.) from Moneygall; containing
81 inhabitants,
BARNAHELY, a parish, in the barony of KERRI-
CURRIHY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER,
2 miles (N. E. by E.) from Carrigaline: containing 1022
inhabitants. This parish is situated on the south-west
shore of Cork harbour, and was anciently part of the
possessions of Gill abbey: it comprises 882¾ statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at
£1025 per annum, and is almost entirely under tillage,
which is gradually improving. There is no waste land:
a tract of marshy land on the estate of Castle-Warren
has been lately reclaimed and is now applied to grazing.
There are some valuable limestone quarries, which are
worked chiefly for burning. Ringaskiddy, or Ring, a small
village on the shore, is resorted to in summer for sea-
bathing: the building of boats and yachts is carried on
here to some extent, and during the winter season a con-
siderable number of yawls are engaged infishing. Bally-
bricken, the elegant mansion and demesne of D. Conner,
Esq., is delightfully situated on the margin of the har-
bour, of which it commands a most beautiful view, and
from which the grounds rise with a gentle acclivity, and
are. embellished with a profusion of fine timber. Pros-
pect Villa, the elegant residence of Lieut.-Col. Burke, is
situated a little to the east of it; the grounds are well
planted, and these two seats form prominent and attrac-
tive objects in every view of the harbour, Castle-Warren,
the seat of R. Warren, Esq., is a spacious mansion
erected in 1796, and incorporated with the ancient castle
of Barnahely, said to have been built by Milo de Cogan,
one of the early Norman settlers, who obtained extensive
grants in this county, and is represented by local tradi-
tion to have been interred in the churchyard of this
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parish: the castle, of which a portion remains, belonged
to the archdeacons of Monkstown in the middle of the
17th century. Raffeen is the seat of T. Dorman, Esq.;
and there are several ornamental cottages which con-
tribute to embellish the scenery of this beautiful dis-
trict. The parish is in the diocese of Cork: the entire
tithes, amounting to £100, are impropriate in the Earl
of Shannon. The Protestant inhabitants attend divine
service at the church, of Carrigaline. In the R. C. divi-
sions it forms part of the union or district of Passage;
the nearest chapel is that of Shanbally, in the parish of
Carrigaline. The only school is a hedge school, in which
90 children are taught. There is a Danish fort in good
preservation on the lands of Prospect Villa; and as
some labourers employed in the construction of a new
line of road were cutting through a limestone rock, a
short time since, they discovered in its cavities a number
of marine shells, at a distance of at least two miles from
the nearest part of the strand. There is a chalybeate
spa at Raffeen, which has been found efficacious in
cases of dyspepsia, and is exceedingly valuable as a
tonic diuretic.
BARNANE, or BARNANELY, a parish, in the
barony of IKERRIN, county of TIPPERARY, and province
of MTJNSTER, 2¼ miles (W. N, W.) from Templemore;
containing 775 inhabitants. This parish is situated on
the road from Burris-o-leigh to Dunkerrin, and com-
prises 2015 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe
act, and valued at £1842 per amaum: about 100 acres
are common, 46 woodland, and the remainder is prin-
cipally arable. It includes the “Devil’s Bit Mountain,”
so called from its form, which appears as if a bit had
been taken out of it. At the foot of this mountain lies
the demesne of Barnane, the seat of R. Garden, Esq.,
which is tastefully laid out and well planted; and within
it are the ruins of the old parish church. It is a rec-
tory and vicarage, in the diocese of Cashel, and is part
of the union of Fithmone: the tithes amount to £105.
There is a pay school of 25 boys and 20 girls in the
parish.
BARONSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of UPPER
DUNDALK., county of LOUTH, and province of LEINSTER,
4 miles (W.N. w.) from Dundalk; containing 1012 in-
habitants. It is situated on the turnpike road from
Dundalk, by Castle-Blayney, to Monaghan, and com-
prises, according to the Ordnance survey, 2208½ statute
acres. The lands are nearly all arable and pasture; the
soil is fertile, and the system of agriculture has been
greatly improved; there is very little waste land, and
not more bog than is sufficient to supply the inhabitants
with fuel. Derefalone, the seat of G. M c Gusty, Esq., is
in this parish. The living is a rectory, in the diocese
of Armagh, with the curacies of Philipstown-Nugent,
Kene, and Roche, united by act of council in 1785,
forming the union of Baronstown, in the patronage of
the Lord-Primate for three turns, and of the Dean and
Chapter of Christ-Church, Dublin, for one: the tithes
amount to £219. 10. ll½., and of the entire benefice to
£414. 7. 9½. The church of the union, a neat edifice
with a tower, and in good repair, is situated on an
eminence at Philipstown-Nugent, nearly in the centre of
the union; and almost adjoining it is the glebe-house, to
which are attached 17 acres of profitable land. In the
R. C. divisions the parish is partly united with Philips-
town-Nugent and Dunbin, forming the union or district
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