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AGL
In the R. C. divisions this parish forms part of the union
or district of Ovens: the chapel is a large old plain
building. Besides the parochial school for boys and
girls, a school in which are about 60 boys is partly sup-
ported by an annual donation of £8. 8. from Mr. Rye:
there are also two other pay schools.
AGLISH, a parish, in the barony of MAGONIHY,
county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER, 4 miles
(S. E.) from Milltown, on the north-east side of the river
Laune, and on the road from Killarney to Milltown;
containing 1901 inhabitants. It comprises 4924 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act: the greater part
of the land is of the best quality and chiefly under
tillage, and the system of agriculture has been greatly
improved within the last few years; there are about 100
acres of bog. At Barleymount is a quarry of excellent
building stone, from which the stone was taken for Lord
Headley’s mansion at Aghadoe. The living is a vicarage,
in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, and in the
patronage of the Earl of Cork, in whom the rectory is
impropriate: the tithes amount to £156. 18. 4 ½ one-
half of which is payable to the impropriator, and the
other to the vicar. The church is a neat structure, with
an octagon tower on a square base, and for its erection
the late Board of First Fruits gave £600, in 1822. The
glebe-house was built about the same time, the Board
having granted a gift of £337 and a loan of £142: the
glebe comprises 14a. 3r. 1p. In the R. C. divisions
the parish is included in the union or district of Fieries;
the old chapel is disused, and a chapel was built within
the last fourteen years at Ballyhar, on the border of this
parish, but within the limits of the parish of Kileredane,
A school, in which are 50 boys and 6 girls, is supported
by Lord Kenmare; and there is a pay school, in which
are about 30 boys and 20 girls. Immediately adjoining
the church are the remains of the ancient structure,
completely mantled with ivy, and forming an interesting
appendage.
AGLISH, or AGLISHMARTIN, a parish, in the
barony of IVERIC, county of KILKENNY, and province of
LEINSTER, 3 miles (W.) from Waterford, on the river
Suir, and on the road from Waterford to Carrick-on-
Suir; containing 401 inhabitants, of which number, 142
are in the village. It comprises 2414 statute acres, and
is a rectory, in the diocese of Ossory, and in the patron-
age of the Crown: the tithes amount to £96. 18. 5½.
There is neither church nor glebe-house; the glebe con-
sists of 2½ acres. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the
union or district of Moncoin.
AGLISH, county of MAYO.—See CASTLEBAR.
AGLISH, a parish, in the barony of DECIES-within-
DRUM, county of WATERFORD, and province of MUN-
STER, 8 miles (W.) from Dungarvan; containing 3689
inhabitants, of which number, 302 are in the village.
This parish is situated on the river Blackwater, by which
it is bounded on the west, and comprises about 7800
statute acres of arable, pasture, and meadow land, 810 of
woodland, 1393 of waste, and 1296 of bog and marsh,
the greater portion of which affords good pasturage for
cattle: of its entire extent, 6706 acres are applotted
under the tithe act. Part of it is mountainous, but
towards the river the soil is generally fertile. It is
in the diocese of Lismore, and is a vicarage, forming part
of the union of Affane; the rectory is impropriate in the
Duke of Devonshire. The tithes amount to £480, of
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which £320 is payable to the impropriator, and the re-
mainder to the vicar. There is a chapel at Villierstown
independent of the vicarage, founded and endowed by
John, Earl of Grandison; the living is a donative, in the
patronage of H. V. Stuart, Esq. In the R. C. divisions
the parish is the head of a union or district, which com-
prises also the parish of Whitechurch and part of the
parish of Ardmore, and contains three chapels, situated
respectively at Aglish, Ballynamileach, and Slievegrine
also a friary chapel. There are two schools, supported
by H. V. Stuart, Esq., in which 183 children are in-
structed; and five pay schools, in which are about 220
boys and 85 girls.
AGLISHCLOGHANE, or EGLISH, a parish, in
the barony of LOWER ORMOND, county of TIPPERARY,
and province of MUNSTER. 3 miles (N. E.) from Bur-
ris-o-kane, on the road from Roscrea to Portumna; con-
taining 1961 inhabitants. It comprises 4474 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act. The system of
agriculture is improving, and a considerable portion of
moor land, formerly waste, has been reclaimed and
brought into cultivation: there is an abundance of bog.
Limestone of superior quality abounds, and is quarried
for building. Milford, pleasantly situated in a well-plant-
ed demesne, is the occasional residence of Ralph Smith,
Esq. The living consists of a rectory, vicarage, and
perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Killaloe; the vicar-
age, with cure of souls, forms the corps of the archdea-
conry of Killaloe, with which are held, without cure, the
rectories of Aglishcloghane, Lorrha, and Dorrha, epis-
copally united in 1785, and by act of council in 1802,
and in the patronage of the Bishop; the perpetual
curacy is in the patronage of the Archdeacon. The
tithes amount to £161. 10. 9¼., and of the entire union,
to £1013. 7. 8¾. The church of the union is at Lorrha,
where is also the glebe-house of the archdeaconry; and
there are two glebes, comprising together about 43 acres,
situated respectively near the sites of the old churches.
The church of the perpetual curacy, a neat modern
building, for the erection of which the late Board of
First Fruits gave £800, in 1813, is situated near the
ruins of the old church, in the churchyard of which is
a very old ash tree of large dimensions. The glebe-
house was built by aid of a gift of £450 and a loan of
£50 from the same Board, in 1816; the glebe com-
prises 13½ acres; and the stipend of the perpetual curate
is £100 per ann., paid by the archdeacon. This is
one of the three parishes which constitute the R. C.
union or district of Burris o-kane: the chapel is situated
in the village of Eglish. The parochial school is sup-
ported under the patronage of the perpetual curate;
and there is also a school in the R. C. chapel.
AGLISHCORMICK, or LISCORMUCK, a parish,
partly in the barony of COONAGH, but principally in
that of CLANWILLTAM, county of LIMERICK, and pro-
vince of MUNSTJER, 2½ miles (W. S. W.) from Pallas-
Greine, on the road to Bruff; containing 316 inhabit-
ants. It comprises 1020¼ statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act: the land is in general of good
quality. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the
diocese of Emly, and forms part of the corps of the
precentorship in the cathedral church of St. Alibeus,
Emly, in the patronage of the Archbishop of Cashel.
The tithes amount to £138. 9. 2¾. there is neither
church, glebe-house, nor glebe. In the R. C. divisions