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The living is a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of
Cloyne, episcopally united, at a period prior to any
existing record, to the vicarages of Bregogue and Kil-
broney, and to the perpetual curacy of Cahirduggan, toge-
ther forming the union of Buttevant and Cahirduggan,
formerly called the union of Bregogue, in the patronage
of the Bishop; the rectory is impropriate in C. Silver
Oliver, Esq. The tithes, amounting to £926. 10., are
wholly payable to,the impropriator. The curate is
also chaplain of the barracks; and the tithes of the
benefice amount to £139. 4. The church is a handsome
structure in the later English style, with a square em-
battled tower surmounted by a finely proportioned spire:
it is situated near the river and within the castle demesne,
and was built in 1826, near the site of an ancient church,
of which there are still some remains, and on the site of
another of more recent date; the late Board of First
Fruits granted a loan of £1600 for its erection: a hand-
some mural monument has been erected to the Rev.
T. Walker, late minister of the parish. There is neither
glebe-house nor glebe. In the R. C. divisions the parish
forms the head of a union or district, which comprises
also the parishes of Ballybeg, Bregogue, and Kilbroney,
and contains the chapels of Buttevant and Lisgriffin,
both in this parish. The new chapel at Buttevant, com-
menced in 1831, is now nearly completed; the estimated
expense was £3000, of which £600 was granted on
loan by the Board of Public Works, and the remainder
raised by subscription, through the unwearied exertions
of the Rev. C. Buckley, P.P., towards which Lord Done-
raile contributed £30, and also presented the site. It
is a very handsome structure of hewn limestone, in the
later English style, consisting of a nave and transept,
between which, on each side, rises a square embattled
tower crowned with richly crocketed pinnacles; the
walls are strengthened with buttresses at the angles and
between the windows of the nave, terminating in crocket
ed pinnacles above an embattled parapet carried round
the building; and the gables of the transept are sur-
mounted by Maltese crosses, beneath which, on each
side, is a cinquefoiled niche resting on a- projecting
corbel. The nave is lighted by a range of three windows
of two lights ornamented in cinquefoil, with a quatre-
foiled circle in the crown of the arch; and the transept
is lighted at each end by a noble window of five lights,
26 feet high, and elaborately enriched with tracery: the
tower on the east side was a detached watch-tower
belonging to the abbey, erected by one of the Earls of
Desmond for the protection of the brethren in times of
violence, and incorporated with the present building.
A parochial house will be built near it for the priest’s
residence; and part of the old chapel has been con-
verted into a national school, in which are 240 boys.
The parochial school, in which are 40 boys and 30
girls, -is kept in a house rented by the Rev. Dr. Cotter
and Col. Hill, and is supported by subscription, aided
by an annual donation of £10 each from Lords Done-
raile and Arden; there are also six private schools, in
which are about 340 children. The fever hospital, which
contains also a dispensary, is a substantial stone build-
ing near the river, capable of receiving 30 patients.
The ruins of the abbey are finely situated on the
steep bank of the river Awbeg, and consist chiefly of
the walls of the nave, chancel, and some portions of the
domestic buildings; the upper part of the central tower,
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supported on arches of light and graceful elevation, fell
down in 1814; the tomb of the founder, David de Barry,
is supposed to be in the centre of the chancel, but is
marked only by some broken stones which appear to
have formed an enclosure. On the south side of the
nave are the remains of a finely proportioned chapel, in
which, and also in the nave and chancel, are numerous
tombs and inscriptions to the memory of the Barrys,
Fitzgeralds, Lombards, and others. Near the abbey
are some vestiges’ of an ancient building supposed to
have been the nunnery. Nearly in the centre of the
town” are the remains of Lombards’ castle, a quadran
gular building flanked at each angle by a square tower,
one of which is nearly in a perfect state, and, with a
portion of the castle, has been converted into a dwelling-
house. At Lisgriffin are the ruins of an ancient castle
of the family of Barry. Some remains of the old town
walls may yet be traced; and in a burial-ground at
Templemary are the ruins of an ancient church or
chapel. The title of Viscount Buttevant, conferred on
the Barry family in 1406, has been dormant since the
death of the last Earl of Barrymore, but is now claimed
by James Redmond Barry, Esq., of Glandore, in the
county of Cork.
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CABINTEELY, a village, partly in the parish of
KILLINEY, but chiefly in that of TULLY, half-barony
of RATHDOWN, county of DUBLIN, and province of
LEINSTER, 6¼ miles (S. S. E.) from Dublin: the popu-
lation is returned with the respective parishes. This
place, which is situated on the road from Dublin to
Bray, is a constabulary police station, and has a two-
penny post to Dublin: it comprises a number of small
irregularly built houses, and a R. C. chapel for the
union or district of Kingstown, In the vicinity are
several handsome seats, the principal of which is
Cabinteely House, the residence of the Misses Byrne,
descended from the O’Byrne dynasty of Wicklow: the
house forms three sides of a square, commanding exten-
sive views of the bays of Dublin and Killiney, with the
beautiful adjacent country; and the demesne is adorned
with thriving plantations and presents many natural
beauties. Among the other seats are Brenanstown House,
the admired residence of G. Pim, Esq.; and Glen-Druid,
of Mrs. Barrington. Near Loughlinstown, on the right
of the road leading to Bray, is the site of an extensive
encampment, held there in 1797 and for several years
after the disturbances in 1798. At Glen-Druid there “is
a very perfect cromlech, consisting of six upright stones
supporting one of 14 feet by 12, which is supposed to
weigh about 25 tons.
CABLE ISLAND.—See CAPELL ISLAND.
CADAMSTOWN, or CADMANSTOWN, a parish,
in the barony of CARBERY, county of KILDARE, and
province of LEINSTER, 6 miles (W. by N.) from Kilcock;
containing 1205 inhabitants. It is situated on the road
from Kilcock to Kinnegad, and comprises 3637 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act Balyna House
is the seat of R. More O’Ferrall, Esq. The living is a
rectory, in the diocese of Kildare, and is annexed to the
union of Castle-Carbery; the whole of the tithes, which