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CAL
STER, contiguous to the post-town of Rathcoole; con-
taining 67 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from
Dublin to Naas, and comprises about 972 statute acres
of arable and pasture land. For all civil purposes it is
considered a townland in the parish of Rathcoole, and
even in ecclesiastical affairs is regarded only as a
chapelry in that parish. It is a rectory and vicarage,
in the diocese of Dublin, forming part of the union of
Rathcoole, in which its tithes are included.
CALRY, or COLRY, a parish, in the barony of
UPPER CARBERY, county of SLIGO, and province of
CONNAUGHT; containing, with a part of the borough
and sea-port town of Sligo, 6247 inhabitants, of which
number 3741 are within the borough of Sligo. This
parish is situated on the river Garvogue, which separates
it from the parish of St. John, in its course from Lough
Gill to the sea, and on the roads from Ballyshannon and
Enniskillen to Sligo. It contains 4383 statute acres,
as applotted under the tithe act: the land is generally
light, with a small quantity of bog and some mountain
wastes, and is principally under tillage; the state of
agriculture is improving; there is an abundance of
limestone, which is used for building. The manufacture
of linen was formerly carried on extensively, but
few are now employed in it. Lough Gill, part of which
is in the parish, is an extensive and beautiful sheet of
water, about a mile and a half from Sligo, with which it
is connected by the river Garvogue, that is navigable for
large boats seven or eight miles. The scenery is very
romantic, and is greatly embellished with the highly
cultivated demesne of Hazlewood, the handsome re-
sidence of Owen Wynne, Esq. The lough is studded
with islands, of which Church and Cottage islands are
the largest. At Hollywell is another demesne belonging
to Mr. Wynne, from which mountains covered with
wood, the lake with its numerous islands, and the road
sometimes running under stupendous rocks and some-
times through small planted glens, present scenes of great
beauty. The other seats are Percy Mount, that of Sir
Percy Gethin, Bart; Colga House, of T. Homan, Esq.;
Ballyglass, of Gowan Gilmore, Esq.; Faught’s Cottage,
of R. Christian, Esq.; Willsboro’, of W. Fausset, Esq.;
Willybrook, of the Ormsby family; Barroe House, of
Holles Clarke, Esq.; Rathbracken Cottage, of W.
Christian, Esq.; Mount Shannon, of H. H. Slade,
Esq.; Shannon, of Edward Patterson, Esq.; the Cot-
tage, of J. Gethin, Esq.; Ballyternin House, of Mrs.
Griffiths; and Ellenville, of H. Irwin, Esq., M.D.
The living consists of a vicarage and perpetual
curacy, in the diocese of Elphin, the former being part
of the union of St. John’s, Sligo, and the latter in the
patronage of the Incumbent of St. John’s; the rectory
is appropriate to the vicars choral of the cathedral of
Christ-Church,Dublin. The tithes amount to£353.11.7.,
payable in moieties to the vicars choral and the vicar.
The income of the perpetual curacy amounts to
£73. 1. 6., arising from £23. 1. 6. paid by the Eccle-
siastical Commissioners, and £50 from the vicars choral.
The church, belonging to the perpetual cure, is a hand-
some structure in the later English style, with a beauti-
ful, spire: it was built by aid of a gift and loan from the
late Board of First Fruits, in 1823. The glebe-house
was also built by aid of a gift of £112 and a loan of
£37, in 1821, from the same Board. In the R. C. divi-
sions this parish forms part of the union or district of
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Sligo; the chapel is at Colga, Here are a school
established and supported by the trustees of Erasmus
Smith’s charity; a female parochial school at Calry;
and a school at Ballin, which was built by John Wynne,
Esq., at an expense of £250, and supported by that gen-
tleman. About 120 boys and 70 girls are educated in
these schools; and there are also a private school
of about 50 boys and 30 girls, and five Sunday schools.
The part of the parish that is within the town of Sligo
contains the county infirmary, fever hospital, and dis-
pensary. The remains of antiquity consist of the Sod fort,
which was defended by Sir Teague O’Regan against
Wm. III., the ruins of some churches in Church and
Cottage islands, and what are supposed to be druidical
remains in Mr. Wynne’s park at Hazlewood.
CALTRA, or CALTRAGH, a village, in the parish
of CASTLE-BLAKENEY, barony of KILCONNELL, county
of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 1 mile (E.)
from Castle-Blakeney; containing 200 inhabitants. It
is situated on the road from Tuam to Ballinasloe, and
has four fairs, which are held on May 14th, July 16th,
Sept. 21st, and Dec. 14th.
CALVE RSTOWN, a village, intheparish of DAVIDS-
TOWN, barony of NARRAGH and RHEBAN EAST, county
of KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER, 1 mile (N.) from
Ballytore; containing 22 houses and 150 inhabitants.
It is situated on the road from Dublin to Carlow, and
has two fairs on May 1st and Sept. 21st.
CALVES ISLANDS, in the parishes of KILCOE
and SKULL, barony of WEST CARBERY, county of CORK,
and province of MUNSTER, 6 miles (S. W.) from Bally-
dehob; containing 86 inhabitants. They are three in
number, and are situated at the entrance to Roaring-
water bay, off the harbour of Skull: the largest, called
the Middle Calf, contains 78 statute acres; the second
in size, called the East Calf, contains 75 acres; and
the third, called Leaerer, or the West Calf”, 65 acres.
There are two families in West Calf, and six in Middle
Calf, which belong to the parish of Skull, and five
families in East Calf, which forms part of the parish of
Kilcoe. The islands are contiguous, lying in a line nearly
east and west, about midway between Cape Clear and
Long island, and about 5 Irish or 6¼ British miles from
the mainland. A school was established in 1835 on the
Middle island, in which all the children and adults of
these islands may receive gratuitous education; 18
children and 14 adults were in this school at the com-
mencement of 1836.
CAMLIN, or CRUMLIN, a parish, in the barony
of UPPER MASSAREENE, county of ANTRIM, and province
of ULSTER; containing, with the post-town of Crumlin,
1274 inhabitants. This parish is situated on Lough
Neagh, by which it is bounded on the west, and on the
road from Antrim to Lurgan; it comprises, according
to the Ordnance survey, 6417¼ statute acres, of which
5455 are applotted under the tithe act, and 708¼ form
part of the lake. About three-fourths of the parish are
good arable land, and the remainder is pasture. The
system of agriculture is greatly improved, and the whole
of the parish is in an excellent state of cultivation, and
is well fenced, drained, and planted: wheat, which was
scarcely raised in the district, has, since the establish-
ment of large flour-mills at Crumlin, been extensively
cultivated, and now forms the principal feature in its
agriculture. Limestone is extensively quarried for