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agricultural and other purposes. The principal seats
are Thistleborough, that of James Whittle, Esq.; Go-
brana, of J. Whitla, Esq.; and Cherry Valley, of C. W.
Armstrong, Esq. Independently of agricultural pur-
suits, several hundreds of the population are employed in
weaving linens and cottons for the manufacturers of
Belfast and its neighbourhood; here are also a flax and
a flour-mill. Fairs are held monthly for cattle and pigs,
and of late very valuable horses have been sold. It is a
vicarage, in the diocese of Connor, and is part of the
union of Glenavy; the rectory is impropriate in the
Marquess of Hertford. The tithes amount to £195, of
which £43. 5. is payable to the impropriator, and
£151.15. to the incumbent. The church is a fine ruin;
it was destroyed by the army of Jas. II., who had its
depôt here in 1689: in the north and south walls are
series of sepulchral arches continued the entire length
of the building, and nearly in a perfect state. In the
R. C. divisions also it forms part of the union or district
of Glenavy. There is a place of worship for Presby-
terians in connection with the Remonstrant Synod,
of the second class. The parochial school is supported
by the vicar; and a school is supported by the Hon.
Col. Pakenham, who erected for it a large and handsome
school-house, and occasionally provides clothing for the
scholars. In these schools are about 90 boys and 60
girls; and there are also three pay schools, in which are
about 60 boys and 50 girls, and three Sunday schools.
Dr. William Crawford, author of “Remarks on Ches-
terfield’s Letters,” “History of Ireland,” and other
works; and Adam Crawford, Esq., M.D., author of an
“Experimental Essay on Animal Heat,” and compiler
of the transactions of the Royal Society, were natives of
Crumlin, which see.
CAMLOUGH, an ecclesiastical district, in the barony
of UPPER ORIOR, county of ARMAGH, and province of
ULSTER, 3 miles (W.) from Newry; containing 5822
inhabitants. This was anciently part of the O’Hanlons’
country, and at the general plantation of Ulster, 1000
acres, or 12 townlands, with the manor of Maghernahely,
were granted to Henry Mac Shane O’Nial for life, and
after his death to Sir Toby Caulfield, who built an ex-
tensive bawn of stone and lime at Maghernahely, on
the site of an ancient church. At Corrinchigo, in this
district, Sir John Davis had at the same time a grant of
500 acres; but neglecting to plant or tenant the allot-
ment, it was resumed and granted to Sir Oliver St. John,
and is now the property of Viscount Mandeville. Cam-
lough was formerly part of the extensive parish of Kil-
Jevey, which, for ecclesiastical purposes, was divided into
two parts in 1773. It is situated on the road from Newry
to Newtown-Hamilton, and on a lake called Camlough,
or “the Crooked Lough;” and comprises 10,176 statute
acres, of which 2415 are mountain and bog, and 144
lake and water. The greater portion of the land is
remarkably good, and in an excellent state of cul-
tivation. Much of the mountain land cannot be
brought into cultivation, although in many places there
is sufficient depth of soil for the growth of forest trees.
Near the village is the lake from which it derives its
name, a fine sheet of water comprising 90 acres,
a stream issuing from which flows in a northern direc-
tion to the Newry water, and gives motion to the machi-
nery of several corn and flour, flax, spinning, and scutch-
mills, besides beetling-engines, spade manufactories, and
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bleach-greens. At Bessbrook are very extensive mills
for spinning linen yarn, worked by steam and water,
and furnishing employment to 180 persons. Here are
also two spade-forges, and two extensive bleach-greens
but only the beetling-engines of the last are at present
employed. A fair is held on the third Monday in each
month; and a constabulary police force has been
stationed here. There are several large and handsome
houses in the district, the chief of which are Divernagh
House, the residence of J. White, Esq., and Bessbrook,
of J. Nicholson, Esq.
The living is a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of
Armagh, and in the patronage of the Precentor of the
cathedral church of St. Patrick, Armagh: the curate’s
income is derived from the tithes of five-townlands,
amounting to £146.2. 10. The church is a small edifice,
with a tower and low spire, and is one of the numerous
churches built by Primate Robinson; it was erected in
1774, but not consecrated till 1785, and the Ecclesias-
tical Commissioners have recently granted £150. 5. 9.
for its repair. The glebe-house is situated at Ballin-
temple, three miles from the church, on a glebe of 80
statute acres: it was built in 1805, for which the late
Board of First Fruits granted £150. In the R. C.
divisions this is the head of a union or district, also
called Carrickcruppin, comprising Camlough and part
of the parish of Killevey, and containing three chapels,
two in Camlough, situated respectively at Carrick-
cruppin and Lisslea, and the third at Killevey. A
school at Sturgan, under the trustees of Erasmus
Smith’s charity, is endowed with £30 per ann., and
with two acres of land and a residence for the master.
There are a school of 65 children at Maghernahely, and
one of 80 at Divernagh; a school at Corrinchigo was
built and is supported by Lord Mandeville; and a
handsome school-house has been lately built in the
village, in connection with the National Board, aided by
the noble proprietor, the Earl of Charlemont. In the
townland of Aughnacloghmullan there is an extraordi-
nary cairn, 44 yards in length by 22 in breadth: it
contains a chamber, 19 yards long, and divided into
four compartments, and is formed of upright stones,
about seven feet high, surmounted by very large stone
slabs, the whole covered with loose stones and earth.
The walls of the bawn erected by Sir Toby Caulfield
remain almost entire, and exhibit many of the hewn
stones of the ancient abbey of Killevey. A little eastward
of these walls stands the shaft of an elegant cross, of
which the rest lies in a ditch. Some of the mullions
of the windows of the abbey are seen in the walls at
Divernagh; and an elegant silver medal was found near
its site, and is now in the possession of W. W. Algeo,
Esq. The Rev. H. Boyd, translator of Dante’s “Divina
Comedia,” was perpetual curate of this parish.
CAMMA, a parish, in the barony of ATHLONE,
county of ROSCOMMON, and province of CONNAUGHT,
8 miles (W. N. W.) from Athlone; containing 4115 in-
habitants. It is situated on the road from Athlone to
Mount-Talbot, and comprises 10,114 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act. The land is chiefly under
tillage; there are about 648 acres of bog, but no waste
land; the system of agriculture is improving; limestone
is quarried for agriculture and other uses. The principal
seats are Lysterfield, that of J. Lyster, Esq.; Curraboy
House, of J. Byrne, Esq.; and Milltown, of G. King,