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CAM
Esq. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Elphin, and is
part of the union of Kiltoom; the rectory is impropriate
in Lord Kingsland. The tithes amount to £195, of
which £85 is payable to the impropriator, and £110 to
the incumbent. In the R. C. divisions it is the head
of a union or district, including also the parish of Kil-
toom; there is a chapel at Curraboy, and also one in
the parish of Kiltoom. At Carrick is a national school,
in which are about SO hoys and 30 girls; and there are
four pay schools, in which are about 160 hoys and 70
girls. Only the ruins of the old parish church, with a
burial-ground, remain; and there are some ruins of the
old castle of Curraboy, built by the Dillons, near which
are several raths or forts.
CAMOLIN, a post-town, in the parish of TOMB,
.barony of SCARAWALSH, county of WEXFORD, and pro-
vince of LEINSTER, 20¾ miles (N.) from Wexford,
and 53¾ (S.) from Dublin; containing 639 inhabi-
tants. This place derives its name from a religious
house founded, according to Alban Butler, by St. Molin,
second Bishop of Ferns, who died in the 7th century,
and of which there are still some remains on the Mount-
norris estate. It is situated on the river Bann, on the
mail coach road from Gorey to Wexford, and contains
112 houses. Immediately adjoining is Park View, the
residence of H. Parke, Esq. A constabulary police force
is stationed here; and fairs for cattle and pigs are held
on Feb. 9th, April 4th, June 9th (which is the principal
fair), Aug. 9th, Sept. 28th, and Nov. 9th. The parish
church of Tomb, and the R. C. chapel of the district of
Camolin, are situated in the village; and there is a dis-
pensary.—See TOMB.
CAMUS-juxta-BANN.—See MACOSQUIN.
CAMUS-juxta-MORNE, a parish, in the barony
of STRABANE, county of TYRONE, and province of
ULSTER; containing, with part of the town of Strabane,
6570 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on
the old road from Dublin to Londonderry, and on the
river Morne, comprises, according to the Ordnance
survey (including 20¾ acres in Lyons island), 7505¾
statute acres, of which 103¾ are water, about 4540 are
arable and pasture land, and the remainder mountain
and bog;” 6743 acres are applotted under the tithe act,
and valued at £3078 per annum. The land, although
in some places rocky, is generally very fertile, producing
abundant crops, particularly in the vale of Morne. The
inhabitants combine the weaving of linen with their
agricultural pursuits. The principal houses are Milltown
Lodge, the residence of Major Humphries, and.the glebe-
house, of the Rev. J. Smith. The living is a rectory,
in the diocese of Derry, and in the patronage of the
Bishop: the tithes amount to £468. The church is in
the town of Strabane, and is a large and handsome
edifice, for the repairs of which the Ecclesiastical Com-
missioners have recently granted £184. 4. 2.: it was
originally built as a chapel for the new town of Strabane,
by the Earl of Abercorn, in 1619, and has been used
as the parish church since the destruction of the mother
church, about the middle of the 17th century. The
glebe-house was built by aid of a gift of £100 and a loan
of £800 from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1832,
upon the townland of Bierney, which constitutes the
glebe, comprising 300 acres, and is more than three
miles from the church. In the R. C. divisions the parish
is the head of a union or district called Clonleigh and
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Camus, and comprising both those parishes: there are
two chapels in the union, of which that of Camus, in
the town of Strabane, is a large plain edifice. There is
a large meeting-house for Presbyterians in connection
with the Synod of Ulster, of the first class; and there
are places of worship for Wesleyan and Primitive Metho-
dists. The parochial school, on the glebe of Bierney, is
supported by the trustees of Erasmus Smith’s charity,
and the master has a rent-free residence and two acres
of land. At Milltown is a school for boys and girls,
erected by the Marquess of Abercorn, a large and hand-
some building, with a separate residence for the master
and mistress, each of whom receives £20 a year from
the Marquess, who also aids a school established at
Edymon; and there is a national school at Strabane.’
About 160 boys and 100 girls are educated in these
schools. Prior to 1829 a blue-coat school existed here,
with an income of £30 per annum, which sum is now
applied to clothing 12 boys. Near Milltown school are
the dispensary and fever hospital belonging to Strabane;
they are large and well ventilated buildings, admirably
arranged for their purposes. The ruins of the old parish
church are situated on the banks of the Mourne: it was
founded by St. Colgan in 586, and destroyed during the
insurrection of 1641.—See STRABANE.
CANICE (ST.).—See KILKENNY.
CANNAWAY, or CANNABOY, a parish, in the
barony of EAST MUSKERRY, county of CORK, and pro-
vince of MUNSTER; containing, with the village and
post-town of Killinardrish, 1518 inhabitants. This
parish is situated on the south side of the river Lee, and
is connected with the parish of Macroom by a noble
bridge at Coolcour, and with that of Magourne by the
ancient bridge of Carrigadrohid. It contains 5414 sta-
tute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued
at £4274 per annum. There are about 300 acres of
woodland, 100 of bog, and a good deal of rocky waste;
the remainder is almost equally divided between pasture
and arable land, the latter producing good crops; there
are also some dairy farms, the butter from which is sent
to Cork market. At Barnateampul is a tract of bog,
which supplies the inhabitants with fuel. The river Lee
here flows with great rapidity, particularly after heavy
rains, when it inundates the adjacent country to a con-
siderable distance. The scenery presents an alternation
of rock and meadow, the latter receding into small deep
glens covered with wood, which produce a very pleasing
effect. The principal seats are Killinardrish House, the
residence of R. Crooke, Esq.; Nettleville Hall, of R.
Neville Nettles, Esq.; Llandangan, of S. Penrose, Esq.;
Rockbridge Cottage, of Lieut.-Col. White; Forest, of T.
Gollock, Esq.; Oak Grove, of J. Bowen, Esq.; Coolalta,
of W. Furlong, Esq.; and an elegant Italian lodge, lately
built by R. J. O’Donoghue, Esq. Petty sessions are
held at Shandangan every alternate Wednesday.
The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Cork, and
in the patronage of the Bishop; the rectory is part of
the union of Kilcoan and corps of the prebend of Killas-
pigmullane, in the cathedral church of St. Finbarr, Cork.
The tithes amount to £267. 6. 1¾., of which £55 is pay-
able to the prebendary, and the remainder to the vicar.
The church is a plain building, with a lofty square tower,
on a high hill about a mile and a half west of Killinar-
drish; its erection was aided by a gift of £600 from the
late Board of First Fruits, in 1814. There is no glebe-