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under the tithe act. The lands are in a state of excel-
lent cultivation: under-draining is well understood and
extensively practised. In the townland of Cluntogh
there is a fine slate quarry. The inhabitants combine
with agricultural pursuits the weaving of linen and
cotton for the manufacturers of the neighbouring towns,
and the women and girls are employed in spinning. A
penny post has been lately established from Hillsborough.
The principal seats are Larchfield, the handsome man-
sion and extensive demesne of W. Mussenden; Esq., and
Lough Aghery, the residence of James Magill, Esq.
The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Dromore, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes
amount to £367. 5. 4. The church was built in 1741,
at the sole expense of the Rev. T. Smith, then rector of
the parish; and the tower was added to it by the Mar-
quess of Downshire, in 1768. The glebe-house was
built, in 1793, by the Rev, J. Doubourdieu, then rector,
at an expense of £345. 16, 2.: the glebe comprises 60
acres, contiguous to the church. In the R. C. divisions
the parish forms part of the union or district of Magh-
eradroll, also called Dunmore. There is a place of
worship near Hillsborough for Presbyterians in connec-
tion with the Synod of Ulster, also one for those in con-
nection with the Seceding Synod, at Lough Aghery, both
of the first class. A free school of about 150 boys and
100 girls was founded in 1796, by Thos. Jamieson, Esq.,
who bequeathed £1000 for its support 5 it is further
endowed with four acres of land given by the Marquess
of Downshire, who also contributed towards defraying
the expense of building the school-houses. Near Larch-
field are two schools, supported by W. Mussenden, Esq.,
and Mrs. Forde, in which about 80 boys and 70 girls
are educated and partly clothed; and there are also
three private schools, in which are about 120 boys and
70 girls. Robert Sharland, Esq., a native of Barnstaple,
Devon, who died on the 6th of May, 1833, bequeathed
from £9000 to £3000 in trust to the clergy of the parish
and the proprietor of one or two townlands, for the
erection of ten almshouses for ten aged men and ten
aged women, and a house for the housekeeper, to each
of whom he assigned £5 per ann.: the buildings were
about to be commenced in the spring of 1835. The
burial-ground about the church occupies the site of an
ancient fort, which is the innermost of four enclosures,
the whole occupying about 9 acres, and sloping to the
east in a regular glacis. There are also numerous forts
on the hill, all within view of each other, and several
relics of antiquity have been discovered here.
ANBALLY, a village, in the parish of KILMOYLAN,
barony of CLARE, county of GALWAY, and province of
CONNAUGHT, 7 miles (S.) from Tuam, on the road to
Galway, containing 224 inhabitants. It consists of 54
cottages, and is only remarkable for the ruins of an
ancient castle in excellent preservation, which, during
winter, are completely surrounded by water from the
turlough in the immediate vicinity.
ANDREW’S (ST.), a parish, in the barony of
ARDES, county of DOWN, and province of ULSTER,
comprising the post-town of Kirkcubbin, and contain-
ing, with the parishes of Ballywalter or Whitechurch,
Ballyhalbert, and Innishargy, 7618 inhabitants. This
parish, together with those which are now united
with it, formed part of the possessions of a Bene-
dictine monastery founded as a cell to the abbey
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of St. Mary, at Lonley, in Normandy, by John
de Coureey, who died in 1210; and though desig-
nated, in the charter of foundation, the abbey of St.
Andrew de Stokes, is more generally known by the
appellation of the Black Abbey. It was seized into the
king’s hands as an alien priory in 1395, and was grant-
ed to the Archbishop of Armagh, who annexed it to
his see; and after the dissolution it fell into the hands
of the O’Neils. On the rebellion of O’Neil it escheated
to the crown, and was granted to Sir James Hamilton,
who assigned it to Sir Hugh Montgomery, Lord of the
Ardes; but in 1639 it was finally awarded to the Arch-
bishop of Armagh. The parishes of Ballywalter or
Whitechurch, Ballyhalbert, and Innishargy are all in-
cluded under the general name of St. Andrew’s, and
comprise, according to the Ordnance survey, 12,907
statute acres, of which 4012 are in St. Andrew’s (in-
cluding Ballyhalbert) and its islands. The land is fer-
tile and in a high state of cultivation; but the fences
are in bad condition, and in many places the system of
draining is very inefficient. A large quantity of bog
has been lately reclaimed by the Rev. Hugh Montgomery,
which is now under cultivation and produces good crops.
There are several gentlemen’s seats, of which the principal
are Spring Yale, the residence of G. Matthews, Esq.; Ech-
linville, of J. Echlin, Esq.; Glastry, of F. Savage, Esq.;
and the Roddens, of J. Blackiston, Esq., all handsome
and spacious mansions ornamented with thriving plan-
tations. The post-town of Kirkcubbin is situated on
the shore of Strangford Lough, on the west, and is se-
parately described; and off the coast, on the east, are
two islets, called respectively Green Island and Bur or
Burrial, the former connected with the shore by a strand
which is dry at low water; and the latter is remarkable
as being the most eastern point of land in Ireland,
There are some yawls and fishing smacks belonging
to these islands; and about a mile to the north of Green
Island is John’s port, a small harbour for fishing boats,
sheltered by a rock, called the Plough. On this coast is
also a creek called Cloughy bay, having a bottom of clean
sand; it has several fishing boats and wherries, and a
coast-guard station has been established there, which
is one of the twelve forming the district of Donaghadee.
At the commencement of the last century, the churches
of these parishes were in ruins; and, in the 2nd of
Anne, an act was obtained for uniting the parishes and
erecting a church in the centre of the union. The liv-
ing is denominated the vicarage of St. Andrew’s, or the
union of Ballywalter, in the diocese of Down, and in the
patronage of the Lord-Primate: the tithes amount to
£1200, of which, £800 is payable to the Primate, as rec-
tor, and £400 to the vicar. The church, a spacious
structure, was erected in the year 1704. The glebe-
house, a handsome residence close to the town of Kirk-
cubbin, and about 2¼ miles from the church, was built
about 50 years since, and has been greatly improved
by the Rev. F. Lascelles, the present incumbent, at an
expense of nearly £400: the glebe comprises about 30
acres, valued at £77. 18. per annum. In the R. C. divi-
sions this union forms part of the district of Upper
Ardes, also called Portaferry. There are three places of
worship for Presbyterians in connection with the Synod
of Ulster, situated respectively at Ballywalter, Kirkcub-
bin, and Glastry, all of the second class; one at Bally-
hamlin in connection with the Remonstrant Synod, and