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The parish, which is exempt from county rates by
grant of Wm. III., comprises about 1600 statute acres,
which, with the exception, of about 32 acres of common,
called Carrick green, where the fairs are held, are
chiefly arable. The surrounding country is peculiarly
beautiful, being part of the district or plain, which, for
its singular fertility, is called the “Golden Vale,”
throughout enlivened by the river Suir, the banks of
which are embellished with the richest variety of scenery.
The chief seats within the parish are Tinvane, the hand-
some residence of H. W. Briscoe, Esq.; the Cottage, of
W. O’Donnell, Esq.; Deerpark Lodge, of — Haliday,
Esq.; and Mount Richard, of J. Power, Esq.: and
within a range of three or four miles are Curragh-
more, the seat of the Marquess of Waterford; Besbo-
rough, of the Earl of Besborough; Coolnamuck, of
Charles W. Wall, Esq.; and Castletown, of R. Cox, Esq.
The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Lismore, and
in the patronage of the Marquess of Ormonde; the
rectory is impropriate in W. H. Bradshaw, Esq. The
tithes amount to £193. 16.11., of which £129. 4. 7½ is
payable to the impropriator, and £64. 12. 3½ to the
vicar. The church is in ruins. The glebe-house was
built by aid of a gift of £400 and a loan of £270
from the late Board of First Fruits: the glebe contains
3r. 3p. In the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of
a union or district, comprising the parishes of St. Nicho-
las in Carrick-on-Suir, and Newtownlenan, in each of
which there is a chapel. The chapel of this parish is
a spacious and handsome building; the interior is well
arranged, and the altar is embellished with a painting
of the Crucifixion by a native artist. There are a mon-
astery of the order of the Christian Brotherhood, and a
convent of sisters of the order of the Presentation; to
the former is attached a school of 250 boys and to the
latter a school of 500 girls, aided by subscription; there
are also seven private schools, in which are about 200
boys and 100 girls. Here are a fever hospital and a
dispensary. A poor-house for destitute persons of the
R. C. religion is supported with a bequest of £2000 by
Thomas and Richard Wadden, augmented with £30 per
annum by James Sause, Esq., and a bequest of £400 by
Mr. Kennedy: a few acres of land have also been be-
queathed to it. A rent-charge of £10 was bequeathed to
the Protestant poor by Mrs. Cook, about a century since.
The castle is still a stately building, though much of it is
in ruins; it was for many years the residence of the
Ormonde family, and part of it has been converted into
a private residence. There are some small remains of
the ancient town walls. Carrick gives the title of Earl
to a branch of the Butler family.
CARRIG, or CARRIGLEAMLEARY, a parish, in
the barony of FERMOY, county of CORK, and province
of MUNSTER, 2¼ miles (N. E.) from Mallow; contain-
ing 1133 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the
north bank of the river Blackwater, and on the north
road from Mallow to Fermoy; it comprises 3238 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at
£3462 per annum. The land is good and mostly under
an improved system of tillage, with the exception of
Mount Nagle, which affords good pasturage; there is
no bog. Limestone abounds, and is quarried for agri-
cultural and other uses. Carrig Park, the seat of W. H.
Franks, Esq., is beautifully situated on the banks of the
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Blackwater, which are here richly wooded: the ruins of
Carrig castle, on the summit of a rock overhanging the
river, form an interesting and picturesque object as
seen from the opposite bank; and the whole demesne,
in which are the vestiges of an ancient burial-ground,
abounds with richly varied scenery. This parish was
formerly united to that of Rahan, and on its separation
about 30 years since, part of it was added to Rahan, to
make the divisions more equal. The living is a vicarage,
in the diocese of Cloyne, and in the patronage of the
Bishop; the rectory is appropriate to the vicars choral
of the cathedral of Christ Church, Dublin. The tithes
amount to £270, and are equally divided between the
vicars choral and the vicar. A neat small church, in
the later English style, but without a tower, is now in
progress of erection on the site of the old parish church,
part of the walls of which will be incorporated in the
new building; the estimated expense is £222. 10.,
towards defraying which the Ecclesiastical Commission-
ers have granted £192. 10. 8. Divine service is in the
mean time performed in a private house. There is
neither glebe-house nor glebe. In the R. C. divisions
this parish forms part of the union or district of Kill-
avullane or Kealavullen, at which place, and. also at
Annakissy, is a chapel. There are two private schools,
in which about 50 children are educated.
CARRIGAHOLT, a small port and village, in the
parish and barony of MOYARTA, county of CLARE, and
province of MUNSTER, 11¾ miles (W.) from Kilrush:
the population is returned with the parish. It is situated
on the harbour and road-stead of the same name, within
the estuary of the river Shannon. The castle, now in
ruins, was formerly the fortified residence of the Mac
Mahons, the chiefs of that part of this country which
forms the peninsula called the “Western Corkavaskin,”
still denominated “the west.” The last siege to which
it was exposed was in 1649, when it was taken by Gen.
Ludlow, and Teigue Keigh was the last of the Mac
Mahons to whom it belonged. On his attainder it
passed by grant from Queen Elizabeth to Henry O’Brien,
brother to the Earl of Thomond, whose unfortunate
grandson, Lord Clare, resided in it when he raised a
regiment of horse, called the “Yellow Dragoons,” which
in 1689 was the flower of King James’s army. The town
now belongs to Lady Burton, whose ancestor was an
officer in the army of King William. The ruins of the
castle occupy a bold situation on the verge of a cliff
overhanging the sea, enclosed by a court-yard and high
walls on one side, and by rocks and the bay on. the other.
A small quay or pier was constructed partly by the late
Fishery Board and partly by grand jury presentments:
it is of considerable service to agriculture and the
fisheries, and is frequented by six hookers, of seven tons
each, and upwards of 500 corrachs, which give employ-
ment to about 400 persons, particularly in the herring
fishery, which commences in July. This is the principal
place in the neighbourhood for the shipment of agricul-
tural produce; 900 tons of grain, 700 firkins of butter,
and 3000 pigs, having lately been shipped here in. one
year, by three individuals: it also exports hides to
Limerick. The bay of Carrigaholt lies opposite that
part of the Kerry shore, within the mouth of the Shan-
non, which is called the Bale bar. It has good and
secure anchorage with the wind to the northward of