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Reginald’s tower, from which they were soon afterwards
liberated by the English monarch.
The parish is bounded
on the north by the river
Slaney, over which is a
handsome bridge of Ameri-
can oak, built by the archi-
tect of the old Wexford
bridge, under an act passed
in 1794, which empowered
subscribers to raise £7000
for that purpose, who, on
payment of one-fifth of that
sum, were to be constituted
a corporate body, under the
designation of the “Commissioners of Carrigg Bridge,”
and to have a common seal. The northern part is
intersected by the mail coach road from Wexford to
Dublin, and the road from Wexford to New Ross also
passes through it. It comprises 2538 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act, of which, the greater
portion is in pasture and the remainder under tillage;
the system of agriculture is progressively improving.
Here are some quarries of good building stone, from
which the works now in progress at St. Peter’s College,
Wexford, are supplied. The scenery is pleasingly
varied, including the richly wooded banks of the Slaney
and the Forth mountains, by which the parish is
bounded on the west. Belmont, the residence of
Charles Arthur Walker, Esq., is finely situated on a
commanding eminence above the Slaney, and embraces
some beautiful views of that river above Wexford bridge,
and especially of that side of it which is ornamented by
the elegant mansions and richly wooded demesnes of
Saunders Court, Artramont, and other gentlemen’s seats.
The other seats are Baratown House, the newly erected
residence of Major Perceval; Cullentra, of G. Little,
Esq.; Park House, of Capt. J. W. Harvey; Janeville,
of D. Jones, Esq.; and Bettyville, of Mrs. Redmond:
there are also several other villas. The Slaney affords
every facility of water conveyance for the supply of the
neighbourhood.
This is one of the 16 parishes that constitute the union
of St. Patrick’s, Wexford. The living is an impropriate
curacy, in the diocese of Ferns, and in the patronage of
the Bishop; the rectory is impropriate in the Earl of
Portsmouth. The tithes amount to £185.1. 5., of which
£62. 3. 5½. is payable to the impropriator, and
£122. 17. 11½. to the curate. There are some remains
of the old parish church below Belmont; and in the
churchyard, under an altar-tomb, are deposited the
remains of Lieut.-Col. Jones Watson, who fell on the
30th of May, 1798, while leading the yeomanry of
this county to attack the insurgents, who had encamped
at the Three Rocks on the mountain of Forth. In the
R. C. divisions this parish forms part of the union or
district of Glynn; the chapel is at Barntown, and ad-
joining it is the national school, in which about 150
children of both sexes are gratuitously instructed, under
the superintendence of the R. C. clergyman. The re-
mains of the castle of Ferry-Carrigg, in the parish of
Tickillen, are romantically situated on a pinnacle of
rock commanding the pass of the river, and consist prin-
cipally of a lofty square tower. On the opposite side of
the river, and in the parish of Carrigg, was a castle called
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Shan-a-Court, or John’s Court, supposed to have been
built in the reign of John, and in which, that monarch
is said to have held a court. The remains consist only
of the trenches; many of the stones were used in build-
ing the more ancient part of Belmont house. In this
parish is also Barntown Castle, which appears to have
been built about the same time as that of Ferry-Carrigg,
and by some writers is attributed to the same founder;
it consists of a lofty square tower still nearly entire;
Barntown formed a portion of the lands granted by
Cromwell to Col. Le Hunt, whose descendants still re-
side at Artramont, in the neighbourhood.
CARRIGLEAMLEARY.—See CARRIG, county of
CORK.
CARRIGNAVAR, a village, in the parish of DUN-
BOLLOGE, barony of BARRYMORE, county of CORK, and
province of MUNSTER, 5 miles (N.) from Cork; con-
taining 282 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from
Cork to Mallow, in a fine fertile country, and has lately
been much improved by its proprietors, Lord Midleton
and J. M c Carthy, Esq. The castle, of which little more
than a square tower remains, is said to have been the
last fortress in Munster which came into Cromwell’s
possession. It stood on the banks of the river Glan-
mire, and was built by Daniel, second son of Lord
Muskerry, who died in 1616, and was one. of the
dependencies of the manor of Blarney. The village
contains a neat R. C. chapel and a school.—See DUN-
BOLLOGE.
CARRIGPARSON, or WILLESTOWN, a parish,
partly in the barony of CLANWILLIAM, county of
LIMERICK, but chiefly in the county of the city of
LIMERICK, and province of MUNSTER, 4½ miles (S. E.)
from Limerick; containing 487 inhabitants. This
parish is situated on the road from Limerick to Cashel,
and contains 828 statute acres, about one-half of which
is in tillage, producing good crops of wheat, oats, and
potatoes, and the other is mostly meadow. Basalt and
limestone are found here, the former mostly in a state
of decomposition; and between the north-western
extremity of the parish and Cahirnarry is an extensive
and valuable bog. The living is a rectory and vicarage,
in the diocese of Emly, and is part of the union of
Cahirconlish: the tithes amount to £95. 15. 4½. There
is neither church nor glebe-house, but a glebe of five
acres near the remains of the old church. In the R. C.
divisions this parish forms part of the district or union
of Ballybricken; the chapel is at Bohermora. There is
a private school of 30 boys and 10 girls.
CARRIGROHANBEG, or KILGROHANBEG, a
parish, in the barony of BARRETTS, county of CORK,
and province of MUNSTER, 3 miles (W.) from Cork;
containing 659 inhabitants. This parish, which is
situated in a very fertile district adjoining the western
boundary of the county of the city of Cork, is bounded
on the south by the river Lee, and on the east by the
Awenbeg, or Shawnagh, a small river which flows from
Blarney and falls into the Lee opposite to the beautiful
ruins of Carrigrohane castle. It contains 1513 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at
£1936 per annum: the surface is pleasingly diversified,
and the soil, resting on a substratum of clay-slate, is
extremely fertile. The land is chiefly in pasture, and
the farmers attend almost exclusively to the dairy, for
supplying the city of Cork with milk and butter. The