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by aid of a loan of £844, in 1810, from the same Board;
the glebe comprises 400 acres. In 1813, forty-seven
townlands of he parish were disunited, to form the per-
petual cure of Killoughter. This parish is divided into
the two R. C. districts of Annagh West and Annagh
East, or Killoughter, the former containing a chapel at
Drumalee, and the latter at Red Hill. There are two
places of worship for Wesleyan Methodists, one of
which belongs to the Primitive class. A school is sup-
ported by the Trustees of Erasmus Smith’s charity; and
there are schools at Drumlaney, Killoughter, and Drum-
loor; also an infants’ and two other schools, besides
six private pay schools. The ruins of the old church
yet exist.—See BELTURBET.
ANNAGH, or ST. ANNA, a parish, in the barony
of TRUGHENACKMY, county of KERRY, and province of
MUNSTER, 6¼ miles (W. S. W.) from Tralee; containing,
with the town of Blennerville, 3253 inhabitants. This
parish, which is situated on the bay of Tralee, and on
the high road from Tralee to Dingle, extends for some
miles between a chain of mountains and the sea, and
comprises 17,967 statute acres, as applotted under the
tithe act, about 11,400 of which consist of rough moun-
tain pasture, and the remainder of arable land. It is a
rectory, in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, and
forms part of the union of Ballynahaglisli: the tithes
amount to £332. 6. 1. The church, situated in the
town of Blennerville, is a neat modern structure with a
square tower; and about half a mile distant are the ruins
of the old church, with the burial-ground, in which is a
stone bearing a rude effigy of an armed horseman.
There is neither glebe nor glebe-house. In the R. C.
divisions it is included in the unions of Tralee and Bally-
macelligot; the chapel is at Curragheen, 1½ mile to the
west of Blennerville, A school is supported by the
R. C. clergyman; and at Curragrague is one under the
Trustees of Erasmus Smith’s charity; in which, together,
are about 170 boys and 110 girls.—See BLENNERVILLE.
ANNAGH, a parish, in the barony of COSTELLO,
county of MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT, on the
road from Castlebar to Frenchpark; containing, with
the post-town of Ballyhaunis, 6885 inhabitants. This
place was chiefly distinguished for a cell of Franciscan
friars, though by some writers said to have been founded
by Walter de Burgh for brethren of the order of St.
Augustine, as a cell to the abbey of Cong, and to have
been the burial-place of Walter, Lord Mac William
Oughter, who was interred here in 1440. The parish
comprises 16,325 statute acres, as applotted under the
tithe act: it is principally under tillage; and there is a
sufficient quantity of bog. Logboy is the residence of
E. Nolan, Esq., and Hollywell, of J. Bourke, Esq.
A weekly market and annual fairs are held at Bally-
haunis, which see. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the
diocese of Tuam, and forms part of the union of Kiltul-
lagh: the tithes amount to £194. 19. 11. The R. C.
parish is co-extensive with that of the Established
Church; there are chapels at Ballyhaunis and Tulrahan.
The old monastery at the former place is still occupied
by friars of the order of St. Augustine. There are eight
pay schools in the parish, in which are about 390 boys
and 230 girls.
ANNAGH, an island, in the parish of KILCOMMOTN,
barony of ERRIS, county of MAYO, and province of
CONNAUGHT, 23 miles (S. by E.) from Belmullet; con-
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taining 6 inhabitants. This island is situated in the
bay of Tulloghane, on the western coast, and near the
entrance of the sound of Achill; it is separated from the
mainland of Ballycroy by a narrow sound to which
it gives name, and is the property of Sir Richard O’Don-
nell, Bart., from whom it is rented by the inhabitants of
the village of Claggan-Caferky. The greater portion of
the land is mountainous, but affords very good pasture;
and there is a salmon and herring fishery, which, if pro-
perly managed, might be rendered very lucrative.
ANNAGHCLONE.—See ANACLOAN.
ANNAGHDOWN, or ENAGHDUNE, a parish, in
the barony of CLARE, county of GALWAY, and province
of CONNAUGHT, 7½ miles (N.) from Galway, on the road
from Galwayto Headford; containing 6093 inhabitants.
This parish is bounded on the west by Lough Corrib,
and comprises 16,508 statute acres, as applotted under
the tithe act. It is a place of considerable antiquity,
and was formerly the seat of an independent bishoprick,
of which some notice will be found in the account of the
archiepiscopal see of Tuam, with which it has for centu-
ries been incorporated. St. Brendan of Clonfert built a
nunnery here under the invocation of the Blessed Virgin,
for his sister Briga, which, in 1195, was confirmed by Pope
Celestine III., together with the town of Kelgel, to nuns
of the Arroasian order: at the suppression it was granted
to the Earl of Clanricarde. An abbey, dedicated to St.
Mary, and called the abbey of St. Mary de portu patrum,
was founded at an early period for White Premonstra-
tensian canons; and here was a Franciscan friary, the
head of a custody, to which the monasteries of Con-
naught and Ulster were subordinate. There was also
another religious house, called the College of St. Brendan,
in which four priests or vicars were supported, and
which was not subjected to royal inquisition until the
28th of Elizabeth; and at Kilcoonagh, in the vicinity,
was an abbey, which Tipraid, Prince of Hy Fiacria,
granted to St. Columb, who placed over it St. Cuannan,
from whom it derived its name. The seats are Cregg
Castle, that of Fras. Blake, Esq., and Waterdale, of Jas.
Blake, Esq. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of
Tuam, to which those of Killascobe and Laccagh are
episcopally united, and in the patronage of the Arch-
bishop; the rectory is impropriate in John Kirwan, Esq.
The tithes amount to £553. 16. 11¼., of which £138.9. 3.
is payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the
incumbent; and of the entire union, to £675. 9. 4¾.
The church is a small neat building, for the erection of
which the late Board of First Fruits gave £500, in 1798.
The glebe-house was also built by aid of a gift of £350
and a loan of £450, in 1818, from the same Board: the
glebe comprises 20 acres. The R. C. parish is co-
extensive -with that of the Established Church: the
chapel is at Corondola, and divine service is also regu-
larly performed in a school-house at Woodpark. Schools
at Annaghdown and Woodpark were each endowed with
£100 late currency by the Rev, Redmond Hardagan, for
the gratuitous instruction of 30 children in each; about
160 children are at present taught in these schools.
There are also six hedge schools, in which are about
300 children; and a Sunday school is supported by
the vicar.
ANNAMOE, a village, in the parish of DERRA-
LOSSORY, barony of BALLINACOR, county of WICKLOW,
and province of LEINSTER, 6¼ miles (s. w.) from New-