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town-Mount-Kennedy; containing 67 inhabitants. This
small village is situated in a sequestered spot, where
a small valley opens on the east into the beautiful and.
romantic vale through which the river Annamoe flows in
its descent from Lough Dan. The scenery is richly di-
versified, and in the vicinity are several gentlemen’s
seats, among which is Castle Kevin, the residence of Dr.
Frizell, occupying a lofty eminence richly planted with
firs and other forest trees, and commanding an extensive
and delightful view. About half a mile to the north-
west of the village is Dromeen, the seat of Captain Hugo,
situated in a demesne tastefully laid out; near it is
the glebe-house of Derralossory, and in the neighbour-
hood is Lara House, the residence of Robert Burrowes,
Esq., from which is a most extensive mountain view. A
daily penny post from Newtown-Mount-Kennedy has
been established; and here is a small neat R. C. chapel
belonging to the union or district of Glendalough. At a
short distance up the valley, at the head of which the
village is situated, is the site of Castle Kevin, supposed
to have been originally built by the O’Tooles, a spacious
quadrangular area encompassed by a deep ditch and
rampart, which, with some of the foundations, is all that
remains of that ancient fortress. Lawrence Sterne,
when a child, was on a visit with his father at the par-
sonage-house for about six months, during which period
occurred the circumstance which he relates of his falling
through a mill-race, while the mill was at work, and
being taken up unhurt.—See DERRALOSSORY.
ANNAMULT, otherwise AGHNAMOLT, a parish,
in the barony of SHILLELOGHER, county of KILKENNY,
and province of LEINSTER, 6 miles (S.) from Kilkenny;
containing 458 inhabitants. It is situated on the river
Nore, which here receives the King’s river, on the high
road from Stoneyford to Kilkenny by Bennett’s-Bridge,
and contains 1664 statute acres. An extensive Merino
factory for superfine cloth, with a farm attached, was
established here about 20 years since, at an expense, in-
cluding the machinery, of nearly £30,000, and a further
sum of £10,000 was subsequently expended on addi-
tional buildings and machinery. This excellent esta-
blishment, in which about 800 persons were employed
and every process of the manufacture was carried on,
was conducted on a plan which afforded to the children
of the neighbouring peasantry the means of acquiring
not only a knowledge of the trade, but also an useful
elementary education; but from unavoidable losses and
want of sufficient encouragement the undertaking was
abandoned by its projectors, in 1822, and the works
were subsequently taken by a firm in Dublin and Leeds,
which, in 1826, being unable to obtain a satisfactory lease,
discontinued them, and they are now unoccupied. Ex-
cept about 25 acres of woodland attached to Annamult,
the handsome residence of T. Neville, Esq., and to the
residence of the Rev. Dr. Butler, the lands are all arable
and pasture; about one-half are held immediately from
Major Wemyss, and the other half under the lessees of
Sir J. Blunden, Bart. The parish is tithe-free: it is a
rectory, in the diocese of Ossory, and forms part of the
union of Kells. In the R. C. divisions it is united
to Danesfort.
ANNASCALL, or AUNASCALL, a hamlet, in the
parish of BALLINACOURTY, barony of CORKAGUINEY,
county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER, 9 miles
(E. by N.) from Dingle; containing: 11 houses and 92
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inhabitants. This place is situated in a pleasant valley
on the new mail coach road from Tralee to Dingle, to each
of which it has a penny post recently established. It is a
constabulary police station; and petty sessions are held
generally on alternate Mondays. The parish church, a
small plain edifice with a square tower, is situated here;
and a R. C. chapel has been recently erected. In the vi-
cinity is a beautiful lake, about a mile in circumference;
and in a glen among the mountains in its neigh-
bourhood, bordering on Ballyduff, it is said the last
wolf in Ireland was killed; the particular spot is called
the “Wolf Step.”—See BALLINACOURTY.
ANNESBOROUGH.—See DROMARAGH.
ANNESTOWN, a village, in the parish of DUNHILL,
barony of MIDDLETHTRD, county of WATERFORD, and
province of MUNSTER,6miles (S.W.) fromTramore; con-
taining 232 inhabitants. This place is situated on the
south coast, and on the western side of a pleasant
valley, which extends for a considerable distance inland.
The village contains 31 houses, and possesses some na-
tural advantages as a place of resort during summer -,
and a few lodging-houses have been established for the
accommodation of visiters. Its situation and appearance
are highly picturesque; the vicinity presents an exten-
sive line of coast, consisting of stupendous rocks rising
abruptly from the sea. On the east the view is bounded
by the isles of Icane, and on the opposite side the head-
land of Dungarvan is seen stretching far to the south-
west. The parish church, a neat edifice, erected by aid
of a gift of £900 from the late Board of First Fruits, in
1822, is situated in the village.—See DUNHILL.
ANTRIM (County of), a maritime county in the
province of ULSTER, bounded on the north by the North-
ern Ocean, or Deucaledonian Sea; on the north-east
and east, by the North Channel; on the south-east, by
the lough or bay of Belfast and the river Lagan,
separating it from the county of Down, which likewise
borders it on the south; on the south-west, by Lough
Neagh; on the west, by Lough Beg and the river
Bann, which separate it from the county of London-
derry; and on the north-west, by the liberties of Cole-
raine. It extends from 54° 26’ to 55° 12’ 16” (N. Lat.),
and from 5° 47’ to 6° 52’ (W. Lon.); and, exclusively of
the extensive parish of Carrickfergus (which is a county
of a town in itself), comprises, according to the Ord-
nance survey, 76l,877¾ statute acres, of which 466,564
are cultivated land, 53,487½ are under water, and the
remainder unimproved mountain and bog. The popu-
lation, in 1821, was 262,860; and in 1831, 316,909.
In the ancient division of the island the southern and
south-western parts of this county were included in the
territory called Dalaradiœ, or Ulidia, the western and
north-western were designated Dalrieda, and the name
of the whole was Endruim or Andruim, signifying the
“habitation upon the waters,” and strikingly descriptive
of its situation. It was afterwards divided into the three
districts of North or Lower Clan-Hugh-Boy, Claneboy,
or Clandeboy; the Glynnes; and the Reuta, Route, or
Rowte. North or Lower Clandeboy, so called to distin-
guish it from South or Upper Clandeboy, now included
in the adjacent county of Down, extended from Carrick-
fergus bay and the river Lagan to Lough Neagh, and
consisted of the tract now forming the baronies of Bel-
fast, Massareene, and Antrim: the Glynnes, so called
from the intersection of its surface by many rocky dells,