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apartments for a master and mistress, was erected by
Lord Mount-Sandford, for a male, female, and infants’
school, supported by his lordship; there is also a national
school. A dispensary has been established; and a build-
ing, with wards attached for the reception of patients,
is about to be erected on an improved principle by Lord
Mount-Sandford. A loan fund has existed for some
years with great benefit to the poor; the capital at
present is £600. Dr. Young, Bishop of Clonfert, an
eminent natural philosopher and mathematician, was a
native of this place.—See Kilkeevan.
CASTLEREAGH.—See KNOCKBREDA.
CASTLE-RICHARD, a village, in that part of the
parish of Lismore, which is in the barony of Coshmore,
county of Waterford, and province of Munster, 3 miles
(S. W.) from Lismore: the population is returned with
the parish. This pleasant village consists of remarkably
neat cottages with gardens in front, and is situated on
the south side of the river Blackwater. The surround-
ing scenery is pleasingly varied, and among its more
prominent features is Glencairne, the handsome seat of
Gervaise Bushe, Esq., commanding some fine views of
the vale of the Blackwater and of the country adja-
cent.
CASTLE-RICKARD, a parish, partly in the barony
of Carbery, county of Kildare, but chiefly in the
barony of Upper Moyfenragh, county of Meath, and
province of Leinster 4¾ miles (N. E.) from Clonard;
containing 554 inhabitants. This parish, which derives
its name from an ancient castle, of which there are no
remains, is situated on the river Boyne, and on the road
from Edenderry to Trim. The seats are Castle-Rickard,
the residence of G. Lucas Nugent, Esq.; and Lion’s
Den, of Godwin Swift, Esq. The living is a rectory, in
the diocese of Meath, and in the patronage of the Bishop:
the tithes amount to £170. The church is a plain edifice
in good repair. The glebe-house was built in 1790, by
aid of a gift of £100, from the late Board of First
Fruits; and there are two glebes, comprising 10 acres.
In the R. C. divisions this parish forms part of the union
or district of Kildalkey. There is a hedge school at
Inchmore of about 50 boys and 40 girls.
CASTLE-ROBERT,—See ROBERTSTOWN.
CASTLETERRA, a parish, in the barony of Upper
Loughtee, county of Cavan, and province of Ulster;
containing, with the post-town of Ballyhaise, 6503 in-
habitants. This parish is situated on the road from Cavan
to Cootehill, and comprises, according to the Ordnance
survey, 9980¾ statute acres (including 151½ under
water), of which 9526 are applotted under the tithe act;
about 900 acres are woodland, mountain, or bog, and
the remainder is arable or pasture. There is an iron
mine, which has never been worked; and a new road is
being made through the parish from Ballyhaise to Cavan.
The principal seats are Ballyhaise House, the residence of
W. Humphreys, Esq.: Lisnagowan, of Mrs. Humphreys;
and the glebe-house, of the Rev. G. Knox. The living is
a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Kilmore, and in
the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to
£288.10. The church is a handsome building, repaired
in 1819 by aid of a loan of £1200 from the late Board of
First Fruits. There is a glebe-house, with a glebe of 195
acres. The R. C. parish is co-extensive with that of the
Established Church, and has chapels at Ballyhaise, Cas-
tleterra, and Butler’s-bridge, of which Ballyhaise chapel,
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built in 1810, cost £400; and Castleterra, built in 1829
cost £650. The parochial school-house is built of stone,
and cost £270, one-half of which was paid out of the
lord-lieutenant’s school fund, the other half by subscrip-
tions. It is under the patronage of W. Humphreys,
Esq., and is aided by an annual donation from the in-
cumbent, who also partiallymaintains three other schools:
there are national schools at Ballyhaise and Butlers-
town. About 260 hoys and 240 girls are educated in
these schools; and about 60 boys and 100 girls are
educated in private schools. In 1777, Brockhill New-
burgh, Esq., bequeathed £10 annually, charged on his
estate at Ballyhaise, for the repair of the church; also
£10 annually out of the Redhills estate, for bread to
be distributed weekly among the poor of the parish.
About two miles from Ballyhaise there is a chalybeate
spring.—See Ballyhaise.
CASTLETOWN, or CASTLETOWN-BEARHAVEN,
a post-town, in the parish of Kilaconenagh, barony
of Bere, county of Cork, and province of Munster,
31 miles (W.) from Bantry, and 202 (S. W.) from Dub-
lin; containing 1468 inhabitants. This town takes its
name from an ancient castle that stood here, and is
celebrated as being the place where the only part of
Gen. Hoche’s army that landed was made prisoners, in
1796. It is situated on an inner bay, on the northern
side of the harbour of Bearhaven, and comprises one
long street of newly built houses, running along the
margin of the bay of Castletown, opposite the north-
western point of Bear island. The town has grown up
since the discovery of the Allihais copper mines, in
1812, as, prior to that time, it consisted of only a few
fishermen’s cabins, but now it contains more than 300
houses, with several large shops, and is rapidly increas-
ing. It is the only town in the barony, and there is none
nearer than Bantry, which is 31 Irish miles distant. It
is encircled by lofty mountains, except towards the
south-east, where, on the opposite side of the bay, rise
the lofty hills of Bear island, crowned by signal and
martello towers. The trade consists principally in sup-
plying the miners in Kilcateerin. Fairs are held on Jan.
1st, Easter-Tuesday, May 12th, and Sept. 4th, princi-
pally for the sale of cattle, pigs, sheep, and pedlery. A
constabulary police force has been stationed here, for
which there is art excellent barrack. It is also the resi-
dence of the district inspecting commander of the coast-
guard, whose district includes Garnish, Colaris, and
Castletown. Petty sessions are held irregularly, and a
manorial court once a month, for the recovery of debts
under 40s. A bridewell with separate cells has been
recently erected for the temporary confinement of pri-
soners. The little bay of Castletown. is advantageously
situated, and vessels of 400 tons’ burden may anchor in
safety: it opens by a deep channel into the northern
branch of Bantry or Bearhaven bay. The pier affords
great protection to the fisheries, and is much used for
trading purposes; the timber, iron, and other articles for
the supply of the neighbourhood being landed here; but
the roads connected with it are still in a bad state.
Belonging to this port are four decked boats of 20 tons’
burden each, 12 hookers of 12 tons, and 51 yawls of 4
tons, which furnish employment to about 400 fishermen.
A little westward from the town is the church of Kila-
conenagh; and there is a large cruciform Roman Catholic
chapel, built in the year 1822, at an expense of £1000.
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