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mesne of Muckross, to the interesting and highly pic-
turesque ruins of the abbey of that name, and to the
shores of the great lower lake of Killarney, it has of
late years been very much frequented during the season
by visiters to the lakes, for whom several neat lodging-
houses have been erected, and it is in contemplation to
build a spacious hotel, with coach-houses and other
suitable accommodations. The small river that runs
from the village into the Lower Lake is about to be
made navigable for boats, and a bason formed within
the gate of Muckross demesne, the seat of H. A. Her-
bert, Esq., who has it in contemplation to erect a church
and school-house, and to endow the former with £100
per annum for the support of a curate. This is usually
the starting point for those who ascend Mangerton
mountain. The road hence to Killarney is skirted with
gentlemen’s seats; and the new road towards Kenmare
winds round the richly wooded base of Tore mountain,
and along the shores of the middle and upper lakes,
embracing a succession of grand and sublime scenery,
constantly varying in character.
CLOGHERNY, or CLOUGHENRY, a parish, in
the barony of OMAGH, county of TYRONE, and province
of ULSTER, 6 miles (S. E.) from Omagh; containing
6785 inhabitants. This parish, anciently Donaghaneigh,
is situated on the road from Dungannon to Omagh, and
contains, according to the Ordnance survey, 17,791½
statute acres (including a detached portion of 2368½
acres), about 8000 of which are arable, mostly under a
good system of cultivation. There is a market at
Beregh on Wednesday, and a fair on the first Monday
in every month; and fairs are also held at Seskinore, on
the second Monday in every month, for live stock. The
principal seats are Gortmore, the residence of J. Gal-
braith, Esq.; Mullaghmore, of R. Burges, Esq.; Ses-
kinore, of Mrs. Perry; and Somerset, of the Rev. J.
Lowry. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Armagh,
and in the patronage of the Provost and Fellows of
Trinity College, Dublin, who purchased the advowson
in 1830: the tithes amount to £692. The church is a
large and handsome edifice, built about 1746, and en-
larged and much improved in 1773. The glebe-house
was built in 1774, about which time the parish was dis-
united from Termon: it is large and handsome, and is
on a glebe of 154 acres; there is also a glebe at Upper
Clogherny, comprising 422 acres, and another called
Mullaghollin, in the parish of Termon, comprising 508
acres, making a total of 1084 acres of arable land,
besides about 850 acres of mountain and bog. The
R. C. parish is co-extensive with that of the Established
Church, and is called Beregh; there are chapels at
Beregh, Liskmore, and Brackey. At Dervethroy is a
meeting-house for Presbyterians in connection with the
Synod of Ulster, of the third class; and at Seskinore is
one in connection with the Associate Synod. The pa-
rochial school, situated near the church, is a large and
handsome edifice, built by the inhabitants, at a cost of
£800, and is supported by the rector; and there are 11
other schools in the parish, also four Sunday schools.
About a mile from the church are the ruins of the
old church of Donaghaneigh, in a large townland,
which is extra-parochial, and belongs to the Bishop
of Clogher.
CLOGHJORDAN, a post-town and district parish,
in the barony of LOWER ORMOND, county of TIPPE-
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RARY, and province of MUNSTER, 9½ miles (W.) from
Roscrea, and 70¼ (S. W.) from Dublin; containing 2770
inhabitants, of which number, 824 are in the town.
This town is situated on the road from Nenagh to Par-
sonstown, and consists principally of one main street;
it contains 129 houses, and has. a neat and cheerful ap-
pearance. A large distillery is carried on, in which from
40,000 to 60,000 gallons of whiskey are annually made.
A patent for a market exists, but no market has been
yet established, though much desired by the inhabitants.
Fairs are held on May 12th, Aug. 12th, and Dec. 1st; and
a police force is stationed in the town. The living is a
perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Killaloe, erected out
of the parish of Modreeny in 1826, and in the patronage
of the Incumbent of that parish: the stipend of the
curate is £76. 3. 1., of which £46. 3. 1. is paid by the
incumbent of Modreeny, and £30 from the augmenta-
tion fund under the management of the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners. The church, a handsome light edifice,
in the later English style, with an elegant spire, was
built by a gift of £900 and a loan of £923 from the late
Board of First Fruits, in 1830. There is neither glebe-
house nor glebe. In the R. C. divisions it is the head
of a union or district, comprising also the parishes of
Modreeny, Ardcrony, and Kilruan, in which are three
chapels; the chapel at Cloghjordan is a neat plain
building. There are places of worship for Baptists and
Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists, also a dispensary
and fever hospital. A plan for the relief and diminu-
tion of pauperism originated in the town with William
French, Esq., of Cangort Park, who, in 1823, established
the “Deacon’s Poor Fund,” at first limited to the parish
of Modreeny, and subsequently extended to many other
parishes, particularly to those of Dolla, Kilmore, and
Ballynaclogh, in which it has been attended with the
most beneficial results.
CLOGHPRIOR, a parish, in the barony of LOWER
ORMOND, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUN-
STER, 4 miles (S. W.) from Burrisokane; containing
1452 inhabitants. This parish is situated near the river
Shannon, and on the high road from Nenagh to Burris-
okane, and comprises 3532 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act, and valued at £3083 per annum.
About 480 acres are common; there is a very small
portion of bog, and of the remainder, by far the greater
portion is arable and under tillage; the soil is light and
rests on a substratum of limestone. The gentlemen’s
seats are Ashley Park, the residence of G. Atkinson,
Esq., and Prior Park, of W. Waller, Esq., both richly
planted demesnes; East Prospect, of J. S. Handcock,
Esq.; and Carney Castle, of A. French, Esq. The last
is a handsome modern house on part of the site of the
ancient castle, now in ruins, and formerly for many
years the residence of the Grace family; it was attacked
by Cromwell, and becoming forfeited, was re-purchased
by the same family, and has descended by inheritance
to its present proprietor. The parish is in the diocese
of Killaloe, and is a rectory and vicarage, forming
part of the union, of Finnoe: the tithes amount to
£212. 6. 2. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the
union or district of Cloghjordan. There is a pay school,
in which are about 80 boys and 40 girls. There are
some slight remains of a religious foundation, proba-
bly of a priory, from which the parish may have taken
its name, but no record of it is extant.
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