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Canal passes through the parish, and the Royal Canal
through the northern part of the union, near the Duke
of Leinster’s demesne.
The living is a rectory and a vicarage, in the diocese
of Dublin; the rectory is united to those of Rathcool,
Esker, Kilberry, and Tallagh, together constituting the
corps of the deanery of St. Patrick’s Dublin, in the pa-
tronage of the Chapter; and the vicarage is united to
the rectory of Kilmactalway, the vicarage of Kilbride,
the curacies of Drimnagh and Kilmacrudery, and the
half rectories of Donoghmore and Donocomper, toge-
ther constituting the union of Clondalkin, in the pa-
tronage of the Archbishop. The tithes of Clondalkin
amount to £473. 18. 11., of which £428. 2. 5¼. is pay-
able to the dean, and £43. 0. 9¾. to the vicar. The
glebe-house, a good residence in the village, was built
in 1810, by aid of a gift of £100 and a loan of £450
from the late Board of First Fruits: the glebe comprises
17a. 2r. 5p. of profitable land. The church is a small
modern edifice in good repair, and requires to be en-
larged. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of
the union or district of Palmerstown, Clondalkin, and
Lucan; the chapel at the village of Clondalkin is a
neat building. There is also a chapel attached to the
monastery of Mount Joseph, which is pleasantly si-
tuated on high ground commanding extensive views, at
no great distance from the mail coach road from Dublin
to Naas: this establishment was founded in 1813, and
consists of a prior and several brethren, with a chap-
lain, who support themselves by their own industry.
Some of them conduct a day and boarding school for
such as can afford to pay; and in connection with the
monastery is a school of about 200 boys, supported by a
grant of £16* per annum from the National Board, and
collections at an annual charity sermon. There is another
national school, and there are two others and a Sunday
school, for which school-rooms have been erected at an
expense of £240, towards which the Rev. Dr. Reade,
the present incumbent, contributed £140, and also
assigned in perpetuity to the parish the ground on
which they are built; the total number in these schools
is about 216 boys and 305 girls. There is also a school
in the village, in which about 130 girls are instructed
and 40 annually clothed; it is under the management
of Mrs. Caldbeck, and supported by her, aided by col-
lections at the R. C. chapel and the sale of the children’s
work. The school-room was built by subscription, in
1831, on land given by Wm. Caldbeck, Esq., who also,
in 1833, gave land for the erection of a house for the
R. C. clergyman, and for a dispensary. The Rev. Dr.
Reade has also established almshouses for destitute
widows, a poor shop, repository, Dorcas institution, and
a lying-in hospital. Nearly adjacent to the present
church are the almost shapeless ruins of the old con-
ventual church of the monastery, which was afterwards
the parochial church, and among them is an ancient
cross of granite, nine feet high; it appears to have been
a spacious structure, about 120 feet long and from 50
to 6*0 feet wide; and near it is the ancient round tower
previously noticed. This tower is about 100 feet high
and 15 feet in diameter, and is covered with a conical
roof of stone; its style is of the plainest order, and it
is in good preservation; the entrance is about 10 feet
from the ground, and the base of the column to that
height was, about 60 years since, cased with strong ma-
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sonry. There are four openings looking towards the
cardinal points in the upper story, in which a room has
been formed by its proprietor, R. Caldbeck, Esq.,
having an ascent by ladders from within, and command-
ing a most extensive and interesting prospect over the
surrounding country. At Ballymount are extensive
remains of a once strong castle, consisting principally
of the enclosing walls and the keep: within the walls is
a respectable farm-house, evidently built with the old
materials.
CLONDEHORKY, a parish, in the barony of
KILMACRENAN, county of DONEGAL, and province of
ULSTER; containing, with the post-town of Dunfanaghy,
6477 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the bay
of Sheep Haven, on the north-western coast, and com-
prises, according to the Ordnance survey, 29,632¾
statute acres, of which 26,859 are applotted under the
tithe act, and 421½ are water. A small portion is wood-
land, a considerable portion arable and rough pasture,
and there is a large tract of waste land and bog, of
wbich much might be easily reclaimed. Near Rough
Point is an extensive rabbit-warren. There are quar-
ries producing slates of tolerable quality, and an inferior
kind of marble is also found in the parish. Silicibus
sand of excellent quality is obtained from Muckish
mountain, where iron ore is found: this mountain rises
to an elevation of 2190 feet above the level of the sea.
The gentlemen’s seats are Horn Head, the residence of
W. Stewart, Esq.; Marble Hill, of G. Barclay, Esq.;
Ards, of A. Stewart, Esq., attached to which is a beautiful
demesne; and Castle Doe, of Capt. Hart, formerly the re-
sidence of the Sandford family, and described as a very
strong castle surrounded by a bawn 40 feet square and
16 feet high. Fairs are held on the 10th of every month
at Creaslough, and there are others at Dunfanaghy which
see. A manor court is occasionally held, at which
small debts are recoverable. At Sheep Haven is a coast-
guard station, one of the seven constituting the district
of Dunfanaghy. Within the limits of the parish is the
point called Horn Head, in latitude 55° 12’ 50” (N.),
and longitude 7° 58’ 20” (W.); and between it and
the peninsula of Rossgull, or Rosguill is Sheep Haven,
off the eastern side of which are several rocks above
water, the outermost of which, nearly two miles west of
Melmor Point, is called Carrickavrank rock.
The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese
of Raphoe, forming the corps of the prebend of Clon-
dehorky, in the cathedral church of Raphoe, and in the
patronage of the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College,
Dublin. The tithes amount to £280. There is no glebe-
house; the glebe comprises 400 acres, of which 200 are
a barren sandy tract. The church is a neat plain struc-
ture, built by aid of a gift of £300 from the late Board
of First Fruits. The R. C. parish is co-extensive with that
of the Established Church: the chapel, a spacious building,
was erected in 1830, at an expense of £600, and there
is a place of worship for Presbyterians in connection
with the Synod of Ulster, of the third class. The pa-
rochial school is supported partly from Col. Robertson’s
fund and by annual donations, and a school at Cashel-
more is supported by Mr. Stewart, of Ards. In these
schools about 120 boys and 70 girls are instructed; and
there are three pay schools, in which are about 170 boys
and 90 girls. At Ballymacswiney are some ruins of a
monastery for Franciscans, founded by M°Swine; and