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the north bank, is a low square tower mantled with ivy.
Near Liclash castle are two curious caverns in the lime-
stone rock; also a large rath or fort.
CLONE, county of LEITRIM.—See CLOON.
CLONE, a parish, partly in the barony of GOREY,
but chiefly in that of SCARAWALSH, county of WEXFORD,
and province of LEINSTER, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from
Enniscorthy; containing 1270 inhabitants. This pa-
rish, which is situated on the eastern road from Ennis-
corthy to Ferns, comprises 6348 statute acres, as ap-
plotted under the tithe act, and valued at £3099 per
annum; the land is principally under an improving
system of tillage, and drill husbandry is in general
use; there are only a few patches of bog, and no waste
land. There are some quarries of excellent building
stone, from which has been raised the stone for the new
church; and a slate quarry has lately been opened on
the Portsmouth estate at Killibeg, about three miles
distant from the town of Enniscorthy, yielding slates
not inferior to those generally in use. Solsborough, the
seat of the Rev. Solomon Richards, is a handsome
mansion, situated in a finely wooded demesne, and com-
manding a pleasing view of the town of Enniscorthy
and the river Slaney. The other seats are Killibeg, the
residence of Mrs. Sparrow, and Tomsollagh, of Mr.
Rudd. This was formerly one of the three parishes
constituting the union of Ferns, from which it has been
recently separated, and is now an independent rectory,
in the diocese of Ferns, forming the corps of the pre-
bend of Clone in the cathedral of Ferns, and in the
patronage of the Bishop. The tithes amount to
£332. 6. 1¾. The church, a neat edifice in the later
English style, was erected in 1833, by aid of a grant of
£900 from the late Board of First Fruits, on a site
given by the Rev. Solomon Richards. The ruins of the
old church are near Ferns, and attached to them is a
burial-ground. The glebe comprises 21a. Or. 9p. In the
R. C. divisions the parish is the head of the union or dis-
trict of Monageer, comprising also part of the parish of
Monimolin, and those parts of the parishes of Bally-
huskard, Templeshannon, and Kilcormuck, which lie on
the north-west side of the river Blackwater; the chapel
at Monageer is a neat edifice. The parochial school, in
which about 40 children are instructed, is supported by
the rector, and it is in contemplation to build a school-
house near the church, on a site to be given by the
rector; there is also a private school, in which are about
50 children. In removing a tumulus, or, as it is fre-
quently called, a moat, on the demesne of Mr. Richards,
some time since, an ancient urn of unbaked clay, rudely
carved and containing calcined bones, enclosed by flags,
was discovered.
CLONEA, a parish, in the barony of DECIES-with-
out-DRUM, county of WATERFORD, and province of
MUNSTER, 4½ miles (E. by N.) from Dungarvan con-
taining 773 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the
bay of Clonea in St. George’s channel, and comprises 3338
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. Clonea
Castle, the residence of Walter M c Gwire, Esq., is plea-
santly situated near the cliffs, and commands a fine view
of the sea. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Lismore,
and is part of the union of Stradbally; the rectory is
impropriate in the Duke of Devonshire. The tithes
ampunt to £199. 8., of which £132. 18. 8. is payable to
the impropriator, and the remainder to the incumbent:
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the glebe comprises la. 3r. 31p. In the R. C. divisions
the parish forms part of the union or district of Kil-
gobinet; the chapel is a plain building. There is a pay
school, in which are about 25 boys and 5 girls.
CLONEAMERY, or CLOWEN, a parish, in the
barony of IDA, county of KILKENNY, and province of
LEINSTER, 1 mile (S. E.) from Innistiogue; containing
777 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the
left bank of the river Nore, and on the mail coach road
from Dublin to New Ross, by way of Thomastown, com-
prises 3277 statute acres, of which 170 are woodland,
648 mountain and waste, 129 bog, and the remainder
arable and pasture land. It is a rectory and vicarage,
in the diocese of Ossory, forming the corps of the pre-
bend of Cloneamery in the cathedral of St. Canice,
Kilkenny, and part of the union of Innistiogue, in the
patronage of the Bishop. The tithes amount to £135.
In the R. C. divisions also it forms part of the union or
district of Innistiogue; the chapel is at Clediagh. Here
is a private school, in which about 60 boys and 30 girls
are educated. Bishop Pocockc bequeathed 116 plantation
acres of mountain land, called Bishop ‘s Hill, and worth
about £50 per annum, for the instruction of children,
which is held by the Incorporated School Society. On
a steep mound near the river stand the ruins of Clowen
castle, belonging to the Fitzgeralds, and singularly
divided into two parts. There are also some remains of
an old church. In a romantic glen up a creek of the
Nore is Clodagh waterfall; it is a cascade of great
beauty falling down a rugged precipice of about 60 feet,
and from the fissures of the overhanging rocks on both
sides spring a great variety of trees and shrubs.
CLONEE, a post-town, in the parish and barony of
DUNBOYNE, county of MEATH, and province of LEIN-
STER, 7 miles (N. W.) from Dublin; containing 217 in-
habitants. It is situated on the road from Dublin to
Navan, and on the confines of the county of Dublin;
and has a constabulary police station.—See DUN-
BOYNE.
CLONEEN.—See CLONYNE.
CLONEGAL, a post-town, in that part of the parish
of MOYACOMB which is in the barony of ST. MULLINS
NORTH, county of CABXOW, and province of LEINSTER,
14¼ miles (S. E. byE.) from Carlow, and 53½ (S. S. W.)
from Dublin; containing 446 inhabitants. It is situated
on the road from Tullow to Newtownbarry, and on the
river Derry, which divides it into two parts, and in 1831
comprised 76 houses. Fairs are held on July 31st,
Nov. 12th and 22nd, and the first Wednesday in and
the 1 lth of December, for cattle: fairs for the sale of
frieze were formerly held on the first Wednesdays in
February, March, and May, and on Ascension-day, but
have been discontinued. Here is a constabulary police
station. The parish church, a good modern building,
is situated in the town; and there are a R. C. chapel, a
place of worship for Methodists, and a handsome school-
house in connection with the National Board, lately
built. Here is also a castellated mansion built by the
family of Esmonde, in 1625.—See MOYACOMB.
CLONEGAM, a parish, in the barony of UPPER-
THIRD, county of WATERFORD, and province of MTJN-
STER, 4½ miles (S.E.by S.) from Carrick-on-Suir; con-
taining 2220 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated
near the river Suir, comprises 4800 statute acres, as ap-
plotted under the tithe act, and is chiefly demesne land