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land; the bog on the estate of Cloncunny has been drained
and reclaimed by its proprietor, Henry H. Briscoe, Esq.
Limestone is quarried for manure and for building and
repairing the roads; town manure and culm are brought
by the river Suir. The principal seats are Silverspring,
the residence of D. Osborne, Esq., and Cloncunny,
of Henry H. Briscoe, Esq. The living is a rectory
and vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, united to those
of Ballytarsney, and in the patronage of the Bishop:
the tithes amount to £173. 3. 7., and of the whole
benefice, to £254. 18. 3½. The glebe-house was built
by aid of a gift of £400, and a loan of £386, from the
late Board of First Fruits, in 1817: the glebe comprises
11a. 19p. The church was erected by aid of a gift of
£900 from the late Board, in 1818; and the Ecclesias-
tical Commissioners have recently granted £151. 11. 8.
towards its repair. In the R. C. divisions this parish
is in the union or district of Moncoin. A well at Grea-
gavine was formerly much resorted to by pilgrims on
Ascension-day; the water was said to cure ague by
immersion. There are some slight remains of an old
church. Part of the ancient residence of the bishops of
Ossory is still remaining.
CLONMORE, a parish, in the barony of FER-
RARD, country of LOUTH, and province of LEINSTER, 2½
miles (E. by N.) from Dunleer; containing 769 inha-
bitants, of which number, 74 are in the hamlet. It com-
prises, according to the Ordnance survey, 1905 statute
acres, two-thirds of which are under tillage. The land
is of superior quality and highly cultivated, producing
excellent crops of wheat and barley; the farms and
farm-houses are of a superior description. There is a
constabulary police station in the hamlet. The living is a
rectory, in the diocese of Armagh, and in the patronage
of the Lord-Primate. The tithes amount to £170. The
glebe-house, which is a handsome building, was erected
in 1782, on a glebe of 17 acres. The church is a small
but handsome edifice, built in 1794, at the sole expense
of Primate Robinson. In the R. C. divisions the parish
forms part of the union or district of Dysart, and has a
chapel at Wyanstown. There is a parochial school,
established and supported by the rector, in which about
20 children are educated. Here are the ruins of a
castle, said to have been the residence of the De Ver-
duns, also the walls of an ancient church, where a pa-
tron is held annually on the 9th of June, in honour of
St. Columbkill, the reputed founder.
CLONMORE, county of TIPPERARY.—See KILLA-
VENOGH.
CLONMORE, a parish, partly in the barony of
SHELMALIER, but chiefly in that of BANTRY, county of
WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER, 4 miles (S. S. W.)
from Enniscorthy; containing 1371 inhabitants. This
place, anciently called Cluain dicholla gairbhir, is of
great antiquity; St. Maidoc having founded a monas-
tery here in the 6th century, for canons of the order of
St. Augustine, which, in 740, was burnt. In 832 it
was plundered by the Danes, and in 833 they burnt the
abbey on Christmas night, killed many of the monks,
and carried others into captivity. Dermot Mac Moil-
nambo, Lord of Kennselach, plundered and destroyed
Clonmore in 1040, and in 1041 it met a similar fate
from Donogh, the son of Bryan. It is situated on the
river Slaney, which is navigable for flat-bottomed lighters
to Enniscorthy. The parish comprises 6987 statute
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acres of arable and pasture land. Good building stone
is abundant in different places. Wilton, the residence
of H. Alcock, Esq., occupies the site of one of the
ancient castles of the Furlongs, and is being remodelled,
in the castellated style, considerably enlarged, and faced
with fine white granite from Mount Leinster: in the
park is a fine sheet of water, abounding with wild fowl,
which has lately been much enlarged and rendered
ornamental. The other seats are Macmine Castle, the
residence of Pierce Newton King, Esq., an ancient cas-
tellated mansion on the banks of the Slaney; Merton,
the property of T. A. Whitney, Esq.; Kilgibbon, of H.
Alcock, Esq.; Birmount, a deserted mansion of the
Leeson family; Clonmore, the seat of W. Woodcock,
Esq.; and Birmount Cottage, the neat residence of J.
Gethings, Esq. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of
Ferns, and is part of the union of St. Mary, Ennis-
corthy; the rectory is appropriate to the see. The
tithes amount to £458. 18. 7½., of which £305. 19. 1.
is payable to the bishop, and £152. 19. 6½. to the vicar.
A neat church, in the later English style of architecture,
with an embattled tower, was erected at Bree, in the
year 1827, on a site given by H. Alcock, Esq., by aid of
a grant from the late Board of First Fruits; and the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners have recently granted
£128. 2. 4. towards its repair. It forms a perpetual
curacy, with a stipend of £100, in the patronage of the
Rector of Enniscorthy. In the R. C. divisions, part of
the parish is in the union or district of Davidstown, also
called Clough; and the remainder is the head of a dis-
trict, called Bree, comprising the greater portion of the
parishes of Clonmore and Ballyheogue, in each of which
is a chapel; that of Clonmore is situated at Bree. A
parochial school was established about five years since,
to which the bishop subscribes £10 per annum; about 12
children are educated in it, and about 100 in three pay
schools. There is also a Sunday school, under the su-
perintendence of the perpetual curate. Some vestiges
of the old church still exist in the burial-ground; and
on a hill are the remains of a cromlech, in a state of
tolerable preservation. At Dononore, on Mr. Alcock’s
estate, is a waterfall, formed by the river Boro; and
near it is an ancient rath or fort.
CLONMULSH, a parish, in the barony and county
of CARLOW, and province of LEINSTER, 4½ miles (S.)
from Carlow, on the road to Bagnalstown; containing
711 inhabitants. It comprises 3102 statute acres,
as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £2458
per annum. Garryhundon, the seat of Sir R. Butler,
Bart., is situated on the townland of that name, which,
by an inquisition of Jas. I., in 1607, was found to be
in the possession of Theobald, Lord Butler; and by
a similar inquisition, in 1623, the townlands of Bal-
lybar and Clonmulsh are recorded to have been held
by Peter Carew, Baron of Idrone. The living is a
rectory, in the diocese of Leighlin, and in the pa-
tronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to £330. 15. 4¾.
The church is a small plain building, situated near the
road. In the R. C. divisions this parish is in the union
or district of Leighlin-Bridge. On the townland of
Powerstown there is a school, in which about 30 child-
ren are taught, aided by an annual donation of £6 late
currency from the rector.
CLONMULT, a parish, partly in the baronies of
IMOKILLY, and KINNATALOON, but chiefly in that of