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Raphoe: the curate’s income consists of £75 paid by
the. dean, and £25 from Primate Boulter’s augmentation
fund. The church, is a handsome structure, in the
ancient English style of architecture, and was erected
by aid of a gift of £420, and a loan of £300, from the
late Board of First Fruits, in 1822. In the R. C. divi
sions the parish forms part of the union or district of
Raphoe, and has a large plain chapel near the village.
There is a meeting-house for Presbyterians, in connec
tion with the Synod of Ulster, of the second class; also
one for Covenanters. The parochial school is aided by
a grant from Col. Robertson’s fund; and there are
seven other public schools in the parish, in all of which
more than 500 children are taught; also four Sunday
schools.
CONWALL, a parish, partly in the barony of RA
PHOE, but chiefly in that of KILMACRENAN, county of
DONEGAL, and province of ULSTER; containing, with
the post-town of Letterkenny, 12,978 inhabitants. This
parish is situated on the road from Lifford to Dunfa
naghy, and contains, according to the Ordnance survey,
45,270 statute acres, of which 32,715 are in the barony
of Kilmacrenan; there is much waste land and bog.
Among the seats are Ballymacool, the residence of J.
Boyd, Esq.; and Gortlee, of J. Cochran, Esq. The
living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Raphoe,-and in the patronage of the Provost and Fel-
lows of Trinity College, Dublin. The tithes amount to
£800. The glebe-house was built in 1816, by aid of a
gift of £100 and a loan of £1500 from the late Board
of First Fruits: the glebe comprises 868 acres, of which
328 are arable. The church, to the repairs of which
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have recently granted
£’273. 11.7., is a small plain structure with a spire, in the
town of Letterkenny. In the R. C. divisions this parish
forms part of the district of Aughnish, and has chapels
at Letterkenny and Glen-Swilly. There are two Pres-
byterian meeting-houses in Letterkenny, one in connec
tion with the Synod of Ulster, of the first class, the
other is connected with the Seceding Synod, and is of
the second class. There are also places of worship for
Covenanters and Methodists. The parish school is aided
by £12 per annum from the late Col. Robertson’s school
fund, and an annual donation from the rector; and
there are a Presbyterian free school and eight other
public schools in the parish, in all of which about 850
children are taught; also eight Sunday schools. An
abbey existed here so early as the 6th century, and con
tinued at least till the 13th. There are still some ruins
of the old parish church.—See LETTERKENNY.
COOKSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of RATOATH, county
of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 12 miles
(N. N. W.) from Dublin; containing 98 inhabitants.
This parish is situated on the confines of the county of
Dublin, and on the road from Ratoath, and contains
1947 statute acres. It is in the diocese of Meath, and
is held as a chapelry with the union of Ratoath: the
rectory is impropriate in Mr. James Kennedy and Mr.
Abraham Sandys. The tithes amount to £68. 1. 3., of
which £47. 15. is payable to the impropriators, and
£20. 6. 3. to the incumbent. In the R. C. divisions also
it forms part of the district of Ratoath.
COOKSTOWN, a market and post-town, in that
part of the parish of DERRYLORAN which is in the ba
rony of DUNGANNON, county of TYRONE, and province
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of ULSTER, 20 miles (E. N. E.) from Omagh, and S6½|
(N. N. W.) from Dublin, by the mail road, but only 79
by the direct road; containing 2883 inhabitants. This
place derives its name from its founder, Allan Cook,
who had a lease for years renewable under the see of
Armagh, upon whose land the old town was built, about
the year 1609. It is situated on the mail coach, road
from Dungannon to Coleraine, and consists of one wide
street more than a mile and a quarter long, with another
street intersecting it at right angles, containing 570
houses, many of which are large, well built with stone,
and slated. The present town was built about the year
1750, by Mr. Stewart, its then proprietor, and is advan-
tageously situated in a fine and fertile district, which is
well wooded and watered, and abundantly supplied with
limestone. A patent for a market and fairs was granted
to Allan Cook, Aug. 3rd, 1628. The market is on Tues-
day for grain, and on Saturday for linen cloth, flax,
yarn, cattle, pigs, and provisions. Fairs are held on the
first Saturday in every month, for general farming stock.
The market-place consists chiefly of merchants’ stores
and shops. At Greenvale is a large establishment for
bleaching, dyeing, and finishing linens for the English
markets; there are others at Wellbrook and at Ardtrca,
besides two large ones at Tullylaggan. A constabulary
police force has been stationed in the town. A manorial
court for the primate’s manor of Ardtrea is held here”
once a month, for the recovery of debts under £5: its
jurisdiction extends into the parishes of Lissan, Derry-
loran, Kildress, Desertcreight, Arboe, Ardtrea, Clonoe,
Ballyclog, Tamlaght, Ballinderry, and Donoghenry.
Petty sessions are held on alternate Fridays. Close ad-
joining the town is Killymoon, the residence of W.
Stewart, Esq., proprietor of the town and of the land
immediately adjacent; it was built from a design by
Mr. Nash, in the pure Saxon style, and is situated in an
extensive demesne, containing some uncommonly fine
timber. Not far distant are Loughry, the residence of J.
Lindesay, Esq., and Lissan, the seat of Sir T. Staples,
Bart. The former is in a demesne of about 200 acres,
finely wooded, and watered by the river Loughry: the
estate was granted, in 1604, by Jas. I. to Sir Robert
Lyndesay, his chief harbinger, and has ever since been
the residence of the senior branch of that ancient family,
which is among the claimants of the earldom of Craufurd
and Lyndesay. The other seats in the vicinity are Oak
lands, the residence of Capt. Richardson; the glebe-house,
of the Rev. C. Bardin, D. D.; and Greenvale, of T.
Adair, Esq.; besides several other handsome houses in
and near the town. The parish church of Derryloran,
in the southern part of the town, is a large and hand
some cruciform edifice, built of hewn freestone from a
design by Mr. Nash, in the early English style of archi
tecture: it has a tower and lofty octagonal spire, and
the interior is fitted up in the Saxon style. Near the
centre of the town is a large and handsome Presbyte
rian meeting-house, in connectioin with the Synod of
Ulster, and also one in connection with the Associate
Synod, each of which is of the first class and has a
manse for the clergyman. A second meeting-house in
connection with the Synod, of Ulster was built in 1835,
and there are places of worship for Wesleyan and Primi-
tive Methodists, and, at a short distance from the town,
a large R. C. chapel. An infants’ school was established in
1834, by Mrs. Hassard and other ladies, for which a house
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