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Stonebrook, the residence of O’Connor Henehy, Esq.,
in whose demesne is the ancient parochial burial-
ground; and Mullaboden, of the Rev. H. Johnston.
The Dublin part of the parish is within the jurisdiction
of St. Sepulchre’s Court, Dublin. The parish is partly
in the diocese of Dublin, and partly in that of Kildare:
the rectory of the Kildare portion is appropriate to the
see, and that of the Dublin portion forms part of the
corps of the treasurership of St. Patrick’s cathedral; the
vicarage forms part of the union of Ballymore-Eustace.
The tithes amount to £69.15. 5¼., of which £49.7. 6¼.
is payable to the Bishop of Kildare, £4.7. 11. to the
lessee of the treasurer of St. Patrick’s, Dublin, and the
remaining £8 to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions the
parish forms part of the union or district of Ballymore-
Eustace. In the Kildare part of the parish is a private
school of about 20 boys and 20 girls.
COUMDEEHY, a village, in the parish of BALLY-
HEIGTJE, barony of CLANMAURICE, county of KERRY,
and province of MUNSTER, 10 miles (N. N. W.) from
Tralee; containing 378 inhabitants. It is situated on
the road from Tralee to Kerry Head, and near the
western coast, and comprises about 50 houses, which
are mostly thatched. Here are stations of the consta-
bulary police and coast-guard. Races are annually held
on the beach in September, and a patent for a fair on
the 8th and 9th of that month exists, but is not acted
upon. A. considerable quantity of sea-weed is collected
on the beach and used as manure. The coast here is ex-
tremely dangerous; the bay, which is shallow and has
a foul bottom, has often been mistaken for the mouth
of the Shannon, in consequence of an error in marking
the latitude of Loop Head on the charts, which has
occasioned many fatal shipwrecks. The parochial church
and glebe-house are within a quarter of a mile of the
village; near the latter is a school, supported by the
incumbent, the Rev, J. P. Chute.
COURTMACSHERRY, a maritime village, in the
parish of LISLEE, barony of IBANE and BARRYROE,
county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 2½ miles
(S. E.) from Timoleague; containing 680 inhabitants.
This village is pleasantly situated on the harbour of the
same name on the southern coast, and contains about
140 houses, which form one long street extending along
the south side of the bay. Its eastern part consists of
small mean cabins, but in the western are numerous
large and handsome houses, recently erected for the
accommodation of visiters during the bathing season.
It possesses many local advantages for trade and com-
merce, and is well situated for carrying on an extensive
fishery; for which, and the general improvement of the
place, great encouragement has been lately afforded by the
Earl of Shannon. Several small vessels of different classes
are engaged in the coal and corn trade, in the fishery, and
in the conveyance of sand for manure. Of these, seven are
colliers trading with Newport, eight are hookers, engaged
in conveying corn, potatoes, &c., to Cork, and bringing
back timber, iron, and other merchandize; four are
lighters, chiefly employed in conveying sand; and about
20 vessels are exclusively engaged in the fisheries: the
value of the fish taken in 1835 was estimated at £2460.
A small but convenient pier, constructed chiefly at the
expense of the Earl of Shannon, has proved a great
protection to the fisheries and very beneficial to trade.
Several new lines of road have been lately opened, and
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other improvements are in contemplation, which, together
with its beautiful and sheltered situation, the salubrity,
of its atmosphere, and the abundant supply of fish and
all other kinds of provision, have rendered this village
one of the most fashionable bathing-places on the southern
coast. Small vessels may lie in safety, in two fathoms
of water, near the quay in this harbour; and about a
quarter of a mile to the east, in a very small creek form-
ed by a perpendicular clay cliff, a vessel may lie in 1½
or 2 fathoms; but as the channel is narrow and the
tide rapid, one anchor must lie on the shore: near the
middle of the bay are two rocks, called the Barrels; the
southernmost is small, and dry at low water, and the
other, which is larger, is about ½ a mite to the north of
the former, and is seldom seen above water. At the
southernmost Barrel rock the extremity of the old head
ofKinsale bears s. E. byE., and the Horse rock, which is
always above water, w. To avoid the Barrel rocks on
the west side, vessels should keep within a mile and a
half of the shore, on the west side of the bay. The best
anchorage, in westerly winds, is on the same side of
the bay, in 10 or 12 fathoms, or on the north side of
the Horse rock, in 4 or 5 fathoms. At the village is a
station of the coast-guard, being one of the eight corn-
prised in the district of Kinsale. Here are also male,
female, and infants’ schools, built and supported by Mr.
and the Misses Leslie; and a clothing establishment,
under the management of the vicar, is supported by
subscription, and, together with a loan fund, has proved
very beneficial to the poor. Adjoining the village is the
beautiful demesne and summer residence of the Earl
of Shannon; in the immediate neighbourhood are the
ruins of Abbey Mahon; and at the distance of two
miles are the extensive and picturesque ruins of the
abbey and castle of Timoleague.
COVE, commonly called the COVE of CORK, a
sea-port, market, and post-town, partly in the parish
of CLONMELL, but chiefly in that of TEMPLEROBIN, in
the Great Island, barony of BARRYMORE, county of
CORK, and province of MUNSTERJ containing 6996
inhabitants. By way of Passage, crossing the ferry, it
is only 9½ miles (E. S. E.) from Cork; but overland, by
way of Foaty, it is 14¼ miles from that city, and 133
miles (S. W. by S.) from Dublin. It is situated on
the north side of Cork harbour, in lat. 54° 51’, and
Ion. 8° I8’ 45”. The progress of Cove has been very
rapid. So recently as 1786 it was a small village,
consisting of a few scattered houses inhabited by the
tide-waiters and pilots of Cork, and some miserable
cabins occupied by fishermen; at present it is a large
and handsome town, comprising nine large and seve-
ral smaller streets. The great increase of its popula-
tion principally arose from its convenient situation for
the shipping in Cork harbour, in which, during the
French war, 600 sail of merchant vessels have been at
anchor at one time, and 400 sail have left the harbour
under convoy in one day. These great fleets always lay
immediately in front of the present town, and many of
them within half a cable’s length of the shore. It has
also been greatly benefited by the erection of Carlisle
and Camden forts; martello towers on Great Island,
Hawlbowling, and Ringskiddy; and by the bomb-proof
artillery barracks on Spike Island. In addition to this,
Hawlbowling was fortified and made the ordnance depot,
and the Lords of the Admiralty made it the only naval