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situated on the river Creggan, which flows through
a deep glen abounding with picturesque scenery, and
ornamented with evergreens, rustic seats, and walks
cut out of the solid rock: the surrounding grounds
have been greatly improved by the Rev. Dr. Atkinson,
the rector. The glebe, comprising 300 Irish acres, con-
sists of the whole townland of Cregganban except 40
acres appropriated as a glebe for Newtown-Hamilton,
when that parish was severed from Creggan. The church
is a spacious and handsome edifice in the centre of
the parish, built in 1758, and to which a lofty square
tower was added in 1799. In the R. C. divisions the
parish is the head of two unions or districts, called
Upper and Lower Creggan; the former contains four
chapels, situated at Crossmaglen, Glasdrummond, Mow-
bane, and Shela, of which that at Crossmaglen was
built in 1834, on a site given by T. P. Ball, Esq., at
an expense of £750; and the one at Glasdrummond
is a large and handsome building. The part called
Lower Creggan is united with the parish of Newtown-
Hamilton, and contains a chapel at Cullyhanna and one
in Newtown-Hamilton, both in that parish. At Free-
duff is a meeting-house for Presbyterians in connection
with the Synod of Ulster of the second class; and
there is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists
at Ball`s-Mills. The parochial schools, in which are
about. 50 boys and 40 girls, are supported by the rector,
who gives the house, which was built in 1822, and a
garden and two acres of land rent-free for the master,
besides books for the children. There is a female working
school in the church-yard, and an infants’ school super-
intended by Mrs. Atkinson; also schools at Tullynavale
and Anavachavarkey, built by the rector, aided by some
subscriptions, and chiefly supported by him; in the
former, which is a large and handsome edifice, divine
service is performed by the rector, or his curate, on
Sunday evenings. At Darsey is a national school;
and there are thirteen private schools in the parish,
in which about 460 children are educated. A dispen-
sary was established at Crossmaglen in 1830. In the
northern part of the parish are vestiges of an ancient
intrenchment, which extended more than a mile in
length and about one third of a mile in breadth; it is
now intersected by roads.
CREHELP, or CRYHELP, a parish, in the barony
of LOWER TALBOTSTOWN, county of WICKLOW, and
province of LEINSTER, 2½ miles (E.) from Dunlavin;
containing 760 inhabitants. This parish, which is situ-
ated on the western boundary of the county, and on the
confines of the county of Dublin, is intersected by the
old road from Blessington to Baltinglass, by Stratford-
on-Slaney. The lands are mostly under an improved
system of tillage. There are some quarries of good slate,
and a little bog. A peace preservation force has been
stationed here. It is a rectory and curacy, in the dio-
cese of Dublin and Glendalough; the rectory is appro-
priate to the incumbency, and the curacy forms part of
the union of Donard. The tithes amount to £87. 3. 7.
In the R. C. divisions the parish is in the union or dis-
trict of Dunlavin. There are two private schools, in
which are about 30 boys and 30 girls.
CREMORGAN.—See KILCLONBROOK.
CREVAGH—See CRUAGH.
CREVENISH, an island, in the parish of KILMINA,
barony of BURRISHOOLE, county of MAYO, and province
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CRO
of CONNAUGHT, 6 miles (S. W.) from Newport-Pratt;
containing about 20 inhabitants. It is situated on Clew
bay, and is the property of the Marquess of Sligo.
CRINKLE, a village, in the parish of BIRR, barony
of BALLYBRITT, KING’S county, and province of LEIN-
STER; containing 86 houses and 531 inhabitants. It
immediately adjoins the post-town of Parsonstown, and
is situated on the road thence to Roscrea.
CROAGH, a parish, in the barony of LOWER CON-
NELLO EAST, county of LIMERICK, and province of
MUNSTER, 3 miles (N. E. by N.) from Rathkeale, on the
road to Adare; containing 3394 inhabitants, of which
number, 274 are in the village. This place appears to
have been anciently of considerable importance; so
early as the year 1109, it had a very rich abbey, a cor-
poration, and two castles. Jas. II., after his defeat at
the Boyne, is reported to have slept one night at Ami-
gan castle, now in ruins; but it is not certain that he
came farther south than Waterford. Near it is a small
stream, supposed to be efficacious in cutaneous disorders.
The parish is divided into two parts by a portion of
that of Adare, which separates the townlands of Ballin-
vira, Ballinagoold, Ballinacurra, and Lisnamuck- from
the rest of the parish; it comprises 8100 statute acres,
as applotted under the tithe act, almost all of which is
under an improving system of tillage. The greater
part of the land is good, though light, and rests on a
substratum of limestone; the remainder is meadow
and pasture, there being no waste land, and but little
turbary. Superior lead ore is often found amidst the
limestone rocks, and large masses are sometimes turned
up by the plough at Ardnaprehane, but no search has
ever been made for it. The village consists of one irre-
gular street, containing 46 small houses, and has fairs
on March 1st, May 1st, Aug. 3rd, and Nov. 1st. Within
the parish are several large and handsome houses, the
principal of which are Ballylin, the residence of R. Smith,
Esq.; Hollywood, of J. Hewson, Esq.; Smithfield, of R.
Smith, Esq.; Ballinvira, of Gerald Browne Fitzgerald,
Esq.; Newpark, of Gerald Evans Fitzgerald, Esq.;
and the glebe-house, the residence of the Rev. W. Ashe,
rector and prebendary.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Limerick,
being the corps of the prebend of Croagh in the cathe-
dral of Limerick, and in the patronage of Matthew
Barrington, Esq.: the tithes amount to £553. 6. 11.
The glebe-house, a handsome residence, was erected in
1831, by a gift of £100, and a loan of £900, from
the late Board of First Fruits, and is situated about
half a mile from the village, on a glebe of 10 acres pur-
chased by the Board; and near the church is a small
glebe of lr. I4p. The church, formerly a large cruci-
form edifice, is nearly in ruins; the eastern portion,
or chancel, is the only part now roofed; there are con-
siderable remains of the old walls. In the R. C. divi-
sions the parish is the head of a union or district,
comprising also that of Kilfinney; the chapel, a large
plain edifice, is near the village of Croagh. There is
a school under the Baptist Society in that village in
which upwards of 300 boys and girls are taught, also
one at Lisnamuck under the National Board, in which
are about 100 boys and 100 girls; and about 70 chil-
dren are taught in a private school. The late John
Walcott, Esq., of Clifton, near Bristol, but originally
of Croagh House, built in his lifetime three almshouses