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CRUMLIN, or CROMLIN, a parish, in the barony
of NEWCASTLE, county of DUBLIN, and province of
LEINSTER, 2¾ miles (S. W.) from the post-office, Dublin;
containing 958 inhabitants, of which number, 544 are
in the village, which consists of 115 houses. It is one
of the four manors of the county anciently annexed to
the Crown, and governed by a seneschal, who receives
£300 per annum. In 1594 the village was burned by
Gerald Fitzgerald, at the head of the Wicklow insur-
gents. In 1690, after the victory of the Boyne, a part
of William’s army encamped here; and it is said to have
been at this place that the king himself settled the
method of granting protection, which was accordingly
made public. On July 10th, he also issued hence his
proclamation for stopping the currency of the brass
money coined by Jas. II., except at reduced rates of
valuation. It is a police station connected with the
city of Dublin police. Here are extensive quarries of
limestone, from which Dublin is chiefly supplied; and
large flour-mills have for many years been in operation
at Kimmage. The principal gentlemen’s residences are
Crumlin House, that of W. Collins, Esq.; Crumlin
Lodge, of G. Oakley, Esq.; Crumlin, of R. Smith, Esq.;
and the Glebe-house, of the Rev. J. Elliott: in the
grounds of Mr. Smith is a moat or rath, from which is
an extensive view of the beautiful scenery in the neigh-
bourhood. The living is an. impropriate curacy, in the
diocese of Dublin, and in the patronage of the Dean
and Chapter of St. Patrick’s, to whom the rectory is
appropriate. The tithes amount to £250: the glebe
comprises only la. 36p. The church, which is a neat
structure, was rebuilt, in 1816, by aid of a loan of
£1000 from the late Board of First Fruits, but the old
tower was preserved. In the R. C. divisions the parish
forms part of the union or district of Rathfarnham:
the chapel in the village is a neat building. There is a
school in connection with the church, and one under
the National Board of Education, in which together
about 120 boys and 80 girls are educated. About
£70 per annum, arising from land bequeathed at a
very remote period, is applied to the relief of the poor
of this parish.
CRUMP, or ILANE-A-GREEN, an island, in the
parish of BALLYNAKILL, barony of BALLYNAHINCH,
county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 10
miles (N. E.) from Clifden. This island, which is in-
habited by only one family, is situated near the entrance
of Ballynakill harbour on the western coast, and con-
tains about 70 statute acres of arable land.
CRUSHEEN, a village, in the parish of INCHICRO-
NANE, barony of BUNRATTY, county of CLARE, and pro-
vince of MUNSTER, about 6½ miles (N. N. E.) from En-
nis, on the road to Gort; containing 57 houses and 316
inhabitants. Fairs are held on the lands of “Brodagh
by Crusheen” on Jan. 17th, May 20th, Aug. 15th, and
Nov. 19th, for general farming stock. It is a consta-
bulary police station, and has a dispensary. Petty ses-
sions once a fortnight, and the road sessions for the dis-
trict, are held here; also a seneschal’s court occasion-
ally for the manor of Bunratty, in which small debts
are recoverable. The old R. C. chapel stands here, and
a new one is now nearly completed: in the ancient burial-
ground, Sir Theobald Butler, who framed the articles
of the Treaty of Limerick, lies interred.—See INCHI-
CRONANE.
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CUL
CRYCRIM, or CRECRIM, a parish, partly in the
barony of RATHVILLY, county of CARLOW, but chiefly
in the half-barony of SHILLELAGH, county of WICKLOW,
and province of LEINSTER, 4½ miles (E. N. E.) from
Tullow; containing 510 inhabitants. It comprises 2431
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and is
an impropriate cure, in the diocese of Leighlin, form-
ing part of the union of Aghold; the rectory is appro-
priate to the dean and chapter of Leighlin. The tithes
amount to £144. 15. 1. of which £96. 10. 1. is payable
to the dean and chapter, and £48. 5. to the appropriate
curate. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union
or district of Clonmore. At Ballyconnel there is a
R. C. chapel, also a national school.
CULDAFF, or COOLDABH, a parish, in the ba-
rony of ENNISHOWEN, county of DONEGAL, and pro-
vince of ULSTER, 6 miles (N. W.) from Moville; con-
taining 5995 inhabitants. It is bounded on the north-
east by the Atlantic ocean, and contains, according to
the Ordnance survey, including detached portions,
20,089½ statute acres, about two-thirds of which are
mountain and bog, and 55½ acres are water including
the tideway of Culdaff river. The surface is generally
mountainous, intersected with occasional districts of
cultivated land. The mountains of Crucknanionan,
Clonkeen, Carthage, and Glengad, the highest summit
of which is called Croagh, are covered with black
heath, intermixed with coarse grass and bog; that
called Squire Cam, on the southern boundary of the
parish, is 1058 feet above the level of the sea. The
land is generally cold, and cultivation is not in an ad-
vanced state, except in the neighbourhood of Culdaff
House, where an improved practical system of agricul-
ture has been advantageously introduced, as also near
Carthage House, the residence of the Rev. James Knox.
Limestone abounds, and is carried hence to a consi-
derable distance. Prior to the year 1812, large quan-
tities of cod were taken off this coast, but that species of
fish has since almost wholly disappeared. Salmon of ex-
cellent flavour is, during the summer months, taken in
the river and for several miles along the coast, but it
also is now scarce; in a small lake at Moneydarragh
the char, or Alpine trout, is found in considerable
numbers. In the several detached bogs of this parish
great quantities of timber, chiefly fir and oak, are
imbedded; the oak is generally black and in a good
state of preservation. These bogs occupy a low tract
of country, extending westward to Malin, with small
elevated knolls of firm cultivated land rising from
amid the bog, and known here as the “Isles of Gre-
lagh:” it is supposed that the sea once flowed either over
or around the whole, as marine exuviae are every where
found beneath the bog. The village of Culdaff, gener-
ally called Milltown, is situated on the eastern bank of
the river, and contains about 30 houses. Fairs are held
on the 10th of Feb., May, Aug., and Nov., for general
farming stock. It enjoys an advantageous position for
carrying on a considerable coasting trade, but very little
business is done. Several good roads intersect the pa-
rish; and there is a penny post to Moville. Culdaff
House, the residence of George Young, Esq., with an
extensive and highly improved demesne, well fenced,
planted, and cultivated, nearly adjoins the village; and
not far distant is Redford, the residence of the Rev.
R. Hamilton, by whose exertions a barren rocky