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and 10 private schools in the parish. A dispensary and
infirmary are supported in the customary manner. Lady
Mount-Alexander, by will dated 1769, bequeathed a per
petual annuity of £120 payable out of her estates in this
parish to charitable purposes. Dr. Sempil bequeathed
£20 per ann., and S. Delacherois, Esq., gave £100, the
interest of which, with the former bequest, is annually
distributed among the poor by the vicar. Close to the
harbour is a rath, seventy feet high with a large plat
form on its summit commanding a fine view of the chan-
nel and surrounding country. A castellated powd
magazine has been erected on its top which is approach
ed by winding roads cut round the sides. Many smaller
raths are scattered over the parish.
DONAGHCAVEY, or FINDONAGH, a parish, partly
in the barony of OMAGH, but chiefly in that of CLOGHER,
county of TYRONE, and province of ULSTER; contain
ing, with the post-town of Tintona, 11,787 inhabitants.
At the general plantation, this parish was known as the
smaller portion of Fintona, and was granted by Jas. I.,
partly to Sir F. Willoughby, and afterwards to John
Leigh, Esq., under the name of Fentonagh, and partly
to Sir. W. Cope, under the name of Derrybard: it is
now called the manor of Castlemaine. It is situated on
the road from Omagh to Ennisldllen, and contains, ac
cording to the Ordnance survey, 23,052¼ statute acres,
of which 18,342¼ are in the barony of Clogher, and
4710¼ in that of Omagh; 9403 acres are applotted
under the tithe act. Much of the mountainous land
affords good pasturage for sheep and cattle, and is re-
claimable; the bogs afford fuel, but they are fast being
worked out. Great benefit has been derived from the
improvements of the resident gentlemen in cultivation
and planting, and by new lines of road. The country
around Fintona is fertile and well planted; and the
woods around Eccles are large and flourishing. Lime
stone is found within the parish, in which are some
indications of coal and iron-ore. The inhabitants com
bine the weaving of linen cloth with their agricuiltural
pursuits: there is a small forge, called a plating mill, for
manufacturing spades, shovels, &c. At Fintona a court
is held monthly for the manor of Castlemaine. The
gentlemen’s seats are, Ecclesville, the residence of C.
Eccles, Esq.; Derrabard House, of S. Vesey, Esq.;
Cavan House, of W. Dickson, Esq.; Cavan Lodge, of C.
Lucas, Esq.; and the glebe -house, of the Rev. J. M c Cor-
mick.
The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Clogher,
and in the patronage of the Bishop; the rectory forms
the corps of the prebend of Findonagh in the cathedral
of Clogher. The tithes amount to £600; there is a
glebe-house, and two glebes comprising 400 acres.
The gross annual value of the prebend is returned at
£865, 17. 8. The clrurch adjoins the town of Fintona,
and was built after the civil war of 1641, during which
the old one was destroyed; it is a large and venerable
edifice, with a modern square tower, which was erected
and the church much improved by aid of a loan of £400,
in 1818, from the late Board of First Fruits. The
R. C. parish is co-extensive with that of the Establish
ed Church; the chapel is near Fintona. There are two
large meeting-houses for Presbyterians, and one for
Wesleyan Methodists. Here are thirteen, schools, in
which about 580 boys and 300 girls are taught; and
about ‘400 boys and 300 girls are educated in fifteen
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private schools: there are also six Sunday schools. On
an eminence, in the midst of an extensive cemetery, the
ruins of the old church form an interesting object;
near the bridge are the remains of a very large cromlech.
Nearly adjoining the glebe-house is a valuable sulphure
ous chalybeate spring.—See FINTONA.
DONAGHCLONEY, a parish, in the barony of
LOWER IVEAGH, county of Down, and province of
ULSTER, 2½ miles (S. by E.) from Lurgan, on the road
to Banbridge; containing 5657 inhabitants. It com
prises, according to the Ordnance survey, 6698 statute
acres, of which 6384 are very fertile and principally
under tillage: there is also a considerable tract of valu
able bog. Waringstown House, the residence of the
Rev. Holt Waring, is a spacious and handsome mansion,
erected in 1667 by William Waring, Esq., and situated
in an extensive and richly planted demesne embellished
with stately timber. During the war of 1688, a party
of the Irish, adherents of Jas. II. took possession of this
house, which they garrisoned and retained till the arrival
of Duke Schomberg, in the following year, when they
were driven out by that general, who slept here for two
nights. There are several other seats, of which the
principal are the Demesne, the residence of J. Brown,
Esq.; Tullycarn, of H. Magill, Esq.; and Donaghcloney,
of J. Brown, Esq.; and also several residences of mer
chants and manufacturers. The manufacture of linens,
lawns, cambrics, diapers, sheetings, and other articles is
carried on to a great extent. The weaving of diapers,
on its introduction into Ireland, was first established
in this parish by the spirited exertions of Samuel
Waring, Esq., who brought over a colony from Eng
land, and with his own hands made the first spinning
wheel and reel on improved principles, from drawings
which he had procured while travelling in Holland, and
similar wheels are now universally used throughout
Ireland. There is a very extensive bleach-green at Do
naghcloney, in which 8000 pieces are annually finished;
and there is scarcely a house in the parish that is not,
in some way, connected with this manufacture. The
living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Dro-
more, formerly united by charter of Jas. I. to the rectories of
Segoe and Moyntaghs, and part of the rectories
of Magherally and Tullylish, together constituting the
union of Donaghcloney and the corps of the archdea
conry of Dromore: but on the resignation of the Hon.
and Rev. Pierce Meade, in 1832, the union was dis
solved; Segoe alone became the corps of the archdea
conry, and this parish was constituted a separate and distinct
benefice, in the patronage of the Bishop. The
tithes amount to £261. 6.: there is neither glebe-house ‘
nor glebe. The church, situated in the neat village of
Waringstown, near the mansion, is a very respectable
edifice with a curious oak roof, and has been lately much
enlarged at the joint expense of the Ecclesiastical Com
missioners and the proprietor of the estate: it was
originally built at the expense of Wm. Waring, Esq.,
who presented it to the parish, about the year 1680.
Divine service is also performed in four school-houses
in the parish, every Sunday evening and every alter-
nate Thursday. In the R. C. divisions the parish
forms part of the union or district of Tullylish. There is a place of
worship for Presbyterians in connection
with, the Seceding Synod, of the first class. The pa-
rochial school is aided by an annual donation from