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vation, and about to be fitted up as an appendage to the
family mansion. The ruins of Castle Pook still remain,
but of Doneraile castle, which stood near the bridge,
and in which Sir William St. Leger held his court of
presidency, there is not a vestige. Doneraile gives
the titles of Viscount and Baron to the family of St.
Leger.
DONISLE.—See DUNHILL.
DONNYBROOK (ST. MARY), a parish, partly in the
half-barony of RATHDOWN, county of DUBLIN, but
chiefly within the county of the city of DUBLIN, 2 miles
(S. by E.) from Dublin; containing 10,394 inhabitants.
It includes the villages of Ballsbridge, Clonskea, Donny-
brook, Old Merrion, Sandymount, and Ringsend with
Irishtown, each of which is described under its own head.
The village of Donnybrook is chiefly remarkable for its
fair, the patent for which was granted by King John, to
continue for 15 days, commencing on the Monday
before the 26th of August. On the following day great
numbers of horses, cattle, and sheep are sold; but the
principal object is amusement and diversion. It is
held in a spacious green belonging to Messrs. Mad-
dens, who derive from it annually about £400. A
twopenny post has been established here, since the
erection of the Anglesey bridge over the Dodder. A
hat manufacture was formerly carried on to a great
extent, but it has greatly decreased; there are some saw-
mills in the village, and a branch of the city police is
stationed here. The parish is situated on the river Dod-
der, and comprises 1500 statute acres, as applotted under
the tithe act; the lands are fertile and under good cul-
tivation; and near the village is a quarry of excellent
building stone, in which organic remains have been
found. Exclusively of the gentlemen’s seats described
under the head of the several villages near which they
are respectively situated, are Annfield, the residence of
R. Percival, Esq., M. D.; Mount Errol, of Sir R. Baker,
Knt.; Montrose, of J. Jameson, Esq., Swanbrook, of
Alderman F. Darley; Gayfield, of T. P. Luscombe, Esq.,
Commissary-General; Priest House, of J. Robinson,
Esq.; Stonehouse, of J. Barton, Esq.; Woodview, of
E. J. Nolan, Esq.; Nutley, of G. Roe, Esq.; Thornfield,
of W. Potts, Esq.; Airfield, of C. Hogan, Esq.; Sim-
mons Court Hall, of G. Howell, Esq.; Belleville, of
Alderman Morrison; Flora Ville, of M. Fitzgerald, Esq.;
Donnybrook Cottage, of A. Colles, Esq., M. D.; Sim
mons Court, of P. Madden, Esq.; and Glenville, of J.
O’Dwyer, Esq. Within the parish are iron-works, an
extensive calico-printing establishment, a distillery, and
salt works. The Dublin and Kingstown rail-road, the
road from Dublin by Ballsbridge, and the road to Bray
through Stillorgan, pass through it. That part of the
parish which is in the county of the city is within the
jurisdiction of the Dublin court of conscience. It is a
chapelry, in the diocese of Dublin, and forms part of
the corps of the archdeaconry of Dublin. The tithes
amount to £166. 3. 0¾., to which is added about £300
collected as minister’s money: there is no glebe-house,
and the glebe comprises only about three-quarters of an
acre. The church is a spacious and handsome edifice,
in the early style of English architecture, with a tower
surmounted by a well-proportioned spire; and was
erected at Simmons Court (the old church in the vil-
lage having fallen into decay), by a loan of £4154 from
the late Board of First Fruits, in 1829. In the R. C.
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divisions the parish is united to those of St. Mark, Taw-
ney, and St. Peter; there are chapels at Donnybrook
and Irishtown, and a spacious chapel is now in progress
near Cottage-terrace, Baggot-street. In the avenue lead-
ing to Sandymount is a convent of the Sisters of Charity,
a branch from the establishment in Stanhope-street,
Dublin; the sisters are employed in visiting the sick
and in attending a school for girls; attached to the con
-vent is a small neat chapel. There is a place of wor-
ship for Wesleyan Methodists close to the village of
Donnybrook. A school for boys and another for girls
are supported by subscription; and there is a dispensary
at Ballsbridge. The hospital for incurables is in this
parish, and is chiefly supported by Grand Jury present-
ments; and the Bloomfield retreat for lunatics was es-
tablished by the Society of Friends. There are ceme-
teries at Donnybrook and Merrion; and at Simmons
Court are the remains of an old castle, consisting of a
massive pointed archway. In the grounds of Gayfield
is a medicinal spring, the water of which is similar in
its properties to that of Golden Bridge. Lord Chief
Justice Downes was born in the castle of Donnybrook,
now a boarding school.
DONNYCARNEY, or DONECARNEY, a village, in
the parish of COLPE, barony of LOWER DULEEK, county
of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 2½| miles (E.)
from Drogheda; containing 25 houses and 108
inhabitants. This place is situated on the road from the
sea, by way of Mornington, to Drogheda, and is said to
have been the site of a nunnery, which at the
suppression was granted to the Draycott family: the
ruins are incon-siderable
DONOGHENRY, or DONAGHENDRY, a parish,
in the barony of DUNGANNON, county of TYRONE,
and province of ULSTER, on the mail coach road from
Dublin to Coleraine; containing, with the post-town of
Stewartstown, 5364 inhabitants. It comprises, accord-
ing to the Ordnance survey, 7154¾ statute acres,
includ-ing 50¾ in Lough Roughan: 6889 acres are
applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £5261 per
annum, of which 426 are bog, and 6463 arable. The
land is rich and well cultivated, and there are extensive
quarries of limestone, freestone, and basalt. Near the
glebe-house is an extensive deposit of new red
sandstone; and in Anna-hone are valuable mines of coal,
which, though discon-tinued in 1825, were formerly
worked with great ad-vantage: they are now leased by
the owner to a spirited individual, who has recommenced
them, with success, upon an extensive scale. Coal, clay,
and other valuable deposits exist near Coal Island (see
the article on that place). The manufacture of linen and
union cloth is carried on to a considerable extent.
Mullantean is the handsome residence of Miss Hall;
Barnhill of W. Holmes, Esq.; Donaghendry, of the Rev.
F. L. Gore; Anketell Lodge, of Roger C. Anketell, Esq.;
and Ard-patrick, of the Rev. W. J. Knox, near which
are the remains of a Danish fort, The living is a
rectory, in the diocese of Armagh, and in the
alternate pa-tronage of Sir Thomas Staples, Bart., and
E. H. Caul-field, Esq.: the tithes amount to £315.
The glebe-house is a large and handsome edifice,
built (by aid of a gift of £100, and a loan of £825, in
1811, from the late Board of First Fruits) on a glebecomprising
30 acres of excellent land within the parish; the re-
mainder of the glebe, 210 acres, being in the townland