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system of agriculture is in a very unimproved state, and
a considerable portion of the meadow and pasture land
is overflowed by the Dead and Mulcairn rivers. The
bog in the lower parts of the parish is exceedingly valu
able and lets at a very high rent; near the close of the
last century more than 100 acres of bog moved from
one townland into two others, destroying thirteen
cabins, the inmates of five of which perished. Free-
stone of fine quality is quarried here for public build-
ings; much of it has been used in the city of Limerick
and in pther towns, and large quantities are shipped for
England and other places. The principal seats are
Castle Guard, the residence of the Hon. W. Q’Grady,
an ancient castle of the Earls of Desmond, enlarged and
restored in the baronial style, with a lofty keep and
ramparts; Toomaline House, of Mrs. Marshall, formerly
a priory of Canons regular and a cell to the abbey of
Inchenemeo, granted on its dissolution by Queen Eliza-
beth to Miler Magragh, Archbishop of Cashel, and of
which there are still some remains; Bilboa House,
now nearly in ruins, the property of the Earl of Strad
broke, and formerly the residence of Col. Wilson, built
wholly of brick from Holland, situated in grounds
formerly richly wooded but now going to decay, and
commanding a fine view of the Bilboa mountains on the
north, to which it has given name; and Glengare, of
G. Hodges, Esq., situated on one of the 12 townlands
of this parish which are in the county of Tipperary, and
together comprise 4700 acres. Fairs are held at Bilboa
on the 12th of August and May, and a constabulary
force is stationed in the village. The living is a rectory,
in the diocese of Emly, constituting the prebend of
Doon in the cathedral of St. Ailbe, and in the patron-
age of the Archbishop of Cashel: the tithes amount to
£830.15. 4½. The glebe-house is a handsome residence,
and the glebe comprises 35 acres, subject to a rent of
£40 per annum payable to the trustees of Erasmus
Smith’s fund, who own much land in this parish. The
church, rebuilt in 1800 by a gift of £500 from the
late Board of First Fruits, is a small plain edifice with a
low square tower; in the churchyard was interred the
noted outlaw, Emun-a-Cnoc, or Edmund of the Hill.
In the R. C. divisions this parish, with the exception of
eight townlands in the union of Cappamore, is the head
of a union or district, comprising also the parish of
Castletown. Lord Stanley, who has an estate of about
600 acres in the parish, has given two acres, rent-free,
to erect a chapel and school-house: the shell of the
former edifice is nearly completed, at an expense of
£1000 to the parishioners; it is situated on a small hill
over the village, commanding a fine view of the Doon
and Gal tee mountains. There are five private schools,
in which are 300 children.
DOONAS.—-See KILTINANLEA.
DOONFEENY.—See DUNFEENY.
DORINCH, an island, in the parish of KILMINA,
barony of BURRISHOOLE, county of MAYO, and province
of CONNATJGHT, 5 miles (W.) from Westport; the popu
lation is returned with the parish. It is situated in
Clew bay: in its vicinity is the smaller island called
Dorinchbeg, and to the north is the bar at the entrance
of Westport bay.
DORRAH, or DURROW, a parish, in the barony
of LOWER ORMOND, county of TIPPERARY, and pro-
vince of MUNSTER, 3 miles (w.) from Parsonstown, on
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the roads leading respectively from Portumna to Par
sonstown and from Nenagh to Banagher; containing
3397 inhabitants. It is situated near the river Shan-
non, and is bounded on the north by the Brosna, com-
prising 10,829 statute acres, as applotted under the
tithe act: about 3000 acres are bog, principally lying
along the Shannon and the Brosna, and consequently
Capable of drainage from the fall of the land towards
those rivers; and of the remainder the greatest por-
tion is under tillage; a tract of about 200 acres of
meadow, called the Inches, is of remarkably fine quality,
and the parish generally is in a good state of cultiva-
tion. There is a quarry of good limestone, which is
burnt for manure. The principal seats are Walsh Park,
that of J. W. Walsh, Esq.; Sraduff, of T. Antisell,
Esq.; Newgrove, of J. W. Bayly, Esq.; Rockview, of
J. Lewis Corrigan, Esq.; Gurteeu, of J. Lalor, Esq.;
Arbour Hill, of J. Antisell, Esq.; Ross House, of R.
Smith, Esq.; Clongowna, of the Rev. Mr. Troke; Bal-
lyduff, of B. Walker, Esq.; and Redwood, the pro-
perty of Major Bloomfield. There is a flour-mill at
Derrinsallagh. The parish is in the diocese of Killaloe,
and is a rectory and vicarage, forming part of the union
of Lorrha and corps of the archdeaconry of Killaloe:
the tithes amount to £415. 7. 8¼. It formerly consisted
of three parishes, Bonahane, Pallas, and Ross, the re-
mains of the churches of which are still visible, and
the two former had glebes. At Ross there was a very
extensive burial-ground, which has not been used as
such within the memory of man. The church is a neat
modern edifice, completed in 1832, for which a grant of
£900 was made by the late Board of First Fruits: the
old church has been occupied as a dwelling-house from
time immemorial. In the R. C. divisions also the parish
forms part of the union or district of Lorrha, called also
Dorrha; the chapel, on the townland of Gurteen, has
been lately fitted up in a neat manner. In the demesne
of Walsh Park is a school-house built by the proprietor,
who supports the school; and there is a school at
Gurteen in connection with the National Board. At
Redwood are the ruins of an old castle, and there are
some remains of the ancient parish church.
DORSAKILE.—See KILPATRICK, county of WEST-
MEATH.
DOUGHBEG, a village, in the parish of CLONDE-
VADOCK, barony of KILMACRENAN, county of DONEGAL,
and province of ULSTER; containing 55 houses and 284
inhabitants.
DOUGLAS, a chapelry, comprising that portion of
the parish of CARRIGALINE which is in the county of
the city of CORK, and in the province of MUNSTER, l½
mile (S. B.) from Cork, on the road to Carrigaline; con
taining 816 inhabitants. This village, which is situated
at the head of a small bay called Douglas channel, on
the eastern side of Cork harbour, is irregularly built
in two detached portions respectively on the upper and
lower roads from Cork. Its origin is attributed to the
settlement of a colony of linen weavers from Ferma
nagh, who in 1726 commenced here the manufacture of
sail-cloth, which obtained such celebrity in the English
market, that unlimited orders were received for all that
could be made. This establishment continued to flourish
till after the introduction of machinery into the English
factories, which enabled the English manufacturers to
undersell those of Ireland, and the trade consequently