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declined greatly, though the manufacture is still carried
on. A very extensive rope-yard has long been esta-
blished, and the patent cordage made here is in very
great repute. There is a large boulting-mill belonging
to Mr. G. White, capable of manufacturing 6000 barrels
of flour annually, and which might be easily made to
produce twice that quantity; there is also a mill on the
road to Monkstown belonging to Mr. Power, of equal
capability. A large quantity of bricks, of a bright ash
colour, is made in the immediate vicinity of the village,
and sent to a considerable distance inland; and great
numbers are conveyed by small craft to the port of
Cork. A penny post to Cork has been established, and
a constabulary police force is stationed in the village.
The environs of Douglas are exceedingly pleasant and
the scenery richly diversified and embellished with nu
merous elegant seats and tasteful villas; the surface is
undulated, rising in some places into considerable emi-
nences and commanding extensive and interesting views.
To the north and west are seen the course of the river
Lee, the peninsula of Blackrock, the hills of Glanmire
and Rathcooney, with others in the distance, the city of
Cork, and the beautiful country towards Inniscarra. To
the east and south are the mountains beyond Midleton
and Youghal, the harbour of Cork with the town of
Cove, the course of the Carrigaline river and the rich
scenery on its banks. The principal seats are Marybo-
rough, the residence of E. E. Newenham, Esq., a noble
mansion in a spacious demesne embellished with stately
timber; Old Court, of Sir Geo. Goold, Bart., an elegant
residence beautifully situated on a commanding emi-
nence embosomed in woods of luxuriant growth; Mons-
fieldtown, of T. C. Kearney, Esq.; the Hill, of A.
O’Driscoll, Esq.; Vernon Mount, of O. Hayes, Esq.;
Thornberry, of T. Townsend, Esq.; Belmont Cottage,
of Capt. S. H. Lawrence; Windsor, of G. Cooke, Esq.;
Rowan’s Court, of Mrs. Evanson; Frankfield, of S.
Lane, Esq.; Montpelier, of the Rev. M. O’Donovan;
Alta Villa, of J. Woodroffe, Esq., M.D.; Charlemont, of
C. Evanson, Esq.; Bloomfield, of W. Sheehy, Esq.;
Shamrock Lawn, of W. P. Robinson, Esq.; Grange Erin,
of W. E. Penrose, Esq.; Tramore, of T. S. Reeves, Esq.;
Grange, of H. Conron, Esq.; Mount Conway, of H.
Sharpe, Esq.; West Grove, of Mrs. S. Baylie; Bally-
brack, of J. Heard, Esq.; Atkin Ville, of Mrs. Atkins;
Mount Emla, of J. Barnes, Esq.; Garryduffe, of Mrs.
Allen; Wilsfort, of Mrs. Dowman; Rose Hill, of W.
Lane, Esq.; Douglas House, of T. Fitzgerald, Esq.;
Castle Treasure, of C. Lloyd, Esq.; Ballinrea, of the
Rev. J. Beesteed; Ballincurrig Cottage, of W. C. Logan,
Esq.;, Eglantine, of J. Leahy, Esq.; Villa Nova, of
J. Lombard, Esq.; Knockreagh, of L. Nash, Esq.;
Donnybrook, of L. Jones, Esq.; Factory Ville, of
J. C. Bernard, Esq.; Hampstead, of Lieut. Boyle Hill;
Bellevue, of E, Lucette, Esq.; Alton Ville, of A. C.
M c Carthy, Esq.; Bellair, of W. Perrier, Esq.; Garna
Villa, of S. Harrison, Esq.; and Grange House, of J.
R. Day, Esq. The chapel is a small neat edifice, and the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners have lately granted £230
for its repair. In the R. C. division this place is the
head of a union or district comprising also the parish
of Ballygarvan; the chapel is a neat building, and there
is also a chapel at Ballygarvan. The parochial male
school is chiefly supported by the rector; a female
school by Mrs. Reeves and a few ladies; and an infants’
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and female school are supported and superintended by
Miss O’Donovan, of Montpelier: there is also a National
school in the village, and a dispensary. There are raths
at Old Court and Moneas, and some slight remains of
Treasure castle.
DOULOUGH’S (ST.), a parish, in the barony of
COOLOCK, county of DUBLIN, and province of LEIN-
STER, 5½ miles (N. E.) from Dublin, on the road to
Malahide; containing 345 inhabitants. The land in
this parish is of good quality and the soil favourable to
the growth of corn, of which large crops are raised; the
system of agriculture is improved, and there is abund-
ance of limestone, which is quarried for agricultural
and other uses, and in some of which varieties of fossils
are found. The surrounding scenery is pleasingly and
richly diversified, and from its elevation the parish com-
mands extensive and beautiful views of the sea and the
mountains in the neighbourhood. The principal seats,
all of which command interesting prospects, are St.
Doulough’s Lodge, the residence of J. Rutherfoord, Esq.;
St. Doulough’s, of Mrs. Shaw; Lime Hill, of the Rev.
P. Ryan, A. M.; and Spring Hill, of H. Parsons, Esq.
It is a curacy, in the diocese of Dublin, and in the
patronage of the Precentor of the cathedral of Christ-
church, to whom the rectory is appropriate: the tithes
amount to £160, payable to the incumbent. The church
is a neat modern edifice, adjoining the ancient structure,
which is still preserved, as a singular and interesting
relic of antiquity. In the R. C. divisions it forms part
of the union or district of Baldoyle and Howth. About
60 children are taught in the parochial school, which is
supported by subscription, aided by the incumbent.
The ancient church of St. Doulough, which is still
tolerably entire, is one of the oldest and most singular
religious edifices in the country: it is situated on an
eminence at the extremity of an avenue about 50 yards
in length, at the entrance of which is a low granite cross
supposed to have been originally placed over the south
porch. The church is about 48 feet long and 18 feet
wide, with a massive square embattled tower, and is
built of the limestone found in the neighbourhood, with
the exception of the mullions of the windows, the key-
stones of the arched roofs, and the more ornamental
details, which are of oolite or fine freestone, probably
imported in a previously finished state from Normandy
or England. The south porch, which rises like a vast
buttress at the south-eastern angle of the tower, con-
tains a low and imperfectly pointed doorway leading
into a crypt with a stone roof groined, and divided into
two small apartments, one of which is almost entirely
occupied with the altar-tomb of St. Doulough, the stair
case leading to the tower, and the pillars supporting the
roof. From this a low doorway leads into the eastern
portion of the church, which is 22 feet long and 12 feet
wide, lighted at the east end by a trefoiled window,
and two smaller windows on the south and one on the
north side. This part of the church and also the tower
are evidently of much later date than the rest of the
building, which is supposed to have been erected in the
10th century; the groining of the roof, the tracery of
the windows, and other details contrasting strongly
with the ruder portions of the structure. Between the
south windows of the church, and projecting into its
area, is the staircase leading through the upper portion
of the porch to the tower, and opening into a small