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agricultural purposes, and some good quarries of free-
stone for building. The gentlemen’s seats are Clonelly,
the residence of F. W. Barton, Esq., and Drumrush, of
the Rev. J. Delap. The living is a rectory and vicarage,
in the diocese of Clogher, and in the patronage of the
Bishop: the tithes amount to £415. The glebe-house
is a large and handsome residence; the glebe comprises
270 acres. The church, a plain building with a tower,
was formerly a chapel belonging to Vaughan’s endowed
school, the governors of which presented it to the
parishioners, on the separation of Drumkeeran from the
parish of Magheraculmony: the Ecclesiastical Commis-
sioners have lately granted £105 for its repair. In the
R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union or
district, called Blackbog, comprising also parts of the
parishes of Magheraculmony and Templecarne, and con-
taining three chapels, situated respectively at Edendy-
crummin, Blackbog, and Banna. There is a place of
worship for Presbyterians, in connection with the Synod
of Ulster, of the third class; also two places of worship
for Wesleyan Methodists. The late George Vaughan,
Esq., bequeathed, in 1758, an estate now producing
£1000 per ann., for the foundation and endowment of
a school for boarding, clothing, and educating Protestant
children, under the direction of 13 trustees: there are
60 boys and 24 girls at present in the school, who, when
of age, are apprenticed with a fee to the master, and
a premium is given to each on the expiration of his in-
denture, on producing a certificate of good conduct.
There is also a parochial school; a large school-house
has been built in the Elizabethan style by the Rev. Mr.
West, who as a landlord has done much for the im-
provement of husbandry; and about 450 children are
taught in nine private schools. There are several raths,
and some chalybeate and sulphureous springs, one of
which issues from a rock in the centre of the river.
DRUMKERIN, a village, in the parish of INNISMA-
GEATH, barony of DROMAHAIRE, county of LEITRIM,
and province of CONNAUGHT, 5¼ miles (S. E.) from Dro-
mahaire, on the road from Carrick-on-Shannon to
Manor-Hamilton; containing 51 houses and 284 inha-
bitants. It has a penny post to Carrick-on-Shannon,
a market on Wednesday, and twelve fairs on Jan. 27th,
• the second Wednesday in February, March 8th, April
4th, May 27th, June 24th, July 18th, Aug. 18th, Sept.
16th, Oct. 19th, Nov. 11th, and Dec. 9th. Petty ses-
sions are held here every fortnight, on Wednesday,
DRUMKEY, a parish, in the barony of NEWCASTLE,
county of WICKLOW, and province of LEINSTER, ½ a
mile (N. W.) from Wicklow, near the road from Dublin;
containing 254 inhabitants. This parish is bounded on
the cast by the sea and part of the Murrough of Wick-
low, and comprises 1679 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act. It is in the diocese of Dublin and
Glendalough, and is a rectory and vicarage, forming
the corps of the prebend of Wicklow in the cathedral
of St. Patrick: the tithes amount to £65. In the R. C.
divisions it is part of the union or district of Wicklow.
Here is a private school, in which are about 30 chil-
dren.
DRUMKRIN, or ST. MARY’S DRUMCRIN, a
parish, in the barony of DARTRY, county of MONAGHAN,
and province of ULSTER, 10 miles (N.) from Cavan;
containing 3751 inhabitants, and comprising 7469 sta-
tute acres. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the dio-
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cese of Clogher, partly united by act of council, in 1804,
to the rectory and vicarage of Galloon, and partly to
that of Currin; on the avoidance of the latter bene-
fice, that part of the parish which is not united to Gal-
loon will, with the exception of Hermitage and Lisna-
dish, which will remain annexed to Currin, be incor-
porated with the parish of Drummully. The tithes
amount to £184. In the R. C. divisions it is in
the union or district of Drummully, and has a chapel
at Drumslow. About 130 children are educated in
two public schools, and about 200 in five private
schools.
DRUMLANE, a parish, in the barony of LOWER
LOUGHTEE, county of CAVAN, and province of ULSTER,
on the road from Clones to Ballyconnell; containing,
with part of the post-town of Belturbet, 8547 inhabi-
tants. A monastery was founded here in the 6th cen-
tury, by St. Edan, Bishop of Ferns, which became sub-
ject to the abbey of St. Mary at Kells. The cemetery
was formerly the place of interment of the chieftains
of Breffny, and is still a favourite place of burial.
Within its limits are the remains of an ancient round
tower, built of limestone and red grit. According to
the Ordnance survey, the parish comprises 20,066¼
statute acres, of which 3074 are water, and 16,583 are
applotted under the tithe act. Of these, about 400 are
bog, 50 woodland, and the remainder arable or pas-
ture. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Kilmore,
and in the patronage of the Bishop; the rectory is ap-
propriate to the vicars choral of Christ-Church cathe-
dral, Dublin. The tithes amount to £500, of which
two-thirds are payable to the appropriators, and one-
third to the vicar. There is a glebe-house, which was
built by a loan of £675 from the late Board of First
Fruits, in 1819, and a glebe of 340 statute acres. The
church is a neat building with a square tower, erected
in 1819 by a loan of £1500 from the late Board of First
Fruits. In the R. C. divisions this parish forms the
two unions or districts of Drumlane and Milltown, and
has chapels at Staghell and Milltown. Here is a place
of worship for Primitive Methodists. About 500 children
are educated in seven public, and the same number in
seven private, schools.
DRUMLARGAN, a parish, in the barony of UPPER
DEECE, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER,
1¾ mile (S. by E.) from Summerhill, on the road to Kil-
cock and Dublin; containing, in 1831, 148 inhabitants,
but the population has since decreased. It is a rectory,
in the diocese of Meath, and forms part of the union of
Raddonstown: the tithes amount to £36. In the R. C.
divisions it forms part of the union or district of Sum-
merhill. There are remains of a rath, which seems to
have connected the fortifications and religious houses
surrounding Kilmore with the outposts of Lynch’s cas-
tle, at Summerhill, the noble remains of which are yet
standing in Lord Longford’s demesne.
DRUMLEASE, a parish, in the barony of DROMA-
HAIRE, county of LEITRIM, and province of CON-
NATJGHT, on the road from Manor-Hamilton to Sligo;
containing, with the village of Dromahaire (which is
described under its own head), 3901 inhabitants. An
abbey was erected here by St. Patrick, who placed St.
Benignus over it 3 the site is said to have been that
occupied by the parish church. The parish comprises
14,403 statute acres: there is a considerable quantity