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DUN
Henry Draycot, who had previously obtained a lease
for 21 years. Near the town is a spring, arched over
with ancient massive masonry, called the Lady Well,
and much resorted to on the patron day, Sept. 29th.
On the plains of Ballynahatna are the remains of a
Druidical temple partly enclosed by a curving rampart,
on the outside of which is part of a circle of upright
stones; and on a rising ground near this place is a
circular fort surrounded by a double fosse and rampart,
supposed to have been thrown up by the earliest inha-
bitants of the country. Dundalk formerly gave the
title of Baron to the family of Georges.
DUNDERMOT, a grange, in the barony of KILCON-
WAY, county of ANTRIM, and province of ULSTER,
on the Ravel water; containing 1069 inhabitants. It
comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 3003¾
statute acres: the tithes, which are impropriate, amount
to £65, There is a meeting-house for Presbyterians
of the Seceding Synod in connection with that at
Ahoghill. Near the Ballymena road is a Danish fort
or mound of an oval form, 60 feet by 30, the summit
of which is level, and the base surrounded by a deep
fosse and counterscarp: towards the bridge over the
Ravel two parallel branches from the fosse enclose
another area of a quadrangular form, now called “the
parade.”
DUNDERROW, a parish, partly in the county of
the city of CORK, partly in the barony of KINSALE,
partly in that of KINNALEA, but chiefly in the barony
of EAST MUSKERRY, county of CORK, and province of
MUNSTER, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Kinsale, on the
road to Bandon; containing 2498 inhabitants. This
parish comprises 637l¼ statute acres, as applotted under
the tithe act, and valued at £4167 per annum; about
800 acres are bog and mountain, and 971¼ waste; the
remainder is good land, the greater portion being arable.
It consists of several detached portions, and has con-
sequently a great variety of surface and.soil; Dunder-
row proper is generally composed of a light soil, which
is very well cultivated, and produces abundant crops.
A new line of road is in progress through the parish,
leading from Kinsale to Bandon. In the Bandon river,
which bounds it on the south, are several salmon weirs.
The principal residences are Leoffney House, that of
E. Gillman, Esq.; Killaney, of T. Markham, Esq.;
Ballyvrin, of W. Dorman, Esq.; Dunderrow Cottage,
of the Rev. R. Halburd; Ballinphilleck, of W. Bar-
ter, Esq.; Corron, of J. Horneybrooky, Esq.; Gort-
naclough, of W. Beasley, Esq.; Hop Island, of G. Ed-
wards, Esq.; and the glebe-house, of the Rev.M, O’Do-
novan: besides several good houses belonging to res-
pectable farmers, The living is a rectory, in the diocese
of Cork, and in the patronage of T. C. Kearney, Esq.,
of Garretstown: the tithes amount to £525, of which
£150 is payable to the dean and chapter of St. Finbarr’s,
Cork, and the remainder to the rector, The glebe-
house was built by aid of a gift of £250 and a loan of
£550, from the late Board of First Fruits, in 182l:
the glebe comprises 24a. 3r. 27p. The church, a small
handsome edifice, with a lofty square tower, was erected
by aid of a loan of £500, in 1812, from the same Board.
In the churchyard is a handsome pyramidal monument
of marble, erected over the remains of an English lady,
who died at Kinsale while on a tour through Ireland,
In the R. C. divisions the parish forms the union or
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district of Kinsale, but the detached portions belong to
the several parishes by which they are surrounded: the
chapel is at Ballynamona. The parochial school, situ-
ated at Leoffney, is jointly supported by Capt. Her-
ri ck and the rector; and there is a daily pay school at
Ballynamona. About 100 boys and 40 girls are edu-
cated, in a private school; and a Sunday school is chiefly
maintained by the Rev. Robert Halburd. The doon,
from which the parish derives its name, has been partly
removed: the queen’s forces secured themselves upon it
in 1601, prior to the siege of Kinsale, when the Spanish
forces were in possession,
DUNDONALD, a parish, in the barony of LOWER
CASTLEREAGH, county of DOWN, and province of ULS-
TER, 4 miles (E.) from Belfast, on the mail coach road
to Newtown-Ardea; containing 1669 inhabitants. This
parish, which is called also Kirkdonald, comprises, ac-
cording to the Ordnance survey, 4635 statute acres of
fertile land, principally under tillage and in a high state
of cultivation. Every improvement in the mode of
tillage and the construction of farming implements has
been eagerly adopted; there is neither bog nor waste
land in the parish. The principal scats are Storemont,
that of S. Cleveland, Esq.; Summerfield, of R Gordon,
Esq.; Rose Park, of Major Digby; Bessmount, of
T. S, Corry, Esq.; and Donleady, of A. McDonnel, Esq.
Near the village is an extensive bleach-green, where
5000 pieces of linen are annually finished. The liv-
ing is a rectory, in the diocese of Down, and in the
patronage of S. Cleveland, Esq.; the tithes amount
to £205. The glebe-house, a handsome residence,
was built in 1820 by a gift of £300 and a loan of
£500 from the late Board of First Fruits; the glebe
comprises 15½ acres. The church, a small edifice, was
rebuilt on the site of a former church in 1771, and a
tower was added to it in 1774. In the R. C divisions
the parish forms part of the union of Newtown-Ardes.
There is a place of worship for Presbyterians in connec-
tion with the Synod of Ulster, of the second class, to
the poor of which congregation Mr. John Crane, of
London, bequeathed the interest of a sum of money,
About 50 children are taught in the parochial school,
which is aided by the rector; and there is a private
school, in which are about 45 children. A large and
handsome school-house has been built and endowed at
Church Quarter, by David Gordon, Esq., the principal
proprietor of the parish. In the demesne of Summer-
field is a chalybeate spring; and close to the church
is a large circular fort surrounded by a moat, from
which the parish is supposed, to derive its name. A
little below, in the same ground, is a cave continued to
the fort and passing under its base. Near the bleach-
green is a conical hill, or rath, contiguous to which, at
the month of a small rivulet, is a stone pillar 10 feet
high. Gilbert Kennedy, a distinguished Presbyterian
divine, was interred in the church in 1687.
DUNDONNELL, a parish, in the barony of LOWER
CONNELLO, county of LIMERICK, and province of MUN-
STER, 1 mile (W.) from Rathkeale, on the river Deel;
containing 476 inhabitants, It comprises 1239 statute
acres, chiefly in tillage. The land m in general good,
being based on a substratum of limestone: the system
of agriculture has of late been much improved. Rid-
dlestown, the ancient mansion of Gerald Blennerhasset,
Esq., is seated on the banks of the Deel; and in its