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College, Dublin, 5 of £50 and 5 of £30 per annum, ten-
able for 5 years by boys from this school, under the
appellation of King’s scholars. A school for boys and
girls has also been established here by the trustees of
Erasmus Smith’s charity; it is situated near the court-
house, and is capacious and handsome. There are also
two other schools, and an infants’ school, supported by
subscription. There is a dispensary; and a Mendicity
Society is supported by subscription. Of the castle and
fortress of the Earl of Tyrone not a vestige is remain-
ing; nor are there any traces of the castle and bawn
erected by Sir Arthur Chichester. The monastery, found-
ed by Con O’Nial, was situated near the site of the pre-
sent distillery; some fragments were remaining a few
years since, but every vestige has now disappeared. Dun-
gannon gives the title of Viscount to the family of Tre-
vor, of Brynkinalt, near Chirk, in the county of Den-
bigh.
DUNGANSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of ARK-
LOW, county of WICKLOW, and province of LEINSTER, 4
miles (S. by W.) from Wicklow, on the road to Arklow;
containing 3135 inhabitants. This parish, which is
called also Ennisboheen, is bounded on the east by the
Irish sea, and comprises 10,322 statute acres, as ap-
plotted under the tithe act, of which about three-fourths
are meadow and pasture, furnishing some of the finest
butter for the Dublin market, and the remainder under
tillage. The soil is fertile, and the system of agriculture
in the highest state of improvement; there is an ade-
quate proportion of bog, and a quarry of good slate,
which, though bordering on the sea, is not worked for
want of a convenient landing-place. The surrounding
scenery is pleasingly diversified, embracing extensive
mountain and sea views, and the neighbourhood is en-
livened with several gentlemen’s seats and villas, of
which the principal are West Aston, the residence of
Lieut.-Col. Acton; Oatlands, of W. Shepard, Esq.;
Sheep hill, of J. Shepard, Esq.; Sea Park, of J. Revell,
Esq.; Ballymoney, of W. Revell, Esq.; Ballinclare, of
Capt. T. Keoghoe; and Springfield, of J. Wright, Esq.
Of Dunganstown Castle, the property of the coheiresses
of the late F. Hoey, Esq., and now in the occupation
of M. Wright, Esq., the only remains are one square
tower and an extensive range of domestic buildings,
partially covered with ivy. There is an extensive nur-
sery, belonging to Messrs, Hodgens, in which are many
choice plants. A ladies’ association for employing the
female poor in spinning, knitting, and making nets has
been established. At Jack’s Hole is a coast-guard sta-
tion, one of the seven constituting the district of Gorey.
Seven townlands have been separated from this parish
to form the new parish of Redcross. The living is a
rectory, in the diocese of Dublin and Glendalough, and
in the patronage of the Archbishop of Dublin: the tithes
amount to £700; the glebe-house is a handsome resi-
dence, and the glebe comprises 20 acres of arable land.
The church, a neat plain structure, was enlarged in 1821
by a loan of £400 from the late Board of First Fruits,
and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have lately granted
£200 for its repair. In the R. C. divisions this parish
is the head of a union, called Kilbride, comprising also
part of the parishes of Templemichael and Castlemac-
adam; there are chapels at Ballymurn, and Barry-
derry. About 190 children are taught in four public
schools, one of which is supported by Lieut.-Col. Acton;
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and another, for which a building was erected by sub-
scription amounting to £182, aided by £100 from the
parliamentary fund, is supported by subscription. There
are three private schools, in which are about 100 chil-
dren; and a dispensary. A loan fund has been established,
and a house is rented for the poor, who receive also the
interest of two legacies of £100 each, bequeathed by
Miss De Stournelles and Mrs. Frost, together producing
£6. 13. 6. annually. There are several raths, and the
remains of an extensive fortification, on the hill above
which a shaft was sunk for copper, which was discovered,
but not in sufficient quantity to work profitably. At
Castletimon and Ennisboheen are remains of old
churches, with burial-places; the Society of Friends have
a burying-ground at Ballymurton; and on the farm of
Ballincarrig several stone graves with skeletons were
found a few years since.
DUNGARVAN, a parish, in the barony of GOWRAN,
county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 3
miles (S.) from Gowran, on the road from Dublin to
Waterford; containing 1784 inhabitants, of which num-
ber, 75 are in the hamlet. The parish comprises 9134
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and is a
constabulary police station. The living is a vicarage,
in the diocese of Ossory, and in the patronage of the
Crown; the rectory is impropriate in J. Hamilton Bun-
bury, Esq. The tithes amount to £480 of which £320
is paid to the impropriator and £160 to the vicar. The
glebe-house was erected in 1813, by aid of a gift of £400
and a loan of £400 from the late Board of First Fruits:
there is a glebe of 15 acres. The church is a small plain
building, erected by aid of a gift of £800, in 1812, from
the same Board, and lately repaired by the Ecclesiasti-
cal Commissioners, at an expense of £283. In the R. C.
divisions this parish forms part of the union or dis-
trict of Gowran, and contains a chapel. The parish
school is supported by the incumbent, and there are
three pay schools, in which about 300 children are
instructed. Here is a very large moat, also the ruins
of a square castle at Neiglam.
DUNGARVAN, a sea-port, borough, market and post-
town, and a parish, in the barony of DECIES-WITHOUT-
DRUM, county of WATERFORD, and province of MUNSTER,
22 miles (S. W. by W.) from Waterford, and 97¾ miles
(S. W. by S.) from Dublin, on the road from Waterford to
Cork; containing 12,450 inhabitants, of which number,
8386 are in the town and borough. This place, for-
merly called Achad-Garvan, of the same import as its
present appellation Dun-Garvan, derived that name from
St. Garvan, who in the 7th century founded an abbey
here for canons regular of the order of St. Augustine,
of which there are no vestiges. Raymond le Gros, one
of the earliest English adventurers, in 1174, brought
hither the plunder he had taken in Offaly and Lismore,
which he put on board some vessels he found lying at
anchor; but, being detained by contrary winds, was
attacked by the men of Cork, whom he repulsed with
the loss of eight of their vessels, with which he sailed
away in triumph. Soon afterwards the town, which
then formed the frontier barrier of the dependencies
of Waterford, was, together with other territories,
totally surrendered to Hen. II. by Roderic, Sovereign
of all Ireland; and a castle was erected for its
defence by King John, who is also supposed to have
surrounded the town with a wall strengthened with
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