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to it is a bridewell, containing ten cells, two day-rooms,
and two airing-yards.
The parish is divided by the inlet on which the
town is situated into East and West Dungarvan, of
which the former comprises the more ancient parishes
of Abbeyside and Ballinrode or Nugent’s. On the
south-east side of the channel the sea has made great
encroachments. Limestone and large masses of conglo-
merate, or pudding-stone, are found in abundance; of the
former, considerable quantities are sent in boats from Bal-
linacourty to Bonmahon, Stradbally, and other places
along the coast. The finest view is obtained from the sum-
mit of Cushcam, on the north-east, from which are seen
the castle of Clonea, the ruins of a church, and a widely
extended strand, beyond which are the improvements of
Clonkoskoran, and in the distance the town of Dun-
garvan, with its various towers as if rising from the
sea. In the neighbourhood are Ballinacourty, the re-
sidence of R. Longan, Esq., commanding a fine view of
the harbour and of the bay; Bay View, of R. B, H. Low,
Esq.; Duckspool, of J. M. Galwey, Esq.; Tournore,
of B. Boate, Esq.; Moonrudh, of the Rev, S. Dickson,
vicar of the parish, a modern edifice; and the Hermitage,
of W. H. Barron, Esq.; all situated on the south-eastern
side of the harbour, and commanding fine marine views.
On the opposite side of the bay is the marine villa of
the Rt. Hon. H. Villiers Stuart, lieutenant of the county,
Clonkoskoran, the seat of Lady Nugent Humble, is
beautifully situated among thriving plantations, near
the mail coach road from Dungarvan to Waterford,
about two miles from the town; Springmount, to the
west of the town, is the pleasant residence of T. E. Keily,
Esq.; and in the same direction is Coolnagower, the
residence of W. Giles, Esq. The living is a vicarage, in
the diocese of Lismore, and in the patronage of the
Duke of Devonshire, in whom the rectory is irnpropriate:
the tithes amount to £1337. 12 3., of which £89. 14.10.
is payable to the impropriator, and £445. 17. 5. to the
vicar. The glebe comprises about 13 acres and a few
houses and gardens in the town. The church is a hand-
some structure of hewn stone, with a tower, erected in
1831 by a loan of £800 from the late Board of First
Fruits, and occupies a site commanding a fine view over
the harbour and the bay. In the Roman Catholic
divisions the parish is divided into West and East
Dungarvan. In the former is the new R. C. chapel,
dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin:
it occupies a commanding site on the south Hide of the
town, given by the Duke of Devonshire, who has also
at various times contributed nearly £1500 towards its
erection; the remainder of the expense wai defrayed
by a collection made in London by the Rev, P. Fogarty,
and divers other contributions. It is in the later
English style of architecture: the roof is finely groined
and supported on ranges of lofty and well-proportioned
columns; the building is lighted by 14 windows of
ample dimensions, and it is intended to open a large
east window of stained glass; at the west end will be
erected a lofty tower, under which will be the principal
entrance, and over it a place has been reserved for an
organ; the altar is elaborately grand: this large and
handsome chapel has been erected from the designs
and under the superintendence of Geo. Payne, Esq.,
architect, of Cork. In the East division there are two
chapels, one at Abbeyside, the other at Ballnroad.
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Here is a convent of the order of the Presentation,
in which are 16 nuns, who employ themselves in the
gratuitous instruction of poor female children; and
there is a chapel belonging to friars of the order of St.
Augustine, the duties of which are performed by two
friars, who derive their support from voluntary dona-
tions and collections at the chapel gate. A school for
boys and another for girls are partly supported by the
interest of a bequest of £2000 from the late Pierse Bar-
ron, Esq., out of which also the school-house was built.
The girls’ school is under the superintendence of the
ladies of the convent, and the boys’ school under that
of the “Brethren of the Christian Schools,” who have
a residence at Shandon, adjoining the town: a branch
of the boys’ school is held at Shandon school-house.
A new school-house has been erected at an expense of
£1200, of which £100 was contributed by the Duke of
Devonshire, and the remainder was defrayed by its
founder, the Very Rev, Dr. Foran, P. P.; it stands on
an eminence commanding an extensive and beautiful
view, and is a very spacious edifice, capable of con-
veniently accommodating 800 boys, There is also a
school for which a school-house was given by John
Odell, Esq., who allows the master a salary of £12, 12.
per annum. About 1050 children are educated in the
public schools, and 550 in eleven private schools. Here
are a fever hospital and a dispensary, towards which the
Duke of Devonshire and the Marquess of Waterford
contribute largely.
There are some interesting remains of the ancient
castle, and of the walls and defences of the town; the
former are those of a massive keep in a quadrilateral
area, surmounted with a wall defended by a circular
tower at each angle, and formerly mounted with can-
non; the entrance is by a narrow passage, under a tower
gateway, flanked by circular bastions, and within the
enclosure arc the modern barracks. Some of the towers
of the town walls are still remaining in connection with
modern buildings; and to the west of the town is Crom-
well’s mount, supposed to have been thrown up by his
forces while besieging the town. In the Abbeyside divi-
sion are the ruins of a lofty square, castle, of which
nothing more is known than that it wan anciently the
property of the McGraths. There are no truces of the
abbey founded by St. Garvan, but nearly adjacent to
the last-named castle are the ruins of a religious house
founded in the 13th century for Augustinian friars, pro-
bably by the McGraths, who, with the O’Briens of Cmn-
meragh, were its chief benefactors. The remains form
an interesting pile; the, walla, windows, and arches are
still entire: the old conventual church consists of a
narrow nave and chancel connected by an arch of ele-
gant design supporting a light and enriched tower, 60
feet high and still in good preservation; the entrance, at
the west end, is by a small pointed doorway, and a large
cast window admits a fine view of the sea; below the
window is a tombstone of Donald McGrath, dated 1400;
on the foundation of some of the ancient cells the R. C.
chapel of Abbeyside has been erected, the bell of which
hangs in the old tower, and the walls and entrances
of the ancient abbey are preserved in good order. An
hospital for lepers, dedicated to St. Bridget, was also
founded here, but nothing further has been recorded
of it. At Two-mile bridge is a powerful chalybeate
spa, which has its origin in the summit of a neighbour-