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DUN
3rd, and Dec. 21st; and petty sessions at Shinrone every
Tuesday. The village is on the estate of the Rolleston
family, whose seat, Franckfort Castle, is contiguous;
it is an ancient structure, defended by a regular fortifi-
cation and fosse. Busherstown is the seat of G. Min-
chin, Esq.; Newgrove, of Westropp Smith, Esq.; Lisduff,
of W. Smith, Esq.; Clyduffe, of T. Spunner, Esq.;
Annegrove, of the Rev.W. Minchin; and the Glebe-house,
of the Rev. Dr. Hawkins, Dean of Clonfert. It is a
rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Killaloe, forming
the head of the union of Dunkerrin, Castletown-Ely,
Rathnaveoge, and Finglass, and in the patronage of the
Bishop. The tithes amount to £496. 15. 4¾., and of
the entire benefice to £923. 1. 6. There is a glebe-
house, with three glebes in the union, comprising alto-
gether 86a. 2r. 30p. The church is a handsome modern
structure, erected in 1818, by aid of a loan of £1200
from the late Board of First Fruits. In the R. C. divi-
sions the parish is the head of a union or district, com-
prising Dunkerrin, Cullenwayne, and Castletown-Ely, in
which are chapels at Dunkerrin and Barna. About 80
children are educated in three private schools. Near Dun-
kerrin is the old castle of Rathnaveoge, and Ballynakill
castle, formerly the residence of the Minchin family.
DUNKITT, a parish, in the barony of Ida, county
of Kilkenny, and province of Leinster, 4 miles
(N. by W.) from Waterford, on the road to Thomastown;
containing 2637 inhabitants. This parish is situated
near the river Suir, with which it communicates by the
Dunkitt pill, and comprises 6267 statute acres, as ap-
plotted under the tithe act. The land is generally good,
and is based on a stratum of limestone, of which great
quantities are quarried chiefly for exportation to the
county of Wexford by the river Suir, from which the pill
is navigable to the quarries. The principal seats are
Mullinabro’, that of J. Hawtrey Jones, Esq.; Greenville,
of A. Fleming, Esq.; and Bishop’s Hall, of Simon
Blackmore, Esq. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese
of Ossory, united by act of council, at a period unknown,
to the vicarages of Kilcollum and Gaulskill, and in the
patronage of the Crown; the rectory is impropriate in
the family of Boyd. The tithes amount to £553. 16. 11½.
of which £369. 4. 7½. is payable to the impropriators,
and £184. 12. 4. to the vicar; and the vicarial tithes of
the union amount to £519. 12. 3¾. The glebe-house
was built by a gift of £200, and a loan, of £600 from the
late Board of First Fruits, in 1817, and the glebe com-
prises 23¾ acres. The church of the union is at Gaul-
skill. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of
the union of Kilmacow; the chapel is at Bigwood.
About 100 children are taught in a public school, and
there are two private schools, in which are about the
same number.
DUNLAVAN, a market and post-town, and a parish,
partly in the barony of Uppercross, county of Dublin,
but chiefly in the lower half-barony of Talbotstown,
county of Wicklow, and province of Leinster, 7½
miles (N.) from Baltinglass, and 21 (S. W.) from Dublin,
on the old road from Blessington to Timolin; containing
2528 inhabitants, of which number, 1068 are in the
town. This place is situated on the confines of the
counties of Wicklow, Dublin, and Kildare. The town,
which is the property of the Tynte family, is built on an
eminence surrounded by higher grounds, and consists of
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two streets, one of which branches off at right angles
from the centre of the other. It contains about 180
houses, of which several are well built, is amply supplied
with water from springs, and is considered a healthy
place of residence. The market, chiefly for corn and
potatoes, is on Wednesday; and fairs for cattle are held
on March 1st, May 19th, the second Friday in July, Aug.
21st, the third Tuesday in October, and Dec. 1st. The
market-house, in the centre of the principal street, and
said to have been erected at an expense of £1200, by the
Rt. Hon. R. Tynte, was, in 1835, thoroughly repaired,
and one end of it fitted up as a court-house, by Lady
Tynte; it is a handsome building of hewn stone, with
four projecting porticoes, and crowned in the centre by
a dome. During the disturbances of 1798, it was forti-
fied and garrisoned for the protection of many families
that fled to this town from the insurgents, who were in
the neighbourhood. A chief constabulary police force
has been stationed in the town, and petty sessions are
held on alternate Wednesdays.
The parish comprises 6565 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act; the lands are chiefly under tillage;
the soil is fertile, and the system of agriculture is im-
proving. There is very little waste land, and scarcely any
bog. Some quarries of stone and slate are worked chiefly
for building, but both are of inferior quality. A splendid
mansion and out-offices have been lately built at a very
great expense by Lady Tynte, on part of the estate called
Loughmogue, now Tynte Park; and her grandson and
heir, Mr. Tynte, who resides with her, has considerably
improved the grounds by planting and fencing. The
living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Dublin
and Glendalough, united episcopally and by act of coun-
cil to the rectory and vicarage of Uske and the vicarages
of Rathsallagh and Friendstown, and, in 1833, by act of
council, to the curacy of Tubber, together constituting
the union and the corps of the prebend of Dunlavan in
the cathedral church of St. Patrick, in the patronage of
the Archbishop. It appears, from a terrier in the regis-
try, that anciently the vicarage was endowed with one-
third of the tithes, but since 1732 the vicarage and
prebend have been held together. The tithes amount to
£340. 9. 10½., and of the whole benefice to £472. 0. 9½.
The glebe-house was built by a gift of £100, and a loan
of £900 from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1812;
the glebe comprises 18 acres. The church, a neat edifice
in the later English style, was erected in 1816, by a loan
of £1300 from the same Board, and enlarged in 1835,
by a grant of £460 from the Ecclesiastical Commission-
ers. In the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a
union, comprising also the parishes of Donard and Do-
naghmore; the chapel is a neat cruciform edifice, erected
on a site presented by Lady Tynte Caldwell, and her
daughter Elizabeth, as appears from a tablet over the
entrance; there are chapels also at Donard and Donagh-
more. About 130 children are taught in two public
schools, of which one is supported by Mrs. Pennefather;
and there are six private schools, in which are about
230 children, a Sunday school, and a dispensary. Mr.
Powell, of Tubber, about 40 years since, bequeathed
£200, directing the interest to be appropriated to the
apprenticing of one Protestant child of this parish, and
one of the parish of Tubber; but payment has of late
been withheld. On the townland of Tomant are two