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Archbishoprick of Tuam. Within its limits there are
43 parochial districts, containing 80 chapels, served by
85 clergymen, of which 43 are parish priests and 42
coadjutors or curates. Sligo is the R. C. bishop’s parish,
in which he resides.
The rectory of Elphin is united time immemorially
with the rectory of Ogulla, forming the corps of the
deanery of Elphin, which is in the patronage of the
Crown. The tithes of Elphin amount to £221. 10. 9.,
those of Ogulla to £93. 16. 5¾., and the annual value
of the deanery, including 238 acres of glebe land, is
£532. 12. 9. The glebe-house, or deanery, is a good
residence on the western side of the town, built by aid
of a gift of £100 from the late Board of First Fruits, in
1816. The cathedral, which has for more than a cen-
tury been used as the parish church, is dedicated to St.
Mary: the late Board of First Fruits gave £300, in
1759, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners recently
gave £121 for repairing it. It is a plain modernised
building, about 80 feet long by 28 feet broad, with an
ancient square tower: the interior is very neat, and
at the eastern end are the bishop’s throne and the
dignitaries stalls; several tombstones of bishops in-
terred here are built in the wall of the vestry, and in
the body of the church a handsome monument has
been recently erected to the memory of the late Rev.
Wm. Smith, V. G., and master to the diocesan school,
by his pupils. In the R. C. divisions this parish is
the head of a union or district, comprising Elphin,
Shankill, and Kilmacumsey, and containing chapels
at Elphin, Ballyroddy, and Flask. Besides the dio-
cesan school, in which the celebrated Oliver Gold-
smith was educated, there are two public schools, to
which the bishop contributes £20 and the dean £7
annually: about 230 children are educated in those
schools, and about 570 in nine private schools. The
children who attend the public schools are clothed
annually by the bishop, who also contributes largely to
the support of a dispensary. Here is a loan fund, with
a capital of £700. A cromlech which stood here, has
been thrown down, and a patron that was held at
Tubbermurry is almost discontinued. Here are Rath
Croghan and Rilickna Riagh, places remarkable for
their caves and ancient burial-grounds, as well as for
some rude remains connected by tradition with the his-
tory of the kings of Connaught, who are said to have
been crowned at the former and buried at the latter
place.
EMATRIS, a parish, in the barony of DARTRY
county of MONAGHAN, and province of ULSTER, 3 miles
(N. E. by E.) from Cootehill, on the roads to Clones
and Monaghan; containing 7541 inhabitants; and
comprising, according to the Ordnance survey, 12,297¾
statute acres, of which 590½ are under water, and
10,793 are applotted under the tithe, act, and valued
at £8985 per annum. The. soil is a rich shallow loam, on
deep stiff clay, very difficult of cultivation: there is some
bog, and about 400 acres of underwood. The weaving
of linen to a small extent is combined with agriculture.
Petty sessions are held on alternate Wednesdays at
Rock Corry. Dawson Grove, the noble mansion of
Lord Cremorne, stands in a demesne of more than 1000
acres, embellished with lakes adorned with islands,
on. which grows the finest timber; some of these islands
embrace remarkable views, particularly that of Bella-
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mont forest: in one of the woods is a temple containing
a beautiful group of marble statuary to the memory of
Lady Ann Dawson: on a rising ground in the demesne, and
close to the public: road, is a handsome column, erected
by public subscription, to the memory of Richard Daw-
son, Esq., who represented the county of Monaghan in
five, successive parliaments. The other seats are Freame
Mount,the residence of R.Mayne, Esq.; Glenburnie Park,
of C.Stewart Corry, Esq.; Tanagh, of Capt. C. Daw-
son; Dromore Lodge, of Lieut. Dawson, R. N.; New
Park, of Dacre Hamilton, Esq.; and Cremorne Cottage,
of the Rev. N, Devercux. The living is a rectory and
vicarage, in the diocese of Clogher, and in the patronage
of the Bishop: the tithes amount to £365. The church,
picturesquely situated in the demesne of Dawson Grove,
i.s a handsome building with a tower, and was recently
repaired by a grant of £100 from the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners. The R. C. parish is co-extensive with
that of the Established Church; there is a chapel at
Edergolc, and another at Coravockan, a neat, slated
building. There are a place of worship for Presbyterians
in connection with the Seceding Synod, of the second
class, and three for Wesleyan Methodists. The parish
school is aided by an annual donation from the rector,
and £10 from Lady Cremorne, with grass for a cow and
a house rent-free; in this school about 60 children are
instructed. There are seven other public schools, one
of which is an infants school with a sewing school at-
tached, under the patronage of Mrs. Devereux. There
are also three hedge schools, in which are about 120
boys and 50 girls; and four Sunday schools. A Clothing
Society, for supplying the poor with blankets, &c., is
aided by Lady Cremorne, T. C. S. Corry, Esq., and the
rector; and a lending library is supported by general
subscription. Near Freame Mount is a very large rath,
occupying an acre of land, and commanding a number
of Toghcrs, or bog passes, flanked by two smaller ones,
EMERICK.—See IMPHRICK.
EMLAGH, or IMLAGH, a parish, in the barony of
LOWER KELLS, county of MEATH, stud province of
LEINSTER, 4 miles (N. E, by K.) from Kells, on the road
from Moynalty to Navan; containing 349 inhabitants;
and comprising 2964 statute acres, as applotted under
the tithe act, The river Borora runs through the pa-
rish, and joins the Black water at Bloomsbury. Here
is a large bog, which supplies the Surrounding country
with fuel. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath,
forming part of the union of Newtown: the tithes
amount to £90. ln the R. C. divisions it is part of the
union or district of Stahalmock.
EMLY, a parish, and the seat of a diocese in the
barony of CLANWILLAM, county of TIPPERARY, and
province of MUNSTER, 7 miles (M. W.) from Tipperary,
and 15 (W.) from Cashel, on the confines of the county
of Limerick; containing 3838 inhabitants, of which
number, 701 are in the village. This place, noticed
under the name of “Imlagh” by Ptolemy, as one of the
three principal towns of Ireland, is of very remote anti-
quity, and was formerly an important city and the seat
of a diocese, A monastery of canons regular was
founded here by St. Ailbe, or Alibeus, who became its
first abbot, and dying in 527, wan interred in the abbey.
His successors obtained many privileges for the inhabit-
ants. The abbey and town were frequently pillaged and
burnt. King John, in the 17th of his reign, granted the