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to the dean, and the glebe comprises 1035 statute acres.
The curacy was instituted in 1823; the stipend is
£92. 6. 2., of which £69. 4. 7-½. is paid by the dean, and
£23.1. 6½. from Primate Boulter’s fund. The glebe-house,
with a glebe of 10 acres, was given to the curate by the
Grocers’ Company. The church, a spacious and hand-
some edifice, with a square tower crowned with pinnacles,
was built in 1821, by a loan of £1000 from the late
Board of First Fruits, near the ruins of a former church
built by the Grocers’ Company in 1626, in the village of
Muff, and about three miles distant from the ruins of
the ancient parish church. The R. C. parish is co-
extensive with that of the Established church; the
chapel is at Creggan. At Tullinee there is a place of
worship for Presbyterians in connection with the Synod
of Ulster, of the second class. About 370 children are
taught in six public schools, of which the parochial
school at Muff is supported by a grant of £30 per ann.
from the trustees of Erasmus Smith’s charity, and
annual donations from the Grocers’ Company and the
rector; the school-house, adjoining the church, a large
and handsome edifice, was erected in 1814. A school
at Graceteel is under the Fishmongers’ Company, who
pay the whole charges for children of cottiers and one-
half for those of formers on their estate; two are aided
by the Marquess of Londonderry and Major Scott; and
an agricultural school is supported by shareholders and
subscribers, and by the labour of the scholars on the
farm. There are also three private schools, in which
are about 150 children, and three Sunday schools. A
valuable donation of sacramental plate and furniture
for the altar and pulpit was bequeathed to the church,
in 1665, by Bishop Wild, who also left £5 for the
poor.
FAUGHART, or FAUGHER, a parish, in the ba-
rony of UPPER DUNDALK, county of Louth, and pro-
vince of LEINSTER,1½ mile (N. N. E.) from Dundalk, on
the road, through Forkhill, to Armagh; containing
1640 inhabitants. This place, which in also called
Foghard, probably takes its name from a very ancient
fort of singular construction, which occupies an elevated
situation in the neighbourhood. In 638 St. Monenna
founded a nunnery here for 150 sisters, over whom she
presided for some years, but subsequently resigned her
charge to Orbila and Servila, and erected a convent for
herself at Kilslieve, in the county of Armagh. A
monastery for Canons Regular was also founded at an
early period and dedicated to St. Bridget; but there
are no remains of either of the buildings, and the only
vestiges are two small pillars or crosses, called respec-
tively the stone and pillar of St.. Bridget, one having
the figure of a horae-shoe sculptured in high relief, and
the other a square pillar raised on two circulur steps.
The ancient fort of Faughart consists of an artificial
mount 60 feet high, surrounded by a deep trench with
a counterscarp; the whole area of the summit is cir-
cumscribed by the foundations of an oetagonal building,
but whether a tower or only a parapet is uncertain.
It is situated near the ancient frontier of the English
pale, and in 1596, the Archbinhop of Cashel and the
Earl of Ormonde, on the part of the English govern-
ment, held a conference here with the Irish chieftains
O’Nial and M c Donnel, to negotiate a treaty of peace,
which was rejected by the latter. During the insurrec-
tion of the Earl of Tyrone, Lord Mountjoy frequently
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encamped at this place and in the neighbourhood, and
in 1600 remained here from the 15th of October till the
9th of November, while the Earl held the pass of Moira,
about a mile distant. The parish comprises, according
to the Ordnance survey, 2480½ statute acres, three-
fourths of which are arable and the remainder pasture;
there is neither waste land nor bog; the soil is fertile
and the system of agriculture improved. Limestone of
good quality abounds, and there are several limekilns.
The principal gentlemen’s seats are Faughart House, the
residence of Neale M c Neale, Esq., pleasantly situated in a
well-planted demesne; Fort Hill, of the Rev. G. Tinley,
beautifully situated on an eminence commanding a fine
view of the town and bay of Dundalk, and having in the
demesne a Danish fort, from which it takes its name;
and Mount Bayly, the residence of D. Courtenay, Esq.
A constabulary police force has been established here.
The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Armagh, and
in the patronage of the Lord-Primate: the tithes amount
to £250: there in neither glebe-house nor glebe. The
church, a very neat modern edifice, was erected by aid
of a gift of £800 and a loan of £800 from the late
Board of First Fruits, in 1815; it is situated on the
townland of Kilcurry, which is a detached portion of
the parish of Ballymascanlon. In the R. C. divsions
this is the head of the union or district of Faughart
and Jonesborough, comprising those parishes and part
of Ballymascanlon, and containing two chapels, one in
this parish and one in Jonesborough; the former is on
the townland of Kilcurry. About 80 children are
taught in the parochial school which is aided by the
rector; and a school is held in the R. C. chapel. There
are some remains of the ancient church of Urney, and
also of the old castle of Dungooley, on the townland of
that name; the latter is said to have been one of the
seats of the Earl of Tyrone. St. Bridget is said to have
been born in this parish.
FAUGHLEY, or FAUGHANSTOWN, a parish, in
the barony of DEMIFORE, county oF WESTMBATH, and
province of LEINSTER, 8 miles (S.) from Castlepollard.
on the road to Mullingar; containing 155l inhabitants,
and comprising 4059 statute acres. It extends along
the entire north side of Lough Derveragh, and includes
within its limits the hill of Knock Ion. The land is prin-
pally under an improving system of tillage; limestone
abounds; there is very little bog. Near the upper end
of the lake stands Gartlandstown, the seat of J. Mu
ray, Esq. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Meath,
forming part of the union of Rathoraff, or Custlepol
lard; the rectory is impropriate in the Marquess of
Westmeath. The. tithes amount to £320, of which
£l42. 4. 5½. is payable to the impropriators, and
£177. 15. 6½. to the incumbent. In the R. C. divi
sions it forms part of the union or district of Maynr
and Faughanstown, also called Tarbotstown, anil has
a chapel at Milltown. A school at Dernagaragh, in
which are 46 boys and 24 girls, is aided by a bequest
of the late Col. Monk; and there are three private
school, in which 76 boys and 48 girls are instructed.
On contiguous eminences, overlooking Lough Derveragh,
are two very large raths, and near Gartlandstown are
two others. At Dernagaragh are the ruins of an old
castle; and on the shore of the lake are the remains
of the parochial church, near which are those of a
chapel.