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the rectories of Owning or Bewley, and Tubrid, and the
rectories and vicarages of Castlane and Tipperaghney,
and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes of the
parish amount to £687, and of the benefice to £123S.
The glebe-house was built by aid of a gift of £100 and
a loan of £1500 from the late Board of First Fruits, in
1817; the glebe comprises 48 acres. The church, is
situated in the village, on the site of an abbey, of which
St. Maidoc or Momoedoc is said to have been abbot in
590: it is an ancient structure, handsomely fitted up by
the late Earl of Besborough, and contains several monu
ments to the Ponsonby family, among which is one to
Brabazon, first Earl of Besborough, who died in 1758,
consisting of half-length figures of the earl and his coun-
tess, on a sarcophagus of Egyptian marble, tinder a
pediment supported by four Corinthian columns and
four pilasters of Sienna marble. In the R. C. divisions
the parish forms part of the union or district of Tem-
pleorum; the chapel, a neat building, is at Pilltown.
In the schools at Pilltown, an infants’ school, and a na-
tional school at Tubbernabrona about 300 children are
instructed: there are also a private school, in which are
about 40 children, and two Sunday schools. Throughout
the parish are ruins of several ancient churches, Danish
forts, and druidical altars or cromlechs. Several vestiges
of antiquity have been found at Belline, and many are
still to be seen in its immediate neighbourhood. The
horns, with a great part of the skeleton, of a moose
deer were found in a bed of soft marl, and are pre-
served at Besborough House.—See PILLTOWN.
FIERIES.—See MOLAHIFFE.
FINAE, a village, in the parish of FAVORAN, barony
of DEMIFORE, county of WESTMEATH, and province of
LEINSTJER, 6 miles (N. W.) from Castle-Pollard, on the
road from Old castle to Granard, and on the confines of
the county of Cavan; containing 241 inhabitants. In
1331, Sir Anthony Lucy, Lord-Justice, defeated the
Irish forces near this place, after an obstinately con-
tested battle; and in 1644, Gen. Monroe routed a de-
tachment of Lord Castlehaven’s army here, where also,
in 1651, the parliamentarian forces under Cols. Hewson
and Jones obtained a victory over the royalists, com-
manded by Pheagh Mac Hugh O’Byrne, and took the
village by storm. The counties of Westmeath and Cavan
are separated at this place by a stream connecting Lough
Shcelin with Lough Kinale, and over which is a stone
bridge of nine arches. The village consists of 45 houses,
badly built, and in a state of dilapidation. Fairs are
held on March 17th, the Saturday before Whitsuntide,
Sept. 18th, and Nov. 15th.
FINDONAGH—See DONAGHCAVEY.
FINGLAS, a parish, partly in the barony of NE-
THERCROSS, and partly in that of COOLOCK, county of
DUBLIN, and province of LEINSTER, 3 miles (N.) from
Dublin Castle, on the mail coach road to Ashbourne, and
on a small stream which falls into the Tolka at Finglas
bridge; containing 2110 inhabitants, of which number,
840 are in the village. In the reign of Hen. II, Strong-
bow, aided by Milo de Cogan and Raymond le Gros,
with 500 men, routed the Irish army consisting of
several thousands, and nearly took King O’Conor
prisoner. On June 18th, 1649, the Marquess of Ormonde,
with the royal army, encamped here, previous to the
fatal action of Rathmines; and on July 5th, 1690, King
William, after the victory of the Boyne, here took up a
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position and mustered his army, amounting to more than
thirty thousand effective men; and hence a detachment,
under the Duke of Ormonde, marched to take possession
of Dublin. The manor was long vested in the Arch-bishop of
Dublin: Fulk de Saundford, one of the pre-
lates of this see, died here in 1271, and Archbishop Fitz-
Simon, also, in 1511. The parish comprises 4663 statute
acres, chiefly pasture: there are good quarries of
limestone and stone for building. The Royal Canal
passes through the townlands of Ballybogan and Cabra.
An extensive cotton-mill was here burnt down in 1828,
the ruins of which remain. A large tannery has existed
at Finglas Wood for nearly two centuries, and is still
carried on by J. Savage, Esq., one of the same family as
the original proprietor: the residence is very ancient,
and it is reported that Jas. II. slept one night there.
By the 4th of Geo. I. a grant was made to the Arch-
bishop of Dublin of markets on Tuesdays and Satur-
days, fairs on April 25th and Sept. 29th, and a court
of pie-poudie during the markets, by paying 6s. 8d. per
ann. to the Crown. A noted pleasure fair is held here
on the 1st of May. This is a station for the city of
Dublin police; and in the vicinity are three private
lunatic asylums. The seats are Jamestown, the resi-
dence of Mrs. Shew; Tolka Lodge, of J. W. Bayley,
Esq.; Kilrisk, of J. Green, Esq.; Newtown, of Barnett
Shew, Esq.; Belle Vue, of W. Gregory, Esq.; Farnham
House, of J. Duncan, Esq.; St. Helena, of W. Harty,
Esq., M. D.; Drogheda Lodge, of M. Farrell, Esq.;
Ashfield, of Capt. Bluett, R. N.; Springmount, of C.
White, Esq.; Elms, of John T.Logan, Esq., M.D.;
St. Margaret’s, of Mrs. Stock; Cabra House, of J.
Plunkett, Esq.; Riversdale, of C. Stewart, Esq.; Rose
Hill, of N. Doyle, Esq. 3 Tolka Park, of J. Newman,
Esq. 3 Tolka View, of the Rev. Dr. Ledlie; Rosemount,
of Capt. Walsh; Little Jamestown, of Edw. Mangan,
Esq.; Rosemount, of M. Rooney, Esq.; and Cardiffe
Bridge, of J. Newman, Esq. The living is a vicarage,
in the diocese of Dublin, united to the curacy of Bally-
coolane, and in the patronage of the Archbishop: the
rectory, with the curacy of St. Werburgh’s, Dublin, and
the chapelries of St. Margaret’s, Artaine, and the Ward,
constitutes the corps of the chancellorship of St.
Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin. The tithes amount to
£740. 5. 10., of which £462. 2. 5. is payable to the
chancellor, and the remainder to the vicar. The glebe-
house was erected, in 1826, by aid of a gift of £550,
and a loan of £450, from the late Board of First
Fruits 3 there is a glebe of 16 acres of profitable
land, divided into three portions, two of which are
at a great distance from the parsonage. The church,
a plain substantial building, stands on the site of an
abbey said to have been founded by St. Canice, or, as
some think by St. Patrick, the former having been
the first abbot: several of the early saints were in-
terred here, and there are monuments to members
of the families of Flower and Bridges, and one to
Dr. Chaloner Cobbe, an eminent divine. This place
gives name to a rural deanery, extending over Finglas
and its chapelries, Castleknock, Clonsillagh, Chapelizod,
Glasnevin, Coolock, Raheny, Clontarf, and Clonturk, or
Drumcondra. In the R. C. divisions the parish is the
head of a union or district, comprising Finglas, St.
Margaret’s, the Ward, Killeek, and Chapel-Midway, in
which are two chapels, in Finglas and at St. Margaret’s.