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GRA
GRANEY, a village, in the parish of Kilmacow,
barony of Iverk, county of Kilkenny, and province of
Leinster, 2 miles (N. W.) from Waterford, on the road
to Clonmel; containing 12 houses and 77 inhabitants.
Fairs are held here on Jan. 6th, April 12th, May 14th,
Sept. 4th, and Dec. 11th.
GRANGE, a parish, partly in the barony of
O’Neilland West, but chiefly in that of Armagh,
county of Armagh, and province of Ulster, 2 miles
(N.) from Armagh, on the road to Belfast; containing
4132 inhabitants. This parish, which was formed out
of the parish of Armagh in 1777, comprises, according
to the Ordnance survey, 6795¼ statute acres, of which
2411½ are in O’Neilland West, and 4383¾ in Armagh.
The land is generally good, and well cultivated; there
is a considerable quantity of bog. There are quarries
of excellent limestone and freestone, from which latter
the stone is raised for the restoration of Armagh cathe-
dral. A considerable quantity of linen cloth is woven
here, and there is an extensive bleach-green at Alistragh.
The principal seat is Castle-Dillon, the splendid residence
of Sir Thomas Molyneux, Bart., near whose extensive
and richly wooded demesne is an obelisk, 60 feet high,
erected by the Right Hon. Sir. Capel Molyneux, Bart.,
in 1782, to commemorate the passing of some acts
securing the independence of the Irish parliament.
Here are also Drumsill, the residence of the Misses Mc
Geough; Alistragh, of R. McBride, Esq.; the Grange,
of M. Pringle, Esq.; and the glebe-house, of the Rev.
C. W. Lyne. The living is a perpetual cure, in the
diocese of Armagh, and in the patronage of the Dean of
Armagh. The curate has a stipend of £100, paid by
the dean, with the glebe-house, a large and commodious
building surrounded by a fine plantation, and a glebe
comprising 37¾ acres, the two latter valued at £100 per
annum. The church is a handsome edifice, built in 1779,
of compact limestone, with a square tower and octa-
gonal spire. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms
part of the union or district of Armagh, and has a small
plain chapel. The parochial school is situated near the
church, and is aided by an annual donation from the
incumbent; two schools for females are aided by the
dean, the incumbent, and Miss McGeough; and a national
school is aided by an annual donation of £20 from Lord
Charlemont, who also built the school-house: they af-
ford instruction to about 270 children. The late Rt.
Hon. Sir Capel Molyneux, Bart, bequeathed a rent-
charge of £30, on the Castle Dillon estate, to the poor
Protestant housekeepers of this parish, which is dis-
tributed by the incumbent.
GRANGE, a tithe-free district, in the barony of
Shillelogher, county of Kilkenny, and province of
Leinster, 3 miles (S. W.) from Kilkenny, on the road
to Callan; the population is returned with the parish
of Inchiolaghan. Grange House is the property of Major
Shearman. There is a national school at Coppenna, in
which are about 150 children.
GRANGE, or GRANSHAW, a parish, in the Glen-
quin Division of the barony of Upper Connello,
county of Limerick, and province of Munster, 2 miles
(N. E.) from Newcastle, on the road to Ballingarry;
containing 721 inhabitants. This parish comprises 2828
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. The
land is very good, and much of it is under an excellent
system of tillage; the remainder is rich meadow and
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pasture, principally in large dairy farms. The river
Deel, over which there is a curious old bridge, passes
through the parish, the entire of which was formerly the
property of the Courtenay family, but the greater part
was sold during the life of the late Earl of Devon. The
seats are Knockaderry, the residence of J. D. Evans,
Esq.; Chesterfield, of Major Sullivan; and Dromin
House, of Nicholas Meade, Esq. It is a rectory, in the
gift of the Earl of Devon: the tithes amount to £180,
and there is a glebe of five acres. In the R. C. divi-
sions it forms part of the union or district of Knock-
aderry. The ruins of the old church are beautifully
situated on the river Deel.
GRANGE, or MANISTER GRANGE, a parish, or
district, in the barony of Small County, county of
Limerick, and province of Munster, 3 miles (N.) from
Bruff, on the road to Limerick: the population is in-
cluded in the return for Manister. It comprises 1224
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and con-
sists of very good land, which is generally based on lime-
stone, and chiefly in large dairy farms. From an inquisi-
tion taken in the reign of Elizabeth, this district appears
to have belonged to the parish of Manister, of which it still
forms a part for civil purposes. The village of Six-mile-
bridge is within its limits. It is a rectory, in the diocese of
Limerick, entirely impropriate in Lord Southwell: the
tithes amount to £83. 6. 2. In the R. C. divisions it
forms part of the union or district of Bruff. Here are
three druidical circles, the largest of which is 44½ yards
in diameter, and consists of 65 upright stones; they
are principally of limestone, sandstone, and clay-slate,
but the largest, which is thirteen feet high, seven broad,
and four thick, is formed of breccia. The second circle
is 49 yards in diameter and consists of 72 smaller
stones; and the third, which consists of 15 large shape-
less blocks, is 17 yards in diameter. On the summit of
Knockfinnell, which overhangs Lough Gur, are two ex-
tensive earthen forts.
GRANGE, or GRANGEMONK, also called
MONKSGRANGE, a parish, in the barony of Bally-
adams, Queen’s county, and province of Leinster,
4 miles (N.) from Carlow, on the river Barrow; con-
taining 240 inhabitants. This parish comprises 841
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and va-
lued at £490 per annum. It is a vicarage, in the dio-
cese of Leighlin, and in the gift of G. Hartpole, Esq.,
in whom the rectory is impropriate. The tithes amount
to £55. 7. 8¼., of which £36. 18. 5½. is payable to the
impropriator, and the remainder to the vicar. There
is neither church, glebe-house, nor glebe. In the R. C.
divisions it forms part of the union or district of Mayo,
or Aries and Ballylinan. There is an old churchyard,
which is the burial-place of the Hartpoie family, also
the ruins of a castle.
GRANGE, a village, in the parish of Ahamplish,
barony of Lower Carbery, county of Sligo, and pro-
vince of Connaught, 8 miles (N.) from Sligo, on the
road to Ballyshannon; containing 221 inhabitants. It
comprises 40 houses, and has two bridges over the river
Banduff, which were erected at the close of the last cen-
tury. It is a revenue and a constabulary police station,
and has fairs, on June 2nd and 28th, July 25th, Aug.
25th, Sept. 29th, Oct. 28th, and Dec. 10th.
GRANGE (ST. JOHN BAPTIST), a parish, in the
barony of Middlethird, county of Tipperary, and