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years; and adjoining it is a school-room connected
with the National Board, in which are about 150 chil-
dren. A very neat school-house midway between Howth
and Baldoyle has been erected for the accommodation
of the children of both places, in which there are two
good school-rooms, for males and females; it contains
about 60 children, and is under the superintendence of
the prebendary.
Nearly in the centre of the town are the venerable
ruins of Howth abbey, originally founded on the island
of Ireland’s Eye, by St. Nessan, about the year 570,
and in which was preserved the book of the four gospels,
called the Garland of Howth, which was held in great
veneration. The establishment was subsequently re-
moved to this place, and the remains, within an area
189 feet long and 168 feet wide, enclosed by a wall
surmounted with graduated battlements, a re extensive
and interesting. The enclosure, now a burial-ground,
contains the ruins of two piles of building, called the
Abbey and the College. The former, which appears
to have been the church, has a lofty circular doorway
at the west end, surmounted by a belfry, to which
is an ascent by a staircase on the outside, and con-
sisting of a single massive wall with battlements pierced
for the suspension of three bells; the nave, which
is 93 feet long and 52 feet wide, is divided into two
aisles of unequal length by a range of six pointed
arches, of which three are smaller than the rest, and
apparently of later erection than the walls; each of the
aisles has an eastern window, and had a separate roof,
the gables of which are standing; and at the west end
of the south aisle, which is the shorter of the two, is
the tower; there is a doorway on the south side, where
was formerly a porch. Among the monuments is one
of marble to Christopher, 13th baron of Howth, and his
lady, whose effigies are still entire, erected in 1430, and
decorated with sculptured emblems of the crucifixion,
and coats of arms; there is also in this aisle an ancient
monument without inscription, apparently to one of the
abbots, ornamented with a crosier and cross fleury. This
church was erected during the prelacy of Archbishop
Luke, who succeeded to the see of Dublin in 1228, at
the time the establishment was removed hither from Ire-
land’s Eye; the bells of the ancient abbey were recently
discovered in the vaults of the castle, where they had
lain for more than 200 years, and are now carefully pre-
served in the hall. The College is on the south side of
the enclosure, and consists of the hall, kitchen, and
seven cells, of which some have been thatched and are
inhabited by poor families. To the west of the castle
are the ruins of a small oratory, with a bell turret
over the entrance, dedicated to St. Fenton; they are
situated at the base of an elevation, on the summit
of which is a large cairn. In a hollow on the east side
of the Hill of Howth are the remains of a cromlech, the
table stone of which, 14 feet long, 12 feet wide, and
about 6 feet thick, has fallen on one side, but is still
supported on the other by upright stones, 7 feet high;
it is by the peasantry called “ Fin’s Quoit,” from a
tradition that it was thrown into its present position
by Fin M Coul. There are some petrifying springs;
and ancient coins, spurs, bridles, and implements of war
have been found in the parish.
HUGGINSTOWN, a village, in the parish of AUGH-
AVILLER, barony of KNOCKTOPHER, county of KIL-
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KENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 4 miles (S.) from
Knocktopher, on the road from Newmarket to Mullina-
vat; containing 56 houses and 283 inhabitants. Cattle
fairs, called “the fairs of Harvey,” are held here on
the 12th of May, Aug., and Nov. There is a R. C.
chapel belonging to the union or district of Bally-
hale.
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IBERIUS (ST.), a parish, in the barony of FORTH,
county of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER; con-
taining, with the post-town of Broadway, 548 inhabit-
ants. It is situated at the head of Lady’s Island Lake,
and comprises 562 plantation acres, the property of G.
W. Nunn, Esq. The living is an impropriate cure, in
the diocese of Ferns, united to that of St. Mary’s or
Lady’s Island, and together constituting the union of
St. Iberius, in the patronage of the Bishop; the rectory
is impropriate in the Earl of Portsmouth, The tithes
amount to £59.17.4½., of which £22.18.11. is payable
to the impropriator, and the remainder to the incumbent,
who receives a stipend of £2 per annum for discharging
the clerical duties of St. Mary’s or Lady’s Island. At
Doyle’s Cross is a meeting-house for Wesleyan Metho-
dists. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of
the union or district of Lady’s Island.
IBERIUS (ST.).—See WEXFORD.
ICANE.—See ISLAND ICANE.
IGHTERMURRAGH, or IGHTERMORROGH, a
parish, in the barony of IMOKILLY, county of CORK, and
province of MUNSTER, 2½ miles (S. E.) from Castle-
martyr, on Youghal bay; containing 2627 inhabitants.
It comprises 5362 acres, valued at £4452 per annum.
The soil is excellent, being a light loam based upon
limestone, and in a good state of cultivation. Here is a
considerable manufacture of straw plat. The principal
seats are Carew’s Wood, an elegant villa, the property
of the Earl of Shannon, and now the residence of the
Rev. J. Leslie; Knockane, of T. Gard, Esq., M. D.;
Lisquinlan, of the Rev. C. Harte, A. M., situated on the
summit of a peninsula, in the midst of beautiful and
extensive plantations; and Castle Richard, of R. Fitz-
gerald, Esq., near which are the remains of the ancient
castle of Inchicrenagh, a fine old tower of excellent
masonry in good preservation; on the wall of one of
the arches is an inscription bearing date 1592, with the
initials T. G.; it was built by the great Earl of Des-
mond, and was the seat of the seneschals of Itnokilly,
ancestors of the present occupier of Castle Richard.
The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Cloyne, and in
the patronage of the Crown: the tithes amount to
£651. 13. 2½. There is a glebe of four acres, but no
glebe-house. The church is a plain ancient building, and
contains monuments of the Supple and Pittman families.
In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the
union or district of Ballymacoda and Ladiesbridge, at
which latter place is a neat chapel. There is a national
school in which 60, and a private school in which 40,
children are educated. Here are some remains of Igh-
termurragh castle, which has been the property of the
Supples or De Capells since 1172. Near Ballendinis is