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adorns the banks of the river. In the house is an
excellent library, with a choice collection of paintings
and some beautiful statuary. The late proprietor,
W. Tighe, Esq., was the author of the Statistical survey
of the county of Kilkenny; and his sister-in-law, the
accomplished Mrs. Mary Tighe, was the author of
“Psyche” and other poems; a monument and statue
by Flaxman have been erected to her memory in the
church-yard of Inistioge. The other seats are Firgrove,
that of J. Robbins, Esq.; and Ballyduff, the property of
Sir Josiah Coghill, Bart., R. N. The living is a rectory
and vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory; one-half of the
rectory is impropriate in Sir Wm. Cox, Bart., and the
other is annexed to the vicarage, which is united to the
rectory and vicarage of Cloneamery, and in the patron-
age of the Bishop. The tithes amount to £430, of
which £200 is payable to the impropriator, and the re-
mainder to the incumbent; and the tithes of the
benefice amount to £365. The glebe-house is a hand-
some residence, and the glebe comprises 10 acres, sub-
ject to a rent of £3 per acre. The church, a handsome
structure in the early English style, harmonising with
the tower of the ancient monastery, with which it is
incorporated, was rebuilt in 1824 by a gift of £900 from
the late Board of First Fruits and by subscription. In
the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union or
district, comprising also those of Cloneamery and Roer,
in which are four chapels; the chapel of this parish has
been taken down, and a handsome new one is now
being erected. There are two schools supported by
Mr. and Lady Louisa Tighe, in which are about 150
children. An almshouse was built in 1788, by Mrs.
Sarah Tighe, for eight aged widows, who receive a weekly
allowance from Mr. Tighe, but there is no permanent
endowment. A charitable loan fund has been established
for lending sums not exceeding £3, repayable by instal-
ments of ls. 6d. in the pound every other week. There
is a society for supplying coal to the poor, who deposit
a sum weekly, the value of which, and of a penny per
week added by the society to every deposit, they receive
in coal at the end of the year; also a dispensary. There
are some interesting remains of the monastery, con-
sisting of two towers, one of which has been incorpo-
rated with the present church, and the other is square
at the base and octagonal in the upper stages.
INNISBEG, an island, in the parish of AUGHA-
DOWN, Eastern Division of the barony of WEST CAR-
BERY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 4
miles (W.) from Skibbereen; containing 109 inhabit-
ants. It is in the estuary of the river Ilen, in the bay
of Baltimore, and comprises 214 statute acres, part of
which is fertile and well cultivated. The surface is
rocky and uneven, and the substratum is slate.
INNISBIGLE, or INISHEGIL, an island, in the
parish of KILCOMMON, barony of ERRIS, county of
MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT: the population is
returned with the parish. It is situated at the entrance
of the bay of Ballan, and contiguous to the island of
Achill, on the western coast; and comprises 800 acres
of bog and mountain, the property of Sir Richard A.
O’Donel, Bart.
INNISBOFFIN, an island, in the parish of TUL-
LOGHOBIGLEY, barony of KILMACRENAN, county of
DONEGAL, and province of ULSTER: the population is
returned with the parish. It lies off the north-western
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coast, about a mile and a half from the main land, and
contains about 150 acres of arable and pasture land
and about 250 of mountain, On the north-eastern side
of the island is a small bay, and to tho north arc the
islets Ennisduich and Ennisbeg.
INNISBOFFIN, or ENNISBOFFIN, an inland and
parish, in the barony of MURRISK, county of MAYO,
and province of CONNAUGHT, 26 miles (S. W.) from
Westport, opposite the entrance to Ballinakill harbour;
containing 1462 inhabitants. It is also called Inishbo-
fin, and Boffin or Bophin island; is separated by a
narrow channel from Innishark, or Sark island; and is
the property of the Marquess of Sligo. An abbey was
founded here by St. Colman, in 667, of which no men-
tion is made by ecclesiastical writers after the tenth
century. A castle was erected here by Cromwell, which
was held for Jas. II. by Col. O’Riordan, who surrendered
it to King William’s troops after the capitulation of
Galway. It was built for the protection of the fishery,
which was then extensively carried on here, against the
Dutch. The harbour is situated in tho centre of the
fisheries, and will safely accommodate more than 100
vessels of 150 tons. The sea in its vicinity abounds
with spermaceti and Greenland whales, sun fish, her-
rings, and many other kinds of fish. The parish is in
the diocese of Tuam: the vicarage forms part of the
union of Ballynakill; the rectory is impropriate in the
Marquess of Clanricarde. The tithes amount to £9. 12.
In the R. C. divisions also it is part of the union or
district of Ballynakill, and has a chapel. About 80
children are educated in two private schools.
INNISBOFFIN, or INCIIBOFIN, an island in
Lough Ree, in the parish of NOGHEVAL, barony of
KILKENNY WEST, county of WKSTMEATH, and province
of LEINSTER; containing27 acres of arable land: the
population is returned with the parish. An abbey was
founded here in the early part of the sixth century by
St. Rioeh, nephew of St. Patrick, which was burnt In
770, pillaged several times in the eleventh century, and
destroyed by the Danes in 1089.
INNISCALTIIRA, INNISKELTAIR, or HOLY IS-
LAND, an island, in that part of the parish of INNIS-
CALTHRA, which is in the barony of TULLA, county of
CLARE, and province of MUNSTER, 4 miles (E.) from
Scariff. This island, which is also called the “Island
of the Seven Churches,” is in Lough Derg, between
the counties of Clare and Galway. St. Camin, who died
about the middle of the seventh century, founded an
abbey or church here, which was afterwards called
Teampul Gamin. In 834 the island was ravaged by the
Danes from Limerick, and in 1027 the great Brien Bo-
roimhe rebuilt the church. St. Cumin, the founder of
the abbey, is said to have written a commentary on the
Psalms, which he collated with the Hebrew text. St.
Coelan wrote a life of St. Bridget iu Latin verse; and
Corcran, the most celebrated ecclesiastic of Western
Europe for religion and learning, was abbot, in the early
part of the eleventh century. Here are the remains of
seven small churches, which display considerable ele-
gance of design. Here is also an ancient round tower
in very good preservation, which is likewise called the
Anchorite’s Tower, from St. Cosgrath, an anchorite,
having lived and died in it in the tenth century. This
island is still a favourite burial-place, and is much vi-
sited by pilgrims. It contains about 25 acres of very