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KIL
was built by, the Rt. Hon. Anthony Malone, and is now
the residence of Mrs. O’Connor Malone; Tristernagh,
the seat of Sir John B. Piers, Bart.; Rath, of J. West,
Esq.; Cummerstown, of J. Irwin, Esq.; and Carrick-
bawn, of Mrs. Beaty. The living is a curacy, in the
diocese of Meath, and in the patronage of Sir J. B. Piers,
Bart., in whom the rectory is impropriate: the tithes
amount to £110. The church is a handsome building,
erected at the expense of the late Lord Sunderlin, who
also gave the organ. There is a glebe-house, for the
erection of which the late Board of First Fruits, in 1816,
granted £450 as a gift and £50 as a loan: the glebe
comprises 20 acres. In the R. C. divisions this parish
is united with that of Templeoran, and is also called
Sonna: there are two chapels in the union, of which
that of Kilbixy is in Ballinacargy. About 270 children
are educated in two public schools, and 100 in two
private schools. At Rath is a loan fund, also a
society for spinning yarn, supported by subscriptions.
Edmund Malone, the celebrated commentator on Shaks-
peare, is interred here, and the Malone family have a
handsome mausoleum near the church. At Temple
Cross are the ruins of an ancient chapel.—See BALLI-
NACARGY.
KILBOLANE, a parish, in the barony of ORRERY
and KILMORE, county of CORK, and province of
MUNSTER, 5¼ miles (S. W. by W.) from Charleville, on
the road to Rathkeale; containing 4014 inhabitants. It
comprises 10,207½ statute acres, as applotted for the
county cess, and valued at £7505 per annum. The
land is of good quality and is mostly in pasture; the
portion in tillage yields excellent crops of grain and
potatoes. There are about 26 acres of woodland, and 100
acres of bog, forming part of the “Red bog,” which
extends into the adjoining parishes. The seats are
Gibbings Grove, the residence of R. Gibbings, Esq.;
Kilbolane House, of Capt. B. E. Barry; Curryglass
House, of P. Gould, Esq.; Proughis House, of J. Bruce,
Esq.; and Hardingville, of C. Harding, Esq. The vil-
lages of Millford and Coltycormick are in this parish.
It is an impropriate cure, in the diocese of Cloyne,
united by act of council to the rectory of Knocktemple,
and in the patronage of the Bishop; the rectory is im-
propriate in the Earl of Cork, and the tithes, amounting
to £550, are entirely payable to his lessee, who allows
£6. 3. 1. for discharging the clerical duties. A neat
church, with a square tower, was erected in 1832,
chiefly at the expense of the Rev. J. Bruce, the incum-
bent, and is now being completed by the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners. In the R. C. divisions this parish
forms part of the union or district of Millford, or Free-
mount: the chapel at Millford is a commodious modern
building; there is another chapel at Kilbolane. A pub-
lic school has been lately established at Millford, and
another school is partly supported by an allowance of
£6 per ann. from Mr. Gibbings; in these, and in the
private schools of the parish, about 160 children are
educated. The castle of Kilbolane, which was destroyed
by Cromwell, was of a square form, with a circular
tower at each angle: the ruins are very insignificant.
On removing the remains of the ancient church, the
tomb of the Synan family, bearing the date 1446, was
transferred to the new edifice.
KILBONANE, a parish, in the barony of EAST MUS-
KERRY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 3
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KIL
miles (N. W.) from Crookstown, on the river West Bride,
and the roads from Cork to Macroom and from Mallow
to Bandon; containing 1740 inhabitants. It comprises
4827 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and
valued at £3519 per ann.; about three-fourths are
arable and pasture land; the waste consists chiefly of
exhausted bog and some elevated heathy ground in the
south; the state of agriculture is unimproved. At
Aherlow are extensive and valuable quarries of lime-
stone, which supply the greater part of the vale of
Bandon and the interior of the country on both sides
for agricultural purposes and for building and orna-
mental architecture, and from which has been taken
stone for the ornamental part of the new court-house of
Cork. The principal seats are Lodge, the residence of
the Rev. P. French; Aherlow, of — Barter, Esq.;
New Grove, of W. H. Holland, Esq.; and Livias, of
Mrs. Ellard. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of
Cork, and in the patronage of the Bishop; the rectory is
impropriate in — Rye, of Rye Court, Esq. The tithes
amount to £410, of which £201. 16. 3. is payable to
the impropriator, and £208. 3. 9. to the vicar. The
church, a neat small edifice, was erected in 1834 by
subscription. There is neither glebe-house nor glebe.
In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the
union or district of Kilmurry. The parochial school
is supported by the vicar, and there are several private
schools in the parish. There are some remains of the
old church; and at Cloghduff, in the western part of
the parish, great quantities of human bones have been
often found, but whether it is some ancient burial-place,
or the scene of some long-forgotten battle, is not
known.
KILBONANE, a parish, in the barony of MAGO-
NIHY, county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER, 3½
miles (S. S. E.) from Milltown, on the road to Killarney;
containing 3305 inhabitants. It is bounded on the
south by the river Laune, and comprises 8377 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act, the greater part
of which is in tillage: the soil consists chiefly of a heavy
clay, and there is a considerable portion of bog. The
state of agriculture is gradually improving; the lime-
stone quarries at Listry are extensively worked and the
produce burnt for manure. At Ballymalis are flour-
mills, worked by the Gheestan river. Rockville is the
property of the representatives of the late John Drew,
Esq. The parish is in the diocese of Ardfert and Ag-
hadoe; the rectory is impropriate in the Crosbie family,
and the vicarage forms part of the union of Molahiffe.
The tithes amount to £369. 4., payable in equal por-
tions to the impropriators and the vicar. In the R. C.
divisions it forms part of the union or district of
Milltown: the chapel at Listry is a large modern
building. At Faha is a school-house, with apartments
for the master, built in 1834 by Mrs. Raymond, at an
expense of £250, for the education of the male children
of her tenantry, for which she allows the master £20
per annum: in this and the private schools of the parish
about 80 children are educated. The ruins of the
ancient church are situated near the banks of the Laune;
and at Ballymalis are the remains of the castle of that
name.
KILBRACKEN, or BALLYBRACKEN, a parish,
partly in the barony of UPPER PHILIPSTOWN, an isolated
portion of KING’S COUNTY, and partly in that of WEST