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KIL
Ballyclough. A school is supported by Major Freeman,
who allows £20 per ann. and a house and garden for
the master; in this and in two private schools about
70 children are educated.
KILBRINE, a parish, in the barony of BOYLE,
county of ROSCOMMON, and province of CONNAUGHT,
1¾ mile (S. S. E.) from Boyle; containing 1349 inhabi-
tants. Lough Key is chiefly in this parish: it is about
three British miles in its greatest length, has many bays
and inlets, and abounds with islands, but its scenery is
rather beautiful than romantic, although the Curlew
mountains rise near its western shore. On Trinity
island was an abbey, founded in the 7th century, and
refounded in 1215 for Premonstratensian canons: in
1466 it was accidentally burnt, but was rebuilt, and
continued till the general dissolution; some of its ruins
still exist. A chronological register was kept in this
monastery, which is known as the Annals of Lough
Key. On Inchmacnerin was a monastery, supposed to
be the Eas-mac-neire founded by St. Columb, which
existed till the Reformation. Castle Island is almost
covered by a building called Mac Dermot’s Castle, which
has been partially rebuilt by Viscount Lorton, and
contains some handsome apartments and fine old
portraits. Several legends are connected with the
original fortress. Church Island contains some ruins,
and Stag Island is finely wooded. On the south side of
the lake is the demesne of Rockingham, the beautiful
seat of Viscount Lorton, who has greatly improved this
parish, as well as his other estates. Here is also
Oatlands, the seat of T. Pearson, Esq. The parish is in
the diocese of Elphin: the rectory is impropriate in
Lord Crofton; the vicarage forms part of the union of
Killuken and corps of the archdeaconry of Elphin.
The tithes amount to £29, which is equally divided be-
tween the impropriator and the vicar. In the R. C.
divisions it is included in the union or district of Boyle.
About 110 children are educated in three private
schools, to one of which Lord Lorton contributes £14
per ann. and gives a house and garden rent-free.
KILBRITAIN, a parish, in the East Division of the
barony of EAST CAB.BERY, county of CORK, and province
of MUNSTER, 6 miles (S. by E.) from Bandon, on the road
from that place to Timoleague; containing 1607 inhabit-
ants. A castle was built here in the 13th century by De
Courcey, of which he was dispossessed by M c Carty
Reagh; there are still some remains. In 1642 this
place was taken and garrisoned by the men of Bandon.
The parish, which lies on the eastern side of a small
bay, comprises 4651 statute acres, as applotted under
the tithe act, and valued at £2888 per ann., two-
thirds of which are under tillage; the remainder forms
the demesne of Kilbritain House, the residence of the
Hon. Mrs. Stawell. The land is generally very good,
but indifferently cultivated; sand brought from the
shore of the bay is the principal manure. Here is a
good slate quarry, also some extensive flour-mills, and a
fulling-mill on a small river which falls into the bay.
Many of the parishioners are occupied in fishing, and
some are engaged in weaving cotton cords and coarse
cloth. Besides Kilbritain House, here are Borleigh,
the seat of W. Moore, Esq.; Mill House, of the Rev. F.
Stawell; and Riversdale, of T. Bailey, Esq. The living
is a rectory, in the diocese of Cork, forming the corps of
the prebend of Kilbritain, in the cathedral of St. Finbarr,
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KIL
Cork, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes
amount to £410. The church is in ruins, but divine
service is regularly performed in the school-house at
Kilshanahane. In the R. C. divisions this parish forms
part of the union or district of Rathclarin. Parochial
schools were built by subscription in 1829.
KILBRITAIN, a village, in the parish of RATHCLA-
RIN, East Division of the barony of EAST CARBERY,
county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 6 miles (S.)
from bandon; containing 42 houses and 284 inhabit-
ants. It is situated in a deep and interesting glen, at
the head of a long narrow creek running up from Court-
macsherry bay, on the southern coast, and is a consta-
bulary police station. A fair is held on Nov. 22d, for
cattle, sheep, and pigs. Here is a R. C. chapel, belong-
ing to the union or district of Rathclarin. The environs
are very interesting; the sides of the hills are richly
wooded, and there are some remains of the ancient
castle.
KILBRODERAN, a parish, in the Shanid Divi-
sion of the barony of LOWER CONNELLO, county of
LIMERICK, and province of MUNSTER, 4 miles (N. W.)
from Rathkeale, on the road to Shanagolden; contain-
ing 829 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the
western bank of the river Deel, over which is a good
bridge, called Newbridge, built in 1747, when the road
was first constructed. It comprises 2824 statute acres,
as applotted under the tithe act; about one-half is under
tillage, and the remainder principally in large dairy
farms, but in many parts the soil is so stony that its
cultivation is much impeded. The whole substratum is
limestone rock, in some places rising above the surface
and in others scattered in large detached masses. The
living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Lime-
rick, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes
amount to £220. There is neither church nor glebe-
house; the glebe comprises six acres. In the R. C.
divisions the parish is the head of a union or district,
called Coolcappagh, comprising also the parish of Kil-
coleman; there is a chapel at Coolcappagh, in this pa-
rish, also one in the parish of Kilcoleman. About 30
children are taught in a private school. There are some
picturesque remains of the old church at the foot of
Kilbroderan hill, and at Rathgonin are the ruins of the
old castle of that name.
KILBROGAN, a parish, in the barony of KINNAL-
MEAKY, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, on
the road from Cork to Bandon; containing, with part
of that borough, 5710 inhabitants. This parish, called
also Knockbrogan, is bounded on the south by the river
Bandon, and comprises 7355 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act, and valued at £5767 per annum.
The land is in general of good quality; about one-third
is in pasture, principally included in the demesne of
the Earl of Bandon. At Lauragh an extensive tract of
waste has been brought into cultivation by John Swan-
ton, Esq., who has lately introduced the Scottish system
of agriculture. Lime brought from Aherlow, six miles
distant, and sea sand from Colliers’ quay, are the chief
manures. The prevailing substratum is clay-slate; but
there are some good quarries of freestone, that princi-
pally supplied the stone of which the chief part of the
new town of Bandon is built. The scenery in many
parts is pleasingly varied, and there are several gentle-
men’s seats: the principal are Roughgrove, the resi-
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