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conveyance. The principal seats are Kilcarn House, the
residence of F. Murphy, Esq.; Kilcarn Lodge, of W.
Dillon, Esq.; and Upper Kilcarn, of Mrs. Barry. It is
a chapelry, in the diocese of Meath, and forms part of
the union of Skreen, or Skryne; the rectory is im-
propriate in C.Barry, Esq. The tithes amount to
£127. 12. 2., the whole payable to the impropriator.
The church is in ruins. In the R. C. divisions it forms
part of the union or district of Athlumney: the chapel,
an old building, is to be converted into a school; and
a chapel is about to be built adjoining the residence of
the parish priest.
KILCARRAGH, a parish, in the barony of CLAN-
MAURICE, county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER,
5 miles (S. W.) from Listowel, on the rivers Brick and
Feale; containing 1109 inhabitants. It comprises 2912
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, of which
1280½ consist of good arable land, 891½ of coarse
pasture, and 740 of bog. Limestone abounds and in
some places approaches to marble; it is generally burnt
for manure, for which purpose sea sand brought from
Cashen ferry is also used: the state of agriculture is
gradually improving. The living is a rectory and vicar-
age, in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, and in the
patronage of R. Hickson, Esq.; it is held by faculty
with the vicarage of Duagh. The tithes amount to
£96. 18. 5½., and there is a glebe of 12½ acres, subject
to a rent of about one guinea per acre. In the R. C.
divisions this parish forms part of the union or district
of Lixnaw, (which see).
KILCASH, a parish, in the barony of IFFA and
OFFA EAST, county of TIPPERARY, and province of
MUNSTER, 6¼ miles (E. N. E.) from Olonmel; containing
1333 inhabitants. It is on the southern side of Slieve
na Man, and contains an ancient seat of the Ormonde
family. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Lis-
more, united episcopally, in 1813, to the vicarages of
Killaloan, Templethay, and Kilgrant, and in the patron-
age of the Crown; the rectory is impropriate in the
Marquess of Ormonde. The tithes amount to £113.7. 3.,
of which £46. 3. 1. is payable to the impropriator, and
£67. 4. 2. to the vicar; and the entire tithes of the
benefice are £267. 1. 10. The church is a modern
building. There is no glebe-house: the glebe comprises
8a. 2r. 17p., and there is also one of 3a. 1r. 30p. in
Kilgrant. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the
union or district of Gammonsfield, or Kilcash, and has
a chapel at Ballypatrick. About 170 children are
educated in a public school; the school-house was given
by the Marquess of Ormonde. Here is a dispensary.
KILCASKIN, a parish, in the barony of BERE,
county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 16 miles
(S. S. W.) from Castletown; containing 4600 inhabit-
ants. This parish, which extends for more than ten
miles along the shore of Bantry bay, comprises 35,701
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued
at £3295 per annum. The greater portion is wild and
mountainous, and not more than one-sixth is under
cultivation; several of the mountains afford pasture on
their sides and summits, but others are rocky and
barren. The loftiest is Hungry hill, 2160 feet above
the level of the sea, and remarkable for its singular and
picturesque waterfall, which, descending from a height
of nearly 800 feet and frequently broken in its fall by
ledges of projecting rock, forms a magnificent and
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beautiful cascade; the water issues from a lake near
the summit, and after its descent passes by Ardrigoole
and falls into the bay. Four miles to the east of this
mountain is the large Sugar Loaf, which is 1112 feet
high; and of the other mountains in this parish, the
principal are the Knocknafouka, the Ghoul, and the
Esk: along their summits runs the boundary line
between the counties of Cork and Kerry. In this parish
is also part of the romantic and celebrated district of
Glengariff, comprising the eastern portion, and the
scene of a hard-fought battle between the English forces
under Sir C. Wilmot, and the native Irish under the
Prince of Bear and Bantry, in which the latter were
defeated with great loss. [A more detailed description
of Glengariff is given in the article on Kilmacomogue.]
The principal seats are the Lodge, the handsome resi-
dence of the Earl of Bantry; Reemeen Cottage, of R.
White, Esq.; and Reen Lodge, of the Rev. R. H.
Wright. There is an extensive slate quarry at Roosk,
close to the sea-shore. Iron and copper-ore abound in
various parts of the parish, but neither is at present
worked: the iron-ore was formerly very extensively
procured, and large smelting-works were built at Glen-
gariff and Ardrigoole; of the latter, very considerable
remains exist, forming an interesting feature on the
banks of the river. There are constabulary police
stations at Ardrigoole and Glengariff, and a coast-guard
station at the latter place, forming part of the district
of Castletown. A manorial court is held at Ardrigoole
every third Thursday, for the recovery of debts under
40s. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese
of Ross, the rectory constituting part of the union and
corps of the archdeaconry of Ross, and the vicarage
united with that of Bnnnane: the tithes amount to
£380, of which one-half is payable to the archdeacon
and the other to the vicar. The church is a small edifice
with a low square tower, situated at the base of the
rugged mountain of Ardrigoole; it was built in 1809, at
an expense of £500, a gift from the late Board of First
Fruits, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have
recently granted £190 towards its repair. There is
neither glebe-house nor glebe. In the R. C. divisions
this parish is in the diocese of Kerry, and is the head
of a union or district, comprising also that of Bunnane;
there are three chapels, situated respectively at Mass-
mount near Ardrigoole, Glengariff, and Bunnane. There
are eight private schools, in which are about 430 chil-
dren. At Daraheen-Dharmuda a battle was fought
between O’Sullivan Bear and O’Donovan, in which the
latter was slain. The ruins of the old church are
situated in a deep recess in the mountains, one mile east
from Ardrigoole; at Drunilane is a very perfect fort, and
there are several others in various parts of the parish.
At Leitrim is an upright stone without any inscription,
called a Gollane, and there are several others of the same
name in the barony; near the former are vast piles of
loose stones heaped together in the greatest confusion.
KILCATERN, or KILCATEERIN, a parish, in the
barony of BERE, county of CORK, and province of
MUNSTER, 4 miles (N. N. W.) from Castletown; con-
taining 6042 inhabitants. This parish comprises 5865
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and
valued at £3537 per ann., and above 15,000 acres of
bog and mountain. It rises into mountains near the
Kenmare river, and on the north-west has a capacious
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