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bay, called Kilcateerin, or Quoilah bay. The valleys
are moderately well cultivated, chiefly by spade hus-
bandry; the mountains are generally bare, but afford
good summer pasture. At Allihais are extensive
copper mines, which have been constantly worked since
1813, and in 1835 produced 7466 tons of remarkably
good ore. Mills have been erected at Ballydonagan for
crushing the ore, and numerous houses and cottages foi
the persons employed in the mines have been built. A
new road from Castletown to the mines will shortly be
opened, and other improvements are contemplated; a
constabulary police station has been lately established.
The parish is in the diocese of Ross: the rectory is
partly impropriate in Lord Riversdale, and partly ap-
propriate to the vicarage, which forms part of the union
of Kilaconenagh. The tithes amount to £193. 6. 1¾.,
of which £65 is payable to the impropriator, and the
remainder to the vicar. Divine service is performed at
Allihais, in a house licensed by the Bishop. The R. C.
parish is in the diocese of Kerry, and is co-oxtensive
with that of the Established Church; the chapel is a small
plain building near Quoilah bay. About 430 children
are educated in seven private schools. Near the bay
are the remains of the old church; and not far dis-
tant is a very high erect stone, called a Gollane or Long
stone.
KILCAVAN, or KILKEVAN, a parish, in the
barony of BARGY, county of WEXFORD, and province of
LEINSTER, ll½ miles (S. W.) from Wexford, on the
new road to Bannow; containing 695 inhabitants. It
is bounded on the east by St. George’s channel, and is
almost entirely under tillage; the system of agriculture
has been greatly improved within the last few years,
and from the convenience of its situation for obtain-
ing sea-manure, the land is generally in a good state
of cultivation. The living is a rectory and vicarage,
in the diocese of Ferns, episcopally united, in 1806, to
the vicarage of Bannow, together forming the union
of Kilcavan, in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes
amount to £144. 13. 3½., and of the union, to £297. 4. 7.
The church, for the repair of which the Ecclesiasti-
cal Commissioners have recently granted £190, is
a neat edifice with a square tower, erected in 1820, for
which the late Board of First Fruits gave £600 and
lent £130. The same Board also gave, in 1821, £400
and lent £330 for the erection of the glebe-house: the
glebe, in four portions, comprises 4½ acres. In the R.
C. divisions the parish forms part of the union or dis-
trict of Bannow, or Ballymitty. At Granstown is a
convent of Augustine Friars, representing the ancient
house of Clonmines, to which is attached a chapel, open
to the public; this establishment consists only of two
brethren, employed in preparing pupils for the college
of Maynooth, and in this seminary the late eminent
Dr. Doyle received the rudiments of his education.
A Sunday school is superintended by the incumbent,
and there is a dispensary.
KILCHRIST, a parish, in the barony of CLONDER-
LAW, county of CLARE, and province of MUNSTER, 3
miles (N. N. E.) from Kildysart, on the western bank of
the river Fergus; containing, with the island of Innis-
more, or Deer Island, 2569 inhabitants. This parish
comprises 6845 statute acres, as applotted under the
tithe act, and mostly under tillage; there is a small
extent of bog. Sea-weed and sand procured on the
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shores of the Fergus are extensively used for manure.
Grain and other agricultural produce are occasionally
sent in boats to Limerick from Ballinacally. The prin-
cipal seats are Paradise, the residence of Thos. Arthur,
Esq., beautifully situated on the Fergus, of which and
the surrounding scenery it commands a most extensive
view; and Fort Fergus, of Daniel. O’Grady, Esq.; is
also situated on the Fergus. On an eminence in the
demesne of Paradise is an ornamental building, called
the Temple, which forms a conspicuous landmark in
the navigation of the river. The parish is in the
diocese of Killaloe: the rectory is partly impropriate in
the Earl of Egremont, and partly in Bindon Scott, Esq.;
and the vicarage forms part of the union of Kildysert.
The tithes amount to £252. 13. 10¼., of which £83. 1. 6½.
is payable to the lessee of the Earl, £64. 3. 3¾. to Bin-
don Scott, Esq., and the remainder to the vicar. In
the R. C. divisions it forms part of the district of
Clondegad: the chapel, at Knockboy, is a small
thatched building. A school is held in it under the
superintendence of the R. C. clergyman, in which and
in three private schools about 140 children are educated.
The ruins of the ancient church still remain in the
burial-ground.—See BALLINACALLY and DEER ISLAND.
KILCHRIST, or KILCRIEST, a parish, partly in
the barony of LOTJGHREA, but chiefly in that of DUN-
KELUN, county of GALWAY, and province of CON-
NAUGHT, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Loughrea, on the road
from that place to Gort; containing 1703 inhabitants.
It comprises 3613 statute acres, as applotted under the
tithe act, and includes Woodville, the seat of R. D’Arcy,
Esq. A baronial court is held once in three weeks. It
is a vicarage, in the diocese of Kilmacduagh, and forms
part of the union of Killinane, or Kilthomas; the rec-
tory is partly appropriate to the bishopriek, and partly
to the vicars choral of Christ Church, Dublin. The
tithes amount to £88, of which £19 is payable to the
bishop, £3 to the lessee of the vicars choral, and £66
to the vicar. The glebe-house of the union is in this
parish. The R. C. parish is co-extensive with that of
the Established Church, and has a small chapel, in
connection with which is a large school for about 400
children. About 80 children are educated in a public
school, which is partly supported by the rector, and
about 90 in a private school. Here are the remains of
a chapel.
KILCLEAGH, or MOATE, a parish, in the barony
of CLONLONAN, county of WESTMEATH, and province of
LEINSTER, on the road from Athlone to Dublin; con-
taining, with the post-town of Moate, 6160 inhabitants.
It comprises 9231 statute acres, as applotted under the
tithe act, and is principally grazing land; there is also
a considerable quantity of bog, and abundance of lime-
stone and gritstone. The principal seats are Ballyma-
hown, the ancient residence of the Malone family;
Castle Daly, the seat of J. M. Daly, Esq.; Newbridge, of
R. Matthews, Esq.; Moate Castle, of Cuthbert J. Clib-
born, Esq.; and Farnagh, of R. Adamson, Esq. The
living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Meath,
and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to
£276. 6. 11. The church was built in 1782, enlarged
by aid of a gift of £300 and a loan of £500 from the
late Board of First Fruits in 1819, and lately repaired
by a grant, of £228 from the Ecclesiastical Commis-
sioners. The glebe-house was purchased in 1819, by