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KIL
the river Roaring Water, and the road to Rock Island;
containing 2316 inhabitants. It comprises 3232 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at
£2030 per annum. The surface is rocky and uneven,
and not more than one-third of the land is in cultiva-
tion; the remainder consists of bare rocks of clay-slate,
intermixed with small tracts of bog; the land under
tillage is chiefly in small patches amidst the rocks, and
is generally cultivated by the spade; the manure is
brought to it on the backs of horses, and the produce
carried off in the same manner; some of the higher
grounds afford tolerable pasturage for young cattle. The
scenery is wild, and marked with features of rugged
grandeur; the glen, through which the river rushes
with furious impetuosity, forming numerous cataracts
in its progress to the bay to which it gives name,
abounds with young and thriving plantations, and is
finely contrasted with the sterility around it. In this
romantic glen is Roaring Water House, the residence of
J. O’Sullivan, Esq., who has erected mills, corn stores,
and quays on the banks of the river; and Greenmount,
of Capt. Long. Two manorial courts are held here
monthly, by the seneschals of the bishop of Ross and
Thos. Hungerford, Esq., respectively. The parish is in
the diocese of Ross; the rectory is partly impropriate in
Lord Riversdale, and partly constitutes a portion of the
archdeaconry of Ross; the vicarage is united with that
of Cape Clear, and in the patronage of the Bishop. The
tithes amount to £300, of which half is payable to the
impropriator and the archdeacon, and half to the vicar.
The church, a small edifice, for the erection of which
the late Board of First Fruits gave £600, is nearly in
the centre of the parish. There is neither glebe-house
nor glebe. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the
union or district of Aghadown: the chapel is a large
edifice, situated near the Roaring Water. About 60
children are taught in the parochial school, and there is
a private school, in which are about 80 children. On a
point of land at the head of Roaring Water bay are
the extensive remains of Kilcoe castle, built by the
M c Cartys, lords of Clandermot, and consisting princi-
pally of a large massive square tower, with a small tur-
ret; and at no great distance, close to the shore, are
the ruins of the old parish church. Several swords and
spear-heads of bronze were found in 1825, by some
labourers quarrying stone; they were all in good pre-
servation.
KILCOLA, a parish, in the barony of BOYLE,
county of ROSCOMMON, and province of CONNAUGHT, 3
miles (E.) from Frenchpark, on the road from that
place to Carrick-on-Shannon; containing 2363 inhabit-
ants. It comprises 3097 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act, of which about one-tenth is bog,
and the remainder arable or pasture land. Bella is the
seat of E. French, Esq. The parish is in the diocese of
Elphin; the rectory forms part of the union of Shank-
hill, and corps of the precentorship of Elphin; and the
vicarage is part of the union of Easter-Snow. The
tithes amount to £64. 12. 3½., and are equally divided
between the precentor and the vicar. In the R. C. divi-
sions it is included in the union or district of Croghan
and Ballynameen, which is also called Killucan, and has
a chapel at Knockglass. About 140 children are edu-
cated in two private schools.
KILCOLEMAN, a parish, in the barony of BAR-
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KIL
RETTS, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 9½
miles (W. by N.) from Cork, on the road to Killarney,
and on the river Dripsey; the population is returned
with Magourney, the boundary between the two parishes
being now unknown. It is a rectory and vicarage, in
the diocese of Cloyne, forming part of the union of
Magourney. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the
union or district of Aghabologue.
KILCOLEMAN, a parish, partly in the barony of
MAGONIHY, but chiefly in that of TRUGHENACKMY,
county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER, on the
mail road to Cahirciveen; containing, with the post-
town of Milltown, 4970 inhabitants. In the reign of
Hen. III., Geoffry de Mauriscis founded a priory at Kil-
lagh, for Canons Regular of the order of St. Augustine,
which was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin: the abbot
was a lord of parliament. It was endowed with large
possessions in several parts of the county, which, toge-
ther with the site, were at the dissolution granted to
Capt. Spring, but were forfeited by him after the wars
of 1641. The abbey now forms part of the estate of
Sir J. Godfrey, Bart., to whose ancestor, Major God-
frey, the lands of Kilcoleman and the contiguous parishes
of Killorglin, Kiltalla, and Kilgarrilander, were granted
by Chas. II. on his restoration, when several English
families settled here, some of whose descendants still
remain. The parish, which is bounded on the north by
the river Maine, and on the west by the harbour of Cas-
tlemaine, comprises 7589½ statute acres, of which 6634½
consist of arable and pasture land, 745 of bog, and 210
of woodland. The soil is mostly a heavy clay; it pro-
duces good crops of grain and potatoes, and the state of
agriculture is gradually improving. The principal seat
is Kilcoleman Abbey, the residence of Sir J. Godfrey,
which has been lately remodelled in the Elizabethan
style, and is surrounded by an extensive and finely
wooded demesne. Attached to the demesne is a
neat cottage, called Fort Agnes, built on the edge of a
circular hollow surrounded by a Danish moat or rath,
and thickly planted. The glebe-house, a substantial
mansion, is the residence of the Rev. R. Hewson. The
living is a perpetual cure, in the diocese of Ardfert and
Aghadoe, and in the patronage of the representatives of
Lord Glandore; the rectory is impropriate in the Hon.
and Rev. F. Mullins, to whose lessees the tithes, amount-
ing to £323.1. 6., are entirely payable, and who allows a
stipend to the curate. The church, at Milltown, is a
neat edifice, with a lofty square tower, surmounted by
octangular pinnacles; it was erected in 1822, on a site
presented by Sir John Godfrey, by aid of two loans of
£900 and £100 from the late Board of First Fruits.
The glebe-house was built about the same period, for
which the Board granted £450 as a gift, and £50 as a
loan: the glebe comprises eight acres. In the R. C.
divisions the parish forms part of the union or district
of Milltown, where the principal chapel is situated. In
the public school at Milltown about 120 children are
educated; and about 70 are taught in two private schools.
Of the abbey, which was a building of considerable size
and strength, and constructed of a kind of dark marble,
the walls and the noble east window are still nearly
entire, and, from the style of the architecture, appears
to be of a more recent date than that of its original
foundation. Near the abbey are the ruins of the old
church, with a burial-ground attached, which is still