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KIL
there are some tracts of waste land and bog in the
mountainous parts. It is a chapelry, in the diocese of
Dublin and Glendalough, forming part of the union of
Wicklow: the tithes amount to £111. 1. 9½. In the
R. C. divisions, also, it forms part of the union or dis-
trict of Wicklow. About 20 children are taught in the
parochial school, which is aided by Archdeacon Magee,
and has a house and an acre of land given by Mr.
Bailey, of Ballyarthur; and there are two private schools,
in which are about 60 children. Within a mile of Rath-
drum are the ruins of the old church, and at Ballynakill
are the remains of an old castle.
KILCONDUFF, a parish, in the barony of GALLEN,
county of MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT; con-
taining, with the post-town of Swinford, 5951 inhabi-
tants. The greater part is in tillage, but there are large
tracts of bog and mountain land; flag-stones are
abundant; pearls are found in the river Moy, and there
are chalybeate and sulphureous springs. The principal
seats are Brabazon Park, the residence of Sir W.
Brabazon, Bart.; Swinford, of J. D. Ellard, Esq.; the
glebe-house, of the Dean of Killala; Fahyness, of I. P.
O’Donnell, Esq.; and Midfield House, of P. Kelly, Esq.
The parish is in the diocese of Achonry; the rectory is
impropriate in W. S. Bourke, Esq., and the vicarage was
united episcopally, in 1805, to those of Kilbeagh and
Meelick, and in the patronage of the Bishop. The tithes
amount to £366. 1. 6., which is equally divided between
the impropriator and the vicar; and of the entire union,
to £403.15. 10½. The church is a plain building, erected
in 1810, for which the late Board of First Fruits gave
£600, and recently repaired by a grant of £209 from
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The glebe-house has
a glebe of 22 acres. In the R. C. divisions it is the
head of a union or district, comprising also Meelick,
and containing a chapel in each. About 420 children
are educated in seven private schools. Some of the
ruins of Kilconduff and Kinaff churches still exist.—
See SWINFORD.
KILCONERAN, a parish, partly in the baronies of
ATHENRY and LOTUGHREA, but chiefly in that of DUN-
KELLIN, county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT,
3 miles (N. W. by N.) from Loughrea, on the road from
that place to Galway; containing 1360 inhabitants.
It comprises 4907 statute acres, as applotted under the
tithe act, and about 500 of bog. Lurgan is the seat of
H. Gore Daly, Esq. The parish is in the diocese of
Clonfert; the rectory is appropriate to the bishoprick
and the deanery, and the vicarage forms part of the
union of Kilconickny. The tithes amount to £140.3.4½.,
of which £15. 15. 8¼ is payable to the bishop, £4.12.3¾.
to the dean, and the remainder to the vicar. In the R.
C. divisions it forms part of the district of Carrabawn,
or Lickerrig, and contains a chapel. About 100 chil-
dren are educated in a public school. Here are the
ruins of Seafin Castle.
KILCONICKNY, a parish, partly in the baronies of
ATHENRY and LOUGHREA, but chiefly in that of DUN-
KELLIN, county of GALWAY, and province of CONN AUGHT,
2½ miles (W. by N.) from Loughrea, on the road from
that place to Galway; containing 2666 inhabitants.
It comprises 8528 statute acres: there is no bog; lime-
stone is procured for burning. The principal seats are
St. Cleran’s, the residence of J. H. Burke, Esq., and
Dunsandall, of J. Daly, Esq. The living is a vicarage,
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KIL
in the diocese of Clonfert, episcopally united to the
vicarages of Lickerrig, Kiltullagh, and Kilconeran, and
in the patronage of the Bishop; the rectory is appro-
priate to the bishoprick, the deanery, the prebend of
Killaspicmoylan, the rectory of Loughrea, and the
vicars choral of Christ Church, Dublin. The tithes
amount to £243. 12., of which £32. 6. 1¾. is payable to
the bishop, £27. 13. 10¼. to the dean, £18. 9. 2¾. to
the prebendary, £130. 1. 2¾. to the rector, £7. 7. 8¼.
to the lessee of the vicars choral, and £27. 13. 10½. to
the vicar: the entire tithes of the benefice amount to
£285. 7. 4¾. The church is at Lickerrig, and the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners have recently granted £183
for its repair. There is a glebe-house, with a glebe of
7¼ and another of 25 acres in the union. Some remains
of the ancient castle of St. Cleran yet exist.
KILCONLY, a parish, in the barony of DUNMORE,
county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 5½
miles (N. W.) from Tuam, on the road from that place
to Castlebar; containing 2555 inhabitants. The
parish comprises 4716 statute acres, as applotted under
the tithe act: the land is good, with the exception of
a large tract of reclaimable bog. Limestone of good
quality is abundant; and there are meal and flour-mills
on a large scale. It is a constabulary police station,
and petty sessions are held at the station-house at
Milburn every Friday. The principal seats are Castle-
grove, the residence of E. Blake, Esq.; Ironpool, of
Ulick Jennings, Esq.; Rockwell, of G. Lynch, Esq.;
Newborough, of J. Blake, Esq.; Kilshanway, of Capt.
Lewin; Belmont, of Blake Birmingham, Esq.; Ash-
grove, of T. Birmingham, Esq.; and Blindwell, of
M.Staunton Kirwan, Esq. This estate has been in the
possession of the Kirwan, or O’Quirivawn, family for
many centuries: in 1822, part of the land suddenly
sank, and the abyss was filled with water. Within the
demesne are the ruins of a fortress, consisting of a keep,
enclosed within four strong walls, with a turret at each
corner: the entrance arch is in the Norman style, and
in good preservation. The parish is in the diocese of
Tuam; the rectory is appropriate to the vicars choral
of the cathedral, and the vicarage forms part of the
union of Tuam, and is in the patronage of the Arch-
bishop. The tithes amount to £144. 10. 6½., which is
equally divided between the vicars choral and the incum-
bent. The.church is a neat building, erected in 1830,
at an expense of £1500. In the R. C. divisions it is
united to Kilbannon, and a large chapel is in course of
erection. About 130 children are educated in a public,
and 80 in a private school.
KILCONLY, a parish, in the barony of IRAGHTI-
CONNOR, county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER,
10½ miles (W. by S.) from Tarbert, on the southern
shore of the estuary or mouth of the Shannon; con-
taining 1660 inhabitants. Near the shore are the ruins
of the ancient castles of Beale and Lick, the former of
which (designated “Beau-lieu” in the Pacata Hibernia)
was once a residence of the Earls of Kerry. In 1600 its
fortifications were demolished by Patrick, the then earl:
in the same year, however, the brave Maurice Stack,
one of Queen Elizabeth’s officers in the desultory war
then carried on, was invited here by the earl’s lady and
treacherously murdered by her attendants. A danger-
ous bar, or quicksand, extends about a mile north from
Beale Point, and nearly opposite Carrigaholt bay. The