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of St. Dominiek, in 1427; there are still some ruins on
the northern shore of Lough Arrow. The parish com-
prises 6364 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe
act, consisting principally of wet spongy land; there is
a large quantity of bog, and limestone is quarried. It is
a vicarage, in the diocese of Elphin, forming part of the
union of Kilmactraney; the rectory is impropriate in
Col. Perceval; the tithes amount to £42, which is
equally divided between the impropriator and the vicar.
In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district
of Geeragh, or Kilmactraney. About 170 children are
educated in two private schools.
KILLADREENY, or KILLADREENAN, an an-
cient chapelry, forming part of the parish of NEW-
CASTLE, county of WICKLOW, and province of LEIN-
STER, 1 mile (S. by E.) from Newtown-Mount-Kennedy,
on the road from Dublin to Wexford: the popula-
tion is returned with the parish. It contains 547
statute acres, under an improving system of agricul-
ture. Mount John is the seat of Graves Chamney
Archer, Esq.; and Killadreenan, of Alderman C. P.
Archer. This chapelry is in the diocese of Dublin and
Glendalough, and is annexed to the rectory of New-
castle. The ruins of the ancient chapel stand in the
centre of a burial-ground, which is enclosed and is still
used as a place of interment for the Byrnes, Tooles,
Coolins, and other ancient R. C. families. In the R. C.
divisions it forms part of the union or district of Kil-
quade.
KILLAG, a parish, in the barony of BARGY, county
of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER, 11 miles (S.
W. by S.) from Wexford; containing 358 inhabitants.
This parish, which occupies a peninsular situation on
the shores of the lough formed by the burrow of Bally-
teigue, comprises 1866 statute acres, which are almost
wholly under tillage; the system of agriculture is im-
proving, and sea-weed collected in the lough is used for
manure. The small island of Inch, situated in the
lough, belongs to this parish. Here is Richfield, the
seat of Sir F. H. Loftus, Bart. It is a rectory, in the
diocese of Ferns, forming part of the union of Mulran-
kin; the tithes amount to £125. 6. 11½. In the R. C.
divisions it is part of the union or district of Rathan-
gan.
KILLAGAN, a parish, partly in the barony of UPPER
DUNLUCE, but chiefly in that of KILCONWAY, county
of ANTRIM, and province of ULSTER, 8 miles (S. E.)
from Ballymoney, on the road to Belfast, and also on
that from Ballymena to Ballycastle; containing 1451
inhabitants. This parish comprises, according to the
Ordnance survey, 3838 statute acres, of which 1406¼
are in the barony of Upper Dunluce, and 2431¾ in that
of Kilconway: it is in a good state of cultivation, consi-
derable improvement, having been made in the system
of agriculture. A large expanse of water, called Mount-
Hamilton Lough, has lately been drained, and the land
brought into profitable cultivation. In the village of
Clogh Mills are some flax and corn mills, and the weav-
ing of linen is carried on by many of the inhabitants in
their own houses. It is a rectory, in the diocese of
Connor, forming part of the union and corps of the
prebend of Connor in the cathedral of St. Saviour; the
tithes amount to £115. About 100 children are taught
in two public schools, and there is also a Sunday school.
On a gentle eminence, near the centre of the parish,
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are some remains of Mount Hamilton castle, in front of
which was the lake before mentioned. There is also a
large circular earthwork, called Mount Hamilton Fort,
in which Pictish coins, military weapons, arrow heads
of flint, and other relics of antiquity, have been dis-
covered; and in the bog was found, in 1831, a firkin of
butter in a fossilised state.
KILLAGH, or KILLAUGH, also called MOY-
MENE, a parish, in the barony of DEMIFORE, county
of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 2½ miles (W.)
from Oldcastle; containing 2221 inhabitants. It is
situated on Lough Shillin, and comprises 6283 statute
acres, including about 160 of bog, and 50 of plantations.
Crossdrum is the residence of E. Rotherham, Esq. The
living is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath, and in the
patronage of the Crown; the tithes amount to
£203. 1. 6¼. The church is a neat edifice, built by aid
of a gift of £500, in 1800, from the late Board of First
Fruits, which in 1814 gave £450, and lent £50 for the
erection of the glebe-house; the glebe comprises 20
acres. In the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of
a union or district, comprising also Kilbride, and con-
taining a chapel at Moat, in this parish, and one at
Dalysbridge in Kilbride. About 150 children are edu-
cated in two private schools.
KILLAGH, a parish, in the barony of DELVIN,
county of WESTMEATH, and province of LEINSTER,
2¾ miles (S.) from Castletown-Delvin, on the road from
that place to Mullingar; containing 264 inhabitants.
It comprises 1291 statute acres, and is principally in
tillage; there is plenty of limestone. Durdistown is the
seat of Theobald Featherstonhaugh, Esq. It is a rec-
tory, in the diocese of Meath, forming part of the union
of Kilcumney; the tithes amount to £40, and there is a
glebe of 18 acres, valued at £20 per annum. In the R. C.
divisions it forms part of the union or district of Castle-
town-Delvin. Here are the ruins of the old church.
KILLAGHIN, or KILLAHEN, a parish, in the
barony of CLANMAURICE, county of KERRY, and pro-
vince of MUNSTER, 5½ miles (N.) from Tralee, on the
road from Abbeydorney to Cashen-ferry; containing
1098 inhabitants. It comprises 4239 statute acres, of
which about one-fourth consists of mountain and bog,
and the remainder of arable land of variable quality.
The principal residence is Fort William, belonging to
the representatives of the late W. Collis, Esq. The
parish is in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe: the rec-
tory is impropriate in the Earl of Cork, and the vicarage
forms part of the union of Kilflyn, or Ballinacourty;
the tithes amount to £126, of which two-thirds are
payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the
vicar. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union
or district of Abbeydorney. The ruins of the old church
still remain; and about a mile to the west are those of
Ballyrnaquin castle,
KILLAGHTEE, a parish, in the barony of BAN-
NAGH, county of DONEGAL, and province of ULSTER,
3 miles (E.) from Killybegs, on the north-west coast;
containing, with the village of Dunkanely, 4760 inha-
bitants. According to the Ordnance survey, it com-
prises, with a detached portion, 13,368 statute acres, of
which about half is mountain land; there is a great
quantity of bog, also of coarse limestone and freestone,
used for building. Within the parish is St. John’s
Point, on which is a lighthouse, in lat. 54° 33’ 15”, and