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KIL
Ion. 8° 26’, with a bright fixed light, 104 feet above the
level of the sea at high water, and visible fourteen nau-
tical miles. Inver bay commences at this Point, and
extends to Devrin Point, and to the westward of it is
Mac Swine’s bay. Many of the parishioners are em-
ployed in fishing, and on the 12th of Feb., 1814, twenty
fishing-boats and forty-three men were lost in a squall.
The principal seats are Brucklees, the residence of Capt.
Nesbit; Upper Brucklees, of A. Cassidy, Esq.; and Spa
Mount, of M. Stevens, Esq. The living is a rectory and
vicarage, in the diocese of Raphoe, and in the patronage
of the Bishop: the tithes amount to £260. The church
is a neat building, erected in 1826, at a cost of £1000,
granted by the late Board of First Fruits. There is a
neat glebe-house, with a glebe of 635 acres, of which
335 are unprofitable land, and which contains a strong
sulphureous spa. In the R. C. divisions the parish
forms part of the union or district of Killybegs, for
which a large chapel is in course of erection. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists at Dun-
kanely. About 360 children are educated in six public
schools, one of which is aided by donations from Pri-
mate Robinson’s fund; and about 30 children in a pri-
vate school.—See DUNKANELY.
KILLAGHTON, or KILLALAGHTON, a parish,
partly in the barony of CLONMACNOON, but chiefly in
that of KILCONNELL, county of GALWAY, and pro-
vince of CONNAUGHT, 5½ miles (S. W.) from Ballinasloe,
near the road from that place to Loughrea; containing
2879 inhabitants. This parish comprises 7248 statute
acres, as applotted tinder the tithe act, about one-third
of which is arable. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of
Clonfert, forming part of the union of Aughrim; the
rectory is partly appropriate to the see and partly to
the vicarage; the tithes amount to £185, of which £35
is payable to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and
£150 to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it is part of
the district of Kilrickill, and has a chapel. About 220
children are educated in two private schools.
KILLAGHY, a parish, in the barony of CRANAGH,
county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 3 miles
(S. W.) from Freshford: the population is included in
the return for Tullaroan. This parish comprises 1564
statute acres: it is a rectory, in the diocese of Ossory,
entirely impropriate in J. Butler Stopford, Esq.; the
tithes amount to £105. An abbey is supposed to have
been founded here in 548. Near the old church are
some remains of the house or castle of Killaghy, be-
longing to a branch of the Grace family.
KILLAGHY.—See KILLAUGHEY.
KILLAHA, a parish, in the barony of MAGONIHY,
county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER, 5 miles
(S. E. by E.) from Killarney, on the road from that place
to Macroom; containing 2567 inhabitants. It com-
prises 38,049½ statute acres, of which 34,483 are ap-
plotted under the tithe act, and is situated on the river
Flesk, which runs through a wild glen called Glenflesk,
which is richly wooded, with large rocks projecting from
its sides, and is much visited by lovers of romantic
scenery. Filadowne, the most picturesque part of the
glen, is said to have been the retreat of a celebrated
outlaw, named Owen, and a table rock which is situated
midway on the declivity, and inaccessible without a
ladder, is still called Labig Owen, or “Owen’s Bed.”
The retired and picturesque lake called Lough’ Guttane
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KIL
or Kittane, nearly six miles in circumference, lies in a
hollow formed by the rocky and precipitous sides of the
mountains of Mangerton and Crohane, between which
also extends the rugged glen of Kippoch; it discharges
its superfluous waters by a small river which runs into
the Flesk, and affords great attraction to anglers by the
excellence and abundance of its trout. Slate quarries
are worked at Filadowne and Annamore. Here is a
constabulary police station. Killaha is the residence of
J. M c Carty, Esq.; Brewsterfield, the property of the
Rev. B. Herbert; and Corriglass, the property of H. A.
Herbert, Esq. The parish is in the diocese of Ardfert
and Aghadoe; the rectory is impropriate in the Earl
of Donoughmore and H. A. Herbert, Esq., and the
vicarage forms part of the union of Kilgarvan. The
tithes amount to £220, of which £90 is payable to the
Earl of Donoughmore, £10 to H. A. Herbert, Esq.,
and £120 to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it forms
part of the union or district of Glenflesk, which also in-
cludes that part of Aghadoe which is eastward from
Killarney, and has a chapel at Rusheen and another at
Barraduff. There is a public school, in which about
140 children are educated, also two private schools, in
which are about 110 children. Near the upper entrance
to the glen, standing conspicuously on an eminence, are
the ruins of Killaha castle, formerly the residence of the
O’Donoghues of the Glens; and at a short distance
are the ivy-clad remains of the old church.
KILLAHINNY.—See KILLEHENY.
KILLAHURLER, or KILMAIN, a parish, in the
barony of ARKLOW, county of WICKLOW, and province
of LEINSTER, 4¼ miles (W.) from Arklow; containing
493 inhabitants. It comprises 3859 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act; and within its limits is
the greater part of the district from which gold was
obtained at the end of the last century, and which is
described in the article on Arklow. It is a curacy,
in the diocese of Dublin and Glendalough, forming
part of the union of Arklow; the rectory is appropriate
to the deanery of Christ-Church, Dublin. The tithes
amount to £83. 1. 6½., of which £55. 7. 8¼. is payable
to the dean, and £27. 13. 10¼. to the curate. In the
R. C. divisions also it forms part of the union or district
of Arklow. Here is an old burial-ground.
KILLAHY, a parish, in the barony of KNOCK-
TOPHER, county of KILKENNY, and province of LEIN-
STER, 6 miles (S.) from Knocktopher, on the road from
Waterford to Kilkenny; containing 712 inhabitants,
and comprising 2670 statute acres. It is a vicarage, in
the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the union of Kil-
beacon, or Rosinan; the rectory is impropriate in the
Ladies Fitzpatrick. The tithes amount to £171, of
which two-thirds are payable to the impropriators, and
one-third to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it forms
part of the union or district of Kilmacow. About 30
children are educated in a private school.
KILLAHY.—See KILLAGHY.
KILLALA, a sea-port, market and post-town, and
parish, and the seat of a diocese, in the barony of
TYRAWLEY, county of MAYO, and. province of CON-
NAUGHT, 22 miles (N.) from Castlebar, and 13l½ (N. W.)
from Dublin, on the road from Ballina to Ballycastle;
containing 3875 inhabitants, of which number, 1125 are
in the town. During the disturbances of 1798, General
Humbert, with two frigates of 44 and one of 38 guns,