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are suffragan to Tuam; it comprises 23 parochial bene-
fices or unions, containing 30 chapels, which are served
by 33 clergymen, 23 of whom are parish priests, and 10
coadjutors or curates. The parochial benefice of the
bishop is Killala; the cathedral is at Ardnaree, near
Ballina, and contiguous to it is the bishop’s residence.
The parish includes the island of Bartra, or Bartrach,
and is generally in a good state of cultivation: the
soil is very fertile, and the lands are nearly divided in
equal portions between pasture and tillage, except the
waste land and a large tract of bog. The surrounding
country is rather bleak, especially towards the north,
but the scenery is enlivened by several gentlemen’s
seats, of which the principal are the Castle, formerly
the episcopal palace, and now the residence of W. I.
Bourke, Esq.; the Lodge, of T. Kirkwood, Esq.; Ross,
of J. Higgins, Esq.; Castlerea, of J. Knox, Esq.; Farm
Hill, of Major J. Gardiner; and Summer Hill, of T.
Palmer, Esq. The living is a rectory and vicarage, con-
stituting the corps of the deanery of Killala, and in the
patronage of the Crown. The tithes amount to
£154. 13. 9.: the lands belonging to the deanery adjoin
the town and comprise 108 acres; and the dean, in
right of his dignity, has the rectorial tithes of the parishes
of Ballysakeery, Rafran, Dunfeeny, Kilbreedy, Lacken,
Kilcummin, and Templemurry; the entire revenue of
the deanery, including the lands, is £772. In the R. C.
divisions the parish is the head of a union or district,
comprising also the parish of Templemurry; the chapel
is a neat slated edifice. There is a place of worship for
Wesleyan Methodists. The parochial school, in which
are about 90 children, is supported by the trustees of
Erasmus Smith’s fund, who allow the master £30 per
annum, with a house and one acre of land rent free;
and there are two private schools, in which are about
150 children. There is a dispensary for the poor of
the neighbourhood. On an eminence in the town is
an ancient round tower, about 83 feet high, of which
the walls are of great strength and nearly perfect.
About a mile to the south-east of the town, at the
mouth of the river Moy, are the remains of a friary of
Franciscans of the Strict Observance, founded in 1460
by Mac William Bourke, or, according to some writers,
by Thomas Oge Bourke. Several provincial chapters of
the order were held there, and the establishment conti-
nued to flourish till the dissolution, after which it was
granted to Edmund Barrett. The remains consist of
the church and some extensive portions of the conven-
tual buildings: the church is a cruciform structure, 135
feet in length, and from the centre rises a lofty tower,
supported on four noble arches leading from the nave
into the choir and transepts. At Castlereagh, on the
banks of the river Rathfran, about two miles from the
sea, are the vestiges of a castle apparently of great
strength, which has been levelled with the ground: about
a mile to the west is Carrickanass castle, about 35 feet
square, and 45 feet high, built by the family of Bourke,
and surrounded with a low strong bawn; and there are
also several forts.
KILLALAGHTON.—See KILLAGHTON.
KILLALDRIFF, a parish, in the barony of CLAN-
WILLIAM, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUN-
STER, 4 miles (N. W.) from Cahir, on the road from
that place to Tipperary; containing, with the chapelry
of Clonfinglass, 1901 inhabitants. It comprises 5714
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statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and
valued at £3693 per annum; and there are about 650
acres in Clonfinglass, about 1500 acres of mountain
land, and a considerable quantity of bog: the land is
generally good and well cultivated, and there is plenty
of limestone and good building stone. The rivers Arra
and Aherlow run through the parish, the latter of which
joins the Suir at Ballydruid. Here is a constabulary
police station. The principal seats are Kilmoyler, the
residence of S. O’Meagher, Esq.; Toureen, of D.
O’Meagher, Esq.; Ballydruid, of Mrs. Doherty; Kil-
moylermore, of the late Constantine Maguire, Esq.;
Cluin, of — Slattery, Esq.; and Bansha House, of R.
Clarke, Esq. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of
Cashel, forming the corps of the prebend of Killaldry,
or Killaldriff, in the cathedral of Cashel, and in the
patronage of the Archbishop: the tithes amount to
£270, and there is a glebe of 16a. 2r. 12p. In the
R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of
Galbally, and has a neat chapel. About 140 children
are educated in two private schools, the school-house
for one of which was given by the late C. Maguire, Esq.
There are some remains of old castles at Cappagh and
Kilmoylermore; the ruin of a small church or chapel
at Clonfinglass; and the remains of the old church at
Killaldriff.
KILLALIATHAN, a parish, in the Glenquin Divi-
sion of the barony of UPPER CONNELLO, county of
LIMERICK, and province of MUNSTER, 7 miles (S. S.E.)
from Newcastle, on the road from that place to Charle-
ville; containing 1590 inhabitants. It comprises 5265
statute acres, of which 4852 are applotted under the
tithe act. The lower part of the parish is tolerably fer-
tile, and about 2000 acres are under tillage, about 800
in meadow and pasture, and the remainder is bog and
mountain land. The mountains contain coal, which is
worked by Francis Sullivan, Esq., at Banmore; and
limestone, of which an excellent quarry is worked near
Broadford; iron-stone is also abundant. The principal
seats are Banmore, the residence of F. Sullivan, Esq.;
and Springfield Castle, of Lord Muskerry. This castle,
with the surrounding manor, formerly belonged to the
Fitzgeralds, Lords of Glenlis, and, on its forfeiture in
the Desmond rebellion, was, in 1591, granted to Sir W.
Courtney. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of
Limerick, and in the patronage of Lord Muskerry: the
rectory is impropriate in the Sullivan family: the tithes
amount to £120, two-thirds of which are payable to the
impropriators, and the remainder to the vicar, whose
income is increased by an augmentation from Primate
Boulter’s fund. The church, which was erected in 1812,
is in a very dilapidated state. There is neither glebe-
house nor glebe. In the R. C. divisions this parish
forms part of the union or district of Dromcolliher, and
has a chapel at Broadford. About 70 children are
educated in a private school. Near Banmore are the
remains of an ancient church; and the ruins of Gurtne-
tubber castle, which was strongly garrisoned for Jas. II.,
and afterwards dismantled, are near Springfield.
KILLALLON, a parish, in the barony of DEMIFORE,
county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 2 miles
(S. S. W.) from Crossakeel, on the road from Oldcastle
to Athboy containing 1835 inhabitants. It comprises
7336 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act,
about two-thirds of which are in tillage; the land is
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