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formation, rising like a pyramid, and nearly covered with
moss and plants; and there are some extraordinary
subterranean caverns, which were explored in 1826 by
Sir. A. de Capell Brooke.
KILLEANY, county of CLARE.—See KILHENY.
KILLEANY, or KILLANEY, a village, in the parish
of ARRANMORE, barony of ARRAN, county of GALWAY,
and province of CONNAUGHT, on the north-east side of
the island of Arranmore; containing 974 inhabitants.
It is a coast-guard station in the Galway district, and
is also a station for pilots. The inhabitants are gene-
rally fishermen, who have 39 hookers for fishing and
carrying kelp to Galway: there is a small pier at the
upper end of the bay.—See ARRAN ISLANDS.
KILLEANY, barony of CLARE, county of GALWAY.—
See KILLENY.
KILLEANY, a parish, in the barony of STRAD-
BALLY, QUEEN’S county, and province of LEINSTER,
3 miles (N.) from Stradbally, on the road from that
place to Portarlington; containing 121 inhabitants.
Petty sessions for the district are held here irregularly.
The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Leighlin, and
in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to
£50. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union,
or district of Stradbally. There are some remains of
the ancient castle.
KILLEARY, a parish, in the barony of LOWER
SLANE, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER,
4 miles (S. E. by S.) from Nobber, on the road from
Navan to Ardee; containing 2343 inhabitants. It
comprises 7860 statute acres, and includes Parsonstown,
the property of the Rev. A. Blackburne, a handsome
residence in a demesne of above 600 statute acres. It
is a vicarage, in the diocese of Meath, forming part of
the union of Syddan; the rectory is in the patronage of
the Crown and the Bishop. The tithes amount to
£323. 1. 6¼. of which £212. 6.,l¾. is payable to the
rector and the remainder to the vicar, who has a glebe
of 3a. 2r. I6p. In the R. C. divisions it is the head of
a union or district called Lobinstown, comprising also
the parishes of Syddan, Innismoth, and Mitchellstown,
and containing chapels at Lobinstown and Heronstown.
About 30 children are educated in a public and 160 in
four private schools.
KILLEBAN, or KILLABIN, a parish, partly in the
barony of BALLYABAMS, but chiefly in that of SLIEU-
MARGUE, QUEEN’S county and province of LEINSTER,
3 miles (S. by W.) from Athy, on the road from that
place to Kilkenny; containing 9776 inhabitants. It
includes the villages of Aries, Ballylinan, and Ballick-
moyler, which are separately described, and comprises
24,749 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act.
The land is generally fertile, and chiefly in pasture, with
some bog and mountain; the system of agriculture is
improving. Limestone, flag-stone, and sandstone are
quarried, and at Newtown are extensive collieries: there
are also collieries at Modubah, Tellerton, Corgeo, and
Hunt’s Park. Fairs are held at Mayo on June 29th
and Oct. 18th; and a manorial court is held at New-
town. The principal seats are Cooper Hill, the resi-
dence of W. Cope Cooper, Esq.; Ashfield Hall, of P.
Gale, Esq.; Rahin, of Lieut.-Col. Weldon; Tollerton,
of Hovendon Stapleton, Esq.; Killeen, of M. Dillon
Thomas, Esq.; Maidenhead, of the Bambrick family;
Ardeateagle, of W. Fitzmaurice, Esq.; and Hollymount,
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of W. Fishbourne, Esq. The living is a rectory, in the
diocese of Leighlin, and in the gift of the Crown. The
tithes amount to £1292. 6. 1½. Here are two churches,
one at Castletown and the other at Mayo, for the erec-
tion of one of which the late Board of First Fruits, in
1813, gave £800; and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
have lately granted £108 for the repairs of that at
Castletown, and £172 for that at Mayo. There is nei-
ther glebe-house nor glebe. In the R. C. divisions the
parish forms the head of two unions or districts, one
called Ballylinan and Aries, which has chapels at those
places and at Killean; the other called Mayo and
Doonane, which is united with the parish of Rathaspick,
and has chapels at Mayo and Doonane. About 400
children are educated in four public schools, to three of
which the rector subscribes, and 640 in 16 private
schools; there are also six Sunday schools. St. Abban
founded a monastery here in 650, in which he is said to
have been interred: there are some remains of its
church. There are also remains of the old church of
Aries, and of the ancient castle of Hovendon, over the
entrance to which are quartered the arms of the Leins-
ter and Ormonde families. Near Castletown church is
a well, which supplies water enough to turn a mill in
its immediate vicinity.
KILLEDAN, or KILLEDIN, a parish, in the ba-
rony of GALLEN, county of MAYO, and province of
CONNAUGHT, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Swinford, on the
road from that place to Ballagh; containing 5741 inha-
bitants. Some of the land is very good and well culti-
vated, but there are large tracts of bog. A market on
Thursday has been lately established at the village of
Cultymough, or Newtown-Brown. The principal seats
are Ballinamore, the residence of T. Ormsby, Esq.;
Killedan, of F. Taaffe, Esq.; Anna Hill, of Mrs. Scully,
and Oxford, the property of — Twyhee, Esq. It is a
vicarage, in the diocese of Achonry, forming part of the
union of Templemore; the rectory is impropriate in the
representatives of R. Palmer, Esq. The tithes amount
to £411. 11. 4., which is equally divided between the
impropriators and the vicar. The church is a neat
building, erected at Ballinamore by the Ormsby family.
The R. C. parish is co-extensive with that of the Esta-
blished Church, and has a chapel at Cultymough.
About 120 children are educated in a public school, to
which T. Ormsby, Esq., contributes £14 annually, and
about 540 in four private schools. Here was a friary of
conventual Franciscans, which existed till the Reforma-
tion. There are some remains of the old church.
KILLEDMUND, a village, in the parish of KILTEN-
NEL, barony of IDRONE EAST, county of CARLOW, and
province of LEINSTER, on the road from Myshall to
Enniscorthy; containing 47 houses and 236 inhabitants.
This place, being situated at the western foot of Mount
Leinster, includes within its scenery the Blackstairs
mountains and Scullogh Gap: during the disturbances
of 1798 it was burnt by the insurgents. It contains the
parish church and school, and has fairs on March 12th,
and July 15th.
KILLEEDY, a parish, in the Glenquin Division of
the barony of UPPER CONNELLO, county of LIMERICK,
and province of MUNSTER, 4 miles (S.) from Newcastle,
on the road from that place to Newmarket; containing
5420 inhabitants. The castle of Glenquin, which gives
name to this division of the barony, was built by an