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KIL
are Belville, the residence of Whitwell Butler, Esq.;
Waterview, of P. Trant, Esq.; Kilkevaragh, of the Rev.
J. Mansell; and Ahadda, of the Rev. — Mahony. It is
a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ardfert and
Aghadoe, forming part of the corps of the treasurership
of Ardfert: the tithes amount to £101. 10. 9., and there
is a glebe at Kerl. In the R. C. divisions it is in the
union or district of Prior, and has a chapel at Port-
magee and Kerl. There are three private schools in the
parish. The ruins of the church, which is dedicated to
St. Finian, are at the bottom of the Bay of Ballinaskel-
ligs, which is so much exposed to a heavy sea that the
only landing-place is in a small creek to the north.
Here are some chalybeate springs.
KILLENAGH, a parish, in the barony of BALLAGH-
KEEN, county of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER,
4 1 /4 miles (S. by E.) from Gorey; containing 706 inha-
bitants. This parish is on the eastern coast, and almost
exclusively under tillage. It is a perpetual curacy, in
the diocese of Ferns, forming part of the union of Arda-
mine: the rectory is impropriate in H. K. G. Morgan,
Esq., who receives the whole of the tithes, amounting
to £145. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the
union or district of River-chapel, or Ballygarret. A
dispensary was established here in 1829. About 30
children are educated in a private school.
KILLENAULE, a small market and post-town, and
a parish, in the barony of SLIEVARDAGH, county of
TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER, 5 3 /4 miles (N.)
from Fethard, and 84 (S. W.) from Dublin, on the road
from Cashel to Callan; containing 3464 inhabitants, of
which number, 1578 are in the town. The parish com-
prises 6121 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe
act, and furnishes limestone, flagstone, potters’ clay,
iron ore, and slate fit for making pencils. Its large
collieries are described in the article on the county
(which see). A chief constabulary police force is sta-
tioned in the town, where there is a weekly market,
and a sub-post-office to Littleton; and fairs are held
on the first Thursday (O. S.) in May and October, and
on Jan. 1st, March 25th, June 24th, and Aug. 14th.
The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Cashel, united
to the rectories and vicarages of Cooleagh, Magawry,
Drangan, Isertkerin, and Barrettsgrange, and the rectory
of St. Johnstown, forming the union of Killenaule, in
the patronage of the Archbishop: the rectory is appro-
priate to the Chancellorship of the cathedral of Christ-
Church, Dublin: the tithes amount to £300, of which
£200 is payable to the chancellor, and £100 to the
vicar; and the entire tithes of the benefice amount to
£949. The church is a small ancient building. There
are a glebe-house and five glebes in the union, com-
prising 47a. 21p. In the R. C. divisions this parish is
the head of a union or district, and has a chapel. About
540 children are educated in six private schools; and
there is a dispensary. Here are the remains of Gralla
and Graystone castles.
KILLENCARE, or KILLENKERE, a parish, partly
in the barony of UPPER LOUGHTEE, but chiefly in that
of CASTLERAGHAN, county of CAVAN, and province of
ULSTER, 4 miles (W. S. W.) from Bailieborough, on the
road to Virginia; containing 7600 inhabitants. This
parish, which is also called Killinskere, comprises, ac-
cording to the Ordnance survey, 15,962 1 /4 statute acres,
of which 131 1 /4 are water, and there is some bog. The
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KIL
lands are principally arable, and in a tolerable state of
cultivation; slate is found here, but of very inferior
quality, and the quarries formerly worked have in con-
sequence been discontinued: an ore supposed to be
zinc has been discovered on the townland of Durry-
ham, but it has not been yet worked. The living is a
vicarage, in the diocese of Kilmore, and in the patron-
age of the Bishop: the rectory is impropriate in the
representatives of Richard, Earl of Westmeath: the
tithes amount to £480. The church, for the erection of
which the late Board of First Fruits granted £900 as a
gift, and £1200 as a loan, in 1817, is a very neat struc-
ture. The same Board, in 1816, gave £325 and lent
£1050 towards the erection of the glebe-house, which is
a handsome residence; the glebe comprises 380 acres.
The R. C. parish is co-extensive with that of the Esta-
blished Church: the chapel is a plain building, and
there is also one at Clanaphillip. There is a place of
worship for Presbyterians, in connexion with the Synod
of Ulster, of the third class; also one for those in con-
nexion with the Seceding Synod. About 440 children
are taught in four public schools, of which one is sup-
ported by Lord Farnham, and another by the Sankey
family; and there are eight private schools, in which
are about 480 children, and a Sunday-school. There
are numerous mineral springs in the parish, some of
which are used medicinally.
KILLENELLICK.—See GALBALLY.
KILLENEMOR, a parish, in the barony of FERMOY,
county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 3 miles
(S. W.) from Mitchelstown; containing 197 inhabitants.
This small parish consists of only one townland, com-
prising 410 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe
act, and valued at £374 per annum, and for all civil
purposes has merged into the parish of Glanworth. It
is a rectory, in the diocese of Cloyne, and forms the
corps of the prebend of Killenemor, in the cathedral of
Cloyne, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes
amount to £40, and form part of the economy fund of
the cathedral. There is neither church, glebe-house,
nor glebe. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the dis-
trict of Glanworth.
KILLENORTY, or KILLENOUGHT, a parish, in
the barony of PUBBLEBRIEN, county of LIMERICK, and
province of MUNSTER, 2 1 /2 miles (S. W.) from Patricks-
well, on the road from Croom to Limerick; containing
390 inhabitants. The land is generally good, and is
based on limestone. It is a rectory, in the diocese of
Limerick, forming part of the bishop’s mensal. In the
R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of
Loughmore.
KILLENTIERNA, a parish, in the barony of TRUGH-
ENACKMY, county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER,
3 miles (S. by W.) from Castleisland, on the road to
Killarney; containing 2079 inhabitants. This parish,
which is situated on the river Brown Flesk, comprises
13,127 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act,
and valued at £4194. 15. 2 3 /4. per annum. The soil is
light and gravelly; limestone, which abounds, is used
for manure, and the state of agriculture is gradually
improving: there are several patches of bog. Dicks-
grove, the finely wooded demesne of R. Meredith, Esq.,
is in this parish. The living is a rectory, in the diocese
of Ardfert and Aghadoe, united to that of Dysert, and
together constituting the union of Killentierna, in the