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buildings of an ancient town. At Old Derig was the
residence of Dr. James Doyle, R. C. bishop of Kildare
and Leighlin, where his letters signed J. K. L. were
written.—See GRAIGUE.
KILLESK, a parish, in the barony of BALLAGH-
KEEN, county of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER,
2 miles (S.) from Oulart, on the road from that place
to Wexford; containing 1036 inhabitants. This parish
comprises 3849 statute acres, and contains abundance
of limestone, gravel and marl; the system of agriculture
is improving. It is an impropriate curacy, in the dio-
cese of Ferns, forming part of the union of Castle-Ellis;
the rectory is impropriate in the Earl of Portsmouth.
The tithes amount to £164. 2. 3., of which £87. 16. 10.
is payable to the impropriator and £76. 5. 5. to the
curate. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the
unions or districts of Oulart and Castlebridge.
KILLESK, a parish, in the barony of SHELBURNE,
county of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER, 7 miles
(S. E.) from New Ross; containing 1009 inhabitants,
and 2872 statute acres. It is a rectory, in the diocese
of Ferns, and patronage of Lord Templemore, granted
in 1702, in augmentation of the impropriate curacies of
Dunbrody, St. James, and Rathroe: the tithes amount
to £312. 7. 4., and there is a glebe of about two acres.
In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or dis-
trict of Sutton’s. About 30 children are educated in
a private school. Here are some remains of a castle,
said to have been built by Hervey de Montemarisco.
KILLESKEY, or KILLISKEY, a parish, in the
barony of NEWCASTLE, county of WICKLOW, and pro-
vince of LEINSTER, 1 mile (N. W. byW.) from Ashford,
on the river Vartrey, and the mail coach road from
Dublin to Wexford; containing 2196 inhabitants. This
parish, which in its civil relations is also a con-
stablewick, comprises 5651 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act: a large portion of the land in
the occupation of resident proprietors is in the highest
state of cultivation, and the system of agriculture is
generally improved; there is neither bog nor waste
land, except some tracts of mountain, which may be
easily reclaimed. The surrounding country is remark-
able for the boldness and impressive magnificence of
its features; and within the limits of the parish are
several gentlemen’s seats. Glenmore, the splendid resi-
dence of J. Synge, Esq., is a handsome and spacious
castellated mansion, with embattled parapets, above
which rises a lofty round tower, flanking the principal
facade, in the centre of which is a square gateway
tower forming the chief entrance; it was erected by the
late F. Synge, Esq., and occupies an eminence, sloping
gently towards the sea, near the opening of the Devil’s
Glen, and surrounded by a richly planted demesne, com-
manding a fine view of St. George’s channel, and the
castle, town, and lighthouses of Wicklow, with the inter-
vening country thickly studded with gentlemen’s seats;
and in the foreground, the church rising in the midst of
flourishing plantations. Ballycurry, the elegant mansion
and highly cultivated demesne of C. Tottenham, Esq.,
extends along one side of the Devil’s Glen, opposite to
the demesne of Glenmore. Inchinappa, the modernised
residence of the Rev. H. W. Crofton, is decorated with
a portico of the Tuscan order, and is pleasingly situated
in grounds tastefully laid out. Dunran, the seat of the
Rev. Dr. Fletcher, commands a fine view of the sea and
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of the picturesque glen of that name. Kiltimon, the seat
of Hugh Eccles, Esq., is finely situated on an eminence
commanding a good sea view, and the lighthouses and
Head of Wicklow. Ballyhenry House, the residence of
F. Campbell, Esq., is a handsome building, from which
is an. interesting prospect over the Devil’s Glen and
Ballycurry demesne Killoughter, the pleasing villa of
H. T. Redmond, Esq., is finely situated, and commands
some good views. Broomfield, the residence of R. Bride,
Esq., occupies a site commanding a fine view of the
town and Head of Wicklow, and the pleasing demesne
of Rosanna. The other seats are Kilmartin, of J. Mat-
thews, Esq.; Sweetbank, of T. Revel, Esq.; and Castle
Grange, of Mr. Vicars.
The parish is in the diocese of Dublin; the rectory
forms part of the union and corps of the prebend of
Wicklow in the cathedral church of St. Patrick, Dub-
lin; and there is also a chapelry, in the patronage of the
Prebendary, who receives the entire tithes, amounting to
£378. 6. 5., and pays the curate’s stipend. The church,
a remarkably neat structure in the later English style,
was erected at Nun’s Cross, in 1817, by the late
F. Synge, Esq., assisted by a gift of £800, and a loan of
£1000 from the late Board of First Fruits, and by sub-
scriptions of the resident gentry; and the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners have recently granted £125 for its re-
pair. All the sittings, with the exception of eight pews
for the principal families, are free; a monument to the
memory of its founder is about to be placed in the
chancel. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part
of the union or district of Wicklow; the chapel is a
neat building at Ballinahinch. About 150 children are
educated in four public schools on the estates of Glen-
more, Ballycurry, Dunran, and Inchinappa, which are
maintained solely by the respective proprietors, and to
each are attached apartments for a master and mis-
tress; there is also a private school of about 50
children. The late C. Tottenham, Esq., bequeathed for
the use of the poor, £10 per annum charged on his
estate of Ballycurry. On the lands of Dunran are the
ruins of an ancient castle, formerly belonging to the
O’Byrnes; and during the disturbances of 1798, the
insurgents, after their defeat at Newtown-Mount-Ken-
nedy, took refuge here, but were soon after driven out
with great loss.
The neighbourhood is chiefly celebrated for the
variety and beauty of its scenery; it lies on the east
side of that vast extent of mountain, which forms the
centre of the county of Wicklow, and is interspersed
with numerous deep glens and mountain hollows, which,
accordingly as they have been improved by art, or left in
a state of nature, either excite emotions of pleasure and
surprise, or of awe and apprehension. Of these, Dun-
ran is particularly celebrated as combining both these
characters, in an eminent degree: it is a very deep glen,
from one side of which barren and rugged rocks project
in every variety of fantastic form, and vast heaps of
massive fragments are spread beneath. Among these
rocks is one of immense bulk, which appears to threaten
all below it, and which, from its striking resemblance
in form to a mitre, is called the Bishop’s Rock. The
opposite side of the. glen is richly clothed with wood,
having been planted in almost every part of it by the
late Lord Rossmore with forest trees of every kind.
Farther along the base of the mountain, the glen ex-