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KIL
the gift of the Bishop: the tithes amount to £223. 1. 6½.
There is a glebe-house, built at an expense of £1300, of
which the late Board of First Fruits gave £300 and lent
£500, in 1814: the glebe comprises 40 acres. The
church is a plain building. The R. C. parish is co-ex-
tensive with that of the Established Church, and has
chapels at Kilmacteigue and Barrintogher. There are
three public schools, to one of which Mr. Jones has
given an acre of land, and in which about 300 children
are educated; also a private school, in which are about
70 children, and a Sunday school. At Belclare is
an ancient castle.—See BANADA and ARDCLARE.
KILMACTHOMAS, a post-town, partly in the
parish of BALLYLANEEN, but chiefly in that of ROSS-
MIRE, barony of UPPERTHIRD, county of WATER-
FORD, and province of MUNSTER, 12 miles (W. S. W.)
from Waterford, and 87¾ (S. W.) from Dublin, on the
road from Cork to Waterford; containing 982 inha-
bitants. It is situated on a steep hill, at the foot
of which flows the small river Mahon, over which there
is a good stone bridge. It has a dispensary, and is the
head-quarters of the constabulary police for the county:
petty sessions are held here or at Stradbally on alternate
Tuesdays. Fairs are held on Feb. 2nd, March 17th, May
12th, Aug. 12th, Sept. 29th, and Dec, 6th and 21st. A
castle existed at this place, which was taken by Sir Charles
Vavasour in 1643; it belonged to the Poer family, who
are still the chief owners of property in this neighbour-
hood.
KILMACTRANY, a parish, in the barony of TIRAGH-
RILL, county of SLIGO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 6
miles (N.) from Boyle, on the road to Ballyfarnon;
containing 4008 inhabitants. This parish comprises
6531 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act,
besides which there is much bog and mountain land:
the soil is light, and agriculture is in a backward state.
Limestone is abundant, iron ore exists, and a seam of
coal, 22 inches thick, has lately been discovered in the
mountains of Geevagh. It is situated on Lough Arrow,
a picturesque sheet of water at the base of the Curlew
mountains, about a mile from Lough Key, by which it
communicates with the Shannon: this lake is five miles
in length and two in its greatest breadth, and is studded
with islands, and remarkable for the size and fine flavour
of its trout. On the western side is Hollybrook House,
the handsome residence of J. Folliott, Esq., the planta-
tions of which form a pleasing picture when viewed
from the opposite shore. Petty sessions are held here
every fortnight on Tuesday, and it is a constabulary
police station. Kingsborough, which gives the title
of Viscount to the eldest son of the Earl of King-
ston, is the residence of J. Gethin, Esq.; and Ballyna-
shee, of M. Keogh, Esq. The living is a vicarage, in
the diocese of Elphin, united to the vicarages of Shan-
coe and Killadoon, and in the gift of the bishop; the
rectory is impropriate in W. Mulloy, Esq. The tithes
amount to £106. 3., which is equally divided between
the impropriator and the vicar, and the tithes of the
benefice to £89. 11. 6. There is a glebe-house, for the
erection of which the late Board of First Fruits, in 1819,
gave £650 and lent £150: the glebe comprises 12 acres,
subject to a rent of £7 per annum. The church is a
small modern building, for the erection of which the
late Board gave £800, in 1811; and the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners have lately granted £305 for its repair.
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KIL
In the R. C. divisions it is the head of a union or dis-
trict, called Geevagh, which is co-extensive with the
Protestant. union, and has a handsome chapel, orna-
mented with minarets, at Geevagh, and another at
Highwood. There are three public schools, to one of
which Lord Dundas gave a school-house and garden,
and contributes annually, and another is under the pa-
tronage of M. Keogh, Esq.; in these schools about 70
children are educated, and there are three private
schools, in which are about 170 children. Here is a
remarkable cromlech, called Leaba Diarmud i Grange,
or “Darby and Granye’s bed,” consisting of a horizontal
stone, supported by four others set upright. Among the
ruins of the old church is a mutilated cross.
KILMACUD, a parish, in the half-barony of RATH-
DOWN, county of DUBLIN, and province of LEINSTER,
4 miles (S. E.) from Dublin; containing 145 inhabitants.
It comprises about 260 acres, which are in a high state
of cultivation; and from the salubrity of its air and the
beauty of its marine and mountain views, it is a favourite
spot for country residences. Among these are Ribbles-
dale, the seat of His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin;
Kilmacud House, of T. Mooney, Esq.; Merville, of W. J.
M c Causland, Esq.; Lakelands, of S. Boileau, Esq.;
Woodley, of P. A. Leslie, Esq.; Rockfield, of J. Hone,
Esq.; Westbury, of E. O’Beirne, Esq.; Kilmacud Cot-
tage, of W. Flood, Esq.; and Parson’s Green, of W.
S. Magee, Esq. It is a chapelry, in the diocese of Dub-
lin, forming part of the union of Stillorgan; the tithes
amount to £42. In the R. C. divisions it forms part
of the union or district of Booter’s-town. This is said
to be the birth-place of St. Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindis-
farne, from whom its name is derived.
KILMACUMSY, or KILMACUNSY, a parish, in
the barony of BOYLE, county of ROSCOMMON, and pro-
vince of CONNAUGHT, 4 miles (N. W.) from Elphin, on
the road from Boyle to Roscommon; containing 2396
inhabitants. Much of its surface is occupied with gentle
elevations of limestone and limestone gravel, in which
are several extensive natural caverns. It is a vicarage,
in the diocese of Elphin, forming part of the union of
Ardclare; the rectory forms part of the corps of the
precentorship of Elphin cathedral. The tithes amount
to £92. 6. 2., which is equally divided between the pre-
centor and the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it is part
of the union or district of Elphin.
KILMACUNNA.—See LUSMAGH.
KILMAGUE.—See KILMAOGUE.
KILMAHON, a parish, in the barony of IMOKILLY,
county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 4 miles
(S. E.) from Cloyne, on the southern coast; containing
1658 inhabitants. It comprises 2468 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act, and valued at 1689 per
annum. The land is generally rich and well cultivated,
and a beautiful vale extends from the coast up to Cloyne;
but near Ballycotton, during easterly winds, the sea
beats over the strand with great fury. The valley rests
on a substratum of limestone, which rises to the sur-
face at Moanagarra, where a small quarry is worked:
the higher grounds are based on clay-slate. The prin-
cipal seats are Snugborough, the residence of T. G.
Durden, Esq.; Shanagary House, of T. J. Keane,
Esq.; Ballybane, of T. Gaggin, Esq.; and the glebe-
house, of the Rev. B. Henzell, in the pleasure grounds
of which are some fine verbenas and other exotic plants.