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applotted under the tithe act, about one-fourth of which
is arable land; of the remainder, which consists chiefly
of mountain pasture and bog, a large portion is now
likely to he brought into cultivation, and the state
of agriculture improved, by means of the facilities af-
forded by the Government roads recently constructed
through this previously wild and almost impassable
district. A court for the manor of Castle M c Auliffe is
occasionally held, in which debts not exceeding 40s. late
currency are recoverable. The principal seat is Wood-
view, the residence of J. M c Cartie, Esq., situated in a
well-planted demesne. A portion of the Crown estate
of Pobble O’Keefe, now in progress of improvement, is
within the limits of the parish. It is in the diocese of
Ardfert and Aghadoe; the rectory is impropriate in the
Earl of Donoughmore, and the vicarage forms part of
the union of Droumtariffe, in the gift of the Bishop.
The tithes, amounting to £740, are payable in equal
portions to the impropriator and the vicar. In the
R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of
Boherbee, which also includes small portions of the pa-
rishes of Droumtariffe and Nohoval-Daly. The chapel
at Boherbee is a spacious modern building: there is
also a chapel at Cushkeem or Cuscian. About 130
children are educated in three private schools. Of the
ancient castle of M c Auliffe, once the chief seat of the
sept of that name, the foundations alone can now be
traced.—See BOHERBEE and KING-WILLIAM’S-TOWN.
KILMEEN, a parish, partly in the barony of IBANE
and BARRYROE, but chiefly in the Western Division of
the barony of EAST CARBERY, county of CORK, and
province of MUNSTER, 5 miles (N. W.) from Clonakilty,
on the road to Dunmanway; containing 3980 inhabit-
ants. It comprises 8343 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act, and valued at £4871 per ann., of
which 5324 are arable, 1408 pasture, 864 bog, 80 wood-
land, and the remainder rough pasture and waste land.
The surface is uneven and the soil light but productive;
about half of the land has been brought into tillage
under the old system since new roads were opened in
1820. At Oak Mount and Lisnabrinny are extensive re-
mains of ancient woods; and there are large plantations
round the glebe-house, the residence of the Rev. E.H.
Kenney. There is a constabulary police station at Bal-
lygurteen, where cattle fairs are held on June 24th,
July 25th, Nov. 1st, and Dec. 21st. The principal seats
are Bennett’s Grove, the residence of Herbert Gillman,
Esq.; Oak Mount, of J. Gillman, Esq.; and Lisnabrinny,
of the Rev. Godfrey C. Smith. The living is a rectory, in
the diocese of Ross, and in the patronage of the Bishop;
the tithes amount to £750. The glebe-house was erected
by the last incumbent, with the aid of a gift of £100
from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1791; the glebe
comprises 26a. 3r. 9p. The church is a very neat edifice
with a square tower, for the erection of which the same
Board granted a loan of £460, in 1810. In the R. C.
divisions the parish is the head of a union or district,
comprising Kilmeen and Castleventry, and part of Kil-
kerranmore, in the two first of which are chapels; that
of Kilmeen, which is at Rossmore, is a large plain edifice.
The parochial school is under the trustees of Erasmus
Smith’s charity, and is aided by the rector: the master’s
house is a good building, and the school is endowed with
two acres of land by Mr. Cox. In this and another public
school about 70 children are educated, and about 110
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are taught in two private schools; there are also a
Sunday school and an infants’ school on the glebe. To
the west of the church is the strong castle of Ballin-
ward, which was built by Randal Oge Harley; it was
garrisoned by the English in 1641, subsequently dis-
mantled by order of Cromwell, and granted with the
adjoining lands to the Archbishop of Dublin by Chas. II.
Here are several ancient raths, one of which, near Lis-
nabrinny, has a very curious entrance.
KILMEEN, a parish, in the barony of LEITRIM,
county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 3
miles (E.) from Loughrea, on the road to Eyrecourt;
containing 852 inhabitants. Here are Ballydoogan, the
seat of W. Burke, Esq.; and Rathfarn, of J. Tully, Esq.
It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Tuam,
forming the corps of the prebend of Kilmeen in the
cathedral of Tuam, and in the patronage of the Arch-
bishop; the tithes amount to £116. 6. 1¾. The R. C.
parish is co-extensive with that of the Established
Church, and has a small chapel. About 100 children
are educated in a private school. There are the ruins of
a castle at Ballydoogan.
KILMEGAN, a parish, partly in the barony of
KINELEARTY, partly in LECALE, but chiefly in UPPER
IVEAGH, county of DOWN, and province of ULSTER;
containing, with the post-town of Castlewellan (which
is described under its own head), 6921 inhabitants. It
comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 13,971¾
statute acres, of which 1793 are in Kinelearty, 5983½
(of which 22¼ are water) in Lecale, and 6195¼ (of which
107 are water) in Upper Iveagh. Of these about 500
are woodland, 800 pasture, 150 bog, and the remainder
arable land. The greater part of the townland of Mur-
lough is covered with sand, which is constantly drifted
in from Dundrum bay: the land near Castlewellan
is stony, cold, and marshy, but in other parts of the
parish it is rich and well cultivated. There are several
quarries of granite; lead ore has been found in dif-
ferent parts, and there are mines of lead and zinc in.
Slieve Croob and the hill above Dundrum, which see.
Slieve Croob, situated on the northern boundary of the
parish, rises, according to the Ordnance survey, 1755
feet above the level of the sea. The principal seats
are that of Earl Annesley at Castlewellan lake; Bally-
willwill, the residence of the Rev. G. H. M c Dowell
Johnston; Mount Panther, of J. Reed Allen, Esq.;
Wood Lodge, of H. Murland, Esq.; Woodlawn, of J.
Law, Esq.; Greenvale, of J. Steele, Esq.; Annsbro,
of J. Murland, Esq.; and Clanvaraghan, of T. Scott,
Esq. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Down, forming
part of the union of Kilkeel; the tithes amount to
£500. The church is a large handsome edifice, for the
repairs of which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have
recently granted £109: divine service is also performed
in the market-house at Castlewellan. In the R. C.
divisions the parish is the head of a union or district,
called Castlewellan, and has chapels at Castlewellan,
Aughlisnafin, and Ballywillwill. At Castlewellan is a
meeting-house for Presbyterians of the Seceding Synod,
of the second class, and one for Wesleyan Method-
ists. The parochial school, near the church, is supported
by the Marquess of Downshire and the rector; his lord-
ship has given the master a house, a garden, and an acre
of land; he also supports a school at Dundrum. There
are four other public schools, one aided by Earl An-
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