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crops has been introduced, and agriculture generally is
in au improved state. A small inlet, which separates
this parish from Killinick, is navigable for lighters,
which bring up coal and other articles. Grange, the
seat of M. Wilson Palliser, Esq., is agreeably situated
in a thriving plantation near the shore of the harbour.
It is an impropriate curacy, in the diocese of Ferns,
forming part of the union of Killinick; the rectory is
impropriate in the Earl of Portsmouth. The tithes
amount to £59. 18. 1½., of which £17. 17. 9¾. is pay-
able to the impropriator, and £42. 0. 3¾. to the curate.
In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district
of Piereetown, and has a chapel on the border of the
parish. The ruins of the old church still remain in the
burial ground.
KILMODUM, a parish, in the barony of GOWRAN,
county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 4½
miles (S.) from Castlecomer, on the river Dinin and the
road to Kilkenny; containing 900 inhabitants. It is a
vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the
union of Dunmore; the rectory is impropriate in the
corporation of Kilkenny. The tithes amount to £210,
of which £140 is payable to the impropriators, and £70
to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the
union or district of St. John’s. There are two private
schools, in which are about 80 children.
KILMODUMOGE, a parish, in the barony of FAS-
SADINING, county of KILKENNY, and province of LEIN-
STER, 5¼ miles (S. by W.) from Castlecomer; contain-
ing 985 inhabitants. It is a rectory and vicarage, in
the diocese of Ossory, forming part of the union of
Mothell; the tithes amount to £157. 14. In the R. C.
divisions it is part of the union or district of Muckalee.
About 30 children are educated in a private school.
KILMOE, a parish, in the Western division of the
barony of WEST CARBERY, county of CORK, and pro-
vince of MUNSTER; containing, with the villages of
Rock Island and Crookhaven (both of which are de-
scribed under their respective heads), 6889 inhabitants.
It forms a peninsula on the southern coast, bounded by
Dunmanus bay and Crookhaven; and comprises 10,738
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. About
one-third of the land is under tillage, chiefly by spade-
husbandry, and the remainder is bog and mountain
land, but the base of the mountains affords good pas-
turage; the highest mountain is Cahir, near Mizen Head.
The scenery is very bold and interesting: the moun-
tains are of schistose formation, based on argillaceous
grit, with veins of quartz intermingled; deposits of cop-
per are found in various places and masses of it are
found in the mountain streams, but no mines have been
opened: there are several small lakes. On its western
and southern boundaries are three remarkable head-
lands, namely, Three Castle Head, Mizen Head, called by
Ptolemy Notium, or the South Promontory, it being
the most south-western land in Ireland, in lat. 51° 26’
16”, and lon. 9° 50’; and Brow Head, also said to be
the Notium of Ptolemy. Dunmanus bay, which bounds
the parish on the north-west, has deep water and good
anchorage almost as far up as Mannin island, but is
greatly exposed to westerly winds, and is little fre-
quented except by small vessels, which can ride in Dun-
manus creek or above Mannin island. Besides this
island there are in the bay Owen, Horse, Colt, Lamb,
Bird, Furze, and Carbery islands, of which only the
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last is inhabited. Within the limits of the parish are
numerous bays and creeks, the principal of which are
Ballydevlin bay, Crookhaven, and Barley cove, in each
of which there is good anchorage. Petty sessions are
held at Tourmore on alternate Wednesdays, and there
is a constabulary police station at Goleen. The prin-
cipal seats are Rockview, the residence of Florence
M c Carty, Esq.; Seaview, of D. Coghlan, Esq.; Rock
Island House, of J. Notter, Esq.; Ballydevlin, of L. J.
Fleming, Esq.; Crookhaven House, of R. Doe, Esq.;
Ballynaule, of J. Baker, Esq.; Goleen House, of J.
M c Carthy, Esq.; and Tourmore, of R. Bailie, Esq.
The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Cork, and in the alternate patronage of the Crown and
the Bishop: the tithes amount to £500. There is no
glebe-house; the glebe comprises 7a. Or. 4p. Here are
some extensive tracts of mountain land belonging to the
see of Cork, but now in the hands of the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners. The church is at Crookhaven. In the
R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union or
district of West Skull, and has a chapel at Goleen,
which was built in 1806. There are five public schools,
in which about 400 children are educated, and about
200 are taught in five private schools; there are also
three Sunday schools, but most of them are closed
during the winter. The three castles which give name
to a lofty promontory are detached buildings, within
a gun-shot of each other: they are on the cliff and
near a spacious and very clear lake, and are stated
to have been built by the Mahonys in the 15th century.
At Ballydevlin is a castle, called Desmond castle, which
was built in 1495 by the Mahonys. Some remains of
ancient castles also exist at Lisgriffin and on the shore
of the lake of Dunkelly; and near the head of Barley
cove are the rains of the old parochial church.
KILMOGANNY, a parish, in the barony of KELLS,
county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 5
miles (S. W.) from Knocktopher, on the road from Kil-
kenny to Carrick-on-Suir; containing 2107 inhabitants,
of which number, 514 are in the village. During the
parliamentary war a party of Cromwell’s troops had a
skirmish here with the Walsh party, of Castlehall, which
they defeated, and seized the estate. Wm. III. passed
a night at Rossenarre, on his way to Limerick. The
parish comprises 7381 statute acres, including about
500 acres of woodland and a large tract of mountain;
it contains slate, limestone, freestone, and flagstone;
also a mill. A patent for two fairs exists, but they are
not much frequented. Rossenarre, the residence of
W. Morris Reade, Esq., is an elegant seat in a demesne
of about 600 acres, about 200 of which are planted.
The village contains about 100 houses, which are gener-
ally handsome and well built; it is a constabulary
police station, and has petty sessions and a dispensary:
near it is a large nursery of forest trees. The living
is a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Ossory, and in
the patronage of the Incumbent of Knocktopher. The
tithes amount to £300. There is a glebe-house, for the
erection of which the late Board of First Fruits, in
1819, gave £450 and lent £50: the glebe comprises 5
acres. The church, which is a handsome structure,
was built in 1830 by a loan of £750 from the same
Board. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of
the union or district of Donamagan, and has a chapel.
There is a public school of about 50 children, supported