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Commissioners have lately granted £138 for its repair.
The R. C. parish is co-extensive with that of the Esta-
blished Church; the chapel, a large edifice, is situated
at Binghamstown, and there is another chapel also at
Tarrane. About 130 children are taught in a national
school, and there are five private schools, in which are
about 170 children. Near the glebe-house is a remark-
able subterraneous cavern, called Pullinashantina, into
which the sea rushes nearly a quarter of a mile, with
extreme violence and noise: the rock is singularly form-
ed, and part of it has fallen in, leaving a wide gap which
adds to the awful grandeur of the scene. Near the ca-
vern is a detached mass of rock that appears to have
been severed from the other portion by some violent
convulsion, and on the summit of which is a rich field
of grass. In that part of the peninsula called the Mul-
let are some ruins of the small monastery of Cross, or
the Holy Cross, which was dependent on the abbey of
Ballintobber; and nearly buried in the sands are some
of the walls of an ancient church, said to have belonged
to a nunnery formerly existing there. On the shore of
Broadhaven are the small remains of Knocknalina cas-
tle; and about four miles from it, on Blacksod harbour,
are the ruins of Barnach castle, a square building of
small dimensions. About a mile and a half to the north-
west of the Mullet is Coulogh castle, and on a bold
headland opposite to Eagle island are the remains of
the ancient fort of Dunamogh. On the island called
Innis Glora is an ancient burial-ground, which is still
used as a place of interment. There is a very strongly
impregnated chalybeate spring at Binghamstown.
KILMOREMOY, a parish, partly in the barony of
TYRERAGH, county of SLIGO, but chiefly in that of TY-
RAWLEY, county of MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT,
on the river Moy; containing, with the market and
post-town of Ballina and the town of Ardnaree
(both of which are separately described), 14,586 inha-
bitants. Here is much bog, and agriculture is in a
backward state. The principal seats are Belleek Abbey,
the residence of Lieut.-Col. F. A. Knox Gore, a noble
mansion in the later English style of architecture,
erected by the proprietor at an expense of £10,000, and
beautifully situated on the banks of the Moy, in a fine
demesne tastefully laid out and richly planted; Belleek
Castle, the handsome residence of E. Howly, Esq.; and
Ardnaree Cottage, of T. Jones, Esq. It is a vicarage,
in the diocese of Killala, forming part of the union of
Ardagh; the rectory is appropriate to the precentor-
ship of Killala cathedral. The tithes amount to
£472. 3. 7 1 /2., of which £49. 17. 11 1 /2. is payable to the
precentor, and £422. 5. 8. to the vicar. There is a glebe-
house, towards the erection of which the late Board of
First Fruits gave £100, in 1794, and which was rebuilt
by a loan of £600 and a gift of £200 from the same
Board, in 1828: the glebe comprises 11 acres. The
church of the union, which is in Ardnaree, was built in
1763, by aid of a gift of £300 from the late Board,
which granted £1400 as a loan for its enlargement, in
1816, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have re-
cently granted £573 for its repair. The R. C. parish is
co-extensive with that of the Established Church, and
has a handsome unfinished cathedral at Ardnaree.
Here are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyan
Methodists. There are eight public schools, to one of
which the Rev. Mr. Hueston subscribes £20 per annum,
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and in which about 520 children are educated; and
nine private schools, in which are about 370 children.
Here are a cromlech and the remains of an ancient castle,
which gives name to the village of Ardnaree, or “the
king’s height;” and some ruins of the old church, with
a burial-ground attached.
KILMORGAN, a parish, in the barony of CORRAN,
county of SLIGO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 2 miles
(E. by N.) from Ballymote, on the road to Dromahaire;
containing 2229 inhabitants. It comprises 5736 statute
acres, principally under tillage, with some pasture land
and bog: the soil is generally good, and there is excellent
limestone. A manorial court is held on the first Monday
in every month. The principal seats are Kilmorgan, the
residence of R. Weir, Esq.; Newpark, of R. King Duke.
Esq., Kincrevan, of J. Duke, Esq.; and Branchfield, of
the Rev. W. Duke. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of
Achonry, forming part of the union of Emlyfad; the
rectory is impropriate in Sir H. Montgomery, Bart
The tithes amount to £223. 15., of which £103. 15. is
payable to the impropriator, and £120 to the vicar. In
the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of
Ballymote, and has a chapel at Kincrevan, and a nun-
nery. There are two public schools, one of which is
aided by an annual donation from H. Clifford, Esq.;
about 200 children are educated in them. Part of the
old church remains, in which is a large tomb of the
Mac Donough family, by one of which the church was
probably built. Here are several mounds of earth
covering stone graves, in which bones and urns contain-
ing ashes have been found, whence it is inferred that
a battle was anciently fought here.
KILMOVEE, a parish, in the barony of COSTELLO,
county of MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 5 miles
(W. by N.) from Ballaghadireen, on the road to Castle-
bar; containing 4240 inhabitants. It comprises 19,668
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, including
8500 acres of bog, and the remainder is very barren
and mountainous. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of
Achonry, forming part of the union of Castlemore;
the rectory is impropriate in Viscount Dillon. The
tithes amount to £200. 8. 10., which is equally divided
between the impropriator and the vicar. The R. C.
parish is co-extensive with that of the Established
Church, and has chapels at Kilmovee and Glen. About
330 children are educated in four private schools.
There are some remains of the old church in a burial-
ground.
KILMOYLAN, a parish, in the barony of CLARE,
county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 5 3 /4
miles (S.) from Tuam, on the road from Mount-Bellew
to Galway; containing 1788 inhabitants. This parish
comprises the villages of Anbally and Doncanamore,
near the former of which are the ruins of Anbally
castle; there are also within its limits the remains of
the castles of Tavanagh and Curofin. The principal
seats are Curofin, that of Pierce Blake, Esq., and
Annagh, of J. Bodkin, Esq. It is a vicarage, in the
diocese of Tuam, forming part of the union of Moy-
lough; the rectory constitutes the corps of the pre-
bend of Kilmoylan in the cathedral of Tuam, and in
the patronage of the Archbishop. The tithes amount
to £280, half payable to the prebendary and half to the
vicar. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or
district of Clare-Tuam; a chapel is now in progress of