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children are taught in four public schools; of these one,
for which a handsome school-house was erected by
Mr. Gordon and the Marquess of Londonderry, is
supported by the trustees of Erasmus Smith’s charity,
who pay the master £30 per ann.; and one at Drum-
nahirk was built and is supported by Lord Dufferin.
There are also two private schools, in which are about
150 children. A mendicity society has been established,
for raising funds to be applied to the relief or main-
tenance of the poor, which are distributed at their own
dwellings monthly; and an extensive religious lending
library is kept in the court-house for the use of the
poor.
KILMULLANE.—See KILLASPIGMULLANE.
KILMURRY, a parish, partly in the Western Divi-
sion of the barony of EAST CARBERY, but chiefly in the
barony of WEST MUSKERRY, county of CORK, and pro-
vince of MUNSTER, 6 miles (S. S. E.) from Macroom,
on the road to Bandon; containing 4147 inhabitants.
Its surface is undulating, and its substratum slate: the
soil is generally cold and badly cultivated, except the
demesne farm of Sir Augustus Warren, Bart., of War-
ren’s Court, which is a large and handsome house in an
extensive and well-planted demesne, in which are the
ruins of the old church of Kilbarry or Macloneigh.
The other seats are Ballytrasna, that of the Rev. B.
Gash; Shandangan, of S. Penrose, Esq.; Greenville, of
B. Swete, Esq.; and Elmville, of T. Gollock, Esq. At
the village is a constabulary police station, and fairs are
held on Feb. 1st, May 1st, Sept. 8th, Nov. 1st, and
Dec 21st., principally for horned cattle and pigs. It is
an impropriate cure, in the diocese of Cork; the rectory
is impropriate in the Duke of Devonshire, who pays
the curate of Moviddy a stipend for performing the pa-
rochial duties. The tithes amount to £750, but have
not been paid for forty years. In the R. C. divisions it
forms part of the union or district of Kilmichael, and
has a small chapel in the village. There are four hedge
schools, in which are about 180 children. Here is the
shattered ruin of the ancient castle of Clodagh, built by
M c Carty More. The remains of the old church are
near the village; and near the boundary of Kilmichael
parish are the ruins of Dunisky church.
KILMURRY, a parish, in the county of the city of
LIMERICK, and province of MUNSTER, 2 1 /4 miles (E.)
from Limerick, on the southern bank of the Shannon;
containing 1803 inhabitants. It comprises 3277 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act, besides 14 1 /2 acres
of glebe and about 35 acres of bog. The soil is very
fertile, and the land is mostly meadow or pasture, and
is well planted near the Shannon. Limestone is quarried
at Newcastle and other places in the parish. There
are a paper and an oil mill at Ballyclough, a paper-mill
at Annacotty, and flour-mills at Ballysimon. The prin-
cipal seats are Newcastle, the residence of M. O’Brien,
Esq.; Plassy, of R. Harvey, Esq.; Milford, of T. Fitz-
gerald, Esq.; Shannon View, of T. Kelly, Esq.; Willow
Bank, of Capt. Hickey; Shannon Cottage, of G. M e Kern,
Esq.; Killonan Cottage, of H. Rose, Esq.; and Bally-
clough, of P. Cudmore, Esq. The living is a rectory
and vicarage, in the diocese of Limerick, episcopally
united in 1792 to the rectory of Derrygalvin, and in the
alternate patronage of the Crown and the Bishop: the
tithes amount to £364, and of the union to £492. The
glebe-house was erected in 1790, by aid of a gift of £100
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from the late Board of First Fruits: there are three
glebes, comprising together 14 1 /2 acres. The church is
a substantial edifice, with a tower and spire of hewn
stone; for its erection the same Board granted a loan
of £580, in 1812. In the R. C. divisions the parish
forms part of the union or district of St. Patrick’s,
Limerick. About 120 children are educated in three
private schools. On the banks of the Shannon, boldly
situated on a basaltic rock, are the ruins of Castle Troy,
which was erected by Derrnot O’Brien in the reign of
Hen. III.; above it is a modern gazebo, and not far
distant are the ruins of the ancient church of Killonan
or Killowen.
KILMURRY, a parish, in the barony of IFFA and
OFFA EAST, county of TIPPERARY, and province of
MUNSTER, 2 1 /2 miles (N. W. by N.) from Carrick-on-Suir,
near the river Suir and the high road from Clonmel to
Waterford; containing 2220 inhabitants. It is a rec-
tory, in the diocese of Lismore, forming part of the
union of Kilsheelan: the tithes amount to £504. 18. 11.
In the R. C. divisions the parish is united with Grange-
Mockler; there is a chapel in each. There is a private
school, in which about 100 children are educated.
KILMURRY-CLONDERLAW, a parish, in the ba-
rony of CLONDERLAW, county of CLARE, and province
of MUNSTER, 7 miles (W. S. W.) from Kildysart, on the
road to Kilrush; containing 3859 inhabitants. It is
situated on the north-western side of the bay of Clon-
derlaw, and on the river Shannon. The bay is an open
but insecure roadstead, near the bottom of which is a
creek; and at the village of Knock is a small pier for
the convenience of boats landing sea manure and oc-
casionally shipping grain to Limerick. The parish is
estimated to comprise about 7380 statute acres, of which
6955 are applotted under the tithe act and mostly under
tillage; and from the abundant supply of rich manure
afforded by the bay, the crops are very good: the state
of agriculture has of late years been gradually improv-
ing. There is a large portion of bog, and in some places
coal is supposed to exist, but has not yet been worked.
Fairs are held at Kilmurry-M c Mahon on the 24th of
May, July, and Sept.; and a seneschal’s court for
Lord Egremont’s manor of Clonderlaw is occasionally
held, in which small debts are recoverable. The gentle-
men’s seats are Clonderlaw, that of G. Studdert, Esq.;
Kilmore, of Poole Hickman, Esq.; Thornbury, of W.
Studdert, Esq.; Woodlawn, of Jos. Studdert, Esq.;
Oaklands, of R. Hunt, Esq.; and Carabane, unoccupied.
The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Killaloe, epis-
copally united in 1774 to those of Killofin, Kilmacduane,
Kilfedane, and Killeymur, together constituting the union
of Kilmurry, in the patronage of the Bishop: the rectory
is impropriate in John Scott, Esq. The tithes amount
to £207. 13. 10 1 /4., of which £120 is payable to the im-
propriator, and the remainder to the vicar: the tithes of
the entire benefice amount to £516. 6. 2. The glebe-
house was built in 1811, when the late Board of First
Fruits granted £450 as a gift and £53 as a loan towards
its erection; it is at present in indifferent repair. The
glebe comprises 15 acres, subject to a rent of £3. 1. per
acre; and there is an old glebe of 1a. 3r. near the
church. The church, built in 1810 on the site of the
ancient edifice, and towards which the late Board granted
a loan of £600, is a small plain structure with a square
tower; it is at present in a dilapidated state, but it is in