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KIL
Knocktopher. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the
union or district of Ballyhale. At Ballytarsney is a
chalybeate spring, from the sides of which stalactites of
iron ore are taken, and iron ore fit for smelting is said
to exist in the parish.
KILNEGARRUFF, or KILNEGARIFF, a parish,
partly in the barony of OWNEY and ARRA, county of
TIPPERARY, and partly in the barony of CLANWILLIAM,
county of LIMERICK, but chiefly in the county of the
city of LIMERICK, in the province of MUNSTER, 2
miles (S. E. by S.) from Castleconnell, on the road from
Limerick to Dublin; containing 2361 inhabitants. It
comprises 2900 statute acres, as applotted under the
tithe act, and about 500 acres of valuable bog. The
land is based on limestone; part of it is extremely rich
and part sterile. Agriculture is improving rapidly, and
the cultivation of green crops has been introduced.
Towards the western termination of the parish there
are several flourishing plantations, which form part of
the Earl of Clare’s demesne. The principal seats are
Thornfield, the residence of Major-Gen. Sir R. Bourke;
Woodsdown, of Major Gough; Mulcaher, of the Rev.
J. Crampton; and Rich Hill, of W. Howly, Esq. It
is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Killaloe,
forming part of the union of Castleconnell: the tithes
amount to £271. 14. 9 3 /4. The church was destroyed in
the war of 1641, and was rebuilt, but is now in ruins.
In the R. C. divisions it is also part of the union or
district of Castleconnell, and has a large new chapel at
Ahane. About 200 children are educated in three
schools, to one of which Gen, Bourke, who built the
school-house, subscribes £14 annually. Here is a dis-
pensary, connected with that of Castleconnell.
KILNEHUE, or LAMOGUE, a parish, in the barony
of GOREY, county of WEXFORD, and province of LEIN-
STER, 2 miles (S.) from Gorey, on the high road to Car-
new; containing 3363 inhabitants. This parish comprises
14,872 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act,
of which nearly the whole is under tillage. The soil is
in general light, with the exception of some heavy clay
near Gorey; the system of agriculture has of late been
much improved; but the want of lime, which is not to
be obtained nearer than the county of Carlow, is a great
obstacle to the progress of its improvement. Marl pits
occur in various parts of the parish; and at Slievebawn,
near Moneyseed chapel, are some quarries of good slate.
A constabulary police force is stationed at Moneyseed.
The living is a rectory and perpetual curacy, in the diocese
of Ferns; the rectory forming part of the union of Gorey
and of the corps of the deanery of Ferns; the perpetual
curacy, which was erected in 1828, and of which the
stipend is £120, is in the patronage of the Dean. The
tithes amount to £465. 16. 9., with the exception of the
townland of Buckstone, of which the tithes have from
time immemorial been paid to the rector of Carnew.
The curacy extends over 30 townlands, comprising the
greater part of this parish, and also over two townlands
in the parish of Kilkevan. A glebe of 6 1 /2 acres has been
allotted to the curate, in exchange for the original
glebe of 4 1 /2 acres. A neat church, towards the erection
of which the late Board of First Fruits gave £800, was
built in 1813, at Holyforth; the Ecclesiastical Com-
missioners have recently granted £141 for its repair. In
the R. C. divisions the parish is partly in the union of
Gorey, but chiefly in that of Camolin; there is a chapel
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at Moneyseed. The parochial school is supported by a
grant of £7 per annum from the Association for Dis-
countenancing Vice, and also by a contribution from the
curate.
KILNEMANAGH, a parish, in the barony of BAL-
LAGHKEEN, county of WEXFORD, and province of LEIN-
STER, 1 mile (N. E.) from Oulart, on the old road to
Gorey; containing 759 inhabitants. This parish, which
is situated on the river Awen-Banna, comprises 2615
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. Nearly
the whole of the land is under tillage, with some small
tracts of pasture; the soil is in general fertile, and the
system of agriculture improving. Ballanahown and
Ballanvach, are two deserted mansions belonging to
the Irvines of Ownavarra. The living is a rectory, in
the diocese of Ferns, and in the patronage of the Bishop:
the tithes amount to £126. 18. 5. The glebe-house,
towards the erection of which the late Board of First
Fruits gave £100, is situated on a glebe of 27 1 /4 acres of
cultivated land. The church, towards which the same
Board gave £600, in 1804, is a neat edifice, and has
been recently repaired by a grant of £104 from the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners. In the R. C. divisions
the parish forms part of the union of Oulart, where
the parochial chapel is situated. The parochial school,
under the superintendence of the rector, is supported by
subscription. Near Oulart, but within the limits of the
parish, is a fever hospital, with a dispensary and resi-
dence for a medical attendant.
KILNEMONA, a parish, in the barony of INCHIQUIN,
county of CLARE, and province of MUNSTER, 4 miles
(W. N. W.) from Ennis, on the road to Ennistymon;
containing 1767 inhabitants. This parish, though only 3 /4
of a mile in breadth, extends nearly five miles in length:
it comprises 5033 statute acres, as applotted under
the tithe act, about two-thirds of which are excellent
arable and pasture land, and the remainder is chiefly
reclaimable bog; the state of agriculture is improving.
In the eastern part is a quarry of limestone of superior
quality, used for various purposes, and producing stones
of considerable size which are easily detached, the strata
being regularly disposed one above the other. Magowna,
the residence of Ralph Cullinan, Esq., is situated near
the ruins of the castle of that name, formerly the resi-
dence of Bryan O’Brien. The parish is in the diocese of
Killaloe; the rectory forms part of the rectorial union,
and the vicarage part of the vicarial union, of Dromcliffe.
Of the tithes, amounting to £125, three-fifths are paya-
ble to the rector and the remainder to the vicar. There
is a small glebe of about one acre. In the R. C. divi-
sions it is part of the district of Inagh, and has a chapel,
which is about to be rebuilt. About 90 children are
educated in a school chiefly supported by subscription.
The ruins of the old church still remain in the burial-
ground: at Shallee are the ruins of the castle of that
name, of which no particulars are extant, and there are
several ancient forts or raths.
KILNENER.—See KILLINOR.
KILNERATH, or NEWPORT (St. JOHN’S), a pa-
rish, in the barony of OWNEY and ARRA, county of TIP-
PERARY, and province of MUNSTER, 2 miles (E.) from
Newport, on the upper road to Nenagh; containing
2749 inhabitants. It comprises 5147 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £4180 per
annum; with the exception of an extensive tract of bog,