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to Michael Andrews, Esq., of Ardoyne, in which the
elegant royal damasks from the Ardoyne manufactory
are finished, to the number of more than 10,000 pieces
annually, affording constant employment to 25 persons.
A constabulary police force is stationed here. The
living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Connor, united
by charter of Jas. I. to the rectory of Ballynure and
the vicarage of Templecorran, together forming the
union and corps of the prebend of Kilroot in the cathe-
dral of Connor, and in the patronage of the Bishop;
the rectory is impropriate in the Marquess of Donegal.
The tithes amount to £151. 6. 7., of which £101 is
payable to the impropriator, and £50. 6. 7. to the vicar;
those of the entire benefice amount to £560. There is
neither glebe-house nor glebe. The church has been in
rains for more than 200 years; the church of the union
is at Ballynure. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms
part of the union or district of Carrickfergus and Larne.
A school for girls was built and is supported by Mrs.
Dobbs; and a school-house was built in 1836, which is
in connection with the New Board of Education. A
nitrous spring rises in abed of marly clay in the parish,
the water of which has an aperient quality. Dean
Swift held the prebend of Kilroot, which was his first
preferment.
KILROSS, or KILRASSE, a parish, in the barony
TIRAGHRILL, county of SLIGO, and province of CON-
NAUGHT, 2½ miles (E.) from Collooney, on the road to
Dromahaire; containing 1669 inhabitants. The church
of the Holy Trinity, or Athmoy, was built here for
Premonstratensian Canons, brought from Lough Kee
by Clarus Mac Moylin O’Moillchonry, archdeacon of
Elphin, in the 13th century: the outer walls still re-
main, with a burial-place attached. The parish com-
prises 1426 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe
act, and contains abundance of limestone. Castle
Dargan is the seat of J. Ormsby, Esq., and near it are
the ruins of an ancient castle. It is a vicarage, in the
diocese of Elphin, forming part of the union of Boyle;
the rectory is impropriate in Viscount Lorton. The
tithes amount to £82. 10. 9., of which £41 is payable
to the impropriator, and £41. 10. 9. to the vicar. In
the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district
of Sowey. There are two public schools, in which
140 children are educated, and a private school of
about 40.
KILROSSANTY, a parish, in the barony of DECIES-
WITHOUT-DRUM, county of WATERFORD, and province
of MUNSTER, 5 miles (W. S. W.) from Kilmacthomas,
on the old road from Waterford to Dungarvan. This
parish comprises 16,196 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act; the soil is generally of an inferior
quality, and there are about 1000 acres of bog. It
extends from the eastern base of the Cummeragh moun-
tains, and includes the hamlets of Cummeragh and
Glendaligan. The principal seats are Roxborough, the
residence of Col. Wray Palliser; Mount Kennedy, of
E. Kennedy, Esq.; and Brook Lodge, of J. Ryall, Esq.
Fairs are held at Ballycaroge on the 2nd and 21st of
October. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of
Lismore, and in the gift of the Bishop, who also pre-
sents to the rectory, which forms the corps of the
prebend of Kilrossanty in the cathedral of Lismore:
the tithes amount to £600, of which £400 is payable to
the prebendary, and £200 to the vicar. The glebe-
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house was erected by aid of a gift of £100 and a loan
of £314 from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1818;
the glebe comprises 14 acres. The church was built in
1810, by a gift of £500 from the same Board, and has
been recently repaired by a grant of £240 from the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners. In the R. C. divisions it
is the head of a union or district, comprising this parish
and Fews, in each of which is a chapel. There is a
public school of about 20 children, to which Col. Pal-
liser subscribes £40 annually, besides giving the school-
house: and near the R. C. chapel a commodious school-
house has been recently erected by subscription, on a
site given by Pierse G. Barron, Esq., in which about 70
children are educated. There are also three private
schools, in which are about 250 children. In the bed
of a stream is a detached fragment of rock split
through, called Clough Lowris, or “the speaking stone”
At Barnakile are some remains of a castle, and there
was one at Ballycaroge belonging to the Walsh
family.
KILRUANE, a parish, partly in the barony of
LOWER ORMOND, but chiefly in that of UPPER OR-
MOND, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER,
2¼ miles (N. E.) from Nenagh, on the road to Parsons-
town; containing 1384 inhabitants. It comprises 3726
statute acres, principally under tillage; the drill system
of agriculture is general. There are some limestone
quarries, and a bog of about 50 acres. The principal
seats are Rapla, the residence of W. C. Crawford, Esq.;
Rathurlys, of T. Brereton, Esq.; Ballinware, of J. Otway,
Esq.; and Claremont, of F. Evans, Esq. The living is a
rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Killaloe, and in
the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to
£198. 8. 2. The church, which is a neat structure, was
built by a gift of £800 from the late Board of First
Fruits, in 1822. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms
part of the union or district of Cloghjordan, and con-
tains a chapel. There is a private school of about 50
children. In the demesne of Rathurlys there are the
remains of a circular castle and of a Danish rath,
covering about two acres, in which are the picturesque
ruins of the old church; and near it are the remains
of a druidical altar,
KILRUSH, a sea-port, market and post-town, and
a parish, in the barony of MOYARTA, county of CLARE,
and province of MUNSTER, 21 miles (S. W.) from Ennis,
and 130¼ (S. W.) from Dublin; containing 9732 in-
habitants, of which number, 3996 are in the town. This
town is pleasantly situated on the northern shore of the
estuary of the Shannon, about 15 miles from its mouth,
and on the creek to which it gives name, and to the
convenience of which for export trade it owes its present
importance. It is neatly built, and consists of a market-
square insersected from east to west by a spacious street,
from which smaller streets branch off; the total num-
ber of houses, in 1831, was 712, since which time
several others have been added. The principal streets
are well paved and flagged; and the roads in the vicinity
have been greatly improved within the last few years.
The manufactures of the town and neighbourhood,
chiefly for home consumption, are friezes, flannels,
stockings, strong sheetings, and a serviceable kind of
narrow linen, called bandle cloth. There are works for
refining rock salt for domestic use, a tanyard, a soap
manufactory, and a manufactory for nails. The chief