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KIL
the post-town of Castle-Bellingham, 3254 inhabitants.
A commandery of Knights Templars was founded here
in the 12th century by Matilda de Lacy, which was
granted, in the reign of Edw. II., to the Knights Hos-
pitallers. In 1483, Keating, prior of Kilmainham, ap-
pointed Marmaduke Lomley preceptor, but some time
after threw him into prison, where he died of a broken
heart. According to the Ordnance survey the parish
comprises 3393½ statute acres, of which 3127 are ap-
plotted under the tithe act and valued at £3732 per ann.
The land is of superior quality, and is chiefly under a
good system of tillage; there is neither waste nor bog.
The surrounding scenery is pleasingly diversified, and
the neighbourhood is embellished with several hand-
some seats, among which are Milestown, the residence
of J. Woolsey, Esq.; Greenmount, of T. Macan, Esq.;
Maine, of B. B. Stafford, Esq.; and Kilsaran, of M.
Chester, Esq. The living is a rectory, in the diocese
of Armagh, united by statute of the 9th of Anne, cap.
12, to the rectory of Gernonstown, and in the patronage
of J. M c Clintock, Esq.: the tithes of this parish amount
to £359. 1.6.; and the value of the union, including
tithes and glebe, is £544. 16. 10. The glebe-house was
built about 70 years since by Mrs. Spencer; the glebe
comprises 19½ acres of profitable land, valued at £39
per ann. The church of the union is at Castle-Belling-
ham. In the R. C. divisions this is the head of a
union or district, comprising the parishes of Kilsaran,
Gernonstown, and Stabannon, and containing chapels
at Kilsaran and Stabannon, of which the former is a
large building adjoining the ruins of the ancient church.
The parochial school is aided by an annual donation of
£10 from the rector; adjoining the R. C. chapel is a
national school; and there are also a female and an
infants’ school, supported by subscriptions: about 320
children are educated in these schools.
KILSCANLAN, a parish, in the barony of BANTRY,
county of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER, 5
miles (S. E.) from New Ross, near the road to Wexford;
containing 333 inhabitants. This parish comprises 1129
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, which are
chiefly under tillage. It is an impropriate cure, in the
diocese of Ferns, forming part of the union of St. Mary’s,
New Ross; the rectory is a part of the mensal of the
bishop, who pays the impropriate curate 40s. late cur-
rency per ann. for the discharge of the clerical duties;
the tithes amount to £43. 16. 11. In the R. C. divi-
sions it forms part of the union or district of Old
Ross.
KILSCANNEL, a parish, in the barony of LOWER
CONNELLO, county of LIMERICK, and province of MUN-
STER, 1½ mile (W. S. W.) from Rathkeale; containing
1031 inhabitants. It comprises 3141 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act: the soil is of superior
quality, being based on a substratum of limestone;
about one-half of the land is under an excellent system
of tillage, producing abundant crops; and the remainder
is rich meadow and grazing land, affording plentiful
pasture to great numbers of milch cows. There are
several large dairy farms, and great quantities of butter
are sent hence to Cork and Limerick for exportation.
The principal gentlemen’s seats are Elm Hill, the hand-
some residence of I. Studdert, Esq.; and Kilsconnell
House, of R. L. Condon, Esq.: there are also several sub-
stantial and well-built farm-houses, occupied by highly
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respectable farmers. The living is a rectory and vica-
rage, in the diocese of Limerick, forming part of the
corps of the chancellorship of the cathedral of Limerick:
the tithes amount to £210. The glebe comprises 12
acres of profitable land in two detached portions. The
church, for the repair of which the Ecclesiastical Com-
missioners have recently granted £115, is a very neat
edifice with a square embattled tower, and was erected
in 1822, by a gift of £600 from the late Board of First
Fruits. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of
the unions of Ardagh and Rathkeale. There is a place
of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. About 50 children
are taught in the parochial school, for which a neat
school-house with a residence for the master and mis-
tress was built by subscription in 1825. Near the
present church are some remains of the ancient struc-
ture.
KILSCORAN, a parish, in the barony of FORTH,
county of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER, 1 mile
(N.) from Broadway; containing 626 inhabitants. This
parish, which is situated on the shore of Greenore bay
on the eastern coast, comprises 2103 statute acres, as ap-
plotted under the tithe act: the land is principally under
a gradually improving system of tillage; sea-weed, which
is found in abundance on the shore, is the principal
manure. Building-stone of tolerable quality is found at
Kishough Cross. In the bay, during moderate weather,
or with westerly winds, a vessel may ride in safety
on the south side in two or three fathoms of water. Hill
Castle, the seat of G. M. Dance, Esq., occupies a com-
manding situation and forms a conspicuous and in-
teresting feature in the surrounding landscape. The
living is a rectory, in the diocese of Ferns, united from
time immemorial to the rectories of Tacumshane, Bally-
more, Killilane, and Rosslare, the vicarage of Kilrane,
and the impropriate curacy of St. Margaret’s, together
forming the union of Kilscoran, also called Tacum-
shane, and the corps of the chancellorship of Ferns, in
the patronage of the Bishop. The tithes amount to
£226.17. 10½., and of the entire benefice, to £987.10.5¾.
The glebe-house is a handsome and spacious residence;
the glebe comprises 15¾ acres exclusively of about 9
acres in the other parishes of the union. The church, a
neat structure, was built by a loan of £600 from the late
Board of First Fruits, in 1818, and was recently re-
paired by a grant of £157 from the Ecclesiastical Com-
missioners. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms
part of the union or district of Tagoat. About 60 chil-
dren are taught in the parochial school, which is sup-
ported by the rector, Dr. Elrington, who allows the
master £20 per annum, and at whose expense the school-
house, a neat rustic building, was erected.
KILSEILY, a parish, in the barony of TULLA, county
of CLARE, and province of MUNSTER, 9 miles (W. by
S.) from Killaloe, on the road toEnnis; containing 4227
inhabitants. It comprises 10,008 statute acres, as ap-
plotted under the tithe act; about 7600 are good arable
land under an improving system of tillage, and the re-
mainder mountain pasture and bog. Good building-
stone of a gritty quality is found in the parish; and at
Ardskegh, Hurlston, and Lyssane are quarries of
slate, the produce of which is extensively used in Limer-
ick and Ennis. The principal seats are Woodfield,
that of C. Walker, Esq.; Hurlston, of J. Bently,
Esq.; and Violet Hill, of J. Goring, Esq. Lake Doon