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KIL
KILSHANNY, a parish, in the barony of CORCOM-
ROE, county of CLARE, and province of MUNSTER, 2¼
miles (N.) from Ennistymon, on the road to Kilfenora;
containing 2013 inhabitants. Here was formerly a cell
to the abbey of Corcomroe, which at the dissolution
was, with its appurtenances, mills, and fisheries, granted
to Robert Hickman. The parish comprises 9349 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and chiefly under
tillage: there is a considerable portion of bog. A court
for the manor of Corcomroe is occasionally held by the
seneschal at Kilshanny, for the recovery of small debts.
It is a rectory, in the diocese of Kilfenora, partly ap-
propriate to the deanery, but chiefly impropriate in
R. M. G. Adams, Esq.: the tithes amount to £158, of
which £150 is payable to the impropriator, and the
remaining £8, being the tithes of the townland of Bally-
macrenan, to the dean. In the R. C. divisions this
parish is held separately and gives name to the district:
the chapel is at Kilshanny. In a school under the
superintendence of the R. C. clergyman about 90, and
in a private school about 70, children are educated. At
Smithstown, a seat of Viscount Powerscourt, are the
ruins of an ancient castle.
KILSHARVAN, a parish, in the barony of LOWER
DULEEK, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER,
3 miles (S.) from Drogheda, on the road to the Naul;
containing 487 inhabitants, of which 169 are in the
hamlet, which contains about 30 houses. It comprises
2061 statute acres, of which about 40 are woodland and
100 waste: the land is of moderately good quality, and
is almost equally divided between pasture and tillage.
Here is plenty of limestone; and on the Nanny water
are extensive bleach-works, the property of A. Arm-
strong, Esq., contiguous to whose tastefully laid out
grounds are the picturesque ruins of the old church, the
burial-ground of which is still used. The other princi-
pal seats are Mount Hanover, the residence of J. Ma-
thews, Esq.; Cooper Hill, of J. Cooper, Esq.; and
Annagor, of P. Mathews, Esq. It is a vicarage, in the
diocese of Meath, forming part of the union of Colpe;
the rectory is partly impropriate in G. Pepper, Esq.,
and partly appropriate to the vicarage. The tithes
amount to £110, of which £74 is payable to the im-
propriator, and £36 to the vicar. There is a glebe of
3½ acres, valued at £12 per annum. In the R. C. divi-
sions it forms part of the union or district of St. Mary’s,
Drogheda. A bequest of £10 per ann. was made by the
late H. Smith, Esq., to the poor of this parish and Colpe.
KILSHEELAN, a parish, partly in the barony of
UPPERTHIRD, county of WATERFORD, but chiefly in
that of IFFA and OFFA EAST, county of TIPPERARY,
and province of MUNSTER, 5 miles (W. N. W.) from
Carrick-on-Suir, on the road from Clonmel to Water-
ford; containing 1531 inhabitants, of which number,
283 are in the county of Waterford. The village com-
prises 57 houses and 290 inhabitants, and is a consta-
bulary police station. Here is a bridge over the river
Suir. The principal seats are Newtown Anner, the resi-
dence of Lady Osborne; Landscape, of — Congreve,
Esq.; and Gurteen, of E. Power, Esq., of which only
the stables are yet built. Adjoining the magnificent
woods of this demesne, which contains a cromlech, is a
large ravine composed of strata of red sandstone, white
silicious sandstone, and soft slaty rock, which decom-
poses into a pure yellow ochreous earth. It is a vicar-
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KIL
age, in the diocese of Lismore, united to the rectory of
Kilmurry, and in the gift of the Marquess of Ormonde,
in whom the rectory is impropriate. The tithes amount
to £380. 11. 11., of which £250. 7. 2. is payable to the
vicar, and the remainder to the impropriator; the tithes
of the benefice amount to £754. 19. 1. In the R. C.
divisions it forms part of the union or district of Kil-
grant or Riverstown, and contains a chapel. About 80
children are educated in two schools, one of which is
principally supported by Lady Osborne. The late W.
Power, Esq., of Ballydino, left 30 acres of land and
£5000 for the establishment of an almshouse, which is
not yet finished. Here are some remains of the ancient
church and of a castle, also a large moat.
KILSHINANE, or KILLISHANE, a parish, in the
barony of CLANMAURICE, county of KERRY, and pro-
vince of MUNSTER, 5 miles (S.) from Listowel, on the
road to Castleisland, containing 1668 inhabitants. It
is bounded on the south-east by the Knockfodery, or
Lackfodery, mountains; and consists chiefly of moun-
tain pasture and bog: coal exists, but has not been
worked. It is in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe;
the rectory is impropriate in the Earl of Cork, and the
vicarage forms part of the union of Kilflyn. The tithes,
amounting to £149.15.2., are payable in equal portions
to the impropriator and the vicar. In the R. C. divi-
sions the parish is partly included in the district of
Listowel, but chiefly in that of Lixnaw. The ruins of
the old church still exist in the burial-ground, near
which is a holy well, resorted to by the peasantry for
devotional purposes.
KILSHINE, a parish, in the barony of MORGAL-
LION, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER,
7 miles (N. by W.) from Navan, on the road from
Dublin to Kingscourt; containing 654 inhabitants.
This parish was the scene of a skirmish during the dis-
turbances of 1798. It comprises 1369 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act, three-fourths of which
are under a good system of tillage; there is some bog.
Petty sessions are held at George’s Cross every Mon-
day. Mountainstown House, the handsome residence
of A. H. C. Pollock, Esq., is situated in a fine demesne
of 300 plantation acres. The living is a rectory, in the
diocese of Meath, united by act of council in 1809 to
the rectory of Clongill, and in the patronage of the
Crown and the Bishop, the former having one turn and
the latter two. Although the rectories are thus nomi-
nally united, they are held by two incumbents. The
tithes amount to £92. 6. 2., and the value of the bene-
fice is £284 per annum. The church, which is a very neat
structure with a spire, was rebuilt by a gift of £800
from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1815. The
glebe-house is in Clongill, where there is a glebe of 21
acres, valued at £63 per annum, besides a glebe in this
parish of 7 acres, valued at £21. In the R. C. divi-
sions it forms part of the union or district of Cas-
tletown-Kilpatrick. There is a national school, in which
about 90 children are educated, and to which Sir W.
Plunket de Bathe, Bart., subscribes £15 per annum,
besides allowing a house and ground.
KILSILLAGH, a parish, in the barony of IBANE
and BARRYROE, county of CORK, and province of
MUNSTER, 6 miles (S. E. by S.) from Clonakilty; con-
taining 166 inhabitants. This small parish, which is
entirely surrounded by the parish of Lislee, comprises
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