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KIL
goghlin. The tithes amount to £312. 10., of which
£208. 6. 8. is payable to the vicar, and £104. 3. 4. to
the prebendary. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the
union or district of Strokestown, and has a chapel. It is
in contemplation to build a Presbyterian meeting-house.
About 60 children are educated in a public, and 130 in
three private schools. Here are the remains of a
monastery, the burial-ground of which is still much
used, also of a castle, which belonged to O’Connor Roe;
and a well, dedicated to St. Patrick.
KILTUBRID, a parish, in the barony and county of
LEITRIM, and province of CONNAUGHT, 7 miles (N. E.)
from Carrick-on-Shannon, on the road to Ballinamore;
containing 6508 inhabitants. It comprises 12,088
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, including
60 of woodland, besides 2429 acres of bog and moun-
tain: the land is chiefly under spade husbandry. On
the northern side of Slieve-an-irin iron ore is found in
the beds of the mountain streams, and limestone on
their banks; and on the south and west sides are indi-
cations of rich beds of that metal. Thick strata of it
are also visible in the beds of Barnameena and the
neighbouring cataracts. Under the south and west
brow of Slieve-an-irin is a stratum of coal, and large
and deep beds of pipe-clay and yellow ochre are found
in the channels of several of the mountain streams,
particularly about Aughacashel, intermingled with flinty
gravel or silicious sand. Near the top of the mountain
at Aughacashel is a large mass of heavy, smooth, pea-
green, viscous earth, intermixed with sparkling yellow
sand, of which there is a great quantity about two miles
north westward. Freestone is abundant, and here are
some sulphureous springs. Remains of several disused
furnaces are visible near the mountain, and under its
brow is a deep cavity, in which the waters disappear
and emerge about a mile to the west of its base. Here
are several lakes; one is much resorted to from a belief
that the water will cure the erysipelas. The principal
seats are Loughscur, the residence of R. M c Namara,
Esq.; Annadale, of W. Randal Slacke, Esq.; Driney, of
G. H. C. Peyton, Esq.; Laheen, of J. Reynolds Peyton,
Esq.; and Aughacashel, of J, Johnston, Esq., near
which coal is partially worked by the peasantry. The
living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ardagh,
and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount
to £248. The glebe-house was erected by aid of a loan
of £530 from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1825:
the glebe comprises 470 acres, about three-fourths of
which are unprofitable land. The church is a plain
building, erected, by aid of a gift of £440 from the same
Board, in 1785; and recently repaired by a grant of
£168 from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The R. C.
parish is co-extensive with that of the Established
Church, and is also called Cashcarrigan; there is a
chapel on the townland of Rosgarbon. About 750
children are educated in six public schools, to one of
which Lord Southwell subscribes £7, and to another
£6. 6. per annum. On an island in Lough Scur, are
the remains of Castle John, which was built by John
Reynolds in the reign of Elizabeth, and was frequently
attacked by the O’Rourkes; and on another island are
the ruins of a square fortress, which was used for a
prison by the Reynolds family. In Mr. M c Namara’s
demesne is a cromlech, called by the peasantry Leaba
Dearmud i Graine, or “Darby and Graine’s Bed, or
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KIL
Altar.” There are some remains of an old church, with
a burial-ground attached.
KILTULLAGH, a parish, partly in the barony of
KILCONNELL, but chiefly in that of ATHENRY, county
of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 3 miles (E.
by S.) from Athenry, on the road to Loughrea; con-
taining 3069 inhabitants. A cell of the third order
of Franciscans was founded here prior to the year 1441.
The parish comprises 4870 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act, and is moderately well cultivated.
Kiltullagh House is the seat of J. D’Arcy, Esq., in whose
demesne is a fine chalybeate spring. It is a vicarage,
in the diocese of Clonfert, forming part of the union of
Kilconickny; the rectory is appropriate to the bishop-
rick, deanery, and archdeaconry of Clonfert, and to the
vicarage. The tithes amount to £204. 11., of which
£23. 1. 6½. is payable to the Ecclesiastical Commis-
sioners, £4. 12. 3. to the dean, £32. 6. 1¾. to the arch-
deacon, and £144. 11. 0¾. to the vicar. In the R. C.
divisions it is the head of a union or district, comprising
the parishes of Kiltullagh and Killimordaly, in each of
which is a chapel. There is a Dominican convent at
Esker, consisting of seven friars: it is pleasantly situ-
ated, and the chapel has a handsome spire. Connected
with it is a school of about 600 children, 50 of whom
are clothed and many of them fed. There are also
a private school, in which about 120 children are edu-
cated, and a Sunday school.
KILTULLAGH, a parish, in the barony of BALLIN-
TOBBER, county of ROSCOMMON, and province of CON-
NAUGHT, 5¼ miles (W. by S.) from Castlerea, on the
road to Tuam; containing 7106 inhabitants. A monas-
tery for Franciscan friars of the order de Pcenitentia
was erected here soon after the year 1441. About a
quarter of the parish is bog; the remainder is arable
and pasture land, with about 30 acres of plantation,
principally at Coshla, the sporting-lodge of W. R. Wills,
Esq. Here is much limestone and sandstone, and the
valleys abound with iron ore, which was formerly smelt-
ed, as is evident from the existence of an old furnace.
Here is an excellent chalybeate spring. The living is a
rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Tuam, united by
act of parliament, in 1711, to the rectories and vicar-
ages of Aghavower, Annagh, Becan, Knock, and Tem-
pletogher, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the
tithes amount to £227. 6. ll½., and of the benefice to
£775. 7. 8¾. There is no glebe-house; the glebe com-
prises 3a. 26p. The church is a neat building, erected
about 1826 by a loan of £700 from the late Board of
First Fruits. The R. C. parish is co-extensive with that
of the Established Church, and has chapels at Garran-
lahan and Cloonfad. There are two public schools, to
one of which the rector subscribes £5, and W. R. Wills,
Esq., £4 annually, and the latter gentleman is erecting a
school-house near the church; to the other Mrs. Wills
subscribes £2 per annum. About 120 children are
educated in these schools, and about 830 in eight pri-
vate schools.
KILTURK, a parish, in the barony of BARGY, county
of WEXFORD,and province of LEINSTER, 9 miles (S.by W.)
from Wexford, on the road to Kilmore; containing 817
inhabitants. This parish is situated at the western ex-
tremity of the lake of Tacumshane, and extends to the
sea, by which it is bounded on the south. It comprises
1954 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act,
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