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rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ardfert and
Aghadoe, and in the patronage of the Bishop; the rectory-
is partly impropriate in J. Hickson, Esq., of Dingle.
The tithes amount to £139. 5. 8., of which £56. 4. 1½.
being the tithes of that part of the parish lying north of
the river Lispole, is payable to the impropriator, and the
remainder to the incumbent. There is a glebe of about
three acres near the churchyard; the clerical duties
are discharged by the incumbent of Cloghane. In the
R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union or
district of Dingle: the chapel for this portion of the
district is on the border of the adjoining parish of
Minard. The ruins of the old church still remain in
the burial-ground near the shore; it has long been the
burial-place of the Hussey family.
KINNEAGH.—See TINTERN.
KINNEGAD, a post-town and district parish, in the
barony of FARBILL, county of WESTMEATH, and pro-
vince of LEINSTER, 8¾ miles (E. S. E.) from Mullingar,
and 29½ (W. by N.) from Dublin, on the road to Ath-
lone; containing 2812 inhabitants, of which number,
670 are in the town. It comprises 115 houses, with a
market-house in the centre, and is a great thorough-
fare. There is a patent for three fairs and a market, but
only one fair is held on the 9th of May. Here is a
constabulary police station, and a dispensary. The liv-
ing is a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Meath, sepa-
rated from the parish of Killucan upwards of 50 years
since, and in the patronage of the Incumbent of Kil-
luean: the curate’s income proceeds from £46. 3. from
the rector of Killucan, £17. 16. from Primate Boulter’s
fund, and 42 acres of land at £41. 1. per annum, with
the glebe-house and offices. The church is a neat
Gothic edifice, for the rebuilding of which the late
Board of First Fruits, in 1822, granted a loan of £1050.
There is a glebe-house, with a glebe of 30 acres, sub-
ject to a rent of £20. In the R. C. divisions it is the
head of a union or district, called also Corralstown,
comprising this parish and part of Clonard, and con-
taining chapels at Kinnegad, Corralstown, and Clonard.
Here is a school, which cost £169, raised by subscrip-
tion and a grant from the lord-lieutenant’s school fund,
to which the Earl of Lanesborough contributes £5
annually: about 150 children are educated in this and
another public school, and about 190 in five private
schools,
KINNEIGH, a parish, in the western division of the
barony of EAST CARBERY, county of CORK, and pro-
vince of MUNSTER, 8 miles (N. W.) from Bandon, on
the mail-car road to Dunmanway; containing 5708 in-
habitants. This parish, which is said to have been
anciently the head of a bishoprick founded by St. Mo-
colmoge, is bounded on the south by the river Ban-
don, and comprises 13,575 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act, and valued at £8204 per annum.
About 10,000 acres are arable, 1300 pasture, 150 wood-
land, and 2000 waste and bog: the land, except towards
the south, is cold, wet, and stony, and the system of
agriculture, except on the farms of resident proprietors,
is in a very unimproved state. The waste land is chiefly
mountainous, but under a better system of husbandry a
great proportion of it might be reclaimedand brought into
profitable cultivation. The substratum is of the schistus
formation, passing abruptly in the northern parts into
every variety of transition rock; and towards the south
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is found slate of good colour and very durable. Near
the village of Inniskeen are two quarries, in which more
than 30 men are constantly employed. The principal
seats are Palac Anne, the residence of A. B. Bernard,
Esq., a stately mansion beautifully situated in the midst
of extensive improvements, and near the junction of
a romantic glen and the vale of Bandon; Fort Robert,
of Mrs. O’Connor, a handsome residence on an eminence
above the vale of Bandon, at the eastern extremity of
the parish; Gardeville, of the Rev. W. Hall; Enniskean
Cottage, of the Rev. W. Sherrard; Killyneas, of the
Rev. I. Murphy; and Connorville, the deserted and
dilapidated family mansion of the O’Connors. Here is
a constabulary police station, and fairs are held in the
villages of Inniskeen and Castletown which see. The
living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Cork, and in the
patronage of the Bishop; the rectory is partly appro-
priate to the vicars choral, and partly forms the union
of Carrigrohane and the corps of the precentorship of
the cathedral of Cork. The tithes amount to £900, of
which £225 is payable to the vicars choral, £225 to the
precentor, and £450 to the vicar. The glebe-house is
an old building; the glebe comprises 47¼ acres. The
church, a small handsome edifice with a low tower and
spire, was erected in 1791, by a gift of £500 from the
late Board of First Fruits, and the Ecclesiastical Commis-
sioners have recently granted £274 for its repair. In
the R. C. divisions the parish is united to one-half of
the parish of Ballymoney; there are two chapels, situ-
ated respectively at Inniskeen and Castletown. About
80 children are taught in two parochial schools, of which
one at Castletown was built by Lord Bandon, who en-
dowed it with two acres of land; the other at Inniskeen
has a house and garden given by the Duke of Devon-
shire; to each the vicar contributes £5 per annum.
There are also five private schools, in which are about
250 children, and a Sunday school. On an isolated
rock of clay-slate, a few yards to the south-west of the
church, is an ancient round tower, 75 feet high and 65
in circumference at the base, from which, for about 16
feet high, its form is hexagonal, and thence to the sum-
mit circular: it was damaged by lightning a few years
since, and towards the south is a fissure from which
several stones have fallen. About half a mile south of
the church is an ancient fort, in the centre of which is
a large flag-stone erect, and there are several of smaller
size scattered over the parish.
KINNITTY, a post-town and parish, in the barony
of BALLYBRITT, KING’S county, and province of LEIN-
STER, 14 miles (W.) from Tullamore, and 64 (S. W.)
from Dublin, on the road to Parsonstown; containing
2567 inhabitants, of which number, 455 are in the town.
This place was the site of a monastery founded in 557
by St. Finian, who became its first abbot, and which
continued to flourish till 839, when it was destroyed by
the Danes. It appears to have been soon restored, for
the annals of Mac Geoghegan notice the abbot Colga
M c Conaghan as dying here in 871; he was considered
the most elegant poet and learned historian of that pe-
riod. The town contains 83 houses neatly built, and
has fairs on Feb. 9th, Ascension-day, June 23rd, Aug.
15th, and Oct. 2nd. A constabulary police force is
stationed here, and petty sessions are held on alternate
Tuesdays. The parish contains some good land, which
is principally under tillage, and there is an extensive