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tillage and partly in pasture, but there are large tracts
of bog and reclaimable mountain, and some fine quarries
of freestone, limestone, and slate. Copper is supposed
to exist at Castlerea, and there is a fine fishery at Baltra.
The principal seats are Castle Lackan, the residence of
C. N. Knox, Esq.; the glebe-house, of the Rev. G. Bir-
mingham; Curramore, of R. Palmer, Esq.; Heathfield,
of O. Bourke, Esq.; and Lissadrone, of A. Pugh, Esq.,
which commands views of the bay of Killala and of the
Sligo, Leitrim, and Donegal mountains, and in the
grounds of which are 9 Danish forts and a very strong
chalybeate spring. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese
of Killala, episcopaily united to those of Templemurry
and Kilcummin, and in the patronage of the Bishop;
the rectory forms the corps of the prebend of Lackan in
the cathedral of Killala. The tithes amount to £220, of
which £100 is payable to the prebendary, and the remain-
der to the vicar: the entire tithes of the benefice amount
to £241. There is a glebe-house, with a glebe of 31a. lr.
The church is a small ancient building. In the R. C.
divisions it is the head of a union or district, comprising
this parish and Kilcummin, and has a chapel at Lackan.
Here is a public school of about 60 children, endowed
with £20 per annum by Mrs. R. Palmer; also a private
school, in which about 80 children are educated.
LACKEEN, a parish, in the barony of ORRERY and
KILMORE, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER,
1¼ mile (w.) from Churchtown, on the road to Liscar-
rol; containing 89 inhabitants. It comprises only the
townlands of Lackeen and Granard, containing 277
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued
at £246. 9.2., as rated for the county cess. The land is
of excellent quality and chiefly in tillage; limestone is
quarried for burning, lime being generally used for
manure, and the state of agriculture has been much
improved. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Cloyne,
forming the corps of the prebend of Lackeen in the ca-
thedral of Cloyne, and in the patronage of the Bishop;
the tithes amount to £31. The occasional duties are
discharged by the curate of Churchtown. In the R. C.
divisions it is part of the union of Liscarrol. The ruins
of the old church still remain in the burial-ground.
LACKEN, a village, in the parish of BOYSTOWN,
barony of LOWER TALBOTSTOWN, county of WICKLOW,
and province of LETNSTER; containing 31 houses and
167 inhabitants. Here is a R. C. chapel for the union
or district of Blackditches.
LADIES’-BRIDGE, a village, in the parish of IGH-
TERMURRAGH, barony of IMOKILLY, county of CORK,
and province of MUNSTER, 1½ mile (S.) from Castle-
Martyr, on the road to Ballyeotton; containing 41
houses and 231 inhabitants. Here is the R. C. chapel
for the union or district of Ightermurragh, Garryvoe,
and Bohilane; near which is a male and female national
school.
LADY’S-ISLAND, county of WEXFORD.—See
MARY’S (ST.).
LADYTOWN, a parish, in the barony of CONNELL,
county of KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER, 2½ miles
(S. W.) from Naas; containing 402 inhabitants. This
parish, which is situated on the river Liffey, comprises
2629 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and
valued at £1683 per annum. It is a vicarage, in the
diocese of Kildare, forming part of the union of Great
Connell; the rectory is impropriate in Sir T. Molyneux,
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Bart., Sir G. Cockburn, K.G.H., and A. Rourke, Esq.
The tithes amount to £95.9.6., of which £63.13. is
payable to the impropriators, and £31. 16. 6. to the
vicar. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or
district of Caragh and Downings.
LAGAN, county of LONGFORD.—See KILGLASS.
LAHINCH, or LAHENZY, a village, in the parish of
KILMANAHEEN, county of CLARE, and province of MUN-
STER, 2 miles (W.) from Ennistymon, on the bay of Lisca-
nor, on the western coast; containing 195 houses and 1033
inhabitants. This place has of late rapidly improved
on account of its fine bathing strand, situated at the
inner extremity of the bay, and much resorted to during
the season. The roads in the vicinity have been greatly
improved, and when the new bridge over the estuary of
the river Inagh between this place and Liscanor shall
be completed, there will be an uninterrupted drive along
the coast from Miltown-Malbay to the cliffs of Moher.
The village affords good accommodation for visiters, and
races are generally held every season for their amusement.
In the vicinity are the natural curiosities called the
“Puffing Holes” and the “Dropping Well;” the former
is described under the head of Miltown-Malbay; the
latter is similar to the dropping well at Knaresborongh,
in Yorkshire: the surrounding scenery is extremely
picturesque and diversified. In the village is the R. C.
chapel for this portion of the district of Ennistymon, in
which a school is held under the superintendence of the
parish priest.
LAMBAY, an island, in the parish of PORTRANE,
barony of NETHERCROSS, county of DUBLIN, and pro-
vince of LEINSTER, 3 miles (E. S. E.) from Rush; con-
taining 100 inhabitants. This island, which is situated
off the eastern coast, appears to have belonged at an
early period to the cathedral establishment of Christ-
Church, Dublin; by license from Edw. VI., in the 5th
of his reign, it was, with the consent of the chapter,
granted by the archbishop to John Chalenor and his
heirs, at a fee-farm rent of £6. 13.4., for the use of a
colony which he had brought to inhabit it, on condition
that within six years he should build a town for the ha-
bitation of fishermen, with a place of defence surrounded
by a wall and ditch, and a convenient harbour for their
boats. In the reign of Elizabeth the island was granted
to Archbishop Ussher, who resided here for a consider-
able time, during which he is said to have written part
of his works; after his decease it was purchased from
his representatives by the family of Talbot, who are its
present proprietors. It is about four miles in circum-
ference, and forms an elevated ridge, with rocky knolls
and cragged brows, strongly contrasting with the flat
sandy shore of the mainland, appearing like the last off-
set of the Wicklow mountains in this direction, and cor-
responding with the detached heights of Ireland’s Eye,
Howth, and Dalkey, at the. opposite extremity. It con-
tains more than 650 plantation acres of land well watered
with numerous streams and susceptible of cultivation, to
which a portion of it has been subjected; it abounds
with rabbits, sea parrots, puffins, and Cornish choughs.
The rocky grounds surrounding the island form a plen-
tiful lobster and crab fishery, and are much frequented
by the Lough Shinny fishermen, who carry on a lucra-
tive trade here. The channel between the island and the
main land at Rush point and Portrane is about three
miles wide; and about 200 yards from the west end is