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in several parts and quarried chiefly for burning. The
principal seats are Tullamore House, the residence of C.
Julian, Esq.; Gurtinard, of S. E. Collis, Esq.; Dromin
House, of Jas. Raymond, Esq.; Grenville, of W. G.
Sandes, Esq.; Bedford House, of S. S. Raymond, Esq.;
and Ennismore, of J. F. Hewson, Esq. Ballinruddery,
the seat of the Right Hon. Maurice Fitzgerald, Knight
of Kerry, is partly within this parish, but chiefly in that
of Finuge, under which head it is described. A new
road to Abbeyfeale and Newmarket was completed in
1829, under the superintendence of Mr. Griffith, the
Government Engineer, which has been productive of
great benefit to the district through which it passes, and
in conjunction with the Government roads recently
completed on the confines of the counties of Kerry,
Cork, and Limerick, will contribute much to the im-
provement of this neighbourhood.
It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ardfert and Agha-
doe, forming part of the union of Aghavallin; the rec-
tory is impropriate in Thos. Anthony Stoughton, Esq.
The tithes amount to £197- 10. 8., of which one-half is
payable to the impropriator and the other to the vicar.
The church, which is the principal one in the union, is a
handsome structure in the later English style, with a
square tower surmounted by a neat spire, and is
strengthened with buttresses terminating in pinnacles;
it was erected by aid of a gift of £500 and a loan of
£1000 from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1819;
the area surrounding the church which is enclosed by a
neat iron railing, is about to be enlarged and planted. In
the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union
or district comprising also portions of the parishes of
Finuge, Galey, Dysart, Duagh, and Kilshinane. The
chapel was built at an expense of £2000 on a site at the
south-western angle of the square, given by the Earl of
Listowel; it is a handsome and spacious cruciform struc-
ture, with a good portico, and the altar-piece is richly
embellished. The parochial school, in which about 60
children are taught, is partly supported by the incum-
bent; there are two private schools, in which are about
50 children; and a large national school-house, with
apartments for a master and mistress, is about to be
erected. There is a dispensary in the town. Some very
interesting portions still remain of the ancient castle,
the front of which occupies part of the western side of
the square, and formerly extended to the river; but the
rear, which contained some noble apartments, was taken
down several years since. The two square towers in the
front are, near their summits, connected by an arch,
which, from its great elevation, has a very imposing effect;
and in the wall is a projecting stone with the remains
of a sculptured face, supposed to have been a portrait
of McElligot, the architect. The castle formerly be-
longed to the family of Fitzmaurice, of Duagh, to whose
ancestors it was granted by Hen. II., together with the
lands of Lixnaw and Clanmaurice; and the manorial
rights were purchased from the late Earl of Kerry by
the father of the present Earl of Listowel, who takes his
title from this place. The ruins of the old church and
the burial-ground adjoin the Tarbert road, in the
vicinity of the town.
LITTER, or CASTLEHYDE, a parish, partly in the
barony of CONDONS and GLONGIBBONS, but chiefly in
that of FERMOY, county of CORK, and province of
MUNSTER, 2 miles (W. by N.) from Fermoy, on the road
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to Mallow; containing 1926 inhabitants. This parish,
anciently called Carrigneady, is situated on the river
Blackwater, by which it is divided into two nearly equal
parts, and comprises 5154½ statute acres, as rated for
the county cess, and valued at £4312 per annum. The
land is in general good and chiefly under tillage, and the
state of agriculture has of late years been much im-
proved, chiefly through the exertions of the late John
Hyde, Esq.; there is but little waste land and no bog.
A substratum of limestone extends to the north, and
one of a brown or greyish kind of stone to the south, of
the river, both of which are worked either for building
or repairing the roads; and the limestone is also exten-
sively burnt for manure. On the south side of the
Blackwater is a flour-mill worked by a mountain stream
which runs through a finely-wooded glen. A court for
the manor of Castlehyde is occasionally held by the se-
neschal, for the recovery of debts not exceeding 40s., late
currency. The principal seat is Castlehyde, the spacious
and handsome mansion of John Hyde, Esq., beautifully
situated on the northern margin of the Blackwater,
in the midst of a highly picturesque and richly-wooded
demesne extending on both sides of the river, of which
it forms one of the most attractive scenes. Within the
demesne, which spreads into the adjoining parish of
Fermoy, are the ivied ruins of the ancient castle, which
at a former period, gave name to the parish; and the
river was here formerly crossed by a wooden bridge, in
lieu of which there is now a ferry a little to the east of
its site. The other seats are Creg, the residence of Col.
Stewart; and Templenoe, of W. Lane Hyde, Esq.: at
Creg is also the residence of the Rev. S. Adams. The
living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Cloyne; part of the rectory is in the gift of J. Hyde,
Esq., the remainder being impropriate in John Nason,
Esq.: the vicarage is in the patronage of the Bishop.
The tithes amount to £681, of which £288 is payable to
the impropriator, and the remainder to the incumbent:
there is no glebe-house or glebe. The church, a small
but handsome structure with a tower and spire, stands
in the demesne of Castlehyde, of which it forms an inte-
resting feature: it was built in 1812, on the site of the
ancient edifice, partly at Mr. Hyde’s expense, aided by a
gift of £400 and a loan of £363 from the late Board
of First Fruits, and has since been much improved from
a design by G. R. Pain, of Cork, Esq.; the interior is
embellished with a richly groined ceiling and most of the
windows are of stained glass. In the R. C. divisions the
parish, (with the exception of the village of Templenoe,
which is within the district of Ballyhooley) forms part
of the union or district of Fermoy About 30 children
are educated in two private schools. At Creg are the
ruins of a castle, said to have been built by the Condons,
consisting of a lofty square tower, still nearly entire;
and near the border of Killathy parish are the ruins of
the castle of Bally-Mac Philip.
LITTERLUNA.—See LETTERLUNA.
LITTERMORE, an island, in the parish of KIL-
LANIN, barony of MOYCULLEN, county of GALWAY, and
province of CONNAUGHT, 24 miles (W. N. W.) from Gal-
way, on the western coast: the population is returned
with the parish. It is situated on the eastern side of
the bay of Kilkerrin, and at the extremity of that of
Greatman’s, and comprises about 500 acres, of which 80
consist of arable land, and the remainder of bog and pas-
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