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240 RINCURRAN.-RINGRONE. [ CORK. average of communicants, 70. 59 children attend a Church Education school. The Protestant population is 260. The rentcharge is X346 3s. The land is worth £4. Total annual value, £350 3s. per an. without residence. Achilles Daunt (grandson of Isaac Heard, late M.F. for Kinsale), was a Scholar, T.C.D. in 1852, and graduated A.B. in 1856. He was ordained in 1855. He married on 24th February, 1863, Catherine Mary, eldest dau. of the late Rev. John Leslie, R. Kilcredan, Cloyne. RINGRONE. 1291. " Eccia de Ruion Xmr." [Tax P. Nic.] 1542. DOMINUS WALTER YONG, Rector de Rinron, is mentioned in a deed concerning the advowson of Inishannon, dated Oct. 15, 1542. [Browne MSS.] 15-? THOMAS GEROD. R. Ringrone. He died in 1571. He was, from 1558 to 1571, Vicar of Kinsale also. "In dei noie amen. Visis cognitis et intellectis meritis circumstanciis causm controvercim seu contentionis motor inter Reverendum patrem Ricardum Cork et Clonem Episcopum ex una parte, allegantem Ecclesiam de Corrowraine Cork dioc. simpliciter et mere sum else collacois, et superiorem consilium et comitatem villm de Kinsale, quibus non competit jus patronatus Ecclim parochialis de Rinrone, parte ex altera, allegantes dictam Eccliam de Corrowraine capellam et parcellam esse ejusdem Ecclim de Rinrone et ita esse et fuisse et longissimi temporis prescriptionem de quo aliter non existet memoria hominum . Verum quia, &c., allegationem superioris, &c., de Kinsale fundatam esse de jure et fuisse veram idcirco nos Magister Pat. Roche, Archd. Cork et Clon. ac Leonardns Palmer generos. general Commissarii seu Aciales curiarurn et causarum ecclesiasticaruni, &c., declaramus dictam Eccliam de Corrowraine esse et fuisse capellan ad Eccliam de Rinrone spectantem, &c. 12 die October, 1570.-(Signed), PATBICIUS, Archidiaconus, LEO PALMER." [Browne MSS. fol. 16.] 1571. January 20. THOMAS BROCKLEY is presented to the Rectory of Ringrone by the Sovereign, Council, and Burgesses of Kinsale. " Reverendis magistris decano et capitulo Ecclim Corck, seu vicariis generalibus pro dispositione Juris vel per capitulum sede vacante deputatis,-nos RoBERTus MIAGHE, Superior villm de Kinsafl, Consilium, Burgenses et coitas ejusdem saltim. Cum ad nos jus presentandi idoneam personam ad rectoriam ecclim parochialis de Rynerone nuno ad p'sens de jure et de facto per mortem Dni Thomas Gerod ultimi inibi incumbentis vacantem spectare dignoscitur , vris disc re tionibus dileetum CORK.] RINGRONE. 241 nobis in christo daunt Thomam Brockley vicarium ejusdem pntamus . Rogantes quatenus ipsum ad eandem Rectorianl admittent ac cetera qum in hac p'te vro incumbent officio facere dignemini , cum omni favore, vel a vobis fieri expectamus. Datum spud Kinsale vicessimo die Januarii, Ao. 1571. Sub testimonio nri communis sigilli. Registered the xxvij of Feb- ruarie." [First Book of Cork Registry, fol. 15.] 1580. May 14. ALEXANDER MEAGHE , the Rector of Rinrone, is also . admitted Rector of Innishannon, q. v. 1591 . ROBERT STURTON (Dean of Ross, q. v.), appears as R. V. Ringrone "cum Capella Killorem-Ecclia de Borrowrane Capella de Rinerone Anexa." [MS. T.C.D. E. 3. 14.] 1615. Rinrone Rector (non residens) JOHANNES IRISH (R. V. Rathcormack, Cloyne, q. v.), minister et predicator. HENRY HussEY, A.M., minister et predicator eat Vicarius. Tenet etiam R. do Templetrine et Killanedy (Ballinadee ). Val. 16 li. Ecclesia et cancella de Ringrone bene repantur cum libris et aliis necessariis. Val. 30 li. per an. [R.V.R.I.A.} 1626. June 22. HELICIAS HUSSEY, A.M., is admitted Vicar deRingrone, and Treasurer of Cork, q. v. [1628. JOHN JEFFRAY was presented, but not, I think, admitted, to the Parsonage of Ringrone and Ballinadee, q. v.] 1634. R. de Rinrone, John Irish. The Earl of Cork had the presentation from the Lord Courcey, and did present the said Irish unto the said benefice, and did agree with hym uppon the said presentation that the said Irish should have IV li. per an. for serving the cure, and the Earl of Cork 55 li. per . an. It is leased by the Earl of Cork to Hesiah Hussey, of Bandonbridge, for 60 li. per an. Vicar ibm. Hilsbias Hussey. Val. 25 Ii. per an. Epus confert. [R.V. 1634.] 1634. August 31. THOMAS FULLER, or FULwAR, is admitted Rector do Ringrone. [F.F.] In 1639 he was also Chancellor of Cork, q. v. 1634. December 22. Fuller is presented to Vicarage of Ringrone, with clause of union pro hac vice tantum to the Rectory of Ringrone now held by him. [Lib. Mun.] Fuller appears in V. B. of 1639, with Barnabas Honnychurch as Curate. "Ecclia bene et ornata." [V.B. D.R.] In 1641 Fuller became Bishop of Ardfert, retaining Ringrone in commeudam ; and in 1661 he was made Archbishop Cashel. of 1661. August 31. THOMAS HACKET is appointed R. V. Ringrone and Dean of Cork, q. v. 166-? SAMUEL HINDS, or FINDE , R. V. Ringrone. 1665. August 20. WILLIAM PORTMAN, D.D., is instituted R. V. Rinroan, per desertionem Samuelis Hinde (ffinde ?), on presentation of the Sovereign and Burgesses of Kinsale , to the Rectory, Vicaria in coll. Bpi. [V.B. 1669.] Portman was (also R. Dunderrow, q. v. He appears at the visitation of 1675. R
2 42 RINGRONE . [ CORK. 1675/6. January 22. PETERHEWITT, R. V. Ringrone, and Chancellor of Cork. [F.F.] In 1710 he became Precentor of Cork, V. Feb. 8, 1676. THOMAS WARD is presented to Rectory of Ringrone. [Lib. Mun.] But he does not appear in the visitation books. He was afterwards Dean of Connor. 1720. May 26. JONATHAN SMEDLEY , A.M., is admitted Rector do Ringrone, per mortem Petri Hewitt, on presentation of Gerald, Lord K insale, dated 30th April, 1720. [D.R.] Jonathan, son of John Smedley, was born in Dublin, and entered T.C.D. as Pensioner on 18th September, 1689, when eighteen years old. From 1709 to 1720 he was R . Rincurran ; and in 1720 was appointed R. Ringrone, which he held for a very short time. From 1718 to 1724 he was Dean of Killala; and from 1724 to 1727 Dean of Clogher. In 1723 he was also appointed V. Knockmark, Meath. The following account of his works, &c., is extracted from Cotton. He published the following pieces 1. A Sermon on the Queen's Accession. 8vo. London, 1714. 2. A Sermon on the Anniversary of the Irish Massacre. 4to. London, 1715. 3. A Sermon on January 30. 8vo. London, 1716. 4. A Sermon on the Birthday of the Prince of Wales. 4to. London, 1716. 6. Eight Sermons on several subjects. 8vo. 1719. 6. Poems. 8vo. 1721. 7. A Specimen of an Universal View of all the eminent Writers on Holy Scripture. Folio. 1728. Of his " Specimen," &c., " being a Collection of the Dissertations , Explications, and Opinions of Learned Men in all ages concerning the difficult passages and obscure texts of the Bible," Mr. T. H. Horne observes, that it contains only the first chapter of Genesis. The work which it announced was never pub. lished. There is an engraved portrait of Dean Smedley. Early in 1728 he proceeded to Fort St. George, in the East Indies, on a cle rical mission . See a notice of him in "Swift's Works," by Sir W. Scott, vol. xiv. The full title of Dean Smedley's Sermon, No. 2, is-" A Sermon to the Protestants of Ireland residing in London, preached at the Church of St. James, on October 23, the day of the Rebellion in 1641. By Jonathan Smedley, A.M., Rector of Rincurrane , in Ireland." It is dedicated to Mrs. Elizabeth Hales, of Putney, and the author subscribes himself "your dutiful eon. " 1720 to 1729. EMANuEL HUN OERFORD appears as Rector. [V. B. D.A.] Hungerford was also P. St. Michael's, q, v. CORK.] RMORONE. 243 1720 to 1727. BARTHOLOMEW SALTER appears as Vicar. B. D.R.] B. Salter was born at Youghal, and was son of J ohn Salter, gentleman . He entered T.C.D. when twenty -one years old, on 9th June, 1702. He was ordained Priest at Cloyne on 19th Dec. 1714. In 1717 he was Curate and Lecturer at Holy Trinity, Cork. From 1718 to 1720 he was R. V. Kilcully ; and from 1720 to his death, in 1727, was Vicar of Ringrone. He was also, on 1st Dec. 1720, licensed to be Curate of Templetrine. 1728. Oct. 7. JOHN KENNY, A.M., Vicar, per mortem B. Salter. [D.R.] In 1751 he was P. Kilbrittain, q. v. 1730. May 30. WILLIAM MEADE was admitted Rector, per mortem Emanuelis Hungerford, on presentation of Sovereign and Burgesses of Kinsale. [D.R.] In 1730 the rectory and vicarage were consolidated by the Archbishop of Cashel. [D.R.] 1737. April 7. St. John Browne, A.M., is licensed to be Curate of Ringrone, on nomination of William Meade, who promises him the vicarial part of the parish as fully as it was enjoyed by John Kenny, the late Vicar thereof. [D.R.] Meade was also Dean of Cork, q. v. 1764. April 10. JOHN KENNY, the younger, R. Ringrone, vacant by death of William Meade, in coll. Epi for this turn. [D.R.] He was, in 1796, P. Kilbrogan, q. v. 1769. March 3. THOMAS KEEFFE, A.B., to consolidated R. and V. Ringrone, vacant by death of William Meade, last Incumbent, on presentation of Sovereign, Burgesses, and Commonalty of the town of Kinsale, by their instrument , dated 21st March, 1764, which the Bishop hath hitherto deferred to accept, on account of a suit to this time subsisting relative to the right of presentation, which presentation belongs of right for this turn to said Sovereign, &c. [D.R.] In 1768 titles were made out for Mr. Keeffe to Ringrone ; but Mr. Kenny and he not agreeing, they were never granted. [D.R.] Thomas Keeffe (son of John Keeffe, who married Jane, dau. of Jonas Stawell, grandson of the Archdeacon of Ross), entered T.C.D. as Pensioner on 8th Feb. 1732. He was ordained Priest at Cork on 19th Dec. 1742. He was licensed on 23rd Sept. 1742, to the Curacy of Ballymartle, Dunderrow, and Cullen ; and on Feb. 11, 1746, to the Curacy of Ringrone. On 17th May, 1755, he was licensed to the Curacy of Killowen. 1769 to his death in 1788, be was R, V. Ringrone. From He married , in Dec. 1741, Miss Mary Travers, of Kinsale. 1788. Oct. 18. RICHARD WEER, A.B., R. V. Ringrone, per mortem Keeffe. [D.R.] 1830. Protestant population, 136. 1832. Ringrone, a rectory and vicarage, with cure, 7 miles long by 5 broad, containing 10,000 acres . Gross population, 4,813. One Curate employed, at a stipend of X75 per annum. R2
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