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136 CLONFERT. [CLOYNE.
part of the population . As there will be some hundreds of
pounds remaining of the said sum, it may be put to interest,
and the interest for ever may be disposed of in equal parts to two
old and honest peasants upon the estate of Newmarket-for
life-to an old man and an old woman, not connected with each
other by marriage , as a small remuneration for their toils, and
a little addition to their comforts . I leave the proprietor of
the estate of Newmarket the choice of the most worthy objects."
1824. April 8. Richard Aldwortb, esq., aged 84, was buried
at Newmarket. In his will, dated 30th April, 1817, he left
£100 (Irish ) to be applied as a charitable loan for the poor of
the town of Newmarket.
1825. August 29. A site was granted by Robert Rogers
Aldworth, esq., for a school-house for a resident master to teach
English and arithmetic under regulation of grantor. The
master to be appointed by grantor . £ 84 18s. 5d. was given
out of the Lord Lieutenant 's fund for building the school -house,
and an equal amount was contributed by Mr. Aldworth. In
1856 the state of this school was reported as being very unsatisfactory
. The number of children on the rolls being 8;
of whom 5 were of the United Church, and I was a Presbyterian.
The salary was £25, paid by Primitive Wesleyan
Mission Society . [ Parl. Rep.]
1827. At Christmas there were 100 communicants. In
1828, at Easter , there were 70 communicants ; at Christmas,
115 ; and at five other celebrations of the sacrament there was
an average of 35 communicants . In 1829, at Christmas, 114 ;
at Easter, 55; at Whitsuntide, 25; and at five other celebrations
an average of 43 persons received the sacrament. In
1830 , 76 persons at Easter ; 51 on Whitsunday ; 96 at Christmas
; and an average of 38 persons at seven other celebrations
received.
1830. May 10. Thanks are voted by the parish to Robert
Rogers Aldworth, esq., for his gift of a bell for the church.
1830. The Protestant population was 275.
1831. Oct. 19. Jotiv EvaNS JOHNSON, V. Clonfert, rice Neville, resigned.
[D.R.]
1832. In this year the average number of monthly communicants
was 45 ; at festivals, 76. In 1833 the monthly communicants
averaged 41, and at festivals, 69. In 1834 the
average each month was 37, and at festivals, 64. The average
of monthly communicants in 1835 fell to 29 , and at festivals
was only 50.
1835 . May 19 . 70 persons were confirmed by the Bishop in
Newmarket Church.
1836. January 31. Robert Rogers Aldworth, esq., was buried.
He left, by will, dated 4th May, 1827, £100 to the poor of the
town of Newmarket , to be distributed at the discretion of his
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executors ; but by a codicil he afterwards directed that the
said £100 should " be placed either in the funds or a savings'
bank, and not lent out on private security ." This bequest is now
(1863 ) in the bands of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations
, and produces yearly, £ 3 is.10d., which is paid to the Vicar.
1837. Clonfert : a vicarage, with cure, 15 miles long by 8
broad, containing 62,395A. Gross population, 8,789, One
Curate employed , at a stipend of £75 per annum . Composition
for the vicarial tithes , £ 581 10s. 9d .; 15A. OR. 5 'r. of glebe,
let at an annual rent of £25; subject to visitation fees and
diocesan schoolmaster , £ 2 12s. No glebe -house . Incumbent
resides within the benefice , and a sum of £60 a-year has been
allowed for the house in his occupation, exclusive of 36 acres
of land belonging to it. One church in this parish , exclusive
of the church in the perpetual cure of K anturk , at a distance
of four miles . The parochial church, capable of accommodating
300 persons , built in 1830 , at the cost of £2,000 Brit., granted
in way of loan, by the late Board of First Fruits ; of which
loan there remained £ 1,760 chargeable on the parish in 1832,
repayable by annual instalments of £80 . Divine service is
celebrated twice on Sundays, and on the principal festivals.
The sacrament is administered monthly , and on Easter Sunday
and Christmas Day. The rectorial, consisting of a moiety of
the tithes of this parish , compounded for £581 10:.. 9d., are
impropriate , and belong to John Longfield , of Longueville, esq.
[Parl. Rep.]
1841. July 23. Two acres of land were granted, by deed, to
the Governors of Erasmus Smith's Schools , as a site for
a parochial school at Newmarket . The Governors granted
£146 13s. 4d. for the erection of a house, &c., and £73 6s. 8d.
was subscribed by the Aldworth family. The appointment of
of a master is in the Governors . In 1856 there were 35 children
on roll, of whom 5 were Roman Catholics . The Salary
was £13, of which £5 was paid by Mr. Aldworth ; £5 by
Church Education Society ; and £3 by the Vicar. The teacher
had also £10 as Parish Clerk.
. J. E. Johnson (on of the lion. Judge Johnson, of Dublin)
was Curate of St. Mary's, Dublin, in 1825 ; and from 1828 to
1831 was Chaplain of the Royal Chapel, at Rim-send. He
was also some time R. Ballvroan, Leigghlin. From 1831 to
1843 he was V. Clonfert ; and from 1843 to 1848 was P. Kilrush,
Ferns. In 1848 he became Archdeacon of Ferns. He
was twice married, and has issue . Mr. Johnson resigned
Clonfert on 24th January, 1813.
1843. Sept. 10. JAMES MORTON, A.M. (vice Johnson, resigned), V.
Clonfert. [D.R.] He was appointed by the Crown by courtesy
of the Bishop.
In 1859 lie became by exchange R. Farrahv, q. Y.