DR - Cork Past and Present

140 CLONMEEN. [ CLOYNE.
P. Thompson , from 1661 to 1664 , was V. Clonmeen, Roskeen,
and Kilshannig ; from 1664 to 1669,1'. Inniscarra; and from 1669
to 1676, V. Clonmeen , Roskeen, Kilshannig, and Kilcorney.
1676. June 17. JOHN Noacorr, V. Clonmeen , Roskeen, Kilshannig,
and Kilcorney . [F.F.]
16 76. July 27 . " W -e find and present that the parish church
of Clonmeen is out of repair, and whereas the said parish
church has been formerly charged with thirty shillings per
plowland and fifteen horses towards the said church 's repairs,
and that ten shillings per plowland , out of the parishes of Kilshanig
and Kilcorney that are united to the same parish of
Clonmeen, will complete the repair of the said church, and that
James audAbraham Allen (gentlemen ) are fit persons for to oversee
the said work, and that they may be to that end empowered
to levy the said ten shillings per plowland." [County Cork
Grand Jury Presentments.]
1682. The church of Kilshannig is presented to be repaired.
[County Cork Grand Jury Presentments.]
1694. Rect' imp' do Clonmeen et Roskeen, val. 40 pounds.
Jokes Jephson armiger oliin impropriator, none vendit Mr.
Samuel Pomeroy. Nulla Ecclia in Roskeen. Ecelia de Clonmeen
in ruinam lapsa. R. V. Kilshannig, val. 50 pounds. It. V.
Kilcorney, val. 10 pounds. V. Roskin, val. 3 pounds. V. Clonmeen,
cal. 20 pounds. Mr. Jokes Norcott curie animarum
incumbit. Epus patronus. Mr. Norcott's livings united pro
hac vice are contiguous. Eccliae de Clonmeen et Kilshanigan
in ruina lapse sent et in ceteris nullte. The churches of Clonmeen
and Kilshannig were ruined by the Irish in the late war,
but Kilshanni« will be rebuilt this year (1694). [Palliser.]
1718. A chalice bears this legend:-" The gift of Cornelius
Callaghan, esq., to ye Church of Clonmeene, Anno Dom., 1718."
John Morcott appears in 1661 as V. Ballyclogh and 1)romdowney,
Curate of Mallow, and P. Kilmaclenine. From 1666
to 1680 lie was V. Bridgetown, Castletown, Wallstown, and
Monanimv ; and from 1 666 to 1676 was P. Killenemer. From
1616 to his death in 1719, lie was V. Clonmeen, Roskeen, Kilshannig,
and Kilcorney.
He married a daughter of Rev. W. Smith, D.D., P. Killaspngmullane,
Cork, and had issue four sons, Charles, P. Kilinacdonogh,
q. v. ; John, who died without male issue ; William,
who married, in 1696, Dorcas Lawton, of Youghal, and who
was ancestor of the Norcotts, of Springfield, county Cork ; and
Edward, of Ballvellis, who married, in 1699, Mary Stiffs, of
Mallow. The Rev. J. Norcott had also a daughter Catherine,
who was wife to Benezer Murdock, esq., and who married
secondly, in 1687, John White, of Limerick. She had issue by
both her husbands.
1719. April 13. FRANCIS GORE, A.M. (vic(, John Norcott, deceased),
CLOYNE.] CLONMEEN. 141
V. Clonmeen, Roskeen, and R. V. Kilcorney . [ D.R.]
also P. Kilmaclenine, q. v.
He was
1719. Nov. 19. It is ordered that the (Economy part of the
tithes of Clonmeen be let for 3 years to Mr. Francis Gore, if lie
continue so long Vicar of the parish. On l7th Sept., 1727, a
new lease for 21 years of same tithes is perfected to Mr. Gore, if
he continue so long Incumbent of the parish.
Book.]
[Cloyne Chapter
1730. June 30. Date of Union of Clonmeen, Roskeen, and
Kilcorney. [1). R.]
1748. June 14. JoHN MADDEN (mice ('ore, deceased), V. Clonmeen,
Roskeen, and Kilcorney. [F.F.]
J. Madden (second son of Dr. John Madden, and brother of
Premium Madden), was born in 1688, and from 1710 to 1724
was a Fellow of T.C.D. Ile was sometime Vicar of St. Anne's,
Dublin. From 1734 to 1751 lie was Dean of Kilniore; and
from 1748 to his death on 7th Nov., 1751, lie was V. Clonmeen,
Roskeen, and Kilcorney.
He was author of-I. " A Past Sermon , preached before the
House of Commons, in St. Andrew's,
1741.
Dublin." 4to. Dublin,
2. " A Fast Sermon, preached before the House of Commons,
on 30th January, 1719." 4to. Dublin, 1750.
For his marriag e and issue, vide Burke's L. G. (edition of
1850), vol. i., page 819. MADDEN of KILKENNY. He was
buried at St. Anne's, Dublin.
1751. May 8. JAAIE9 HINGSTON (eier Madden, resigned), V. Clonmeen,
and Roskeen, and R. V. Kilcorney. [F.F.] In 1772 he
was also P. Donoghmore, q. v.
1762. Hingston,
man.]
non-resident ; yearly income , £200. [Hay-
17- 0. June 21. Hingston proposed to the Dean and Chapter
to take on lease the (Econoniv part of the tithes of Clonmeen
for .£20 a. year, and his proposal was accepted . And in 1772,
1773, and 1775, resolutions were passed by the Dean and
Chapter to set the tithes of Clonmeen to Rev. James Hingston,
the Vieei of said parish, for two-thirds of what lie :hall really
set them at. [C.B.]
17 7 1. Hingston resigned Roskeen and Kilcorney, and was
licensed
[D. R.]
to be Cur'ite of those parishes on 28th June, 1771.
1771. July 10. REDMOND MORRES, A.C. (nice Hingston, resigned),
V. Roskeen and Kilcorney. [F.F.]
1774. Clonmeen, vie. in the bar. of Duhallow ; value, £160
per an. Church in repair. Pat., the Bp. Proxy, 2s. The
rect. formerly belonged to the Preceptory of Mourne, and is
now enjoyed by William llolmes Pomeroy, esq., who pays 12s.
per ann. crown-rent . Proxy, 4s. Another rect. in this parish