DR - Cork Past and Present

106 CASTLETOWN. rCLOYNE.
20th April, 1779, and was ordained Deacon at Cork on 7th
Sept. 1800.
He was licensed to the curacy of Voughat on 2nd Sept. 150 5,
and on 25th June, 1807, to that of Castletown. From April,
1835, to his death in December, 1835, he was R. V. Castletowa.
He married Marianne, eldest dau. of Henry Jesse Lloyd,
esq., of Lloydsboro, county Tipperary, and by her had issue
three sons, Edward (now of Glenanore, Castletowuroche);
Henry, died young : and William-Jesse (now of Temple Hill,
Blackrock, near Cork); besides five daughters, Ellen-Mary-
Anne (wife of Rev. J. R. Cotter, R. Inniuhannon, Cork; Chlotilda-Lucy;
Henrietta, wife of George Sackville Cotter, esq.,
M.D. ; Luc v; and Eliza-Anne-Louisa, who was married, in 1849,
to Thomas St. John Grant, esq., of Kihnurrv, county Cork, D.L.,
of county Waterford.
The Rev. Thomas Hoare was author of an account of the
parish of Castletownroche, which he drew up for the " Parochial
Survey of Ireland," published by Sir. Mason, and for
which he received that gentleman's thanks in March, 1825.
He was also dist nguished by h s active and zealous clarity.
In 1817 lie received the thanks of his parishioners at Castletownroche
for his ability in devising a system for the relief of
the then distress, and for his constant attendance on the Committees
for distributing aid. [Cork Inteiligeucer of 26th
August, 1817.] His tnnexpected death was alluded to by the
Doneraile Bible Society in their Second report in terms of
regret, for the " removal of a truly amiable and much lamented
member" of their Committee. He was buried, by his own
desire, in the church-yard of Castletownroche.
\Villian Jesse Hoare (youngest son of Rev. Thomas Hoare),
was a Captain in the 7th Royal Fusiliers, and is now a a.P.
for the county Cork, and is resident at Carrigrohane Castle, near
Cork.
He married, firstly, Anna, dau. of Frederick Lidwell, esq.,
of Dromard, county Tipperary; and secondly, lie married
Marv-E., dhtu, of John-Henrv Gawhle, esq.
1836. January 4. JOHN IIAGINN, It. V. Ca--stletoVn, [D,R.]
1837. Castletown : a rectory and vicarage, with cure, 3 miles
long by 3 broad, containing 6,333 Gro=s population, 3,648.
No Curate employed. 'l'ithe composition, £518 l4s 1.
subject to visitation fees and diocesan schoolmaster. £E1 10s.
No glebe house. Incumbent is re,aideut, and pays the sum of
£42 a year in way of house rent. One church, capable of
accommodating 200 persons. built in 1825. by means of a loan
of £1,153 16.s. lid. British, granted by the late Board of First
Fruits; of which loan there reinainel £876 18s. 10d , chargeable
on the benefice in 1832. repayable by annual instalments
of X46 3s. 14 . Divine service is celebrated twice on Sundays
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in summer and once in winter, and on the principal festivals.
The sacrament is administered eight tines in the year. The
benefice is a rectory. [Purl. Rep.]
John Maginn (brother of the celebrated William Magm a,
LL.D., for whose biography, ride THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY
MAGAZINE for January, 1844, Vol. XXIII., N o. CXXXIII, page
72, and also THE IRISH QUARTERLY REVIEW, Vol. IL, page, 59.3,
Dublin, Kelly, 18 52), was son of John Maginn (who kept a
famous school in Marlborough-street, Cork), by Anne, dan. of
William Eccles, esq., of the county Tyrone, This last-named
John llaginn, died suddenly of rupturing a blood-vessel, on
;'2nd January, 1819.
The Rev. John Magian was a Scholar of T.C.D. in 1822, and
was ordained Deacon on 10th June, 1827, and Priest on 1st
.Tune, 1828, by Bishop Brinkley, at Clovne.
From 183.3 to 1836 he was R. V. Bridgetown. He died
suddenly on 25th October, 1840.
1840. Nov. W. CHARLES ARTHUR SIAGINN, A.B., R. V. Castietown.
[D.R.]
1860. The church, kc., in order. No glebe-house. No
glebe. Incumbent resides in Clenore parish. Divine service
twice on all Sundays and once on the usual holidays, also on
Wednesdays in Advent, and on Fridays in Lent, Sc. Sacrament
monthly; average of communicants, 16 ; also on the chief festivals,
average 34. 13 children attend a Church Education
school. The Protestant population is 86. The rentcharge is
£389 is. 6,!.
C. A. llaginn (brother of his predecessor), entered T.C.D.
on 4t11 June, 1832, being then seventeen years old, and graduated
A.B. in 1838, and A.M. in 1841.
at Cork on 20th Slay, 1839.
He was ordained Deacon
He was licensed on 19th May, 1840, to the curacy of St.
Anne, Shandon, Cork.
He married on 15th August, 1850, Mary-O'Callaghan, dau.
of Pierce
has issue.
Power, esq., of Roskeen, county Cork, by whom he
CASTRACHORE.
1291. "Ecea de Casto Cheri IIImr. unde decia MIS." [Tax. P.
Nic.]
1591. " Ecclesia de Castro chori spectat ad Prior Omnium Sanctorum
et Abb. de Chore." [R.V. R.I.A.]
1615. "Castrochoria Rect. improp. Vicaria vacat et usurpatur
p' heredeni Johis fitzerald,tutlitis. Curatus nullus. Ecclesia
et cancella in ruina." [R.V. R.I.A.]