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BISIIOPRICK after line 4. infert title, CLOXFERT , for 1793, read 179a •Awe J, for c.xcmp read exempt MEMOIR OF A AP OF IRELAND; ILLUSTRATING The TOPOGRAPHY of that KINGDOM, AND CONTAINING A SHORT ACCOUNT of its PRESENT STATE, Ctiul anti Ccclcstasttcal ; WITH A COMPLETE INDEX TO THE MAP. By DANIEL AUGUSTUS BEAUFORT, L.L.D. RECTOR OF NAVAN, IN THE COUNTY OF MEATH, AND VICAR OF COLLON, IN THE COUNTY OF LOUTH. M. R. I. A. Situ ac falubritate coeli atque tempcrie, acceflu cun£tarum gentium facili, littorihus portuofis, aquarum copia, montium articulis, ferorum animalium innocentia, foli fertilitate, pabuli ubertate: quicquid eft: quo carere vita non debeat, nufquam eft prseftantius; fruges, vellera, Una, juvenci. Plin. Hist. Nat. Lib. 37. LONDON: SOLD BY W. FADEN, GEOGRAPHER TO THE KING, CH ARING-CROSS; J. DEBRETT, PICCADILLY, AND JAMES EDWARDS, PALL-MALL. 1792. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Duke University Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/memoirofmapofireOObeau T O THE KING. Sir, 1 HE fplendid acquisitions that have been made to remote Geography, under Your Majesty's immediate auipices and protection, and the liberal and enlightened patronage You have extended to every attempt towards the improvement of this ufeful fcience, embolden me to lay at your Majesty's feet, this humble endeavour to elucidate and amend the Topography of fo refpe&able and important a part of the Britim Empire, as the Kingdom of Ireland. Your DEDICATION. Your Majesty's paternal attention to the interefts of the National Church Hill farther encourages me to hope, that You will deign to receive favorably this first attempt to trace the ecclefiaftical diviiions, and to delineate the diocefan diltricts, of an entire Kingdom. May your Majesty long continue to promote the caufe of religion and virtue, by the due exercife of your authority, and the influence of your Royal Example. I am, Sir, With the highefl refpect, Your Majesty's Moil: dutiful fubjcct and fervant, Daniel Augujlus Beaufort, PATRONISERS and SUBSCRIBERS TO THE MAP. THE KING. His Royal Highnefs the PRINCE OF WALES. His Royal Highnefs the DUKE OF GLOUCESTER. His Excellency the EARL OF WESTMORELAND, LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. His Grace Richard LordRokeby, Archbifhop of Armagh, Lord Primate of Ireland Rt. Hon. Earl of Aylefbury, K. T. Lord Chamberlain to the Queen Rt. Hon. Lord Vifcount Allen Rt. Hon. Lord Auckland, Ambaffador Extra- ordinary to the States of Holland, F.R.S, Henry Alexander, Efq. M. P. Rev. Richard Allot, D. D. Precentor 0/ Ar- magh, and Trea/urer 3> CONNAUGHT 67 E]phin ,33 Rofcommorn - - to. KilUIa & - \ Leitrim ----- 69 , . Achonry - J Sligo 71 Abftraa of Ecclefiaftical "I . Mayo 73 Eftablifhment J 6 Galway 77 IV. RoundTowers - 138 MUNSTER - 83 V. Poftcript, rcfpcfting the Po- 1 Clare .. 11 pulation and Exports - / Limerick 86 VI. Gloflary - - - 146 Kerr y 89 INDEX Cork 94 PREFACE. JL HE candour and liberality with which my propo pofals for this work have been received, call upon me to apologize for the length of time that has elapfed fince they were firft publifhed. The moft effectual and fatisfactory method of doing this, will be, to relate the motives which originally induced me to ftep afide from my profeflional ftudies, into the province of the geographer, and have finally determined me on offer- ing to the public an entire new Map of the kingdom of Ireland. The firft idea of the work was fuggefted by the difficulties which I had often experienced, in endea- vouring to trace out the ecclefiaftical divifion of the kingdom, and to afcertain the limits of each diocefe. Nothing can be more intricate than thofe divifions ; their boundaries and extent having little or no depend- ance on thofe of counties and baronies. The clergy of the county of Galway are under the patronage of five b different ii PREFACE. different Sees ; and thofe of the Queen's County, which in fize is not a fourth of Gal way, depend upon as many ; while the bifhops of Meath and Killaloe extend their jurifdiclion into fix counties. The ecclefiaftical and civil divifions of the kingdom being fo unaccountably intermixed ; it occurred to me, that a Map of Ireland, in which the extent of every diocefe and the fite of their feveral parifhes mould be af- certained, might be acceptable to the public : and I was tempted to undertake it. Having therefore communi- cated my intention to moft of the Bifhops, it was imme- diately honoured with their Lordfhips approbation; and, encouraged by their patronage, I proceeded in my defign. But that defign went no farther, at nrft, than to in- fert thefe particulars in a faithful copy of one of the belt and moll modern maps of this country : and it was not till after I had employed much time and pains on it, that I found the fcale which I had adopted, of ten miles to an inch, too contracted for my purpofe ; and the maps which I intended to follow, fo full of errors and defects, as to require almoft perpetual cor- rection. What was then to be done ? — I could neither refolve to relinquish my defign, nor fubmit to the publifhing a map crowded and full of faults. — I determined, there- fore, PREFACE. 111 fore, at once, to alter and enlarge my plan ; thinking- that my leifure hours could not be better employed than in correcting the geography of this kingdom. For this end I was obliged to fet about my work, as if no general map of Ireland had been extant : and without paying the fmalleft attention to thofe of Moll, Jeffereys, Kitchin, Rocque, Bowles, ckc. I have con- Jlrucleda new one, upon two meets, by a fcale of fix miles to an inch, from the befl authorities and mod authentic information that I have been able to procure. A perfectly correct map cannot be expected, till every county has been accurately furveyed ; and it is to be la- mented, that the aftronomer and the engineer have been fo much lefs employed in fettling the geography of the Britifh Iflands, than in afcertaining that of our diflant pofTeflions. The coafts and harbours of India and America are better known, and more correctly laid down, than thofe of Ireland or even of Great Britain. In the year 1655, Sir William Petty furveyed all the forfeited lands in the kingdom; under which defcrip- tion the greater part of mofh counties, and the whole of others were included. Since that period, twelve coun- ties only have been furveyed ; and of thofe no more than nine maps are publifhed. Thofe of Meath, Donegal, and Tyrone, and the new map of Armagh, 1 continue vr PREFACE. continue in manufcript, and are depofited in the re- fpective court-houfes, for the ufe of the gentlemen of each county. But as Ireland is rapidly increafing in popula- tion and opulence, and liberally encourages every art and fcience ; there can be little doubt, that the time is not very diftant, when the topography of every part of it will be completely afcertained. Meanwhile I offer to the public this Map ; in which I have endeavoured to give a faithful reprefentation of the face of the country; by delineating, with all the precifion in my power, the courfe of rivers, the fituation and comparative heights of mountains, and the relative fize and confequence of towns and villages : and I flat- ter myfelf that it will afford fome interefUng informa- tion, not only to Irifhmen and Britons, but even to fo- reigners. The mountainous appearance of the weftern coafts will account for the little ufe that is made of fome of the fineft harbours in the world; the multitude of parifh.es in the eaftern and fouthern counties, prove thofe to have been the moft wealthy and populous parts of the king- dom, at a very early period. Many political and hifto- rical deductions, which may be drawn from the local circumftances of a country, will ferve either to confirm or PREFACE. v or refute its ancient and obfcure annals. Few countries in the world have experienced greater viciflitudes than Ireland; having been, if we may give credit to her hifto- rians, populous and civilized, long before the days of St. Patrick ; and having funk, afterwards, into a flate of almoft favage ignorance and barbarifm. Inftances of fuch degeneracy are not frequent, and much has been written of late, with great ingenuity, to dis- prove the exiftence of that flourishing flate, which me is faid to have enjoyed in remote ages. With- out entering here into a difquifition of fo nice a quef- tion ; or attempting to decide between the zealous champions for her ancient grandeur, and the fceptical antiquaries, who endeavour, by learned arguments and reafoning, to confute long-credited traditions ; I (hall only obferve, that if, in the warmth of national enthu- liafm, one party feems to raife the glory of ancient Ire- land too high ; the other, perhaps, through an honeft in- dignation againft the legendary tales and fiction, that fo often fully the page of early hiftory, too much deprefs its former condition. — The truth may proba- bly lie between them. — And an intimate acquaintance with the face of this country, joined to an attentive obfervation of the changes it has undergone, and of the various monuments of antiquity which ftill remain in every vi PREFACE. every part of it, is effentially necefTary to the philofo- phic enquirer, and his fureft guide in the inveftigation of its true hiftory, during the times which preceded the reign of Henry II. and the three fucceeding ages. But to return to the immediate fubject of this memoir; I fhall now enumerate the fources from which I have drawn my information, and the authori- ties upon which I have ventured to deviate from for- mer geographers. The ufe I have made of thefe au- thorities, and the manner in which I have compared and combined them, fhall be particularized in the follow- ing fheets. Sir William Petty's Maps of Ireland, and of each of its counties, firft made public in 1685, have been the ground-work of mine, as well as of every other map of this kingdom, that has been published in the courfe of this century. The Ecclesiastical part of my map is much in- debted to them, but ftill more to his orignal furveys of the feveral baronies and parifhes, which are preferved as records, in the Surveyor-general's office, in the Caftle of Dublin. To thefe I had free and frequent accefs through the liberal and obliging permiflion of Mr. Hand- cock, deputy furveyor-general. I have PREFACE. vii I have received conflderable affiftance from the map of the countyof Down, publifhedwithout a name, in 1 767; and from that of Lough Neagh and its environs, by Mr. J. Lendrick in 1785. His map of Antrim, pub- lifhedin 1780, and Mr. Neville's of Wicldow in 1760, with lieutenant Alexander Taylor's excellent and accu- rate maps of Kildare and Louth, the former in 1780. and the latter in 1787, have enabled me to give a very true reprefentation of thofe counties. Rocque's Map of the county of Dublin has afforded much information. His Map of Armagh in 1760, and Oliver Sloanc's of the Queen's County, engraved about thirty years ago, though very inferior performances, were however of fome ufe; and Mr. Pelham's recent furvey of Clare, fully eftablimes the topography of that county. To thefe mull be added an old furvey of Cork har- bour, publiilied by Mount and Page ; one, of the har- bour of Waterford by William Doyle in 1735, and another by M. M'Kenzie in 1767; with Mr. Cowen's maps of the river Shannon, and Mr. N. Roche's of the Suir. I have alfo confulted Dr. Smith's account of the ancient and prcfent ftate of the counties of Cork, Wa- terford, and Kerry; and have derived great advantage, in viii PREFACE. in delineating the coafts, from Mr. Mackenzie's, and Captain Huddart's charts. — MefTrs. Taylor and Skin- ner's very exact and ufeful furvey of the roads of Ire- land, has been of great fervice to me in many refpects, but principally in afcertaining the diftances of towns and reprefenting the face of the country. Bende thefe printed authorities I have been favoured with the ufe of fome excellent drawings. — To the Grand Juries of Donegal and Tyrone, I am obliged, for the liberty of reducing to the fcale of my map, their large and elegant maps of thofc counties, which were actually furveyed a few years ago, and I have reafon to believe, with great fkill and accuracy, by Mef£ Macrea of Lifford. — -I have been alfo indulged, at Armagh, with a tranfcript of the new map of that county, by the fame artifts. Sloane's map of Meath, which is on a large fcale, has fupplied me with the relative positions of places in that county. I have had the advantage of tracing the rivers Shan- non, Boyne, and Brofna, from Mr. Bernard Scale's furveys of thofe rivers, by permiffion of Mr. Lof- tus, and the commiffioners of impreft accounts, in whofe office thofe plans are depofited. Colonel Tarrant obliged me with his furvey of the river 3 Barrow, PREFACE. IX Barrow, and Mr. Cowen with his original drawings of the Shannon. A furvey of the whole tract of country, through which a canal was fome years ago propofed to be made, from Dublin to the river Inny, was kindly communi- cated to me by William Smyth of Barbavilla Efq; and has aflifted me in correcting the fituation of places and the courfe of rivers along that line ; through parts of the counties of Meath and Weftmeath. The courfe of the grand and royal canals, as far as they are executed, I have received from the accurate pencil of their furveyor, Mr. John Brownrig. To the Rev. Mr. Whitelaw, and the Rev. Mr. Harvey, my grateful acknowledgements are due, for the unfo- licitcd communications of their elegant maps of the baronies of Tirawly, in the county of Mayo, and of Inifhowen, in Donegal. Nor muft I omit to thank Lieutenant Taylor, who is actually engaged in furvey- ing the county of Longford, for a fketch of the dif- tances and bearings of the feveral towns in that county; which he very obligingly communicated at the requeft of my learned and ingenious friend Richard Lovel Edgworth, Efq. But nothing can more effectually contribute to rec- tify the geography, and to afcertain the figure and c extent x PREFACE. extent of a country, than the determining the latitude of a number of places in it, by accurate aftronomical obfervations : and of thefe I have availed myfelf, when- ever I could depend upon their precifion. — Such are thofe which I received from a much lamented friend, and excellent aflronomer, the late Dr. Usfher, F. R. S. and ProfelTor of aftronomy in the Univerfity of Dublin ; and thofe with which I was fupplied, by the friendfhip of the Rev. Dr. J. A. Hamilton of Armagh, and the politenefs of Dr. Longfield of Cork. Their obfervati- ons, with thofe of Mr. Mafon, in Donegal, as publimed in the tranfaclions of the Royal Society, for the year 1770, and a few others, have authorized me to make fome confiderable changes, in delineating the form of this ifland ; and thereby to give a truer repre- fentation, as I apprehend, of the fhape and fize of it, than what any of the printed maps exhibit. It is with great regret that I feem to caft any reflec- tion on the ufeful labours of Dr. Smith; but I think it my duty to mention, in this place, that although his authority is very refpeclable in other matters; little reliance is to made on the latitude and longitude which he affigns to places, from his own obfervations. For it is evident, from the procefs* he made ufe of to * Smith's Ancient and Prefent State of Cork, Vol. I. Bonk I. Ch. 4. afcertain PREFACE. xi afcertain the longitude of Cape Clear, by obferving an eclipfc of Jupiter's firfl Satellite, that he was little ac- quainted with aftronomy. The * tables which he men- tions, gave 9 h. 25 min. 17 fee. P. M. for the time of its immerfion at London, on the 8th of September 1747. He fays, it was obferved by him at 10 h. 4 min. 15 fee. P. M. — and hence he concludes the place of his obfervation, near the Cape, to be 39 min. of time, or 9 deg. 45 min. weft from London: whereas, if his time-keeper were truly regulated, and his obfervation accurate, as the tables were probably right, the true conclufion would be, that Cape Clear is fituatcd 39 min. eaft of London. But the Cape being certainly more than 9 h. 15 min. weft of London, the apparent time of the eclipfe at Cape Clear, mud have been at leaft 3 7 min. earlier than at London, or upwards of an hour and a quarter before the time at which Dr. Smith fays he obferved it. To do all that was in my power towards improving and correcting the geography of this kingdom, I em- ployed two fummers in vifiting the different counties, and particularly the remote parts, for which I had not any authentic documents ; and in the courfe of thefe tours I collected much information from gentlemen * Caflini's Tables, rectified by Pound. of Xll PREFACE. of knowledge and obfervation, concerning thofe dif- tricls with which they were well acquainted. With regard to the ecclefiajllcal part of this Map, Sir William Petty's furveys, as mentioned above, were of the utmoft importance in afcertaining the fituation of parifhes, and the extent of bifhopricks. I was, befides, liberally fupplied, from the regiftries of the feveral diocefes, with every kind of information that I wanted, and they contained ; for which I am to acknowledge my obligation to the feveral Bifhops, as well as for the flattering encouragement with which I have been honoured by their lordiliips, during the progrefs of this work. I have only now to intreat the indulgence of the public for the errors and inaccuracies which, after all my pains, will be found in the Map. With fuch ma- terials as this country yet affords, many were certainly unavoidable ; and fome, I fear, are to be imputed to the infufficiency of my own judgment. For, in thofe cafes where certainty was wanting, I have been forced to recur to reafoning and conjecture : and at the fame time that I deprecate a hafty cenfure of the work, I earneftly folicit correction ; and fhall thankfully amend every fault in it, which thofe, who are better inform- ed, will have the candour to point out. 2 The PREFACE. atlii The immediate object of the following memoir is to point out the principal defects of the former Maps of Ireland, which are amended in mine ; and, in illuf- tration of the new Map, to give a iliort defcription of the feveral counties, with refpect to their foil, extent, population, and commerce ; together with a fummary account of the ccclefiaftical cftablifhment in each dio- cefe. The necefTary limits of fuch a memoir preclude more than a mere fketch of the prefent ftate of the kingdom. But if I mould have the happinefs of finding, that this efTay is received with indulgence ; I may perhaps, at a future day, offer to the public a more full and particular account of Ireland. In the part which relates to the Church, I fliould propofe to trace the hiftory of each diocefe, and to mark the va- rious alterations that have taken place in its eftablim- ments, from the earlieft period. I mould alfo endea- vour to ftate with precifion the circum dances of every parifh ; fuch as their patronage, extent, impropriations and glebes ; the valuation in the king's books, the firft- fruits, crown-rents, procurations, and other charges to which they may be liable ; with any peculiarities that relate to them. — In the other part, I would treat the topography of the country hiftorically ; and not only defcribe xiv PREFACE. defcribe what is interefling at prefcnt ; but minutely enquire into the feveral changes that have been made in the divifions of provinces and distribution of coun- ties ; in the names of places, the face of the country, and the territorial property. By confidering the grow- ing profperity of the kingdom, the gradual but vaft increafe of its population and opulence, and the con- nection of each with its efficient caufe ; I would trace the operation of internal difTentions, and foreign inva- fions, in former ages : and the happy confequences that flow from the fettlement of the country, the progrefs of civilization, and the improvement of arts, manufactures and commerce, in later times. At the end of this memoir, I fliall give an explana- tion of thofe Irifli words, which occur moft. frequently in the names of places ; and fo copious an Index to the Map, with references to facilitate the finding of any place, and at the fame time fliew what it is ; that it may be confidered as a topographical repertory to the kingdom of Ireland. DESCRIPTION ( xv ) DESCRIPTION of the MAP. THOSE parts of the fea coaft, which are bounded by ridges of lofty and abrupt rocks, are fo clearly marked by the graver, that it is unneceflary to do more than mention, that the diflinclion is made. The boundaries of the bishopricks are expreiTed by a chain of fmall pearls ; and where they coincide with the bounds of counties or baronies, the pearls are intermixed with the round or long dots, by which thofe bounds are refpeclively denoted. But that the civil and ecclefiaftical di virions may be clearly diftin- guifhed at the fame time; the limits of every diocefe may be illu- minated by a broad pale colour, while the counties and baronies in each province, are coloured in the ufual manner. To point out the fituation of the parifhes, I have placed every church in its proper fite; and the eye will at once diitinguiih exifting churches from fuch as are in ruins. To thefe I have added, wherever they remain, as an interesting objecl to the cu- rious antiquary, thofe Angular buildings, which are peculiar to Ireland, the round towers. Thefe towers are all cylindrical, and of ftone; they vaiy in height from 50 to 140 feet, and from eight to twelve feet in diameter, in the clear. Some are of ex- cellent, and even elegant workmanfhip, and others of very rude mafonry; but all without flairs. They have commonly four win- dows, very near the top; and the door, which is elevated ten or twelve feet above the ground, is turned towards the church ; on the xvi DESCRIPTION of the MAP. the north-weft fide of which they are generally fituated, though at various diftances. But of the age in which they were erected, or of the ufe which was made of them, no certain account has yet been collected from Iriih hiftory or tradition. I have appropriated the Roman character exclufively to the names of parifhes, fo that when a town or village bears the fame name as the pariih in which it lies, it is expreffed in roman characters ; but when they differ, the name of the pariih is in Roman, and that of the town or village in Italicks. The letters R. V. &c. which follow the name of each pariih, fhew whether it be a rectory or vicarage, &c. A fmgle line under the name of a vicarage denotes that the rec- tory is a lay impropriation} and a double line, that the tythes of the whole pariih are impropriate. The names of all cities, towns, and boroughs, which have the privilege of returning members to parliament, and thofe only, are expreffed in capital letters. I have taken care to reprefent the mountains in a fuch a man- ner as might nearly fhew the fpace they occupy; I have alfo endeavoured to give an idea of their comparative height, by the varied ftrengh of fhading; and the engraver has, except in a very few inftances, exactly followed my drawing. The infertion of the high roads, would have much crowded the map : and as they ferve only to miflead, unlefs very accurately defcribed; I judged it beft, upon the whole, to mark thofe only by which the mails are conveyed to the feveral poft towns. The direct poft roads from Dublin are marked by a double line, the crofs pofts by a fmgle one, and the poft towns are diftinguifhed by figures, DESCRIPTION of the MAP. xvii fgures, which fhew at the fame time how many poll days they have in every week. It may be fatisfaclory to fee with what noted places in England, and even on the continent, the different parts of Ireland agree in latitude. I have therefore marked on the eaftern fcale line of the map, the parallels of fome of the principal towns in England, and of a few cities in Europe and Alia; and on the weftern fcale line, the relative fituation of North- America to this ifland. The fcale lines on the north and fouth, will fhew how much more to the weft Ireland is fituated than any other part of Europe. MEMOIR TO ILLUSTRATE A NEW MAP OF IRELAND. I. CONSTRUCTION of the MAP. 1 HE maps of Jeffereys and Bowles place Dublin nearly in the true latitude; but they are very erroneous with refpedt to its longitude. For the late Dr. Usfher found, by the refult of a multitude of obfervations, that the latitude of his ob- fervatory in Mecklenburg-ftreet, where he then refided, is 53 21' 2", and the longitude 25 minutes of time, or 6° 15' o" weft from Greenwich. Whereas Jeffereys places it in 6° 30' o'' and Bowles in 6° 39' o", the longitude in his map varying from 9 to 1 1 minutes weft of the other. Dr. Longfield afhgns to the city of Cork, the latitude cf 51 ° S3' 54"' anc * tne weftern longitude of 8' 30' o". But Jeffereys' map places it in latitude 51 ° 45' o", which is an error of 8' 54" ; and in longitude 8° 37' 30"; which is only 2° 7' 30" weft of Dublin, as placed by him: whereas the difference between thofe two cities is 7' 30" greater, according to the obfervations ; the meridian of Cork being 2° 15' o" weft of that of Dublin, At 2 CONSTRUCTION of the MAP. At Cavan, near the town of Lifford, in the county of Done- gal, Mr. Mafon erected a temporary obfervatory, by appoint- ment of the Royal Society, in the year 1769, to obferve the tranfit of Venus; and continued his obfervations there, from April to December. The mean of thefe obfervations, which maybe feen in the Philofophical transactions for 1770, deter- mines the fituation of that fpot, to latitude 54 51' 41", and to weit longitude 7 23' o". By the former maps it is placed in lat. 54 49' 40", and in long. 7 53' o". But as there can be no doubt of the accuracy of the obfervations which I have now reported; Dublin, Cork, and Cavan, were laid down in my map, as three fixed points, from which the relative fituation of other places, and the form, and extent of the ifland, might be afcertained with more precifion, than had been done hitherto. There was ftill wanting a pofition in the weft of Ire- land, aftronomically determined : and a pupil of Dr. Usfher under- took a journey to Galway exprefsly for the purpofe of obtaining it. By repeated folar, and a few lunar obfervations, he afcertained the latitude of Galway, to be 53° i6'o", which Jeffereys' map makes only 53° 10' 30". And though he was prevented by a feries of fhovvery and clouded nights, which prevailed the whole time he was able to remain there, from making fuch a number of lunar obfervations, as might fettle the longitude aftronomically : yet as this town lies fo nearly in the fame parallel with Dublin, whofe longitude is accurately fixed ; and as the meafured dis- tance is by many geometrical methods carefully afcertained, we cannot err confiderably in the determination of its longitude. The true pofition of Cavan being eftablifhed, it enabled me to adjuft the diftances and bearings of the county of Donegal from Mr. Macrea's large furvey, and thereby to determine the fituation of Londonderry, as the map of Donegal neceflarily comprehends that city. The CONSTRUCTION of the MAP. 3 The county of Tyrone, which is contiguous to Donegal, and extends eafhvard as far as Lough Neagh, was laid down with the like precifion from the furvey of the fame artiit. And it is a proof of his accuracy, that I found but a very trifling difference between the fituation of the village of Cookftown in his map, and its true place, according to Dr. Hamilton's obfervations : which from his having had for feveral years a fixed obfervatory there, and having very frequently compared the paffages of the moon's limb reduced to the centre, with the actual obfervations of Dr. Mafkelyne, on the fame days, and omitted few opportunities of obferving the eclipfes of Jupiter's firft fatellite, may be efleemed of incontro- vertible authority. The map of Lough Neagh and the adjacent country, ferved to conned: Tyrone with the counties of Antrim, Down, and Ar- magh, all of which have been furveyed, as was mentioned in the preface. The county of Louth bounds with thofe of Down and Armagh, and a fmall part of the county of Meath intervenes be- tween Louth and Dublin. But here we have the city of Dub- lin for another fixed point, which communicates a great degree of exactnefs to the relative pofltion of the counties of Meath and Louth, to Kildare, Wicklow, and the Queen's County ; of all which there are modern furveys. Mr. Scale's furvey of the courfe of the river Boyne, was of great ufe in rectifying the topography of the county of Meath. And by comparing his furvey of the river Brofna, and a plan of the northern line, which had been formerly propofed for a canal from the capital to the river Inny, and fo into the Shannon, — with the meafurement of the roads that lead from Dublin to different towns on the Shannon, we fhall go near to determine the dif- tance of that river from the eaftern coait, or the difference of longitude between Dublin and Athlone, &c. which I apprehend to be fomewhat lefs than is ufually reprefented. By the maps, Athlone is weft of Dublin I ° 42/ o", and the rhomb diftance is 56 2 miles. 4 CONSTRUCTION of the MAP. miles. But Sir W. Petty makes it only 51 miles : and as the road meafures 59 miles 5 furlongs, and as one mile in eight is the leafr. that can be allowed, on an average, for the windings of roads between any two places ; the rectilinear diftance cannot be fo great as 56 miles. In the new map it will be found 52, and the difference of longitude no more than 1 ° 35' o", which is 7 mi- nutes lefs than in Jeffereys', and in my opinion fo much nearer the truth. I have found it neceffary likewife, to make an altera- tion in the latitude of Athlone, by placing it in 53 ° 23' 30". To this I was partly induced, by an obfervation of the young gentle- man who took the latitude of Galway for me ; but I fhould not have depended on fo few obfervations as he had time to make in palTing through Athlone, had they not been confirmed by the pofition of Athlone, in the furvey of the Shannon, and by Mr. Pelham's map of the county of Clare, which includes a great part of that river. By that map, the difference of latitude be- tween Galway and Loopbead, at the mouth of the Shannon, is o° 45' 30" ; and by the furvey of the Shannon, Athlone is about 53' o" north of the fame cape, a difference of 7' 30" : fo, the latitude of Galway being 53 16' o", that of Athlone muff, be 53° 2 3' 3°"» wri i c h i s one minute mure than in the printed maps. It is evident that thefe authorities muff, equally decide the fitua- tion of Limerick ; which, with refpect to its bearing from Dublin, varies but very little in this map from the old ones, the difference of longitude being the fame in both, and the difference of latitude exceeding the old maps only 32". The new map, on the fame authority, reprefents the courfe of the Shannon, as trending much lefs to the fouthward, than in thofe of Jeffereys, &c. the difference of latitude between. Lime- rick and Loophead which they make 13'. 30", being no more than 9' o". But the true pofition of Cork caufes a great variation in the 1 bearings; CONSTRUCTION or the MAP. 5 bearings of that City and Limerick ; their difference of latitude being only 45' 6", and not 49' 30", as in the old maps. They alfo place Limerick 8' 30" weft of Cork ; though, in my juoV- ment, there can be no more than one minute difference between their meridians. The travelling meafured diftance is 49 miles and a half. But the Rhomb line meafures, on the old maps, 45 miles. On the new map it is but 41 , which will be found neareft to the truth, when it is considered, that the road from Cork to Limerick makes a great deviation from a linear direction by paiTing through Mallow, Buttevant, Charleville, and Kil- mallock. In confequence of M'Kenzie's obfervations, I have placed Ciipc Clear in latitude 51 ° 19' o", which is 34' 54" fouth of Cork. The old maps aflign only 23' 30" of difference in latitude between them; but they place the Cape 1 ° 2' 30" weft of Cork. This I conceive to be erroneous, and have therefore followed Sir William Petty 's maps, by which the difference appears to be but 55' o", and agrees better with the meafured roads alono- the more. In tracing the coafts, a particular attention has been paid to M'Kenzie's charts, with refpect to their indentings, fhape, and bearings. But his dimenfions not having been taken by actual meafurement, thofe of Sir William Petty have been moft fre- quently adopted, where documents of a later date are wanting. For whenever I compared his maps with the modern ones, there appeared fuch a general coincidence of outline and extent, ex- cept in a very few inftances, as is furprifing ; when we confider the period at which they were made, and the rapidity of their execu- tion. Sir William Petty's contract with government, is dated December 1 1, 1654, and the work was finiihed in March i6<6. But in his maps there is no fcale of degrees, whence it is to be prefumed, that his furvey was not adjufted by any aftronomi- cal obfervations. And this will account for the difference in the general 6 CONSTRUCTION of the MAP. general bearing of (he ifland in the new map, from that which it has in the old ones. By the new projection, the northern part of Ireland inclines more to the eaft, and the fouthern extremity more to the weft, than has been heretofore reprefented. For Jeffereys &c. give but 3 21' 30" of longitude difference between the meri- dians of Fair-head in the north, and of Mize?i-head in the fouth; while they place them in parallels of latitude 4 2' o" afunder* Whereas the true difference of longitude is greater by 20'. o", and the latitude is 11' 30" lefs. But that this new projection muff, be the true one, is proved by the obfervations at Cavan, in the county of Donegal, and at Cork; the difference of their meridi- ans being 1 ° 7' o" which is 22' 30" more than in any of the old maps. In conftructing the fouth-eaft coaft, I have alfo deviated confi- derably from my predeceffors, having made the difference of latitude between Wicklow and Hook-tower three minutes lefs, and between Hook-tower and Cork near Jive minutes lefs than Jeffereys; which caufes a variation of almoft eight minutes in little more than a degree. But it has been fhewn, that there is an error of about nine minutes in the old maps, between the parallels of Cork and Dublin. And the point of Hook, thus placed, agrees'with Petty 's furvey, and with the diftance and bearing from St. David's- head in Wales, as laid down in the nautical charts. The true longitude of Dublin and Cork jmtifies the fame charts, in delineating the eaflern coaft, from Wicklow to Carnfore point, as trending confiderably to the weftward, at leaft eight minutes of longitude more than what appears by the old maps ; which give only nine inftead of feventeen minutes of longitude difference between thofe two points. It is unneceffary to dwell longer on the general conftruction of the map. In the different defcription of the feveral counties, the principal additions, retrenchments, and variations, fliall be noticed in CONSTRUCTION of the MAP. in their refpective places. And the following table of the ob- fervations, by which I was guided, will exhibit to the reader, at one view, how far the fituation of places in the old maps coin- cides with, or varies from, their true geometrical pofition. OBSERVATIONS OF LATITUDE. By the Rev. Dr. Ussher. Dublin Wicklow Pier By the Rev. Dr. James Archibald Hamilton. Armagh Cookftown Ardee Portarlington By the Rev. Will. Hamilton. BengoreHead Ballycaftle Londonderry By Mr. Mason. Cavan, near Lifford, Donegal. By Dr. Longfield. Cork, City jgyMr. M'Kenzie. Cape Clear By a Pupil of Dr. JJ/sher. Athlone Galway Ob/ervations. o I II S3 2I 2 52 59 ° 54 20 30 54 38 20 S3 5° 3° S3 9 3° SS r 5 o SS 1 2 o 55 © © 54 5 1 4i 5i S3 54 51 19 o 53 23 30 53 16 o D Old Map . / // S3 21 52 53 Error. 1 11 S. O 2 S. 1 o 54 20 54 40 S3 52 S3 1 1 SS r 5 SS J 4 54 58 54 49 4o 5 1 45 5 1 1 1 30 53 22 30 53 10 3° S. 30 N. 40 N. 1 3° N. 1 30 o o N. 2 o S. 2 O S. 2 1 S. 8 54 S. 7 30 S. 1 o s - 5 30 OF IRELAND. OBSERVATIONS ON LONGITUDE. By Dr. Ussher. Dublin By Dr. Hamilton. Cookitown By Mr. Mason. Cavan By Dr. Longfield. Cork , Obft ovations . O I II 6 15 o 6 40 o 7 23 o 8 30 o Jtjfcreys' Map. o i 11 6 30 o 760 7 52 o 8 31 3° W. 15 o W.26 o W. 29 o W. 7 30 II. OF IRELAND. THIS ifland, which, next to Britain, is the largeft in Europe, lies at no great diftance from the weftern fhores of England, and ftill nearer to the coafl: of Scotland. It is feparated from its filler ifland by the Irish Sea, which varies in breadth from fourteen to forty leagues; but is contracted between Scotland and the county of Down to a channel only fix leagues wide ; and farther north, to a ftill narrower flrait, of lefs than four, between the N. E. point of the coaft of Antrim and the Mull of Kintyre. This fea conveys into a few tolerable harbours, on the eaftern coaft, the greater part of the fhipping employed in the intercourfe between thefe kingdoms, and alfo a large proportion of thofe veflels which are occupied in foreign commerce. i The OF IRELAND. 9 The principal ports on the eaftern fide of Ireland are, Dublin, Belfast, Dundalk, Drogheda, and Wexford. On the northern coaft there are fome bays of considerable extent; but, except Lough Foylc, the bottom of which is the harbour of Londonderry, they contribute little to the general trade of the kingdom. While the advantage of Situation, and the excellence of the harbours of Cork and Waterford, in the fouth, have long enabled thofe cities to carry on a very considerable and daily- improving traffic ; augmented by the trade that reforts to the celebrated harbour of Kins ale, and by the fleet of coafters and other fmall craft that crowd the lefs noted ports of Youghal, Dungarvan, &c. But the finefl harbours of Ireland are on the weft and fouth-weft. Thofe indented coafls, which prefent innumerable promontories to the fury of the vaft Atlantic, form in their deep recefles fome of the nobleft havens in the world ; havens fo fecure and capacious, that in feveral of them the whole navy of Great Britain might ride in perfed: Safety. Such are Kenmare River and Bantry Bay, Black-Sod Harbour, and Broadhavcn, &c. ; which, from the unimproved State of the adjacent country, and their distance from the capital, are as yet but of little ufe. The weftern coaft is not however deftitute of commerce. The river Shannon brings Ships of great burthen to the keys of Li- merick, by an intricate navigation of almoft fifty miles from the fea. Much was formerly done at Galway, but the bay of Sligo is now more frequented. There are a few other ports of inferior note, which will be mentioned in their refpe&ive places, as well as the fisheries of Rutland and the Killeries. Nature has fortified the moft prominent parts of this coaft, from the north of Donegal to the extreme point of Cork ; to ierve as barriers againft the incurfions of the weftern ocean. But neither here, nor in any part of Ireland, are there, as in moft X> 2 other io OF IRELAND. other countries, long ranges of mountain ; if we except one ridge of various heights, and interrupted by the river Blackwater, which extends from near Dungarvan to the county of Kerry. They ftand rather in unconnected groups or mafles, of different magni- tude, which are fo difperfed through the ifland, that there are few parts of it in which the profped: is not fomewhere terminated by this fpecies of majeftic fcenery, forming a back-ground feldom more remote than twenty miles. It cannot however be called a mountainous country : though fome counties are hilly, yet many are tolerably level, and others quite flat. From Dublin to the bay of Galway, a vaft plain ftretches itfelf acrofs the kingdom. And in this plain lies the Bog of Allen r which was formerly much larger than it is at prefent ; a great portion of it having been reclaimed : but it Hill occupies a confiderable trad: in the county of Kildare, the King's County, and Rofcommon; and branches off into Meath, Weftmeath, and the Queen's County. This bog, though apparently flat, lies very high, and far above the level of the fea; for the river Boyne, the Little Barrow, and feveral inferior flreams, take their rife in it, and purfue their various courfes towards oppofite points of the compafs. Ireland is indeed extremely well fupplied with water by clear and lively rivers, and innumerable rivulets, by fome large and even magnificent lakes, and by fmall ones without number. If to this beautiful variety of water, hill, dale, and mountain, a fufficient quantity of wood were united, few countries could boaft, a greater number of interefting views and pi&urefque fcenes. But the policy* of more barbarous days, and the demands of luxury in modern times, have applied the axe with fo mercilefs a * Immenfe quantities of wood have been confumed in furnaces for making iron, and in the founderies for calling metal ; of which there have been a great number, and many ftill remain in various parts of the kingdom. hand, . ////.i . //■//,//.///, //:, ///, //,:,///, ■/,■ ,/-//// <'//r///'., i / Mtir\vi:iLY //// /. r///// c /-////■ ///■///// '/ 1 Of't/J,ty//te //////////ft ///>//////,'■/■/// ////• / /■////,/ ')/: v/'/.ir /■/ /{jl'E/ts . M the /iners are shaded as /or at r/it i are nai igaile X the loivestBridges are marked . OF IRELAND. it hand, that of the forefts, with which Ireland is faid to have been covered, a veftige fcarce remains. — The little that is left, at Kil- larney and other favoured fpots, fhews what many places have been, and ftill might be : but as a fpirit of planting is diffufed all over the kingdom, it may, before very many years elapfe, once more become a wooded country. The principal river of Ireland is the Shannon, which almoft: infulates Clare and the province of Connanght ; and, in a courfe of 150 miles, expands into fix different lakes, feveral miles long, and from two to fix broad. Among the other rivers of note, the Foyle and the Bann run northward ; the Boyne, the Liffey, and the Slaney, empty themfelves into the Irifh fea ; the Suir, the Barrow, and the Nore, which pour their united ftreams into the bay of Waterford, with the Black-water and the Lee, run all to the fouthward ; the Guibarra, the Erne, the Moy, the Mang, the Lane, and the Shannon, flow into the Atlantic. The foil of Ireland varies from the ftifFefr. clay to the lighteff. fand ; but of the laff. there is not much to be met with, neither is chalk to be found in any part of it. It is in general much more ftony than the foil of England ; and in fome large diftri&s the furface appears more than half covered with rocks. Great part of the kingdom lies upon a ftratum of rock, at various depths, fo that ftone quarries abound almoft every where : and much of this rock being limeftone, it greatly contributes to enrich and improve the land. Marble of great beauty is found in feveral counties. Mines of coal, iron, lead, and copper, are not unfre- quent ; and many of them are worked to great advantage. The bogs, which fupply moft of the inland part of the coun- try with fuel, produce on their furface heath, ruflies, and coarfe grafs, with fome other aquatic plants, and are generally paftura- ble in fummer, efpecially on the fides of hills or mountains : and thofe 12 OF IRELAND. thofe which are in lower fituations become excellent meadows, when thoroughly drained. However the foil may vary, it is by nature remarkably fertile; and the pafturage is generally thought to be more luxuriant than in England : but in cultivation and good hufbandry the Irifh are full much behind their neighbours. Encouraged, however, by the exertions of the Dublin Society, by the advantages which an excellent fyftem of corn-laws prefent to him, and by the exam- ple of men of fortune, who all keep large demefnes in their own hands, and many of whom pay the greateft attention to agricul- ture, the poor hufbandman is daily improving both his practice and his circumftances. The climate is rather more variable, and perhaps milder than that of England : the fummers lefs hot, the winters lefs fe- vere. The air is certainly damper; but this quality is not to be attributed entirely to the bogs which are fcattered all over the kingdom, but chiefly to its infular fituation, and to the great quan- tity of moift particles that are wafted from the ocean by the weflerly winds, which moll: frequently prevail. This moifture, however, is not prejudicial to health, neither is the neighbour- hood of bogs unwholefome. The bog waters, far from emitting putrid exhalations, like ftagnant pools and marflies, are of an an- tifeptic and ftrongly aftringent quality ; as appears from their preferving for ages, and even adding to the durability of the timber, which we find univerfally buried beneath their furfaces ; and from their converting to a fort of leather the Ikins of men and animals, who have had the misfortune of being loft, and of remaining in them, for any length of time. Thus does the vicinity of a bog widely differ from thofe appa- rently fimilar fituations in other countries, which are rendered confeffedly unhealthy by fens or marines ; but of which there are none in Ireland. Whether OF IRELAND. 13 Whether it be owing to the foil or the climate, certain it is, that in Ireland there are neither moles, nor toads, nor any kind of ferpents ; and it is not more than feventy or eighty years fince frogs, of which there are now abundance, were firft imported from England. But though the fame experiment has been made with fnakes and vipers, it has happily been unfuccefsful. Wolves were extirpated by Oliver Cromwell. But if this ifland be free from fome noxious, and all venomous creatures, it is, on the other hand, denied one of the fweeteft of the feathered tribe. The nightingale is not to be found there, and when brought over in a cage, but lingers out a miferable exiftence for a fhort time. There are alfo fome other birds, and feveral kinds of fifh, which abound in England, but are unknown in Ireland. In confidering the Extent of this country, I fhall firft obferve, that the greateft difference of latitude between the extreme points in the north and fouth is 4 4' o" ; the latitude of Cape Clear being 51 ° 19' o"; and that of Mali n Head, in the county of Donegal, 55 ° 23' o". The extremes of longitude are 5 19' o" and io° 28' o", which give a difference of 5 9' o" between the moft eafterly part of the county of Down, at Burr Island, and the moft weftern of the Blasket Isles, off Dunmore Head, in Kerry. The greateft length of Ireland extends from North-eaft to South-weft. And a line fo drawn between the two moft remote points, Fair-head and Mizen-head, would cut the meridian in an angle of 30 degrees, and meafure 241 Irifti miles, which fomewhat exceed 306 of Englifli ftatute meafure. The longeft line that can be ftretched acrofs the kingdom, would meafure 163 Irifti (or 207 Englifli) miles, from Em lag h-r ash in Mayo, to Carnsore Point, in the county of Wexford: and this line would interfeci the former in an angle of 75 degrees. But l4 OF IRELAND. But from the Stags of Cork Harbour to Bloody Far- land Poi nt, in Donegal, is the greateft length that can be mea- fured along a meridian ; and it will not exceed 185 Irifh, or 235I Englifh miles. If the breadth be meafured in the fame manner, nearly on a parallel of latitude, the true breadth of the iiland will appear to be as follows : Irifh. Eng. Between Tiellen- Head and IJIand-Magee 98 124 Between Emlagh-RaJJj and the mouth of Stra?jgford Lough — — — — 143 182 Between Slime-Head and the point of Hoath 137 174 Between Dunmore-Head, and Greenore-Point in Wex- ford — — 136 173 But there is not a fpot in the kingdom fifty miles diftant from the fea ; which will not appear furprifing, when we obferve, that between the bays of Dublin and Galway, there are but 86 miles, and no more than 67 between Dundalk and Ballyfhannon. With refpect to the fuperficial contents of this kingdom ; not being able to difcover any documents of authority in the public offices, I have made a computation of it, by very carefully mea- furing the area of each county on my map : and after rejecting all fractions, I have no hefitation in afferting, that Ireland con- tains confiderably more than 18 ,7 50 fquare miles, or feveral thou- fand acres above twelve millions Irifh. meafure ; which is equal to 30,370 Englifh miles, or 19,436,000 acres. In this fpace there are not fewer than 700,000 * houfes, which is * By the laft returns of the officers employed in collecting the hearth-money, to the end of 1790, the number of houfes in the feveral counties of Ireland amounted to 677,094. But I am informed by Mr. Bufhe, one of the commiffioners of the revenue, who has paid a particu- lar attention to this fubjeft, and who obligingly fupplied me with thofe returns ; that not- withstanding the fuccefsful exertions of the board, for fome years paft, in improving this branch of the revenue, by the fuppreffion of falfe and incorreft returns, the deficiencies which ftill remain cannot be computed at lefs than 23,000. OF IRELAND. 15 13 at the rate of 37 * houfes to every fquare mile, or 17.7 acres to a houfe, upon an average of the whole kingdom. But there is an aftonifhing difpioportion in the population of different coun- ties. In one there are 77, in another but 18 houfes to a mile, as will be found in their refpedtive defcriptions. It would much exceed the intended limits of this memoir, were I to examine into the early ftate of Ireland, and to compare the various defcriptions and diflimilar pictures of it, that have been drawn at different periods ; I (hall not therefore enter into a dif- cuffion of its ancient diviiions, of the changes that have taken place in them fince it became fubject to the crown of England, or of the different periods, from Henry II. to Charles I. in which the feveral counties were formed into Jhire ground. Neither (hall I conlider the alterations that have been made in the number, the extent, or the union of billioprics. It will be fufficient for our prefent purpofe, to mark thofe civil and ecclefialtical divifions which have been eftablifhed, without alteration, for above a cen- tury and an half. Ireland is divided, — with refpect to its civil or political diftinctions, into four provinces, Ulster, Leinster, Con- naught, and Munster ; which are fubdivided into thirty- two counties, and contain 252 baronies, and 2436 parifhes : — and with regard to its church-cftablifhment, into thirty-two dio- cefes, which are united or confolidated under eighteen bishops and four archbishops. I mall firft give a topographical fketch of the kingdom, and then proceed to lay before the reader a fhort account of its eccle- fiaflical flate. The province of Ulster comprifes the nine northern coun- ties, — Leinster the twelve Ealtern, — Connaught the five Wcftern, — and Munster thcjtx Southern counties. * Irifh fupcrficial mcafure is to Englith as 98 to 61 ; the number of houfes in Ireland are therefore at the rate of 23 to an Englilh fquare mile, or 27.7 acres to a houfe. E Of 16 OF IRELAND. Of thefe Munfter is the largeft, containing 5275 fquare miles. Ulfter contains 5000. Leinfter 4356 ; and Connaught, which is the fmalleft, 4108. The Subdivifions of thefe Provinces are as follow : Baronies. Parifhes. Acres. ~*Armagh - contains 5 20 l8l ,450 Down - 8. 60 348,550 Antrim - 8 77 387»200 ULSTER Londonderry - 4 3 1 318,500 9 Comities. Donegal *Tyrone — 5 4 42 35 6 79>55° 463,700: Fermanagh - 8 18 283,450 *Cavan - 7 3° 301,000 _*Monaghan 5 54 l 9 179,600 33* 3,143,000- Lough Neagb covers 58,20a 3,201,200 Louth m 4 61 110,750 Meath 12 147 327,900 Dublin - 6 107 142,050 Wicklow - 6 58 311,600 Wexford - 8 142 342,900 LEINSTER 11 Counties. *Kilkenny - 9 127 3°°»35° *Carlow - 5 5° i37>°5° *Kildare - 10 JI 3 236,750 *Qiieen's County - 8 5° 235.3°° *King's County - 1 1 52 282,200 *Weftmeath - 12 62 23 r »55° * Long ford - 6 23 134.15° 97 992 2,792,550 The thirteen inland counties are diitinguifhed by an Afterifk. CON- CONNAUGHT 5 Counties. MUNSTER 6 Counties. < COUNTY or ARMAGH Gal way- Mayo Sligo Leitrim _*Rofcommon Cork Kerry Clare Limerick *Tipperary Waterford /ion. '7 Baronies. Pariihe. Acres. 16 116 989,950 9 68 790,600 6 39 247,150 5 l 7 2 55.9S 6 5° 346,650 42 296 2,630,300 16 269 1,048,800 S 83 647,650 9 79 476,200 9 125 386,750 IO 186 554.950 7 74 816 262,800 59 3.377. l S° 252 2436-1-12,001,200 ULSTER. There are 214800 houfes returned in this province; which is at the rate of 14. 9 acres to a houfe, or about 43 houfes to a fquare mile. COUNTY of ARMAGH. THE length of this county from North to South is 25 miles, the breadth from Eaft to Weil 15, and the fuperricial content 181450 acres, or 283 fquarc miles J. f All fractions having been excluded from this calculation, it is very much under the full number of acres in Ireland. % In Englifh meafure the length is near 32, the breadth almoft 20. The area upwards of uare miles and 29 \;&6 acres. It 1 8 COUNTY of ARMAGH. It is divided intoy^W baronies, Oneil-land, Armagh, Ty- ranny, Fews, and Orior, and contains 20* parifhesj of which 17, comprehending 23 churches, are in the diocefe of Ar- magh j and 3 parifhes with 3 churches in the bifhopric of Dro- more. In this county there is very little flat ground, but the gentle hills which diversify the face of it are covered with a very rich foil, except in the South and Weft parts of Fews barony, which are full of mountains; and in the South of Orior, which is occu- pied by the lofty Sliebhgullen. But great part even of this rough ground is cultivated, and thickly inhabited ; Armagh being the molt -f populous county in Ireland. It contains ^ 21983 houfes, in which there cannot be fewer than || 120000 inhabitants. This population is at the rate of 8 acres and one fifth to each houfe, or of nearly 78 houfes, and 429 fouls to every fquare mile, which is fomething lefs than one acre and a half per head. It is to the great induftry of the people, and to the flourifh- ing ftate of the linen manufacture which they carry on in all its branches, that this extraordinary population is to be attributed. There are feveral good market-towns, and a great number of villages in this county, the principal are Armagh, Lurgan, Blackwater-town, and Portadown. The city of Armagh, which was very much decayed, has been renovated, and is become a pretty town, of good fize, and well * Each parifh- contains 9072 acres, and 6000 fouls, on an average. f There are more people in proportion to the number of acres, in the county of Dublin, but that county cannot be taken into the fcale, on account of the capital. J This is the number made up from the returns of the collectors of hearth-money to the end of 1790, and we may be allured, that whatever it be under, it does not exceed the truth. || At 5} fouls to a houfe. In 1075 houfes of every defcription, taken promifcuoufly in this county, 6988 inhabitants were found ; which is upwards of 6 per houfe on an average. See Mr. Bujbe's paper on this fubjedl: in Tranfadions of royal Iriflt academy for 1789. 5 inhabited. COUNTY of DOWN. 19 Inhabited, through the attention and munificence of the prefent Lord Primate; who has built there a handfome archiepifeopal palace, ?nd a noble houfe for the fchool, which is one of the royal foundations, and extremely well endowed. To thefe his Grace has added a public library for the promotion of fcience. He has alfo eredled a complete obfervatory ; with a liberal eflablifh- ment for the fupport of an aftronomer ; and has fecured the per- manency of his endowments, by feveral ad:s of parliament obtained for that purpofe. There is no river of confequence in this county, but it is bounded on the North by Lough Neagh, and on the North Weft by the Blackwatcr, which is navigable for fome miles into the Lake. On the Eaft fide, the river Bann and the Newry-canal af- ford a water-carriage from L. Neagh to the bay of Carlingford. Some good marble is found in this county. Six members are fent to parliament from Armagh ; two for the county, two for the city, and two for the borough of Charlcmont. Obfcrvations on the Old Maps. IN the maps of JefFereys, &c. the barony of O Neil-land is mifnamed Oneland ; a number of villages are marked which do not exift, and the following are omitted, Loughall, Richhill, Kcady, Crojfmagline, Mohan, &c. Thofe maps add 2 miles to the length, and 1 to the breadth of the county. COUNTY of DOWN. THIS county lies on the Eaft of Armagh, is almoft as thickly inhabited., and nearly double its fize. The so COUNTY of DOWN. The length of Down, from North to South is 40 miles; the breadth from Eaft to Weft 31, and the area of the county 348550 * acres, or 544 fquare miles. It contains eight baronies, and the lordfhip of Newry; viz. Upper and Lower Iveagh, Kinelearty, Castlereagh, Dufferin, Ardes, Lecale, and Mournej in which are 60 -j~ parilhes j 38 of them, with 33 churches, in the diocefe of Dow/2; and 22 with their 22 churches under the bifhop of Dro- more. This county is every where irregular in its furface, and about the centre, fwells into a mountainous tracl called Slicbh-Croob. The barony of 'Mourne is almoft covered with a large mafs of very high mountains ; one of which, Sliebh-Donard%, is faid to be 3150 feet high, above the level of the fea ; but I doubt that it has ever been accurately meafured, and am inclined to think it cannot fo much exceed the known height of Nepbin and Crow-Patrick in the Weft, and of Mangerton inthe South of Ireland. If we con- fider how large a fpace of this county is covered by thefe very rude mountains, the population of Down will appear very con- liderablc, for it contains 36636 houfes, in which muft dwell at 5-5- per houfe 201500 perfons j and this is at the rate of 9.4 acres to a houfe, or 67.34 houfes to a mile. Moft parts of this county are fertile, and delightful to the eye, efpecially about the river Bann and the Lagan. An irregularity of ground, well watered, abounding in bleach-greens, and full of neat and cleanly habitations, with an orchard to almoft every cottage, affords a moft chearful and pleafing profpect of the comfort and opulence ot the inhabitants, who are chiefly employed in the linen buiinefs. In the rougher parts of the country they breed a * In Frigl'.ih m.afure 51 roiies long, 39^ broad, and the content 874 fquare miles, or 5S9995 acre£ - f The average of eachpariih would be about 5800 acres, and 3350 fouls. % On the fummit of this high mountain is a very large and remarkable Cairn or Carnedh. great COUNTY of DOWN. 21 great number of horfes, with which the fairs of diflant counties are fupplied. This county derives equal advantages from its maritime fitua- tion and its inland waters. Gn the North it joins the town and har- bour of Belfaft, and at Donaghadee, packets are eftablifhed for the conveyance of mails and paflengers to Portpatrick in Scotland. The ports of Strangford and Killyleagh, upon the Strang- ford Lough, the bays of Killogh and Dundrum admit veffels of fmall fize. And by means of the bay of Carlingford, and a large canal from thence, the town of Newry carries on a very extenfive trade. A canal is continued from Newry to the * South Bann, and fo into Lough Neagh. From this lake to Belfaft, another ca- nal has been lately cut at the expence of the Marquis of Belfaft ; and the river Lagan, which feparates Down from Antrim, is alfo made navigable.. Downp atrick, the fhire town, is not fmall, but \ Newry is very large and commercial, and contains more than 10,000 inhabitants. To thefe muft be added Hillsborough, where the Marquis of Dow nfhire has erected a mofl beautiful church; Dromore the refidence of its bifhop, and fevcral other market-towns and good villages. Fourteen members of parliament are deputed from this County, Downpatrick, the boroughs of Bangor, Hilljhorough, Killyleagh, Newtown, and Newry. Obfcrvations on the Old Maps. THE villages omitted in JefTereys* map are Mill-ijles, Kircub- lin, Portafcrry, Strandtown, Crawfurd's Burn, Maghcra, Narrow- * The waters of this river are efteemed fuperior to any other, for the purpofe of bleaching. \ Part of the town and lordfhip of Neiury is in the county of Armagh. water, .42 COUNTY of ANTRIM. •water, and Warren-point, and many names of imaginary ones arc inferted. Sliebh Croob is alfo omitted by Jeffereys. ANTRIM. "THIS alfo is a maritime county, fituated on the North of Down, extending from North to South 44 miles, and from Eaft to Well: 24; and containing 387200 acres, which make about 605 fquare miles *. It comprizes the eight baronies of Massareen, Antrim, Toome, Kilconway, Dunluce, Cary, Glenarm, and Belfast, exclufive of the county of the town of Carrick- FERGUS. Of 77 t parifhes and 44 churches in this county, one parifh, with its church, is in the bifhopric of Dromore, the remainder are in the diocefe of Connor. Though the county of Antrim exceeds that of Down in extent by near 30000 acres, yet it falls fhort of it in the number of in- habitants, upwards of 41000. For it contains only 29122 houfes, in which we cannot fuppofe many more than 160000 fouls. This would give, on an average, 13.3 acres to a houfe, or fomething more than 48 houfes, with their 260 inhabitants to a fquare mile. But as there can be but a fcanty population in the mountainous and boggy country along the Eaftern coaft, which, with a large tract of very rough and high hills on the Weft of Belfaft, occupies near a third of the county; the richer and more fertile parts of it are well .cultivated and w r ell inhabited, efpe- * The length of this county is 56 miles, the breadth 30!, and the fuperficies 622,059 acres, or 972 fquare miles of Englifh meafure. f At a medium every pariih would contain fomething more than 5000 acres, and aboul 3100 fouls. cially COUNTY or ANTRIM. 23 daily the South of Maffareen and Belfaji baronies, which are in a high ftate of beauty and improvement. The linen bufinefs gives fpirit, employment, and wealth to the whole county. Of the mountains, SieniJJj about the middle, and Knock- Layd'm the North of the county, are the mod: considerable. Antrim is watered by many fmall rivers, and abundance of brooks and rivulets ; but the broad and rapid Ban;}, by which all the waters of Lough Ncagh are discharged into the fea, parts it from Londonderry. The principal towns are Belfast, Carrickfergus, An- trim, Lisburn, Ballymena and Ballymoney. Of thefe the two firft are fea ports, and both fituated on the Bay of Carrick- fergus, or as it is now called, the Lough of Belfaji. By an accurate enumeration made in 1791, Belfaft contained 3107 houfes and 18320 fouls. It is with regard to fize the fifth, and with refpccT: to commerce the fourth, if not the third town in the kingdom. There are upwards of feven hundred looms in it, employed on cotton, cambrick, fail-cloth, and linen. Thefe manufactories, with others of glafs, fugar, and earthen- ware, the exports of linen and provifions, and a confiderable trade with the Weft. Indies, have rapidly increafed its im- portance. Lisburn is large and handfome, equally noted for the neat- nefs of its buildings, and the urbanity of its inhabitants. At Carrickfergus, the aflizes are held both for the county at large, and for the diftricl: of the town, which has the privilege of a dijlintl county. It was once the firft fea-port in the north of Ireland, and defended by a ftrong caftle. But the port is little fre- quented and the caftle no longer garrifoned. Larne on the eaft coafl is but an inconfiderable place, with a poor harbour. F At *4 COUNTY of ANTRIM. At Ballycastle, a fmall port on the weft of Fairhead, the fea has entirely wafhed away a mole or pier, which had been erected at a great expence to protect the harbour. There is a good colliery near it, but very much neglected. Near Ballintoy on the fame coaft, there are alfo coal mines, which are rendered fomewhat more ufeful. Portrush is a fmall fifhing town near the mouth of the Bann. Between thefe two little ports, that celebrated and fublime pile of bafaltick columns, the Giants Caufcway, projects into the fea. The flupendous promontories of Fairhead and Bcngore are in a great meafure compofed of fimilar ftones; which, in a more or lefs perfect flate, abound in the high cliffs that form this coaft, and in a large circuit of the inland country. Twelve members of parliament reprefent this County, the town of Carrickfergus, and the boroughs of Belfaft, Li/hum, Antrim, and Randaljloivn. Obfervations on the Old Maps. In them the county is made two miles too fhort, and one mile too broad. Part of the barony of Majfareen is thrown into that oiBelfaJl. Lijburn is placed on the wrong fide of the river Lagan, and in the county of Down. Ifland-Magee is reprefented as an ifland, though a peninfula with an ifthmus of more than a mile broad. The mountains are very ill defcribed, and Bengore Head, the moft Northern point of the county, is neither named nor delineat- ed. The villages omitted are, Bujlomills, Ardmoy, Cidlibacky, New- town-g/enSi Gracehi/7, Parkgate, G/ynn, Ba/finderry, and Aghalee. LONDON- COUNTY of LONDONDERRY. 25 LONDONDERRY. This county, the greater part of which was given by James I. to an incorporated company of London merchants, lies on the well: of Antrim, and extends 32 miles from North to South, and about the fame from Eaft to Weft, meafuring in area 318,500 acres, and 479 fquare miles*. It comprifes the Liberties of the city of Londonderry, and of the town of Coleraine, with the four baronies of Tyre- kerin, Kenoght, Coleraine, and Loughinsholi n. In thefe there are thirty-one -f parishes ; five of which, with fix churches, appertain to the diocefe of Armagh, and the re- mainder, with twenty-three churches, to that of Derry. The number of houfes in this county is 2500*7, which amounts on an average to 12.7 acres to a houfe, or 50.3 houfes to a fquare mile ; and may contain % 1 25000 people. The linen manufacture profpers through every part of this county, which is not much incumbered with mountains. Bencvenagh in the north, SlicbhgaJlan in the fouth, and Cairn- togher, which extends into Tyrone, are all that claim our notice. In the laft-mentioned mountain all the rivers of this county have their fource ; except the Bann, which has been already men- tioned, and the Boyle which paries through the liberties of Lon- donderry, and wafhes the walls of the city. Over this very wide and deep river a wooden bridge, 1068 feet in length, and of lingular and excellent conftruction, was erected in 1791, and * In Englilh meafure 40'- long and broad; 798 fquare miles, and 51 1,688 acres. + There are on an average 10,270 acres, and upwards of 4000 fouls to a parifh, in this county. j The population of this county was found to average but 5.06 to a houfe. See Mr. Bufhe's Paper in the Tranf. of the Royal Irifti Academy for 1789. F 2 com- 26 COUNTY of LONDONDERRY. completed in the fhort fpace of fifteen months, by an American artift named Lemuel Coxe. Four miles below Londonderry the river expands into Lough Foyle, a great bay 12 miles long and 7 broad, and land locked on all fides, the entrance not being above half a mile wide, but hav- ing only one deep channel in the middle, between fands and fhallows. Londonderry is a handfome town, containing about 10,000 inhabitants *, whofe principal commerce is with America and the Weft. Indies. It is ftill furrounded with walls, and is the county town. Next to this city, in point of note, is Coleraine upon the Bann, about two miles above the mouth of that river. The falmon fifhery near this town, which has been extremely valuable for a long feries of years, begins to decay through mifmanage- ment. About this town, Newtown-Limavaddy, and Mag- herafelt, the linen bufinefs is very brifk. There are feveral other towns and villages in this county, among which are Mag- hera, Dungiven, Clady, Clody, &c. At Magilligan, be- tween Benevenagh and the fea, there is the moft productive rabbit warren in the kingdom. Eight reprefentatives are deputed to the Houfe of Commons, by the county, the city of Londonderry , and the boroughs of Cole- raine and Newtown Limavaddy . Obfervations on the Old Maps. The liberties of Londonderry are not marked, and half of the liberty of Coleraine is omitted ; fo arc the mountains Benevenagh and Sliebhgallan, and the villages of Crofs, Clady, and Tobannore. In the old maps this county is fmaller than in the new one, by a mile from north to fouth, and three miles from eafl to weft. * The number of houfes in 1789 was 1642. Tranfaft. Royal Irifh Acad. 1789. i TYRONE COUNTY of TYRONE. 27 TYRONE. Immediately fouth of Londonderry, the county of Tyrone extends 2,2, miles from north to fouth, and 43 from eaft to weft. The area meafures 467700 acres, or 724* fquare miles. This large county is divided into no more than four baronies ; Dungannon, Strabane, Omagh, and Clogher, or Upper Dungannon, which contain only 35 parishes and 38 churches, of which twenty parifhes and twenty churches are in the diocefe of Armagh ; eleven parifhes and thirteen churches in that of Derry -, and four parifhes, with five churches, in that of Clogher. The counties that have been defcribed are more popu- lous than Tyrone ; but the population of this county comes neareft to the medium of the whole province ; for it contains 28,704 houfes, which would amount on an average to 39.64 in every fquare mile, and 16.1 acres to each houfe -j~. The foil of this county varies exceedingly. Almoft the whole barony of Dungannon is rich and fruitful. It abounds with. fmall towns and villages: Dungannon, Stewartstown, COAGH, DONAGHY, CoOKSTOWN, PoMEROY, CALEDON, Orritor, Aghnecloy, Benburb, Moy, and many others; in which linen weaving and bleaching are connected with fmall tillage farms. Near Dungannon there are good collieries, and a canal from the little village of Coal Island to the Black-water, opens a communication with Lough Neagh and the furrounding country. The barony of Strabane is very rough; the mountains of Munterlony and Cairntogher covering a great part of it. Bejfy Bell and Mary Gray are alfo remarkably high. But in all parts * In Englifh meafure 42 from north to fouth, 54$ eaft to weft; 1163 fquare miles, 751,387 acres. + See Ulster, page 17.. of 28 COUNTY of TYRONE. of this country cultivation is creeping, and that not flowly, up the fides of all the hills and mountains that are capable of im- provement. In this tract are the villages of Newtown-Stew- art, Ardstraw, Gortin, Douglas, and the town of Strabane, finely fituated for trade on the river Mourne, which prefently uniting with the river Finn, affumes the name of Foy/e, and becomes navigable to Londonderry. The greateft part of the barony of Omagh is very poor and mountainous; and the town of Omagh, though the aflize town, is inferior to many others in the county. In the barony of Clogher there is more good land : but Clogher, Fintona, and Augher, are very fmall places, notwithftanding the laft is a borough, and the firit a city, fince it is the fee of a bifhop, and fends members to parliament. The Blackwater rifes in the fouth of this county ; but the fine and rapid rivers which water the heart of it, the Cameron, the Po, the Moyle, and many others, all fall into the Mourne. The towns of Strabane and Dungannon, the borough of Augher, and the city of Clogher, with the county, return ten members to parliament. Observations on the Old Maps. The county is reprefented a mile too large in every dimenfion and the following villages are omitted : Donymanagh, Douglas, Magheracrigan, Gortin, Drumquin, Bellnahatty, Neietown-Saville, Coagh, Orritor, Brockagh, Moy, Egli/h, Dian, and Coal IJland. LOUGH NEAGH. This great body of water, which wafhes the fhores of the five counties that have been defcribed, muft not be omitted. It is fifteen COUNTY of DONEGAL. 29 fifteen miles long, Jeven broad, and covers 58200 acres. The old maps, which make it larger, are as incorrect in the fize as the fhape of the lake, according to Mr. Lendrick's Survey. The river Bann is the only outlet for feven rivers and innume- rable ftreams, that pour their tributary waters into this great in- land fea; which, though by far the largefl, is by no means the mod beautiful of the Irilh lakes. The fhores are moftly formed either by an inanimate ftrand, or marfhy borders liable to frequent floods; and are of courfe de- ficient in thofe varied banks and bold promontories, without which fuch extenfive fheets of water cannot have a picturefque effect, un- lefs when the uniformity is broken by frequent iflands of different fize and character: — but there are only two in this lake ; a very fmall one near the mouth of the Blackwater, and Ram IJla?id y within a fhort diftance of the Antrim fhore, remarkable only for an ancient round tower. The views are more pleafing in Lough Beg, a fmall lake, into which thefe waters again expand,' after a courfe of about a mile through a very contracted channel. The form of Lough Beg, its iflands, fome wooded points of land, with intervening lawns and rocks, the magnificent rotunda at Ballyfcullen, and the beautiful lightnefs of Toome-bridge, pro- duce the mofl happy effect. It would be unpardonable to omit, that Lough Neagh has been long celebrated for a petrifying quality, which the water, or rather (it is faid) the foil, pofTeffes on fome parts of the Antrim fhore. DONEGAL *. This county, the largefl in Ulfler, extends on the weft of Tyrone and Londonderry 57 miles from north to fouth, and • It has been formerly called alfo TVRCONNELL. 40 from 30 COUNTY of DONEGAL. 40 from eaft to weft. It contains 679550 acres, or 1061 fquarc miles*, and is divided into five baronies — Inishowen, Kilma- crenan, Raphoe, Boylagh and Bannogh, and Tyrhugh. The number of parifb.es -j- in this county is forty-two ; thirty of which, with thirty-two churches, are in the diocefe of Raphoe ; eleven parifhes and thirteen churches in that of Derry ; and one parifli, with its church, in the bifhopric of Clogher. It contains only 33,521 houfes, in which we cannot eftimate J more than 1 40,000 inhabitants ; a population which is inferior to that of twenty-nine counties of the thirty-two. For it averages but one houfe to 28.8 acres, or 22.17 houfes in a fquare mile. But it muff be considered, that Donegal is a very rugged coun- try, in many places rendered lefs habitable by bogs, and almoil every where rough with mountains. It is not however deftitute of good land in the vales between thefc rocky maifes, and along the banks of many rivers. The chief of thefe are, the Finn, which, rifing in a lake, croffes the county from well: to eaftj the Dale, navigable by boats for a few miles, from the river Foyle to the village of Ballindrait; the Erne, which runs from Lough Erne, and falls into the fea below Ballifhannon ; and the Guibarra, a river of extraordinary breadth and depth for the fhortnefs of its courfe, which extends fcarce twenty miles from its fource to the fea. This county is rich in harbours — hough Foyle has been already noticed. Lough Swilly is a prodigious fine harbour, twenty miles long, from two to four broad, and deep enough for the largefr. * In Englilh meafure feventy-two miles long, fifty-one broad; 1704 fquare miles, 1,091,736 acres. + There are on an average 161 79 acres, and about 3350 fouls to each pariih. % The population of Donegal is dated, by the return made to Mr. Bulhe, to be at the rate of 7.35 to a houfe. I have computed them at fix. See Mem. Royal Irifh Academy for 1789. man COUNTY of DONEGAL. 3 t man of war. The bay of Strabragy in Inifhovven, Mulroy Bay and Sheep Haven, in Kilmacrenan ; the Guidore, the Guibara ; Donegal Bay, with Kil/ibegs Harbour and many other fmall ones branching off from it: and the road or harbour at the Rojfes are all excellent and fafe retreats for veffels. To this county belong Tory I/land, about fix miles from the north-weft point of it, and Arranmore, with a clufter of fmaller iflands, near the coall of that part of Boylagh and Bannagh, which is called the Rojfes. In one of thefe iflands, named Rut- land, in compliment to the late duke of Rutland, a fmall town has been lately built by the public-fpirited exertions of the Rt. Hon. Mr. Conyngham, for the purpofe of promoting the herring fifhery ; to which this fituation feemed peculiarly adapted. Of the many lakes in this county I fhall only mention Lough Derg, which is fituated in the midft of mountains, in the barony of Tyrhugh, and has been for ages celebrated, on account of a fmall ifland containing a cell called Saint Patrick's Purgatory; to which the fuperftitious devotion of the times drew many a pilgrim in former ages. The principal town in Donegal is Ballyshannon, which has the advantage of a falmon fifhery in the river Erne. Lif- ford the county town, is fcarce a mile from Strabanc, and but very fmall. Letterkenny is happily fituated at the bottom of "Lough Stilly, but derives no great advantage from that circum- flance. Donegal is of little note, notwithftanding the fine bay on which it ftands. Raphoe is the fee and refidence of a bi- fhop, but otherwife very infignificant. The town of Killybegs, and a good many tolerable villages, might be added to this lift ; and it muft not be overlooked, that in this county alfo, the linen manufacture is vigoroufly attended to. " G Twelve 3 2 COUNTY of DONEGAL. Twelve members fit in parliament for the county of Donegal* and the boroughs of Bally fhannon, Donegal, Killybegs, Lijford,. and *S7. John/town. Obfervations on the Old Maps.- The coaft is in many places erroneoufly delineated, particu- larly in Inifhowen. That barony is reprefented as a flat country, and cut in two by a river from hough Foyle to Strabragy Bay. Malin Head is omitted. Mulroy Bay, and the adjacent country, are quite mifreprefented, and fo are the Gmbara and Guidore rivers. Tory Iiland is removed at too great a diftance from the coaft : the ifle of Arran is flill more mifplaced, and the fmaller ■ iflands which accompany it, and form the harbour of the Rofles, are omitted. Neither do they exprefs the villages of Carrigart, Churchhill, Carrigans, Pluck, Killygordon, Came, Carrickmaquigly, Ardra, Kihnacreda, Duncanely, &c. Rutland they could not have marked. Of many mifnomers I fhall only mention that Horn-* head is written Horehead, and Rackibirn Iiland called Raghlin. The old maps add alfo a mile more to the breadth of the county than the furvey allows of. FERMANAGH. The greateft length of Fermanagh, which adjoins to the South of Donegal, is 34 miles, and the greater!: breadth 26 ; the area is 283,400 acres, or 448 fquare miles: but if we make allowance for the fpace that is covered by the waters of Lough Erne, which is at lean: 47,400 acres, we mufl reckon only 236,000 acres of the habitable ground, or perhaps 238,000, by taking the iflands of the lake into the number *. * Length 43 Englifh miles, breadth 33 ditto; 719 fquare ditto, or 455,298 Englifh acres — Lough Erne 76,31 1 ditto— Remainder 378,987 ditto. * This COUNTY of FERMANAGH. 33 This great lake completely fevers in two the county. Of its eight baronies, Lurge, Tyreskennedy, Magheraste- phana, Clonkelly, and Coole, are on the eaft, and Magheraboy, Clonawly, and Knockninny, on the weft of Lough Erne. Thefe are divided into no more than eighteen * parifhes : 15 of which, containing 23 churches, are in the diocefe of Clogher-, and three parifb.es, with as many churches, are under the fee of Kihnore. This county is but thinly peopled ; the number of houfes in it being only 11,969, which, excluding Lough Erne, is at the rate of 19.9 acres to a houfe, or 32.43 houfes in a fquare mile. I am however inclined to eftimate the number of fouls -f- at 71,800. The furface of Fermanagh is very uneven ; the borders of Tyrone and of Cavan, on the weft of the lake, and efpecially of Leitrim, are extremely mountainous, and the whole county full of hills; many of them high, rough, and boggy: but even in this rude ftate, thefe hills and mountains afford a coarfe pafture to large herds of young cattle ; and that moft of them are capa- ble of great improvement, and of being brought into tillage by proper management is proved, by the fuccefs which has already attended the exertions of induftry. Lough Erne confifts properly of two lakes, connected by a broad winding channel of about fix miles. The upper lake is nine miles long, and from one and a half to five wide; the lower lake ex- tends in length about ten miles, and increafes in breadth from * The average in every parifli is 13,2:0 acres, and about 4000 inhabitants. + This is at the rateofyj* to a houfe, becaufe it appears by Mr. Bufhe's table, that the population of Fermanagh, as far as it was examined into, was found to be at the rate of 7.38 to a houfe. Trait/, of Royal Info Academy, 1 789. G 2 tzvo j 4 COUNTY of FERMANAGH. two to eight. Both thefe lakes are full of iflands *, fome of which are large and inhabited, many of them well wooded, and the whole fo difpofed, and accompanied by fuch a diverfity of coaft, as to form a vaft number of rich and interefting profpects. This lough receives the Erne and feveral other rivers, and difcharges itfelf at the north-weft end by a rapid current of about feven miles ; which, after falling over many ledges of obftructing rocks, pre- cipitates its waters down a grand cataract into the fea at Balli- fliannon. There are two other lakes of considerable length which lie be- tween Fermanagh and Lei/rim ; Lough Mclvin and Lough Mac- nean. Enniskillen is the only town of note in Fermanagh ; it is built in an iiland, formed by the river which unites the two lakes, and is the fingle pafs of communication between the parts of the county which thefe waters feparate. It has a fcliool of royal foundation ; the endowment of which is, by the great rife and improvement of lands in this county, become very confide* rable. There are befides a few, and but a few, fmali market towns and good villages: Kesh, Lisnaskea, Maguires- Bridge, Newtown-Butler, &c. intheeaft; Belleek and Garrison, &c. in the weftern divifion. On Lord Ennifkillen's eftate, weft of Lough Erne, there are quarries of a grey or brown and white marble, beautifully veined, and of a very fine grain . The linen manufacture, and the rearing of black cattle, are the principal fources of wealth to the inhabitants of Fermanagh. The county, and the town of Ennijkillen, fend four reprefen- tatives to the Houfe of Commons. * It is faid, there are between 300 and 400 iflands in this lake. In the ifland of Dewnijb ftands a round tower, the moft elegant of any in the kingdom for its ftyle of architecture. Obferva- COUNTY oy CAVAN. 35 Obfervations on the Old Maps. THEY make Fermanagh about 4 miles too long. I find in them many names of villages which I cannot hear of;. but I fee no omifTions except Kejh and Coltrain. Lough Macnean is mifcalled Lough Cane. CAVAN. SOUTH of Fermanagh lies Cavan. Its length from E. to W. is 40 miles, and the breadth from N. to S. 22. It contains 301,000 acres, and 470 fquare miles *, and is divided into feven baronies, Tullaghagh, Loughtee, Tullac- HARVEY, CLONCHEE, C ASTLER AGH AN, ClONMOGHAN, Tullaghonoho ; and into 30 parifhes -f, one of which, and one church, are in the diocefe of Meath, 3 parifhes and 3 churches in the bifhoprick of Ar dag b, and the remaining 26 with 24 churches in Kilmorc. The number of houfes in this county is 16,314, which may contain 81,570 perfons, and the proportion of population to ex- tent, is 18.4 acres to a hcufe, or 34.71 houfes to a fquare mile. The foil is chiefly a ftiff, wet clay, which produces naturally a coarfe rufliy pafture ; but in lbme places it has been much a- mended by cultivation. The furface of the county is fo remark- ably uneven, that a level fpot is rare to be met with : a great part of it is open, bleak, and dreary ; but from Cavan to Lough Erne is extremely well wooded and picturefque. Though many of thefe hills are high and barren, yet none merit the appellation of * Length 51 miles, breadth 28, area 755 fquare miles, or 483,573 acres, Engliili mea- fure. f Every parifh would contain on an average 10,93 } acres, and 2700 fouls. mountains, 36 COUNTY of CAVAN. mountains, except Brucehill'm the Southern extremity, the lofty Sliebh Ruffel, which lies partly in Fermanagh, and the mountains of Ba/fynageeragh, which block up the North Weft angle of the county. At the foot of thefe hills are a great number of fmall lakes, and fome of larger Cze ; as Lough Ramor, Lough Sheelin, and Lough Gawnah, on the borders of Meatb, Wejlmeath and hong- ford: but the mod remarkable is Lough Ought er, not far from the town of Cavan, The irregularity of its form, the large and beautiful* iflands it contains, and the many deep recedes that wind between high banks and overhanging woods, produce a rich variety of interefting and romantic fcenery. Through this water flows the river Erne, which rifes on the borders of Long- ford and Leitrim, and on its way to the Lough receives many fmaller rivers. Cavan the county-town is neither large nor commercial, but Cootehill has the advantage of a well frequented linen market, in which great fums of money are weekly circulated. Beltur- bet is of little confequence; neither is there much to be Laid of KlLLESHANDRA, BaLLYHAYS, B AI L YBOROUCH, KlNC's- court, and fome other fmall towns and villages. But Swan- linbar is juftly celebrated, and much -reforted to in the fum- mer, on account of its medicinal fulphureous'fprings. The county, and the towns of Cavan and Belturbet, are repre- fentedin parliament by Jix members. Obfervaticns on the Old Maps. IN them the length of the county exceeds its juft dimenfions, by about five miles; and the breadth by at leafl two; Lough * In one very fmall bare ifland, Hand the ruins of a caftle in which the good bifhop Bedel was confined by the infurgents in the lafl century. Oughter s COUNTY of MONAGHAN. 37 Oughtcr, and the courfe of the Erne, are ill defcribed, and a large lake is omitted in the barony of Tullagha. Sliebh Rujfel is not accurately placed, nor are the fmaller mountains marked in the baronies of Loughtee and Caffleraghan. . MONAGHAN. NORTH Eafl of Cavan we enter the county of Mo n ag h an, which extends 30 miles from N. to S., and 19 from E. to W.; and forms an area of 179,600 acres, or 280 fquare miles *. It contains five baronies, Trough, Monaghan, Dartree, Cremourne, and Donachmoyne; and -f- 19 parilhes, in which are 19 churches, all in the diocefe of Clogher. This is, next to Armagh, the mod: populous county in Ireland, for 76.86 houfes to a fquare mile, and 8.3 acres to a hOufe, are the average of the 21 ,523 houfes in Monaghan, which muff, con- tain about 1 1 8,000 fouls +, at 5^ per houfe. The foil of this county is in many places moiir, but in general deep and fertile. It is not lefs hilly, but much more diverfified and fheltered by trees than the neighbouring county of Cavan. Neither is it deficient in lakes and rivers. Amongit the lakes thofe of Kile -row near Cootehiil, and of Barrac at Caftleblayney, deferve notice for their extent and beauty. Of the rivers none are confiderable, but many very pleafant. The mountains of Slicbh-Baught extend from Tyrone a good way into the barony of Trough. There are no others in this county which deferve the name of mountain. But there are many rocky hills in the barony of Magherofs. • Thefe dimenfions in Englifh meafure, would be, — length 38 miles, breadth 24, area 4.50, or 288,500 acres. f About 9450 acres and 5660 fouls to a pariih, on an average. J By the returns made to Mr. Bufhe, the houfes in this county mould contain each on an average 6.5 fouls. Tranf. Roy. I r . Atad, 1789. Mo NAG- 38 COUNTY or LOUTH. Monaghan, the affize town, is not contemptible ; Clones and Carrickmacross are alfoprett}/- large, and in a irate of im- provement. To which mufr. be added B ilibay, Castle- blayney, Glasloughl, Castleshane, and fome other thriving villages. The linen manufacture fucceeds admirably, efpecially in the Northern and Weftern parts of this county. Four members reprefent the county and the borough of Mo~ naghan in parliament. Observations on the Old Maps. IN JefFereys' map the mountains of Sliehh-Baugh, and the villages of Emy-Vale, Rockcorrey, Drumjwo) r ds, and Smitbborough are omitted, and one mile is taken from the length, while two are added to the breadth of the county. PROVINCE of LEINSTER. THIS province comprifes twelve counties, and they contain 2,792,450* acres, 992 parifhes, and 181,948'houfes; which is at the rate of 15.3 acres to houfe, or 41.7 houfes to a fquare mile. LOUTH. THIS is the fmalleft county in Ireland ; being only -f- 21 miles long from N. to S. and 14 broad from E. to W. and containing * Englifh acres 4,460,657. t In Englifti meafure 26| miles long, not quite 18 broad; contains about 278 fquare miles, or 177,926 acres. no COUNTY of LOUTH. 39 no more than 173 fquare miles, or 110,750 acres. It has Ar- magh on the North and Monaghan on the North-Eaft ; and is divided into four baronies, Dundalk, Louth, Ardee, and Ferrard, befide the county of the town o/*Drogheda. Small as this county is, it contains 61 * parifhes in the diocefe of Armagh, on which there are 20 churches ; and part of two parifhes in the diocefe of C/oghcr. Louth is the moll populous county in Leinjicr, the number of houfes in it being 11 545, which number, on an average, 66.73 in a fquare mile, and 9.6 acres to a houfe, and contain about 57750 fouls. There are fome poor hills in the neighbourhood of Collon, and a tract of high mountain between Dundalk and Car ling ford : but, thefe rough grounds excepted, the foil of this county is rich and fertile, and chiefly employed in tillage. Four fmall rivers oofs the county of Louth from weft to eaft, and the Boyne forms its fouthern boundary. The bay of Carlingford is a fine haven, with twenty fa- thom water, but of more advantage to Newry than to the town whofe name it bears ; which has dwindled into great infignifi- cance, and is remarkable only for the excellence of its oyflcrs. Dundalk, on the contrary, without the advantage of fo good a harbour, has much trade, and is in a very improving ftate. A cambrick manufactory, which was eftablifhed there fome years ago, has not indeed fucceeded ; but thofe of miiflin, damafk, and other kinds of linen, are all very flourifhing. Drogheda, which has the privilege of a diftinct county, and its own aflizes, is a large well-built town on both fides of the river Boyne, and incrcafes daily in wealth, commerce, and the number of its inhabitants, which amount to more than ten thou- fand-f. This port fupplies the neighbouring country, for many * Thefe parifhes would contain each, on an average, 1788 acres, and 931 fouls. + The number of houfes in 1789 were 1731. See Mr. Bufhe'spaper ut jupra. H miles 4 o COUNTY of LOUTH. miles round, with Englim coals and other hea^y goods ; and ex- ports very considerable quantifies of corn, the pro lace of the ad- jacent and of feveral of the inland counties. Here is alfo a cele- brated fchool, with a very good endowment. Dunleer and Ardee are fmall towns — Castle Belling- ham is a remarkably well-built and pretty village, noted for the bell: malt liquor in Ireland. — Collon, though not large, is very neat and thriving. By the judicious encouragement of the Rt. Hon. Mr. Fofler, Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, a considerable thread manufactory, and above a hundred muflin looms, have been added to other branches of the weaving bufinefs. Through all this county the manufacture of brown linens, and a diligent applica- tion to agriculture, divide the induftry and attention of the people. There are a greater number in Louth, than in any other part of the kingdom, of thofe high artificial mounts, the fortrefTes of early ages, which the Irifh call Raths, and attribute to the Danes. Twelve members of Parliament are elected from this fmall county, if we confider Drogheda as a part of it ; namely, for the county of Louth, for Drogheda, Carlingford, Dundalk, Ardee, and Dunleer. Obfervations on the Old Maps. In the maps of JefTereys', &c. this county is reprefented two miles longer, and three miles broader, than in Mr. Taylor's fur- vey; and the village of Lurgan Green is omitted, where there is a fine and extenfive ftrand, covered with a profufion of cockles, which afford a profitable employment, and a wholefome article of diet to the inhabitants. MEATH. COUNTY of MEATH. 41 MEATH. The county of Meath is fituated on the fouth-eaft of Louth, and extends from N. to S.* 29 miles, from E. to W. 35, and includes an area of 327,900 acres, or 512 fquare miles. There are twelve baronies in this county — Slane Morgal- lion, Kells, Half Fowre, Lune, Navan, Duleek, Skryne, Ratoath, Dunboyne, Deece, and Moyfen- rath; which contain \& r ~l\ parifhes, with 44 churches, all in the bifhopric of Meath ; half a parifh in the diocefe of Kilmore, and a fmall part of one in Armagh. The population of this county may be calculated at about 112,400 fouls, the number of houfes amounting to 22,468; which gives 43.88 houfes to a fquare mile, and allows 14.6 acres to a houfe. The foil of Meath is various, but generally rich, and incumbered with very little wafte land ; though there are fome coarfe hills about the middle of Slane barony, and in the northern part of Kells and Half Fowre. The bogs are neither numerous nor extenfive in this county ; and wherever this is the cafe in Ireland, the inhabitants fuffer from the fcarcity of turf or peat, an article fo eflential to their comfort and to the profperity of their manufactures, in a country where timber is very fcarce, and fo few coal mines have as yet been difcovered. Much coarfe linen is made in this county, but its principal fources of wealth are derived from the flocks and herds that are fattened, and the abundance of corn that is raifed, on its fruitful plains. * From north to fouth 36, from eaft to weft 44J; area, 526,790 Englim acre«, or 822 fquare Englifh miles. t The average of each parim would be 2215 acres, and 760 perfons. H 2 The 4 & COUNTY of MEATH. The pleafant Boyne, as Spcnfer juftly calls it, paffes through the heart of the county. The Backwater, which falls into it at Navan, the Borora, the Nanywater, and many fmaller rivers, con- tribute to its fertility and ornament. The county town is Trim, a very ancient place on the Boyne, but without manufactures or commerce.. Navan, on the fame river, beautifully fituated but very ill-built, is an opulent town, and contains about 4000 inhabitants, moll of them in- duitrioufly occupied in different branches of trade. The com- mercial interefts of this county, and efpecially of this part of it, will be much improved, when the Boyne is made completely navigable from Drogheda to Navan (a work which proceeds with great vigour), and when the projected canals from thence to Kells, and to Tmvopen a new and eafy communication with the fea. Kells is a good thriving town on the Blackwater — Athboy has little trade. — Slane is a neat village, with fome very good houfes. — Duleek and Ratoath are very fmall and infignificant — Dunshaghlin and Tarah, &c. are among the fmall villages, which are fcarcely worth naming in fuch a con- tracted account. At Nezv-grange, near Slane, is a mofl remarkable Mount, Barrow, or Rath, with a curious chamber in the centre, con- ftru&ed of rude ftones, and acceffible only by a long paffage, very low and narrow *. The poor villages of Ratoath and Duleek have their reprefen- tatives in the fenate, as well as Navan, Trim, Kells, Athboy, and the County. They return, in all, fourteen members to parlia- ment. * This Barrow is minutely defcribed by Governor Pownal in the Archeohgia, Vol. II. Obferva- COUNTY of DUBLIN. 43 Obfervations on the Old Maps. They make the length of the county from eaft to well: too great By two miles. Many places, which are not villages, are repre- fented as fuch, and fome inllgnificant villages have the appearance of confiderable towns. DUBLIN. The length of this county, which lies on the S. E. between Meath and the fea, is from N. to S.* 24 miles, and from E. to W. 15. It contains 142050 acres, which make about 221 fquare miles. It comprifes fix baronies, exclufive of the city and liber- ties of Dublin. On the north fide of the river Liffey, which, running eaftward, divides both the county and the city, are the baronies of Balruddery, Nethercross, Coolock, and Castleknock; on the fouth fide, thofe of Newcastle and Half Rathdown ; which fix baronies, with the city, contain 107 -f* parifhes, and 58 churches. In ftating the population, we muft difcriminate between the county and the city — Taken together, they comprehended, at the end of 1790, 255 1 ohoufes, which gives on an average 5.5 acres to a houfe, and ii5.42houfes to every fquare mile. But if we fuppofe the city to cover about five fquare miles (3200 acres), and, to avoid fractions, deduct 3050 acres from the grofs content of the * Thefe dimenfions are in EngHOi meafure — Length 30! miles; breadth 19 miles; area 228,211 acres, or 355 fquare miles. f Twenty of thefe parilhes are in the city— The 87 in the county would contain, at a medium, about 1600 acres, and 620 inhabitants each. * county j 4i COUNTY of DUBLIN. county; and if we reckon 10760* houfes in the county, which may contain about 54,000 fouls, the average will be 12.91 acres to a houfe, and 49.86 houfes to a fquare mile; a population which is rather thin for the diftrict that furrounds the capital, beinjr inferior to five of the more northern counties. This county, indeed, is not to be claffed among the m oft fruit- ful, or the belt cultivated ; and towards the borders of Wieklow it affumes the mountainous and rocky character of that county. The remainder is fiat and unintereftmg, except in the neighbour- hood of the fea coaft, which being broken into bays and creeks, affords many piclurefque and pleafi-ng profpedls. It is impoffible to give even an adequate fketch of the city of Dublin in this ihort trad: : but it would be unpardonable to omit fome of its principal features. It extends above two miles in every direction, and is rapidly increafing in fize, opulence and beauty. The river Liffey, which paffes through its centre, is croffed by five bridges, and a fixth of great elegance is nearly finifhed. The harbour is defended from the inclemency of the winds and waves by a ftrong wall or mole, now almoft completed, extending nearly four miles in length, and terminating with a light-houfe, which is erected about a mile from the eaftern and adjacent to the fouthern Bar. Correfponding to this handfome and ufeful pharos, there ftands on the promontory of Hoath, which forms the north fide of the bay, another very complete light-houfe. The vaft number of country houfes and neat villages which cover the fhores of the bay, the varied and undulating furrtmits of the WiCklow mountains in the fouthern back-ground, and the prof- * The number of houfea in the county of Dublin, exclufive of the city, in 1788, was 10759, and in the city 14327 ; and notwithftanding the prodigious increafe of buildings in the lad three years, it may be thought too great an augmentation to ftate them now at ? 6000 inhabited houfes, which, at nine to a houfe, will contain 144000 fouls. peel: COUNTY of DUBLIN. 45 pect of the city at the weft end, compofe one of the grandeft fcenes that can be imagined. In this large city there are but 20 parifh.es, and 18 parifh churches, fome chapels of eafe, the cathedral of St. Patrick, and the collegiate (Thrift's church. Of the many public edifices that adorn it; the moft remarkable are, — the Cajlle, which ftands nearly in the middle of the town, and is the refidence of the viceroy, the Parliament-houfe , the Univerfitys, the Royal Exchange, and the Cuflom-houfe ; all build- ings of great magnificence. The courts of juftice are almoft finifhed in the fame ftyle^ — The Linen Hall, the Barracks, Hofpi- tals for invalids' — for the children of failors and of foldiers — for the education of youth, and for the reception of the aged and in- firm of various defcriptions — are too numerous to mention fepa- rately. The Royal Irish Academy was inftituted in 1786— The Dublin Society, for the improvement of agriculture and ufeful arts, which was incorporated fo early as in 1749, has truly anfvvered the end of its inftitution, by promoting objects of the utmoft importance to Ireland. Two canals are begun on the oppofite fides of the river, with which they are immediately, to communicate. The fouthern na- vigation extends upwards of 40 miles, to the river Barrow, which is navigable; and a branch of this canal is carrying on in a weftern direction towards the Shannon. The northern canal has alfo for its object, to communicate with that great river in the county of Longford, and, by a collateral cut to unite with the Boyne navigation. To the weft end of the town adjoins the Phoenix Park, a royal demefne of great beauty, which extends above two miles in length, and a mile and a half in breadth, on the N. fide of the Liffey. The corporation of this city confifts of a Lord Mayor, 24 alder- 4 6 COUNTY of DUBLIN. aldermen, and a Common-Council, &c. It is almoft. needlefs to fay, that mofl branches of commerce and every kind of trade are exercifed in Dublin, and that the city is daily advancing in wealth and induftry. Within a few miles of the metropolis are many pleafant vil- lages — Clontarf, Glasnevin, Finglass, Chapelizod, Leixlip, Luc an, whofe fulphureous waters occafion a great refort of company in the fummer months. — Rathfarnham, Miltown, Ringsend, the Black Rock, Dunleary, and many others. The two lait named, and Clontarf, are crowded in the feafon for fea-bathing, and are furrounded with numerous villas of the nobility and citizens, whom the beauties of Dublin Bay attract towards the coaft. There are alfo in this county the fmall towns or villages of Tallagh, Newcastle, Swords, Lusic, Balruddery, Rush, Skerries and Balbriggen. Rujh is a large village on the coaft, from whence and from Skerries, whofe fmall harbour is rendered fafe by a pier, Dub- lin is principally fupplied with filh. Balbriggen has alfo a fmall fafe harbour, and a flourifhing cotton manufactory. The county, the city, and the univcrfity of Dublin, with the boroughs of Newcajlle and Swords, return ten members to parlia- ment. Observations en the Old Maps. They delineate the county one mile too long, and omit the villages of St. Margaret, Killfologhan, Glafnevin, Clontarf, Ball' doyle, Howth, Crumlin, Clondalkin, Bullock, Dunleary, and the Black Rock; and in Jeffereys' map Balbriggen and Skerries are alfo omitted. WICKLOW. COUNTY of WICKLOW. 47 WICKLOW. THE extent of this county, which lies immediately South of Dublin, is from N. to S. * 32 miles, from E. to W. 26 ; and the fuperficial contents are 311 ,600 acres, or 486 fquare miles. It is divided into Jix baronies, //^Rathdown, Newcas- tle, Arklow, Ballinacorr, Talbotstown, and Shil- lelagh; which contain -f- 58 parifhes, and 20 churches. — Of thefe, 49 parifhes and 1 7 churches are in the archbifhoprick of Dublin, — 6 parifhes and 3 churches in the diocefe of Leighlin — and 3 parifhes with one church in that of Ferns. The number of houfes in this county is 1 1,546, the inhabitants may therefore be computed at about 58,000 ; a very fcanty popu- lation for fo large an extent, as it amounts only to 23.75 in a fquare mile, and 26.9 acres to each houfe, on an average. But a great part of Wicklow is rendered unfit for habitation and incapable of culture, by mountains intermixed with rock and bogs. However, though the heart of the county be a cheerlefs wafte, the hills on the Eaft and Weft fides of it, and efpecially along the coafl, from 6 to 8 miles in breadth, being manv of them well wooded and intermixed with profitable and fmiling vallies, form a delightful and various fcenery. They are crowded with gentlemen's feats, and are not without fmall towns and vil- lages. The mountains of Kippure, near the county of Dublin, are the higheft, and very abrupt on the North fide. — Key den on the border of Carlow, and Sugar Loaf Hill near Delgany, are alfo remarkable for height, and the latter for its conical form. * From North to South *p,\, from Eafl to Weft 33 Englifti miles, the area 500,600 Eng- lilh acres, or 780 fquare miles. f 5370 acres and 1000 fouls are about the average of each parifti. I In 4 8 COUNTY op WICKLOW. In the mountainous part of this county many rivers have their fources,— the Liffey with her tributary ftreams takes a circular courfe through the county of Kildare, and falls into the bay of Dublin. The Slaney runs Southward, and after crofting a part of Carlow is received into the fea at Wexford. The Fartrcy difem- bogues itfelf at Wicklow, and the Ovoca at Arklow. There are no large towns in this county. Wicklow, the county town, is pleafantly fituated on a fmall harbour, and near a beautiful ftrand abounding in fine pebbles, which is called the Murrough. — The ale of Wicklow has been long celebrated in Dublin. Bray is reforted to by fea bathers in the fummer, and like Arklow has a haven for fmall craft. On the Eaftem fide of the county are Blessington, Dunlavin, Balting- las and Clonegall. In the neighbourhood of thefe Towns, of Rathdrum which is nearer the coaft:, and of Carnew in the South, fome linen and much coarfe wollens are manufac- tured. Not far from Rathdrum, at Cronebane, and alfo in the parifh of Kilcq/hel, are extenfive copper mines. At Cronebane immenfe quantities of copper are made, by fteeping bar-iron in the mine- ral water, whioh entirely corrodes the original metal and fubfti- tutes the particles of copper in its place. In the barony of Shillelah ftand the poor remains of a forefl", once the moft: celebrated in Ireland for the excellence of its oak; which was exported to Britain and different parts of Europe, and is ftill fhewn in the roof of Weftminfter-hall, and of fome antient buildings on the continent, even at this day. There is fcarcely room to mention the antique ruins and round towers of Glandelough , called the Seven Churches, which are fituated in a deep valley, encompafled with mountains j much lefs to COUNTY of WEXFORD. 49 to defcribe the many * natural beauties that attract the notice of the curious. Ten members are returned to parliament for the county and town of Wicklow, the boroughs of Blcffington, Baltinglas and Carysfort, which laft is not even a village. Obfervations on the Old Maps. THE county is drawn too fliort from North to South by two miles. The courfes of rivers are in many places erroneous, the Liffcy and Bray-water are made to unite, and fo are the rivers that fall into the fea at Wicklow and Kilcool. The boundary be- tween the baronies of Newcaftle and Ballinacor, is improperly placed. The mountains are ill defcribed, and thofe of Kippun mifnamed Stepbenon. The villages of Glanteague, Togher and Ballinderry are omitted. WEXFORD. THE length of the county of Wexford, which is fituated on the South of Wicklow, is from N. to S. -f- 44 miles, and the breadth from E. to W. 25. It contains 342,900 acres, or 535 fquare miles. It is divided into eight baronies — Gorey, Scarewalsh, Ballagheen, Bantry, Shelburn, Shelmaliere, Bar- gie and Forth, exclufive of the liberties of Wexford. Of 142 t * The Glens of the Downs and Dunran, the Dargle, the Devil's Glen, the Waterfall at Powerfcourt, and many others. f In Englilh meafure — length 56 miles, breadth 32, fuperficies 550,888 acres, or 695 fquare miles. J Thefe parifhes would contain each at a medium 2400 acres and 750 fouls. I 1 parifhes. 5 o COUNTY of WEXFORD. parifhes ; 140, containing 41 Churches, are in the bifhoprick of Ferns, and 2 parifhes with one church in the diocefe of Dublin. The number of houfes in the county of Wexford is 21,040, and of inhabitants about 1 15,000 *, which is at the rate of 16.2 acres to a houfe, and 39.32 houfes in a fquare mile. This county cannot be called hilly or mountainous, except on the frontiers of Carlovv and Wicklow. Yet it contains a great deal of coarfe cold land, and ftifF clay foil, which the want of limeftone renders it difficult and expenfive to improve. But the baronies of Bargie and Forth, being of a lighter foil, are extremely well tilled, and produce large quantities of barley. The river Barrow feparates Kilkenny from this county, and the S/ancy, which croffes it from Newtown Barry to Wexford, affords a perpetual variety of picturefque and romantic views among its wooded and winding banks. hough Ta, in the barony of P'orth, receives into its bofom two or three fmart rivulets, but having no outlet, the waters accumulate and gradually overflow the adjacent grounds ; till the peafantry, once in three or four years, let them off, by making a cut through the high fand-bank that parts the lake from the fea, which very foon fills up again. Wexford -f, the (hire town, contains above 9000 fouls, and is fituated on a harbour which is large and beautiful, but too Ihallow to admit veffels of great burden. Much coarfe woollen cloth is manufactured in this neighbourhood and about Enniscorthy, where there are alfo confiderable iron works, and fome trade ; the Slaney on which it is fituated being fo far navigable. — New Ross, on the Barrow, which is there croffed by a ferry, is a pretty large town, and exports a great deal of beef and butter; the river bringing up large fhips to • At 5} per houfe, the average of Mr. Bulhe's return being 6.49. — See his paper ut fupra. f The number of houfes in this Town in 1788 wa» 1412. 6 the COUNTY of WEXFORD. 5 i the quay, with many articles for the confumption of the fur- rounding country. Gorey is but fmall. Newtown-Barry is one of the prettieft villages in the kingdom. From the very poor village of Ballyhack there is a ferry to the fmall one of Pajfage in the county of Water ford, acrofs the river Suir, which is there about a mile broad. The borough of Clon mines is fallen into decay, fince the filvcr and lead mines in its neighbourhood have been newlecled. Thofe of Fetherd and Bannow are in the fame fituation. Taghmon and Ferns are but very middling villages. In the barony of Forth the manners of the people differ in fome refpects from thofe of their neighbours — They have more induftry and cleanlinefs, and are much neater in their drefs — They fpeak no Irifli, but have among themfelves a language, which feems to be the Anglo-Saxon, but which falls very faft into difufe. No fewer than eighteen members are returned to parliament for this County, the town of Wexford, and the boroughs of Ennif- corthey, Gorey, New Rq/s, Fetherd, Bannow, Clonmines, and Taghmon. Obfervations on the Old Maps. They give the county one mile more in length than they ought. — The barony of Bantry is omitted in Jeffereys' map ; nor is Lough Ta, in the barony of Forth, expreffed in any. The fol- lowing villages are alfo omitted : — Limbrick, Garri/ough, Ram's- grange, Broadway, Bridgetown, Killurin, &c. KILKENNY. S* COUNTY of KILKENNY, KILKENNY. WEST of the county of Wexford lies that of Kilkenny, wliofe extent from N. to S. is 35 * miles, and from E. to W. 19. Its area meafures 300,350 acres, or 469 fquare miles. It contains nine baronies, exclufive of the county of the city of Kilkenny, and the liberties of the town of C Al- len ,- viz. Fassachdining, Gallmoy, Crannagh, Gow- ran, Shellilogher, Kells, Knoctopher, Iverk, and the barony of Ida, Igrin, and Ibercon. Thefe contain 127 -f parifhes, and 31 churches; of which 121 parifhes, and 29 churches, are in the diocefe of Ojfory ; fix parifhes, with two churches, in that of Leighlin, and a very fmall part of one parifh in the archbifhopric of CaJJjel. The number of houfes is 17,569, which probably con- tain about 95 \ or 100,000 inhabitants. The houfes are much fewer than what might be expected in a county which has been generally efieemed one of the mod: populous in Ireland ; for there are, on an average, only 37.46 in a fquare mile, or one houfe to every 17 acres. This is below the medium of the provinces of hevifier or Uljlcr, but it fomewhat exceeds the average of the whole kingdom ; to which however it approximates nearer than any other county. The foil is fruitful, and well tilled; and Kilkenny may be confidered as one of the great corn counties. * * Length in Englifh miles 44^, breadth 24 ; area 753 miles, and 482,464 acres. + There are, on an average, 2364 houfes, and about 700 fouls, to every parilh. \ The population was found to be 6.9 to a houfe, in a twentieth of the houfes. Set Mr. Bujhe'i Talks in Mem. Roy. Jr. Acad. 1789. It COUNTY of KILKENNY. 53 It is in general level, except in the barony of Ida, Igrin, and Ibercon, which is covered with rough hills from the neigh- bourhood of the Suir, till they terminate in Brandon Hill, a mountain in the barony of Gowran. No country can be better watered — The river Barrow forms its eaftern boundary — the Suir parts it from Waterford, — and both thefe rivers are na- vigable ; as is alfo the Nore fo high as Bennetts Bridge. This river croffes the county from north to fouth, and receives in its courfe the Dinin, the river of Callcn, and many other plentiful fixeams. There are but a few towns of any note in this county, many boroughs, which were once confiderable, having dwindled into infignificant villages. Castle Durrow is a pretty little town, which lies in the midft of 2 or 3000 acres, that are infulated in the Queen's County. Castlecomer is but fmall, notwithstand- ing the vicinity of extenfive coal-mines, which not only fupply the furrounding country with fuel, but are conveyed in great quantities to very diftant parts of the kingdom, though by land carriage, being a hard (tone coal, particularly ufeful for fmiths' work. Callen is no longer of note, but its liberties, which extend near two miles round it, fhew that it was once confide- rable. Of Gowran, Knocktopher, Thomastown, Ur- lingford, Freshford, Newmarket, &c. there is little to be faid. At Ballyspellin, in Gallmoy, there is a chalibcate water, which would be more frequented, if there were better ac- commodation for Grangers. The city of Kilkenny, and the borough of St. Canice, or Irishtown, form but one large town, which ftands in the midft of the county of the city of Kil- kenny. It is delightfully fituated on the river Nore, over which are two handfome bridges. — Of the many large and good buildings that adorn this city, I fhall only mention the bifhop's palace, 54 COUNTY of KILKENNY. palace, the magnificent caftle of the Earl of Ormond, and the celebrated free-fchool or college founded by the Butler family, and lately rebuilt on a large fcale. The houfes are decorated with a very beautiful black and white marble, from the lar<>e quarries in the neighbourhood of this city, which fupply various parts of Ireland, and even London, with this commodity. Kilkenny contains about 16,000* fouls, a large number for an inland country town ; and has been long noted for the politenefs of its inhabitants. In this city and its environs abundance of blankets and much coarfe woollen cloth are manufactured. In the hilly parts of the county there are great dairy farms, particularly in the neighbour- hood of Waterford, from whence large quantities of butter are exported. Sixteen members are elected to the Houfe of Commons from this county — the city of Kilkenny, St. Canice, Gowran, Knockto- pher, Thomajlown, Innijlioghe and C alien. Obfervations on the Old Maps. The county meafures two miles longer and five miles broader in the old than in the new map — Cajlle Durrow is placed in the Queen's County — the whole of the fouthem part of Kilkenny is erroneoufly reprefented as very mountainous — and the following villages are omitted : Ballyfpellin, Johnjlown, Pill/own, Ballyneale, Glanmore, Newmarket, &c. • The number of houfes in 1788 was 2689. CARLOW. COUNTY of CARLOVV. 5; CARLOW. THIS fmall county, which is infertcd as a wedge between the northern parts of Kilkenny and Wexford, meafures 26 * miles in length from N. to S. and 23, in the greateft breadth, from E. to W. It contains 137,000 acres, or 214 fquare miles, and is divided into jive baronies and jjfy-f parifhes, 'which, with 13 churches, are all in the diocefe of Leighlin. The Baronies are, Ravilly, Catherlogh, Idrone, Forth, and St. Mul- LINS. The population of this county comes neareft to the average of the whole province; for it contains 8,763 houfes, and about 44,000 J' inhabitants, which will give, at a medium, 40.94 houfes to every fquare mile, and 15.6 acres to every houfe. The river Barrow, which is navigable, runs through it from N. to S. — the Slaney croiTes it alfo, in its courfe from Wicklow to Wexford. That part of Carlo w which lies on the weft of the Barrow is covered with rough and high hills. Another mountainous tract continues all along the bounds of Wexford, beginning at the north, with the high and rocky Mount Lcinflcr, and termi- nating in that which is called Black/lairs, in the fouth. But the champaign country is extremely rich and fertile. Of the Towns and Villages in this County, Car low, Leigh- linbridge, and Tullow are the moft considerable. Clone- gal, Hacketstown, Palatinetown, Rutland, Gore's- Bridge, Burres, &c. are fmall. '* * The length is 23, the breadth 29 miles ; and the area 220,098 acres, or 344 fquare miles, Englifh meafure. + There are, on an average, 2,740 acres, and S£o perfons, to each parilh. \ At five per houfe— By the abflraft it is 5.83. See Mem. Royal Irijh Acad. 1789 K The 56 COUNTY of KILDARE. The townof Carlow is regularly built, and well fituatedon the ealt fide of the Barrow (the weft end of the bridge being in the Queen's County), but has very little trade. Leighlin Bridge is on the fame river, and feems to be in a more progreffive ftate of improvement. — The wooded hills which fkirt the river Barrow between thefe towns prefent a beautiful and varied fcenery. Six members fit in parliament for this County, the town of Carlow, and the decayed borough of Old Leighlin. Obfervations on the Old Maps. I have drawn this county one mile longer from N. to S. and one mile narrower from E. to W. than the old maps make it — They omit Mount Lein/ler, and the villages of Palatine Town and Clonegal. KILDARE. The county of Kildare joins Carlow on the north, and ex- tends from N. to S. 32 * miles, and from E. to W. 21 ; form- ing an area of 236,750 acres, or 369 fquare miles. The ten baronies, into which this county is divided, are— Carbury, Ikeath and Oughterany, Claine, Salt, Naas, Great Connel, Ophaly, Kilcullen, Narragh and Rehban, Kilkea and Moonej in which are 113-7 parifhes and 23 churches. Of thefe, 57 parifhes-^nd 9 churches belong to the fee of Dublin, and 56 parifhes, with 14 churches, to that of Kildare. * In Englifh meafure — Length 40I; breadth 26f;area 380,352 acres, or 593 fquare miles, f The contents of ever/ parilh wouW, on an average, amount to about 2,100 acres, and fomething lefs than 500 fouls. The COUNTY of KILDARE. 57 The number of houfes in this county is 11,205, and we may eftimate the inhabitants at about 56,000*. This gives, on an average, 30.36 houfes to a fquare mile, and 21 acres to a houfe; which feems to be a very thin population for a county fo near the capital, and not at all incumbered with mountains or high hills. But it mult be obferved, that large tracls of it are covered by the Bog of Allen, that upwards of 3000 -acres are occupied by the Curragh ; and that, although this beautiful plain affords pafture to an immenfe number of llieep, there are but a very few habi- tations fcattered around its edges. This county is full of fprings and rivulets — The river Barrow forms its fouth-weft boundary, and receives the Grees — The Liffcy takes a circular courfe through the norfh-eaft of the county, and the river Boyne rifes in the Bog of Allen. The Barrow is navigable from Athy, where it meets the Grand Canal, which, from Dublin, pafTes through this county, crolTing the Liffcy on an aqueduct bridge ; and foon after branches off near Claine, in a collateral cut, to the Shannon. By this canal, not only merchandize and heavy goods are con- veyed to and from the metropolis, but feveral boats, conveniently fitted up for the accommodation of travellers, pafs daily between Dublin and Monaflerevan. In this county there are no large towns. Thofe which chiefly claim notice are, Naas and Athy -f-; at which the affizes are alternately held. Monasterevan, on the Barrow, is increafing in fize and * I have computed the number of inhabitants at the rate of only five to a houfe, as the abitraft in Mr. Bufhe's Paper ftates them at no more than 5.6. Tranf. Royal Irijh Acad. 1789. f Having obferved that Englifh readers are commonly induced by the orthography to call this town Alby, I beg leave to remark, that in Ireland the name is always pronounced Athy. K 2 trade, 5 8 QUEEN'S COUNTY. trade, fince the completion of the canal has rendered it, in Come mcafure, a centre of communication between Dublin and the more diitant parts of the kingdom. — Kildare is chiefly fup- ported by the concourfe of nobility and gentry who attend the frequent races at the Curragh ; which is the Newmarket of Ire- land, and generally allowed to exceed the Englifh race-ground in elafticity of turf, and in characteriftic beauty. At Prosperous, a new village in the barony of Chine, great cotton works have been eftablifhed. Ballitore is a very pretty village. Ten members reprefent in the Houfe of Commons this County, the towns of Kildare, Naas and Athy, and the borough of Harriftown, which confifts only of a lingle houfe. Observations on the Old Maps. They exceed in the breadth of the county two miles, and are not quite corredt in the boundary and divifions. Jeffercys mifcalls Monaftereven Monjlere. The fituations of Cappoge and of Profperous are not marked. QUEEN'S COUNTY. The Queen's County is fituated on the fouth-weir. of Kil- dare, from which it is partly divided by the river Barrow, and is of a very compact form ; being 25 * miles in length, and as many in breadth. It contains 235,300 acres, or 367 fquare miles, and is divided into eight baronies — Portnehinch, Tinehinch, * Nearly 32 Englifh miles.— The area, in the fame meafure, is 378,023 acres, or about 590 fquare miles. Upper QUEENS COUNTY. 59 Upper-Ossory, Maryborough, Stradbally, Bally- ADAMS, CULLINAGH and SLEWMARGY. Of the 50* pariflies, and 26 churches which they comprehend, 27 pariflies and 14 churches are in the bifhopric of Lcighlin-, 14 pariflies and 6 churches in that of OJfory ; 7 pariflies, with 6 churches, in the diocefe of KilJare ; one parifh in that of Kil- laloe, and part of one in Dublin. This county is more populous than any of the preceding five ; for it contains 15,048 houfes, which on an average would give 41 houfes to a fquare mile, and 15.6 acres to a houfe. The number of inhabitants will amount to upwards of 82,000, at $\ to a houfe. There are in this county extenfive tracts of bog, and a good deal of cold wet ground, efpecially near the mountains i yet the greater part of it is well cultivated, and fome places rich and beautiful. It is a very level country, except in the fouth of the barony of S/ewmargy, and on the borders of the King's County. The high and fteep mountains of S/iebb-b/oom-f form fo im- practicable a barrier between the two counties, that in a range of fourteen miles, they afford but one, and that a very difficult and narrow pafs into the King's County, called the Gap of Glandinc. In this great ridge are the fourccs of the Harrow and the No re J ; the Barrow running North-caff to Monaflerevan, where it changes its direction to the South, and the Nore croffrn^ the Queen's County by a fouthern courfe into Kilkenny. Maryborough, the county town, is not large: but in its * Every parifh contains, on an average, 4,700 acres, and 1,640 perfons. ■f- Thefe mountains are alfo named Ard-na-Eri>i, which, in the Irifli language, fignifie^ in the Height of Ireland. J As thefe two rivers unite with the Star, near Waterford, and as that river rifes in the mountain of Bendbu in Tipperary, which is at no great diitance from the fouthern extre- mity of Sliebh-bloom, they are not improperly called the Three Si/lers. 6 neigh- 6a QUEEN'S COUN'TY. .neighbourhood is manufactured a great quantity of fluffs, ferges, druggets, and other woollen goods. The fame manufactures are carried on at Mountmellick and Mountrath; in which •towns the wool-combing bufinefs flourifhed exceedingly, till within a few years, when the demand for worded yarn from Norwich and other parts of England ceafed. Forges and fur- naces for iron have long been eftablifhed about Mountrath ; but charcoal is become fo fcarce that, of late years, they have not been often at work. Ballynakill is a fmall town, and Str ad- bally a very pretty clean village; but Portarlington (of which a fmall part is in the King's County), is a confiderable town, full of gentry, and noted for many large fchools, princi- pally employed in the preparative education of very young chil- dren. There is an extenlive colliery at Dunane in Skwmargy, whofe coals are preferred to thofe of Caftlecomer, and all the hills of that part of the county are full of this kind of coal. Much cheefe is made in this and the next county, which brings a good price in Dublin. The Queen's County deputes eight members to parliament, who reprefent the County, Maryborough, Portarlington, and Bally- nakill. Observations on the Old Maps. They make this county three miles too broad from E. to W. and reprefent Skwmargy as a flat country. Neither the moun- tains of SUebh-bloom , nor the courfe of the Barrow, are correctly delineated. The villages of Cajlktown and Dunane, both in Slewmargy, are omitted. KING'S KING'S COUNTY. 61 KING'S COUNTY. THIS County bounds the Queen's County on the north and weft. Its length from N.toS.is 34 miles; and the breadth from E. to W. which, in the northern and broadeft part, is 32, diminifhes gra- dually to a very narrow compafs as it ftretches to the Southward. The King's County contains 282,200 acres, which make up- wards of 440 fquare miles*; and is divided into eleven baronies, viz. — Warrenstown, Coolestown, Philipstown, Bal- LYCOWEN, KlLCOURSEY, GaRRYCASTLE, GeSHIL, BaLLI- boy, Eglish or Fircal, Ballybritt and Clonlisk. In thefe there are 16 parifhes and 10 churches, under the fee of Meath; 16 parifhes, with 6 churches, under that of Killaloe ; 18 parifhes and 8 churches in the diocefe of Kildare ; one parifh in Clonfert, and one infulated parifh, with its church, dependant upon the fee of OJfory ; in all 52-f parifhes and 25 churches. The number of houfes in this county amounts to 13,536, which will give 30.76 houfes to a fquare mile, and 20.8 acres to a houfe on an average ; and may contain about 74,500 inhabitants t. If this mould be efteemed a thin population, it muft be ob- ferved, that the Bog of Allen covers a great portion of this countv, and that fome part of it is rendered uninhabitable by the moun- * In Englifh meafure, the length is 43 miles, and the breadth 39; the area 453,370 acres, or 707 fquare miles. + There are on an average 5,400 acres, and 1,430 fouls to a parifh, through this county. I At 5J per houfe; the average population appearing, by the return in Mr. Bufhe's Paper, to be 6.1 1 to a houfe. Mem. Royal Irijh Acadetny, 17^9. tains 62 KING'S COUNTY. tains of Sliebh-bloom. This range of mountains excepted, the King's County may be confidered as a level country. In many places the foil is deep and rich, and in fome parts well cultivated ; but much of the barony of Garrycajlle ftill remains in a very naked and unimproved ftate. In this wild country, on the banks of the Shannon, ftand the ruins of Clonmacnois ; ufually called the Seven Churches, from the many veftiges of religious buildings, among which two round towers only remain free from decay. The Shannon forms the weflern boundary of the County for many 'miles, and the little Brofna, which falls into that great river, divides it from Tipperary ; while the larger Brofna, after winding through a great part of it, between pleafant banks, lofes itfelf alfo in the Shannon. The Boyne and the leffer Barrotv water the fkirts of it. There are, befides, feveral fmall rivers and fome lakes, of which Lough Pallis and Lough Annagh are the largeft ; and the Grand Canal croffes the Northern part of the county. Of the towns in the King's County, Birr is the moft. confidera- ble. It was formerly called Patfonflown, and has very lately re- fumed that name, by acft of parliament. AtBANAGHER there is an excellent endowment for a fchool, and a very ancient bridge over the Shannon. Six miles higher up, at the village of Raghera, a very noble one has been eredted within a few years. Tulla- more, on the river Clodagh, is a pretty little town, in which, as well as in Birr, there are many gentlemens houfes, and fome manufactures, which the advantages of the Grand Canal will probably improve. In the neighbourhood of Clara, which is fltuated on the Brofna, much linen is made. At Philipstown the afTizes are held, but it is a very indifferent place. Frank- ford and Ballyboy on the Silver river, Ferbane upon the Brofna, Ballycowen and Cloghan, Killeigh and Geshil are fmall; but Edenderry is a thriving town, chiefly inha- bited COUNTY of WESTMEATH. 63 t>ited by induftrious quakers, and contiguous to the weftern cut .of the Grand Canal. S/'x members reprcfent, in the Houfe of Commons, this County and the towns of Philipjlgwn and Banagber, Olfervatiortj on the Old Maps. They exceed the juft dimenfions of the county from E. to W, three miles, and they omit the villages of Durrow, Clara, Bally~ cumber, Ballycoiven, Frankford, and fome others. WESTMEATH. North of the King's County lies Westmeath, whofc great eft: extent from E. to W. is 23 miles, and from N. to S. 27, and whofc area meafures 231,538 acres, or 361 fquare miles *. There are twelve baronies in this county — Clonlonan, Moy- cashel.Fartullagh, Farbill, Moyashel and Maghe- RADERNON, DeLVIN, Half Fo\V RE, MoYGOISH, CoRKERRY, Rathconrath, Kilkenny-West, and the territory, as it is called, of Brawny. They comprehend 62 -f pariihes and 21 churches; 59 parifhes and 20 churches in the diocefe of Meatb, and three pariihes, with one church, in the bifliopric of Ardagb. The population may be computed at 69,000 perfons, dwelling in 13,693 houfes : and if they were equally diftributed through- out the county, every fquare mile would contain 37.93 houfes j to each of which there would be 1 7 acres. » From E.toW. 42, from N. to S. 34 miles; 371,979 acres, or 577 fquare miles, Englilh meafure. •}• At a medium, each parifh would contain about 3700 acres, and uoo perfons. L ' No 64 COUNTY" or WESTMEATII. No part of this county is embarraffed with mountains, but a great number of acres are rendered unproductive by large lakes and extenfive begs ; yet the convenience of fuel, the abundance of gravelly hills, and the variety of profpects which arife from thefe beautiful lakes, and the undulating form of the furface, render it a very pleafant and healthful country. The foil is in general light, but in fome places deep and rich; and though there is more of it kept under grafs than employed in tillage, yet the plough is by no means neglected ; for, after fupplying the home confumption, the farmers of this county largely contribute to the exportation of oats from Drogheda. No county can be better watered. The Shannon divides it from Connaught : the river Tnny forms the greater part of its north-well: boundary, palling through feveral lakes : the Dele croffes the eailern fide of it, and the Brofna, which iffues from Lough Hoyle, runs fouthward into the King's County. It is lingular, that from this lake two rivers flow, in oppofite directions : the Brofna takes a fouthern courfe; while a fhort and rapid flream runs weifward into hough Iron, which difcharges its waters by the Inny into the Shannon. Lough Dene, Lough Iron, Lough Derveragh, Lough Hoyle, and Lough Ennel, are the principal lakes. To thefe mull be added that large and beautiful expanfion of the Shannon, which is full of wooded iflands, and called Lough Rce, or the Royal Lake. . The towns in Weflmeath are neither large nor numerous. — ■ Athlone is the moil: considerable. ; fituated on the Shannon, it was formerly an important pafs into the Weftern Province, and is the moil central town in the ifland. Mullingar, the county- town, is well fituated betw r een the two lakes Hoyle and Ennel, and is noted for a very confiderable horfe-fair, and a great wool- fair. MoATE-G*RENOGUE, KlLBEGGAN, KlNNEGADand CaS- tlepollard, are fmall. In this county alfo, the linen manu- facture makes a confiderable progrefs. From COUNTY or LONGFORD. 65 From Wejlmeath, Mullingar, Athlone, Kilbeggan, and the now miferable village of Bowr 1 37 houfes, there is on a medium * In Englifh meafure, the length is 60 miles, the greateft breadth 37, and the area 556,847 acres, or 869 fquare miles. + Thefe parilhes contain each, on an average, about 6,200 acres, and near ),6oo fouls. c but 68 COUNTY of ROSCOMMON. but one houfe for every 20.1 acres, and only 31.86 to a fquare mile. The inhabitants may be eftimated at about eighty-fix thou- fand. Rofcommon is a flat open country, in fome places fprinkled with rocks, in many interrupted by extenfive bogs, and but little di- versified with hills. The only mountains within the county are in the parifh of Kilronan ; a nook between Lough Arrow and Lough Allen, and thefe are become valuable on account of the coal and iron which they are found to contain. The lofty Curlew Mountains, which join Lough Arrow, feparate this county from Sligo. In the plains of Rofcommon the foil is rich, and as fit for the ploughman as the grazier. There is however but a fmall part under tillage, in comparifon of what is devoted to the breed- ing of black cattle and fheep. The river Shannon winds along the eaflern boundary, branch- ing, in a couife of fifty miles, into feveral fine lakes; of which Lough Ree, Lough Baffin, and Lough Allen, are the largeft. The river Suck divides this county from Galway for a great length of way, till it lofes its name and waters in the Shannon j and many other ftreams and fmall lakes fertilize and enliven the fields. The largeft. of the lakes is Lough Key, in the North of the County, which is rendered delightful by wooded iflands and furrounding groves. There are no towns of great fize or confe- quence in Rofcommon — The principal are Boyle, where the linen market is of late become very considerable, from the in- creafe of yarn and linen manufactures in the neighbourhood — Roscommon, the County town — Strokestown, Elphin, Ca-stlereagh, Miltown-pass, &c. Part of Athlone is alfo in Rofcommon. This County, the boroughs of Rofcommon, Boyle, and Tul/k, which laft is a wretched village, are reprefented in parliament by eight members, Obferva- COUNTY of LEITRIM. 69 Obferuations on the Old Maps. They reprefent the County one mile fhorter and two miles broader than the new map. The river which flows from Lough Gara into Lough Key is not expreiTed. The towns of Ballimoe and Ballinajloe are placed in this County, though they are both in Galivay, and the villages of Drumda, Ardcarn y BaUyfcrnon, Bal- tintra, and Sandfield, &c. are omitted. LEITRIM. North- weft of Rofcommon, with the Shannon intervening, lies the county of Leitrim, which extends from the county of Longford to Donegal Bay, 41 miles in length. In form fome- what like an hour-glafs, it varies greatly in breadth, being in the wideft parts 16 and in the narroweft only fix miles acrofs. It con- tains 255,950 acres, or about 400 fquare miles*. This county is divided into five baronies and ij-f parifhes. The baronies are, Mohill, Leitrim, Carigallen, Dro- mahaire, and Rossclogher. Ten parifhes are in the dio- cefe of Kihnore, and 7 in Ardagh. There are 8 churches in each. The number of houfes in Leitrim being 10,026 (which pro- bably contain upwards of 50,000 inhabitants), if they were equally diftributed throughout the county, there would be in • The length of Leitrim, in Englifh meafure, is 52 miles ; the greateft breadth 20, and the leaft j\. The araa contains 407,260 acres, or 652 fquare miles. + Every parifh comprehends, on an average, upwards of 15,000 acres, and fomewhatlefs lhan 3000 fouls. very 7 o COUNTY or LEITRIM. every fquare mile 27.48 houfes, with 23.2 acres to each. But the two northern baronies are by no means fo populous as the other three. The mountains of Sliebh-Anewr and Dartry cover almoft the whole of Rojfc/ogher ; and a large fcope of Dromahaire is occupied by Sliebh-an-Erin and other mountainous groups. But thefe great hills are far from unprofitable ; for, producing abundance of coarfe grafs, they annually pour forth immenfe droves of young cattle. The fouthern baronies are level, and their foil good : agriculture of courfe improves, and population increafes with the linen bufinefs, which has made great progrefs in a country fo well adapted to the growth of flax, and fo con- venient to the manufacturer in point of fuel and water. It abounds in fmall rivers, and lakes — The largeft of thefe is Lough Allen, a deep water, 8 miles in length, and z\ in breadth. On the weftern banks of this lake the hills teem with coal and iron, in this county, as well as in Rofcommon. Great ironworks have been lately eftablifhed at Arigna, and as foon as the com- pletion of the Royal Canal opens a communication between Dublin and the Shannon, the valuable produces of this diftant county will find an eafy conveyance to market. About four miles north of Lough Allen, the Shannon iffues from Lough Clean, a fmall lake, which is confidered as the fountain of that noble river. This lake is not four miles diflant from the river Bonnet, which carries boats into Lough Gilly, and from thence into Sligo Bay. Perhaps the day may come, when the fpirit of enterprize and commerce will open itfelf a paflage by this channel alfo. The towns and villages in Leitrim are very fmall — Mohill, Manor-Hamilton, and Dromahaire, are perhaps the belt. — Carrick is the (hire town. Near Drumsnaw, a neat vil- lage, charmingly ntuated on the wooded banks of the Shannon, there is a ch alike ate fpring, whofe medicinal virtues have been found very great. Six COUNTY of SLIGO. 71 Six members reprefent in parliament the county of Leitrim, and the boroughs of Carrick and Jamejlown. Obfervations on the Old Maps. In the length of the county they fall fliort a mile, and in the breadth they exceed as much. — The villages of Kinlough and Drumkeirn are omitted. Drumjljambo, Ballintra, and Kejhcarri- gan are mifplaced by Bowles ; and the two lad are omitted by Jefferys. SLIGO. THE county of Sligo lies on the weft of Leitrim, and on the north of Rofcommon. Its greateft length, from Bunduff in the north, to the Curlew Mountains in the fouth, is 31 miles; and the greateft breadth 29. It contains 247,150 acres-, or 386 fquare miles*, and is divided into^A- baronies, Carbury.Tyreragh, Leney, Corran, Coolavin and Tiraghrill ; which com- prife -f 39 parifhes and 16 churches. Ofthefe, 1 6 parifties and 3 churches are in the bifhoprick of Elphin ; 14 parifhes and 6 churches in that of Achonry, and 8 parifhes with 6 churches, in the diocefe of Killalla. One parilli and its church belong to the fee of Ardagh. In this county there are 1 1 ,509 houfes, the average of which is 29.81 to a fquare mile, or one houfe to 21.5 acres. And the number of inhabitants may be about 6o,ooo. * The dimenfions of this county are, in Englifti meafure,— length 39}, and breadth yj miles. Its contents 397,060 acres, or 620 fquare miles. f The 39 parifties, contain on an average 6,360 acres, and i,2So fouls each, M The 7 2 COUNTY of SLIGO, The county of Sligo contains very good land, intermixed with large tracts of coarfe and unprofitable ground. In the barony of Carbury, are the mountains of Benbulb and S amove. A chain of rough hills extends from Lough Gilly to the bounds of Rofcom- mon and Leitrim. Tyreragh, though level along the coaft, is in- terfered by large bogs; and the fouthern part of it is bounded by the Ox Mountain, Sliebh Dham, and a great range of defolate hills, that extend a good way into the barony of Leny, in which alio there is a great fcope of bog. The Curlews, and other mountains, cover the mod of Coolavin; and Kijhcovran forms a long ridge on the borders of Tyraghrill. * Among thefe hills there are many large lakes and abundance of rivers. — The Moy rifes in the mountain of Knocknafiee, and after receiving the waters of Lough Calt and Lough Conn, flows in a broad ftream to the bay of Killalla. Lough Arrow is about eight miles long, full of iflands, and of a very irregular form. A river of the fame name proceeds from it, and running northward, to Ballyfadere, rufhes at once into the fea in a ftupendous cataract. Lough Garra is alfo an extenfive lake. Lough Gilly exhibits that variety of charming profpects which bold hills, wooded lawns, and large iflands cloathed with ver- dure and crowned with trees, united with a great extent of water, cannot fail to produce. Upon the river by which the waters of this lake are difcharged into a large bay, ftands the town of Sligo, and veffels of two hundred tons come up to the quays. The trade of this town has been increafing for fome years, and the number of inhabitants are eftimated at upwards of 8,000 f» There is no other town of note in the county, but there are many fmaU villages ; in which, and the furrounding * On the fummits of moft of thefe mountains there are very large Cairns or Carntdhs. + The number of houfes in Sligo, at die end of 1788, was 916. Tranfail, of the Royal Irijh Academy, for 1789. country, COUNTY of MAYO. 7 j country, the linen bufinefs wears a flouriming afpecT:, efpccially in the vicinity of Ballymote. This county and town of Sligo are reprefented in parliament by four members. Obfervations on the Old Maps. This new map deviates confiderably from the old in the fizc of the county, which, by the prefent conftruclion, is made £ miles fhorter from caft to weft, and one mile lefs from north to fouth. — The line of coaft is alfo varied, and the interefting ifland of Inifmurry, placed in its true pofition, according to M'Kenzy's charts. — In the old maps, the boundary between the baronies of Corran and Tiraghrill is incorrect ; and that part of Coolavin, which is on the eaft of Lough Garra, is given to the county of Rofcommon. The mountains are very ill dcfcri- bed throughout the whole county, and Lough Ca/t is omitted. Neither do they mark the fmall villages of EJky, Skreen, Tobar- corry, Tobarfcanavan, Ballinode, Courtflrand, Achanow, and Lif- Jadill, which laft is celebrated for the excellence of its oyfters. MAYO. THIS county, which joins Sligo, is bounded on the north and weft by the ocean. Extending from N. to S. 49 miles, and from E. to W. 45, it is exceeded in dimenlions by Cork and Gal way only; for it contains 790,600 acres, or 1,235 fquare miles. * Mayo is divided into nine baronies — Tyrawly, Gallen, Costello, Clanmorris, Kilmain, Morisk, Carragh, • The dimenfions of Mayo, in Englilh meafure, are— length 61 miles ; breadth 57 ; area •t, 270.144 acres, or 1,984 fquare miles. M2 Bur- 74 COUNTY of MAYO. Burrishoole, andERRis. Of 68* parifhes, and 20 churches, which they comprife, 37 parifhes and 12 churches are in the diocefe of Tuam, — 17 parifhes with 6 churches in Kilhilla, — 1 3 parifhes and 2 churches in Achonry, and one parilh in the bifhoprick of Elphin. The number of houfes in this county is 27,970. This is at the rate of 22.64 in a fquare mile, and of 28.2 acres to a houfe, which is near the medium of the province. — The number of inhabitants may be eftimated at 140,000. -f The foil of the county of Mayo varies prodigioufly — from the bleak and rushed mountain to the fertile and chearful plain. The baronies of Kilmain and Clonmorris, the greateft part of Car- ragh, Co/lello, and Gallen, and a large portion of Tyraw/y, are arable and champaign ; and though not yet arrived at a high de- gree of cultivation, they produce a fufficiency of corn and flax, for home confumption, and fupply other counties with abundance of fat and ftore cattle. In the mountainous barony of BurriJJooole there are fome fruitful grounds, along the coaft and in thevallies. But the large barony of Erris, and the weftern part of Tyraw/y^ are overfpread with an immenfe mafs of uninhabited mountains, and tracklefs bogs, without roads and very difficult of accefs, to the few farmers and fifhermen who dwell upon the coaft, and to the inhabitants of the Mullet ; a peninfula, which is faid to be fertile, pleafant, and well inhabited J. Among the mountains that cover Morijk, Croagh-patrick (or Crowpatrick) claims the pre-eminence, the conick fummit of which is diftinguifhed at a vaft diftance, rifmg 2,666 || feet » The 68 parifhes comprehend each on an average about 1 1 ,600 acres and 2,000 fouls. ■\ In the returns of Mr. Bume, the number of inhabitants is Hated at 5.8 per houfe. See Tranf. Roy. Lijb Acad, ut fufra. 1 When I was in Mayo, the feafon was unfortunately too much advanced, for to ven- ture fo far iuto this difficult country. y The height of Mangerton, in Kerry, is about 2,500 feeU above COUNTY of MAYO. 75 above the level of the fea, and being generally efleemed the higheft mountain in Ireland. * Mount Nephin, though little inferior to it in height and fublimity, being 2,640 feet high, is of a very different character: for it (lands almoil infulated, and appears rounded on all (ides and at top, like a huge rath or barrow. There are, in the flat country, thatborders upon the lakesofMrf/£ and Carrah, many miles of rocky ground, which, at a diflance, appear like one immenfe fheet of white (lone. But upon a nearer infpedtion of thefe (ingular rocks, they are perceived to (land in parrallel lines, from one to three feet, above the furface, like flag- (lones pitched in the ground upon their edges; and, however they may vary in (hape, (ize, and diflance, they are all calcare- ous, and have all the fame direction. FifTures of a great depth are found in fome of the narrowed interflices : but in general, the verdure between them is beautiful, and the paflure excellent for fheep. Large caverns and fubterraneous waters are alfo frequent in this part of the country, efpecially near Cong. At the back of that fmall village, a very broad river rufhes at once from beneath a gently flopingbank, and after a rapid courfe of about a mile, lofes itfclf in Lough Corn/?. It is fuppofed to be the outlet of a fub- terraneous channel, through which the fuperfluous waters of Lough Majk and Lough Carrah are difcharged into Corrib. This rocky part of Mayo abounds alfo with Tur/achs, as they are cal- led in Irifh. Thefe are plains, fome of them very extenfive, which having novifible communication with any brooks or rivers, in the winter are covered with water, and become in the fummer a rich and firm paflurage, the waters rifing and retiring through rocky clefts in the bottoms. There are many fine lakes in this county. Lough Conn at the foot of Mount Nephin is nine miles long : Lough Majk is longer by two miles, and confidcrably broader. * At the top of this pinnacle, is a very large and remarkable Cairn. There 76 COUNTY or MAYO. Theft are many noble harbours on the coaft of Mayo : Ktf- lalla Bay, at the mouth of the river Moy, Broadhaven and Black- fod Bay, between the Mullet and the main, are much larger, but rtill lefs frequented. Clewbay, flickered on the north and fouth by the mountains of Burrifhoole and Morifk, and defended from the weflern florms by the high and rocky Ifle of Clare, affords a deep and fafe anchorage among the innumerable iflands that adorn the bottom of this magnificent haven. At the Killeries, a large bay and an excellent harbour flicker, in the filhing feafon, a vaft number of herring bufles, which rendezvous there, from all parts of Galway and Mayo. To this county belong the great ifland of Achil, and the fmall ones of Achil-beg, Anagh, Iiris-iurk, Cahir, Imjlcgil, &c. Castlebar, the fliire town, and the nioft considerable in Mayo, has been very much enlarged within a few years, and is ftill increafing in fize and opulence, by the judicious encourage- ment which Lord Lucan gives to the linen manufacture, and to other trades. Ballinrobe, which is much fmaller, is alfo in a profperous flate. Newport-Pratt, is a fmall fea-port near the mouth of a fine river, at the north-eaft of Clewbay. West- port on a beautiful bay, wooded to the water's edge, in the fouth-eafl: angle of the fame great haven, is a fmall new town, neatly built, and daily improving, under the aufpices of Lord Al- tamont. Killalla, though a bifliop's fee, and fituated on a fine harbour, is but a poor town. Foxford is alfo a wretched place. Ballina being connected with Ardnaree, in the county of Sligo, by a bridge over the Moy, they form but one town, which is neat and thriving, and has a brifk market for linen every week — There are in this county feveral other fmall towns or villages, Ajch as Hollymount, Kilmain, Mayo, Bally- haunis, Manilla, Ballagh, Ballcarra, &c. In the lakes of this county there are, befi.'.es abundance of large trout, falmon, and other kinds of fifh, a fpeeies of trout, called the COUNTY of GALWAY. 7T the Gilleroe, whofe flomach has the appearance and confiftency of a gizzard : the fifli is excellent, and this gizzard is cfteemed a great delicacy. At Tutiogh, in the barony of Carragh, there is a quarry of beautiful marble, as black as jet, and free from any mixture of white or grey, but as yet very little worked. Large as this county is, four members only are deputed to parliament by the County and the town of Cafikbar* Obfcrvations on the Old Maps. The whole coaft is incorrectly drawn in the old maps, parti- cularly the Killery harbour; of which the form is \ery erroneous, and the name omitted. Clcwbay is not accurate, and Clare Ifland is mifplaced : fo is Achilbcg, which they name Kildanat. The peninfula of Coraan is feparated from the main land and made an ifland, and with Achil, which is very ill-fhapcd, is called Achil IJJands. The ifles of Inijkca are omitted — Black-Sod Bay is called Black Harbour, and Black-Sod Point Saddle Head — Lough Conn is ill-fhaped, and Lough Cullin omitted. The courfe of the river at Ballinrobe is wrong — The mountain of Ncpbin is ill re- prefented, and Crowpatrick is too far from the fhore. JefTerys places the town of Nat-port at the fouth, inftead of the north angle of Clewbay, and fubftitutes for it the imaginary one of Broca — The barony of Morijk is erroneoully called Joyces Country, which is in the county of Galvvay — The fmall village of Dun- kcehan they call Sarga/a, and omit thofe of Portachloe, Inver,. Lettikcen, Clare, Manilla, Academy, 1789. + In the year 1788 the city contained 4097 hcufes, according to Mr. Buflie's paper. Ibid. The 100 COUNTY of WATERFORD. The principal articles of export are beef, pork, butter, grain and linen. Packet-boats are alfo eftablifhed between this port and Milford-haven, for the convenience of the fouth of Ireland. As there is no bridge acrofs the Suir below Carrick, the only- communication with Leinfter is by a ferry, an inconvenience to which the great depth and breadth of the river has hitherto com- pelled the inhabitants to fubmit. But it is hoped, that they will foon evince the fame fpirit as the citizens of Derry, and follow their example, with equal fuccefs. At the fmall village of Passage, outward bound (hips ufually wait for a wind. Near it {lands the New-Geneva, an elegant village regularly built, which was ere&ed by government a few years fince, for the reception of the expatriated citizens of Geneva. But they having relinquilhed the defign of fettling in Ireland, this place remains ftill uninhabited. Almoft oppofite, on the Wex- ford more, the fort of Duncannon protects the harbour of Water ford, by batteries of heavy cannon; the deep part of the channel running clofe to the rock on which the fort is built. Hook tower, at the extremity of the narrow peninfula on the E. of the harbour, is ufed as a light-houfe. Tramore, a village fix miles S. of Waterford, confifis of a number of neat houfes, fituated on a fine ftrand, at the edge of a (hallow bay, and much reforted to for fea-bathing. Dungarvan is a good fifhing-town on a fmall harbour, and enjoys a confiderable lhare of the coafling trade. It is fupplied with frefli water from the river Pbinix, by an aqueduct of about fix miles in length. Tallow is a thriving town, the river Bride, which partes within half a mile of it, and. falls into the Blackwater, being fo far navigable for large boats. On the fouthern bank of the Blackwater Hands Lismore, in early times a confl- derable city, now but a fmall and dilapidated town. Here a no- ble bridge of one arch, ninety feet in the fpan, has been lately thrown COUNTY of TIPPERARY. iot thrown acrofs the river. For many miles round, the roads are lined with apple-trees, and the country covered with orchards. Cappoquin and Killmacthomas are good villages. The county and city of Waterford, and the horoughs of Lifmore, Tallow, and Dungarvan, return ten members to parliament. Obfervations on the Old Maps. They add one mile to the length, and three miles to the breadth of the county. Tallow is placed on the Bride, and Lifmore at fome diftance from the Blackwater. In fome maps the mountains of Knockmekdown are entirely omitted, and in Jefferys' the villages of Villieiflown, Tallowbridge, Rockville, Whitcchurch, Roffmore, and New Geneva. TIPPERARY. THE county of Tipper a ry * joins that of Waterford, and ftretches northward 52 miles, terminating like a wedge, between Leinfter and Connaught. From E. to W. it meafures 31 miles, and contains 554,950 acres, or 867 fquare miles y. Tipper ary comprehends the 12 baronies of Iff a andOFFA* Clanwilliam, Middlethird, Slewardagh and Comp- SEY, KlLNEMANNA, Kl L LN A LONG URTY, ElIOGURTY, IKE- rin, Ileagh, Owney and Arra, Upper Ormond, and' Lower Ormond ; which are divided into 186 X parifhes, and comprife 46 churches. Of thefe 94 parifhes and 22 churches,. * The greateft part of this county was a Palatinate in, the Ormond family, from 1328 to 1716, when the jurifdiflion was abolilhed by aft of parliament. f In Engliih mcafure this county is 73I miles long and 39^ broad : and contains 882,398 acres or 1420 fquare miles. X The parimes contain, on an average, about 3000 acres, and 900 fouls. are ioz COUNTY of TIPPER ARY. are in the archbifhoprick of Cq/hel, and 20 parifhes with 4 churches in the bifhoprick of Emly. To the fee of hi/more be- long 31 parifhes and 8 churches, and to that of Killaloe 41 pa- rishes with 12 churches. There may be about 169,000 inhabitants in this county, efti- mating the population of 30,703 houfes at 5^ fouls * per houfe. And the average proportion of houfes is 18.07 acres to a houfe, and 35.51 houfes in a fquare mile. This is about the medium po- pulation of the whole province, but very fcanty for fo fine a coun- ty. For except in the rough hills ot Kilnetnanna&w&Owney, fome mountains near Rofcrca, the lofty Keeper, Sliebh-na-Man, the Qaltees and Knockmeledown, all of which occupy but a fmall pro- portion of this extenfive county, the foil is generally very good, and in fome large tracts, particularly in that which is called the Golden Vale, and about the town of Tipperary, extremely rich and fertile. But this county is more celebrated for the excellence of its cattle, and the verdure of its fheep walks, than for the number of its corn fields. Much wheat however is raifed, chiefly in the fouth, fince it has no lefs than 48 boulting mills, which is a greater number than any other county can boaft. Small rivers and brooks in abundance fupply thefe mills : and the Suir rolls through the heart of the county. This river rifes in the mountain of Bendubh, on the borders of the King's County, and takes a fouthern direction, till, obftrudted by the Waterford mountains, it is compelled to alter its courfe ; when, turning caftward, it flows in a deep and broad current, at the foot of thefe hills, paffes under the bridges of Clonmell and Carrick, and after uniting with the Nore and the Barrow, meets the fea, near a hun- dred miles from its fource. -f- Jt appears from Mr. Buflie's paper, that as far as it was investigated the inhabitants are found to be at the rate of 6.20. See Tranfaa. of Royal Irijh Acad. 1789. i Clonmell COUNTY of TIPPERARY. ioj Clonmell is the fhire town, large and opulent, where the woollen and cotton manufactures are in a flourifhing ftate. Though very inconveniently fituated for the aflizes, at the ex- tremity of fo large a county; it is admirably feated for trade, on the northern bank of the Star, which is fo far navigable for large boats, the tide flowing a little way above the town. Sloops of confiderable burthen reach Ca.rr.ick, which is alio a good town, famous for the manufacture of a particular kind of woollen cloth, called Ratteen. The city of Cashel is well inhabited for its fize, but has no trade. Fethard, Tipperary, Cahir, Holy- cross, Thurles, Silvermines, Nena'gh, and Roscrea, are the principal towns. The leadworks at Silvermines are very productive, and fome virgin filver has been found among the ore ; but the chief pro- duels of the county are butter, fat cattle, fheep, and flour, of which laft article great quantities are fent to Dublin. The county of Tipperary, the city of Cqfhei, Clonmell, and Fe- thard, are reprefented in parliament by 8 members . Obfcrvations on the Old Maps. In them the county meafures 54 miles in length, and 36 in breadth. The high mountains of Bendubh and Sliebh-na-Man are omitted. Knockmeledown, and the Galtees are ill exprefled. The courfe of the Suir is not correct ; and fome part of the boun- dary with Limerick is erroneous. In Jefferys' map the following villages are not marked, Modreeny, Ballina, Newport, Burros- Ileagh, Templcmorc , Ballybeg, Lickjlin, Mullinahone, Golden, and Ardjinnan. CL ECCLE- ( i°4 ) III. ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISION OF IRELAND.. THE ecclefiaftical flate of this kingdom is ftill lefs known than its topography, nothing authentic having yet appeared in print upon that fubjecl:. The Statements in the following pages are founded on the authority of the regiffries and vifitarion books of the refpedtive diocefes ; on the communications with which the author has been favored by feveral of the bifhops and clergy; and on the information which he acquired in viflting the different parts of the kingdom. The firft preachers of chriftianity in Ireland eftablifhed a great number of bilhopricks, which gradually coalefced into the thirty- two diocefes, that have for feveral centuries conftituted the eccle- fiaftical divifion of the kingdom. But when the country became impoveriflied and depopulated, by the perpetual feuds and fre- quent civil wars with which it was defolated for ages ; it was found neceffary at different periods to unite fome of the poorefl of thefe fees, in order that the bifhops might have a competence to fupport the dignity and hofpitality incumbent on their high fta- tion: and hence it comes, that there are only twenty-two prelates in the church of Ireland, twenty fees being united under ten bifhops. Thefe caufes having had the fame operation with refpect to parifhes, the 2438 parifhes do not form quite 1200 benefices ; many having been confolidated by the privy council, from time to time, under the authority of an act of parliament; and many others, though but epifcopally united, having been considered as ©nly one living time out of mind. This ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISION, &c. 105 This kingdom is divided ecclefiafHcally, as well civilly, into four provinces ; but the civil and ecclefiaftical boundaries are far from coinciding. An archbifhop prefides over each. The /even bifhops of the northern province are fuffragans to the archbifhop of Ar- magh, who is Lord Primate, and metropolitan of all Ireland. The archbifhop of Dublin is Lord Primate of Ireland, and has three fuffragan bifhops in the eaftern province. The fouthern province with its Jive fuffragans is under the jurifdiccion of the archbifhop of Cashel, Lord Primate of Munflcr. And the arch- bifhop of Tuam, Lord Primate of Connai/gbt, prefides over the three bilhops of the weftcrn province. The number of Deanries in this kingdom is thirty-three, and of Archdeaconries thirty-four. But the archdeacons have not a vi- fitatorial jurifdiction ; the government of the church of Ireland, which is in moff. things conformable to that of England, differing with refpedf. to vifitations: for in Ireland, the bifliops hold a vilita- tion annually, and the archbifhop vifits his fuffragans every third year. In defcribing the prefent ftate of the feveral diocefes, their prin- cipal circumfhmces are, for the greater precifion and concifenefs, reduced to tables ; which being divided into ten columns, exhibit in the I ft. The Counties into which the diocefe extends. 2d. The number of Acres which it includes. 3d. The grofs number of Parishes in each. 4th. The number of Benefices into which thofe parifhes are at prefent united. 5th. The number of Churches. 6th. The number of Glebe-Houses. 7th. The number of parifhes which have Glebes without houfes. 8th. The number oibenefces which have no glebes. Qj2 9th. io6 ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISION 9th. The number of vicarages, the rectories of which are lay IMPROPRIATIONS. 10th. The number of parifhes which are wholly im- propriate. Whenever parifhes lie in more than one county, they are num- bered to that county in which the church is fituated. The Province of ARMAGH contains * Ten Dioceses. Abpk. of Armagh Bpk. of Raphoe Bpk. of Dromore of Clogher of Down } . — of Kilmore of Con.ior ] Un - of Ardagh + < of Derry of Meath The Province of DUBLIN contains Five Dioceses. Apk. of Dublin Bpk. of Ferns ) . Bpk. of Kildare of Leighlin \ umted - of Offory The Province of CASHEL contains Eleven Dioceses. Apk. ofCASHEL ? . , Bpk. ofCloyne Bpk. ofEmly \ umted ' of Limerick ofWaterford > • » ofArdfert . of Lifmon ) and Aghadoe of Cork > un}tcd Bpk. ofKillaloe of Rofs S ' of Kilfenora The Province of TUAM contains Six Dioceses. APK.ofTuAM Bpk. ofElphin Bpk. ofClonfert ) . of Killalla of Killmacduagh \ umted - of Achonry * The diocefes are placed with refpetEt to contiguity, not according to rank ; for the bifhop of Meath has precedence of all bifhops, and next to him Kildare ; the other bilhops take place according to the date of their confecration. ■f- Ardagh, though in this province, is at prefent annexed to the archbilhoprick of Tuam. OF IRELAND. 107 PROVINCE of ARMAGH. i. ARCHBISHOPRICK of ARMAGH. THIS fee was founded by St. Patrick about the middle of the fifth century, and was made an urchbi/J:oprirk in the year 1152. It extends into Jive counties, 59 miles from N. to S. varying in breadth from 10 to 25 *. Counties. H < U u d u <-> ha 3 M U 2.1 3 O X U V 5 u 5 w CO CM 1 M "0 1 Armagh - 170,850 n l l 23 r 1 I - - Londonderry 25,000 5 5 6 4 1 - - - Tyrone 162,500 20 iQ 20 M 6 - - - Louth 108.900 61 28 20 1 1 5 n 12 9 Meath - 1,300 part of two 6~ 9 — — - Total 468,550 io 3 69 5 1 13 14 12 9 The Chapter confifts of a Dean, Precentor, Chancellor,. Treafurer, Archdeacon, and 4 Prebendaries, with 8 Vicars- choral. Patronage. The Crown has the prefentation to 13 parifhes, the lord Primate to 60, the university to 5, and the chapters of Chriftchurch and St. Patrick Dublin to 3, the remainder have lay patrons. In the city of Armagh, which is 35 miles diftant from the extremity of the diocefe, there is a cathedral with a good choir; and a very handfome archiepifcopal palace has been erected by the prefent lord Primate. * In Englilh meafure this diocefe is 75 miles long, and from i^| to 32 broad. f Four of thefe Glebe-houfes are on the perpetual cures into which the parilh of Armagh is divided, and there are five more appropriated to the choir. 7 2. BISHOP- voS ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISION" 2. BISHOPRICK of DROMORE. The foundation of this diocefe is afcribed to St. Colman in the 6th century. It is extremely compact, and the I'm alien: in ex- tent of any biflioprick in the kingdom, which is not annexed to another fee ; extending only 28 miles from N. to S. and 17 from E. to W. * Yet it comprehends fome part of three counties. Counties. < c3 u C9 t-, O Glebe Houfes. O 3 J3 M I 6 1 a. "1- u bs 2 1 1 I Wholly improp. Armagh Down Antrim IO,6oo i43>7°° 1,500 3 22 1 3 20 1 3 23 1 27 2 12 2 Total 155,800 26 24 14 2 8 3 The Chapter of this diocefe, which was new modeled and cftablifhed, with fome peculiar privileges, by patent of James I. is compofed of a Dean, Precentor, Chancellor, Treafurer, Arch- deacon and one Prebendary. Patronage — The deanry alone is in the gift of the Crown -f- ; one parifh is in the lord Primate; 23 in the biihop of Dromore, and 2 are in laymen. The lordfhip of Newry claims the fame exemption from epifcopal jurifdiction, to which it was entitled when it apper- tained to a monaftery, before the reformation. And the pro- * The extent of Dromore, in Englifh meafure, is 35' by ziy. + The patronage of the deanry is conceded to the bifhop by King James's patent, but she Crown has continued to prefent. prietor OF IRELAND. 109 prietor of the lordfliip (Mr. Needham) exercifeS the juris- diction in his peculiar court, granting marriage licenfes, probates to wills, &c. under the old monkifh feal. The cathedral of Dromore is very fmall, but the bifhop's houfe which was erected a few years ago by Dr. Beresford, the prefent bifhop of Offory, is a handfome and convenient refidence, near the townj and not twenty miles diftant from any part of the diocefe. 3 and 4. BISHOPRICKS of DOWN and CONNOR. Thefe bifhopricks were both founded in the 5th century, and united in the year 1454. The greateft length of Down is 41 miles from N. E. to S. W. and the greateft breadth 22 *. Connor extends in length N. and S. 45 miles, and in breadth 24 "f\ The extent of the united fees, from the north of Antrim to the fouthermoft point of Down, nfeventy \ miles. There is part of one parifh of the diocefe of Down, in the county of Antrim, the remainder are all in the county of Down. The fee of Connor lies chiefly at Antrim, but includes alfo a part of Down and Londonderry. • In Englifh miles 52 and 28. ■f- Length 57, breadth 30 \, Englifh miles. X The length of the union 89. DOWN. no ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISION. DOWN. County. Acres. X) e. ct) Benefices. O u 3 trt 1) 5 3 Pi E u y 0- Jj ^* Down - Antrim - 20I ,150 SOO 38 Part 25 33 12 12 R. 1 1 5 9 3 5 Total Down Antrim Londonderry 201,950 3,700 382,400 9,400 395>5°° 38 c part of one 73 3 25 N I 39 1 33 vT O 4 1 2 5 1 1 1 12 9 T 7 J 7 3 x 4 14 5 10 10 i'5 Total 7 6 40 43 1 1 Total of union 597-45° 114 65 76 23 n 26 T 7 The Chapter of thefe Sees was alfo regulated by patent of James I. That of Down conflfts of a Dean, Precentor, Chan- cellor, Archdeacon, and two Prebendaries. The fame dignitaries are in Connor, with 4 Prebendaries. The fame exemption is claimed, by the Needham family, fcr their lordfhip of Mourne in this diocefe, as for that of Newry in Dromore ; but the claim has always been refilled by the bifhops of Down. Patronage of both fees. — Six parifhes in each diocefe, 12 in the whole, including the two deanries, are in the gift of the Crown, 3 are in the Lord Primate, viz. 2 in Down, and 1 in Connor; in the bifhop are 53, viz. 15 inDownand 38 in Connor; and in lay hands, there are 14 in Down, and 22 in Connor. The church of Lis burn was by the patent of James I. con- stituted the cathedral for the united bifhopricks of Down and Connor : but an act of parliament having been paflTed for reltor- ing OF IRELAND. 11 1 ing the cathedral of Down in the city of Downpatrick, it is actu- ally repairing in a ftyle of Gothic architecture, conformable to the venerable remains of the ancient building. That of Con- nor remains a ruin. There is no epifcopal palace in cither thofe diocefes. 5. BISHOPRICK of DERRY. THIS fee was constituted in the year 1 158 : its greater!: length is 47, and its greatefl breadth 43 miles *, extending into four counties. Counties; u E u 1 O £ tp a ca al y M E U 3 •a D 3 "0 ■ u O 3 * g M n a. u | "C u Wholly improp. Londonderry 284,100 27 22 25 *7 8 - I _ Donegal 139,300 IO IO 13 7 2 1 - - Tyrone 233,100 I I I I l 3 9 2 - - - Antrim 2,500 part — — - - - - - Total 659,000 48 43 5 1 33 12 I I - The Chapter confifts only of a Dean, an Archdeacon, and 3 Prebendaries. Patronage. That of the Crown includes 3 parifhes which are the corps of the deanry ; that of the bifhop 33 ; the univerfity of Dublin 3 ; and lay patrons prefent to 9. There are in the city of Londonderry a pretty good cathedral, and a large palace erected by Dr. Barnard, the preceding bifhop. This city is but 32 miles diftant from the remotefl part of the diocefe. * This diocefe extends in length 60 Engliih miles, and in breadth 51!. R Patrg- 11J ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISION 6. BISHOPRICK of RAPHOE. IT is not prccifely known at what time this fee was founded, but it muft have been prior to the tenth century, fince bifhops of Raphoe are mentioned in the ninth. This diocefe comprifes the greater part of Donegal, being 44 miles in length from N. to S. and 32 in breadth *. County of Donegal 3 O d. i • 'S a. ^w S-. s c 1 u n w X c U u 1_ B u u 3 ,g u «g *o £ Ph m O M ei 5 X 5. 2 5° 3 1 25 3 2 J 7 8 - 3 - The Dean, the Archdeacon, and 4 Prebendaries compofe the Chapter. The Patronage of 6 parifhes, which form the corps of the deanry, is in the Crown; of 15 others in thcbifliopj of 7 in the univerfity of Dublin; and of 3 in lay hands. In the fmall town of Raphoe there is a very neat though not a large cathedral, which ferves alfo for a parifh church, and the bifhop's palace is an old, but convenient edifice. This epifcopal fee is at one extremity of the diocefe, and near 40 miles from the other. * Raphoe is 56 miles long, and 40 broad, Englilh meafure. 7. BISHOP- OF IRELAND. 1*3 7. BISHOPRICK or CLOGHER. THE fee of Clog her was founded by St. Patrick, about the fame time as Armagh. It ftretches 60 miles from N. W. toS. E. by a breadth of 20 ;* and comprifes fome portion of Jive feveral counties. a. _• Counties. O >* 3 p. 1-. a, Q 3 U u X O u ** u *> u *c < a. n u 1 m a I? Donegal 25,000 I I I - _ - _ Fermanagh 254,150 '5 1,1 23 8 7 - - - Tyrone 68, 100 4 4 5 2 2 - - - Monaghan 179,600 21 20 20 •4 6 - <; • Louth 1,850 part of two — — 1 '5 - 5 ™ Total 528,700 41 40 49 26 - The Chapter of Clogher confifts of a Dean, Precentor, Chan- cellor, Archdeacon, and five Prebendaries. Patronage. The Crown prefents to one parifh ; the bifhop to 23 i the univerfity to 4 ; and lay patrons to two. The cathedral of this diocefe, which is at the fame time the parifh church, is a plain, handfome, modem ftructure. The palace is large, with a remarkable fine park and demefne. They are both in the city, or rather village of Clogher, which is about 33 miles diftant from the fartheft part of the diocefe. * The length of Clogher is 76 Englilh miles, and the breadth 25. R2 8. BISHOP. ii4 ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISION 8. BISHOPRICK of KILMORE. THIS fee was founded in the thirteenth century, and in the 15th changed its ancient name of Brefny, into that of Kilmore. It lies parallel to, and fouth of Clogher, extending 58 miles in length, and from 10 to 20 in * breadth, through four counties. Counties. u Irf < 3 Oh lb u u 3 U Glebe Houfes. "2 1 3 O O E 'u ■C p4 d. Ih J _>» Fermanagh 29,300 3 2 3 - 3 — — Leitrim i»4>75° 10 7 8 I 6 — " Cavan 281,000 26 26 25 8 16 10 — Meath 2,200 part part — - — — Total 497,250 39 3° 36 9 25 10 — There are a Dean and an Archdeacon, but no Chapter in this diocefe. Patronage. Three parifhes, which are confolidated in the deanry, are in the Crown; 23 m tne bifhop; one in the univer- fity ; and 2 in lay patrons. There is no cathedral, and the parifh church of Kilmore is very fmall and ancient. It joins the bifhop's palace, which is a large houfe fituated in a fine demefne, about 3 miles from Cavan 9 and 39 from the remotefl part of the diocefe. * The length of Kilmore is 74 Englifh miles, and the breadth from 13 to zj. 3 9. BISHOP- OF IRELAND. "5 9. BISHOPRICK of ARDACH. THE fee of Ardagh was founded in the middle of the 5 th cen- tury . In 1658 it was united to the bimoprick of Kilmore, but in 1692 Dr. UlyfTes Burgh was appointed to it feparately. Upon his death, in the fame year, it was re-united to Kilmore, and con- tinued fo, till Dr. Hort was promoted from thofe fees to the arch- bifhoprick of Tuam in 1 741, when they were again feparated, and Ardagh was annexed to the archbifhoprick ; which union has con- tinued ever fince, though the diocefe of Elpbin intervenes between them. It extends into 6 counties, and yet it is a very fmall dio- cefe ; the greateit length from N. to S. being 42 miles, and the breadth, which is in fome places but 4, never exceeding 14 *. Counties. U <3 a o X 3 1 1 "5 d, 1. V a. c hi O. ,g u u B H s ■9 M 9 u tl u •a O "3 J3 < Q-4 n u n j £ Cavan 10,600 3 part 3 _ 1 — 3 _ Leitrim 71,200 7 7 8 3 4 - 2 - Sligo 4,400 1 part 1 - 1 - Rolcommon 8,700 1 I 1 _ _ I 1 - Longford 129,850 22 14 H 6 8 - 9 - Weftmeath 8,900 3 2 1 1 - I 2 I Total .— . ■ 233,650 37 24 29 10 *3 2 18 I • The length of Ardagb is 61 Englifh miles, and the breadth from 5 to 18. Ill n6 ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISION In thisdiocefe there are aDean and Archdeacon, but no Chap- ter nor epifcopal refidence ; neither can the church of Ardagh be called a cathedral. The Patronage of one parifh belongs to the Crown; the bifhop prefents to 30 •, and a lay patron to 6. io. BISHOPRICK of MEATH. * SEVERAL fmall bifhopricks gradually coalefced into one fee, which received the name of Meath, at the end of the 12th century: and in 1568 the bifhoprick of Clonmacnois was incorpo- rated with it by act. of parliament. It extends from the fea to the Shannon, over part of fix counties, in length from E. to W. 63 miles, and in breadth about 20 -J" at a medium. P-. j. a. Counties. . , j>* s a. £ u u u u s S " >-■ >■» £ tn u 95° 209 86 82 35 22 29 23 3 The Chapter of St. Patrick's, Dublin, confifts of the Dean, (who is elective by the archbifhop and chapter) the Precentor, Chancellor, Treafurer, 2 Archdeacons, of Dubli?i and of Glan- delough, and 19 Prebendaries. The members of the collegiate Chapter of Chrift-cburch are the Dean, Precentor, Chancellor, Treafurer, the Archdeacon of Dublin, and 3 Prebendaries. This deanry is annexed to the bifhoprick of Kildare. The Patronage of the diocefe is thus divided: The Crown prefents to 15 parifhes ; the archbifhop to 144 ; the lord chancel- lor and the three chief judges, in conjunction with his grace, to 2 ; the chapter of Chrift church, or its members feparately, to 23 ; the chapter of St. Patrick, and its members, to 9 ; and lay-patrons to 16 parifhes. The cathedral of St. Patrick is a large and venerable pile ; and the archbifhop's palace a very antique building. His grace has alfo a fmall country refidence at Tallagh of no very modern date. The moft remote part of the diocefe is 34 miles from Dublin. 2. KILDARE. OF IRELAND. rig 2. KILDARE. THE bifhoprick of Kildare was founded about the end of the 5th century. Its greateft length from E. to W. does not exceed 36 miles, nor its greateft breadth 23 *. This fee comprehends part of three counties. 3 a. ui 0- S-, s Counties. ■ 3 c £ u X §i u m a ta u U •S"" u C n c 3 •a u e to 3$ < a, m 6 9 pq « £ Kildare IOI.OOO 56 27 14 12 24 I King's Co. 121 ,000 18 9 8 1 1 7 3 Queen's Co. 49,000: 5 6 2 9 1 2 4 Total 332,200 81 31 28 1 1 21 3 1 I In the Chapter of this diocefe there are a Dean, Precentor, Chancellor, Treafurer, Archdeacon, 4 Prebendaries, and 4 Minor Canons. Patronage. The Crown is patron of 27, the bifhop 30, and different laymen of 24 parifhes. The cathedral is fmall, but kept in good order, and is alfo the parifh church : but the bifhop has no place of residence in his dio- cefe, and is always dean of Chrift church, Dublin. • In Englifli miles 46 by 29. s 3. FERNS, 120 ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISION 3. FERNS, and 4. LEIGHLIN. Thefe bifhopricks were united in the year 1600. Ferns was founded in 598, and extends about 46 miles in length from N. to S. and 18 in breadth, comprifing the whole county of Wexford, and a fmall part of Wicklow. Leighlin was eftablifhed in 632. It comprehends the entire county of Carlow, a confiderable part of the Queen's County, and extends into Wicklow and Kilkenny. This diocefe is of a very irregular form ; in fome places but 6, and in none above 13 miles broad, though it is 39 * miles long from N. to. S. The union extends 62 by 25^ miles. FERNS. Counties. ■ D 13 s without s. O a, £ a. S3 u js «•£ 'u >. u tS ■H 3 .0 cO ta < HI 38 39 03 J 3 « > Wexford 340,000 4 1 27 45 J 3 Wicklow I2,20C 2 2 40 1 40 4 I 1 1 - Total. 352,200 H3 i 28 14 46 13 LEIGHLIN Wicklow | 42,000 7 2. 1 2 - 2 i' 1 — Carlow 1137,050 49 l 7 l 3 1 4 10 1 1 — Queen's Co. I22,OOC 2 7 16 13 1 4 1 1 6 — Kilkenny 17,85c 6 4 2 - 2 2 2 — Total. 318,90c » 89 39 1 79' _3£_ 7 1 2 12 24 38 20 — Total of unioi 1 671,100 232 6 40 66 *3 * The breadth of Leighlin is from 8 to j 6, the length about 50 Englifh miles, i In Englifh miles, nearly 79 by 32. The OF IRELAND. 121 The Chapter of Ferns confifts of a Dean, Precentor, Chancellor, Treafurer, Archdeacon, and 10 Prebendaries. The Chapter of Leighlin is compofed of the fame dignita- ries, with only 4 Prebendaries. The Patronage of the 232 parifhes, in this union, ftands thus. The Crown prefents to 3 in Ferns, and 1 5 in Leighlin : The bifhop to 1 15 in Ferns, and 56 in Leigh/in ; the university of Dublin to one in Leigh/in ; and lay-patrons to 25 in Ferns and in Leighlin to 1 2 : the title to five others in this diocefe is in litigation. The cathedral of Ferns is fmall, and quite plain: that of Leighlin, though not large, is built in the form of a cathedral at Old Leighlin, and very neat : they both ferve for parifh churches. At Ferns there is a handfome and convenient palace, erected by the late bifhop Cope, and completely finifhed by the prefent biihop. It is 33 miles diftant from the farthefr part of Ferns, and 44 from the extremity of Leighlin. 5. OSSORY. This fee, which was originally eftablifhed at Saigair, and after- wards at Aghavoe, was founded very early in the 5th century: it includes almolt the whole of Kilkenny, a good part of the Queen's County, and fome of the King's County, extending 36 miles in length, from N. to S. and 23 * in breadth. • In Englifh miles the length is 46, and the breadth 29. S2 The 122 ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISION 3 d. <-!i >- 5 a. S a. a. Counties. u t£3 u u c u J3 u 3 .n u C O u U C u e "c < PL, ffl U ffl rt > Kilkenny. 281,900 120 45 28 1 1 27 12 3 1 1 Queen's Co. 60,000 l S IO 7 4 6 - 5 - King's Co. 4,100 1 I 1 - ' I 1 - Total 346,000 136 56 36 15 33 13 37 t The Chapter is formed by the Dean, Precentor, Chancellor, Treafurer, and Archdeacon, with 7 Prebendaries. Patronage. In the Crown are 26 parifhes, 76 in the bifhop, 4 in the dean or chapter, and 30 in lay patrons. The cathedral is a large handfome pile, dedicated to St. Canice, whence the borough of Iriihtown, in which it {lands, (adjoining to the city of Kilkenny) derives its name. The bifhop has a good houfe clofe to the cathedral, which is fituated about 30 miles from the fartheft part of the diocefe. The Province of CASHEL comprehends eleven SEES, UNDER THE ARCHBIbHOP AND FIVE SUFFRAGANS. i. CASHEL and 2. EMLY. THE fee of Cashel was either founded or reftored at the be- ginning of the 1 oth century ; and was made an archbifroprick in 1 152. Em ly, which was founded in the 5th century, is faid to have been at firft an Archbifhoprick alfo. They were united in 1568. The OF IRELAND. 123 The archbifhoprick is almofr. confined to the county of Tippe- rary, branching a very little way into Kilkenny and Limerick, and is 28 miles in length, and 23 in breadth. Emly, which is 32 miles long, from N. to S. and about 12 broad, comprifes a part of Tipperary, and a larger fcope in Limerick. The united fees * are very compact, extending 32 miles one way, and 30 the other. C A S H E L. Counties. 3 < u u tea V c PQ u 3 A U £ 3 X u U 3 'c u U O 3 O n d. u 0. J ? 3 a. J tx, 1* C Counties. u u < u EC M 9 u u u ~~8 V u 3 "S3 5 « P3 O U a; 2 "O 3 Waterford 31, 3°° 33 2 4 6 J LISMORE. Waterford 231,500 41 20 14 5 10 5 26 - Tipperary 92,000 32 l $ 8 1 l l 3 !3 - Total 323. 5 00 13 106 35 44 22 3° 6 8 27 3i 8 14 39 41 3 Total of union 354,800 * The dimenfions of Waterford are nearly 13 by 9; of Li/more 38 by 37 ; and of the union, 49 by 37 Englifh miles. The OF IRELAND. 125 The Chapter of Waterford confifts only of the Dean, Precentor, Chancellor, and Treafurer, for there are no Preben- daries, and the Archdeacon has not a vote. But in Lismore the Archdeacon is a member of the Chapter with the 4 other dig- nitaries and 10 Prebendaries. Patronage. In Waterford 12 parifhes are in the gift of the Crown, and 16 in that of the bifhop. In Lifinore the Crown pre- fents to 12, the bifhop to 27, and lay patrons to 30. The re- mainder are wholly impropriate. The cathedral of Waterford is a very elegant church erected within a few years. The bifhop's palace, which ftands clofe by it, is a handfome modern ftructure of no great fize, and very much confined in fituation. At lifmore the cathedral is fpacious and handfome. There are fome parts of Lifmore 35 miles diflant from the city of Waterford. 5. CLOYNE. The bifhopric of Cloyne was founded in the 6th century. It was united to Cork for upwards of two hundred years : but it has now continued feparate above a century. It lies entirely within the county of Cork, extending E. and W. near 50 miles in length, by a breadth of 23 *. 3 Cm O a. CL. I 4 * ^ E cu 3 c B County. u 3 c u u 3 1 u J3 u 'o < Ph u ~6o~ S u (2 3° 14 Cork 539»7°° l 31 43 25 * Cloync is 63 Englifh miles long by 29 broad. The 126 ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISION The Chapter is very full, being compofed of a Dean, Chan- cellor, Treafurer, Archdeacon and 14 Prebendaries. In thePATRONAGE of the crown, there are ioparifhes, in the bifhop's 106; in lay patrons 7 : two are in difpute, and 11 are wholly impropriate. The wardenfhip of the church of Youghal, which is collegiate, is perpetually united to the bifhoprick. The cathedral is a fine old building accompanied by a round tower; and is alfo the pari 111 church. The bifliop's palace is a plain convenient houfe, with good gardens and demefne ; but 40 miles from the weftern bounds of the diocefe. 6 & 7. CORK and ROSS. The foundation of the bifhoprick of Cork is placed in the 7th century; that of Ross is unknown : they were united by queen Elizabeth in 1586, are both contained in the county of Cork, and arc partly intermixed. The diocefe of Cork is 58 miles long from E. to W. and about 13 broad. The length of the principal part of Ross is 25 miles from E. to W. and the breadth 6 : the detached part of it, in the mountains of Bear and Bantry, is about the fame length, but not more than 4 miles broad. The whole union is about 65 by 1 7 *. • In Englifh meafure the length of Cork is 74 miles, and the breadth 16 ; of Rofs 32 by 8 ; and of the union 83 by 23. Chapter. OF IRELAND. L2 7 CORK. Comity. ■i 5 < Q s B u IB y a m Jq u I. p .c O s X n V a u 3 O .a u pa 0. fi 8 y u BS d. c o- .§ *o Cork 35 6 >3°° 94 49 41 9 32 *s I I IO R O S s. Cork r 24,000 33 *5 12 5 1 1 3 13 I I I Total of union\ 480.^00 1 27 64 53 14 4-3 18 24 The Chapters of thefe diocefes confift each of a Dean, a Pre- centor, a Chancellor, a Treafurer, and an Archdeacon ; there are befides 12 Prebendaries in Cork, and 5 in Rofs. The Patron ace of thefe united fees is thus distributed. The Crown prefents to 7 in Cork and one in Rofs ; the biftiop to 66 in the former, and 28 in the latter; lay patrons to 14 in the two, 1 1 being wholly impropriate. The Cathedral of St. Finbarry is a plain modern church. Near it ftands the bifhop's palace, a large new houfe, built but a few years, by the late bifhop, Dr. Mann. It is 50 miles from th* city of Cork, to the remoteft parts of Ross. 8&o. LIMERICK, ARDFERT, and AGHADOE. THE bifhoprick of Limerick was united in 1663 to thofe of Ardfert and Aghadoe, which had long been fo incorporated, T as 12* ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISION as to form but one diocefe. Ardfert or Ardart was efla- bliflied in the 5th century, and Limerick before the 13th. The latter extends in length from E. to W. 27 miles in the county of Limerick, and 17 in breadth; taking in a fmall part of Clare. The bifhoprick of Ardfert, which includes the whole county of Kerry, and a portion of Cork, is 52 miles long from N. to S. and 48 broad. There are 71 miles from one extremity of the union to the .other *. LIMERICK. Counties. Acres. u 'u fa u t« Hi u CQ u u 3 .4 U 3 u 3 9 *c trt V 3 ~a8 M 1 Benefices without "-J ( glebes. u 0. B JU 'u . S £ Counties. to U u ■S in u a 3 u □ bo u C 'o .r: < Ph w O O m « is Gal way 675,250 49 i r 12 I 2 9 1 - Mayo 424,700 37 10 II I 2 7 1 - Rofcommon 35>7°° 3 3 I - - 2 - - Total 1,135,650 89 23 24 n 4 18 2 - The Chapter confhts of a Dean, a Provoft, an Archdeacon, and 8 Prebendaries. Patronage. The deanry alone is in the Crown j 79 parishes are in the bifhop's gift ; and 10 are united to the Wardenihip of Galway . The conftitution of that largeand ancient collegiate church is unique in this kingdom ; the warden and 3 aflifting vicars being ele&ed by the mayor and corporation ; the warden annually, and the vicars for life. In the little city of Tuam there is a very neat but fmall cathedral, which is alfo the parifh church. The bilhop's- palace is a large antique fabric; from which no part of this ex- tensive diocefe is 50 miles diftant. 2 & 3. CLONFERT and KILLMACDUAGH. The former of thefe fees was founded, near the clofe of the 6th century 5 and the latter in the beginning of the 7th. They were united in 1602. Clonfert lies chiefly in the county of Gal~ way} a fmall part only of Rofcommon belongs to it, with a Angle 3 P arifll OF IRELAND. *3S parifh, on the eafl of the Shannon, in the King's County. The greateft, length of this diocefe is 29, and the greateft breadth 25 miles. Killmacduagh is wholly in Galway, and meafures 18 by 12 miles. The extent of the Union is about 37 by 25 *. jtj a. a. E a, u Coumiei. m u < ■i •"^ 1 Benefices. °l u da u u 5 s U 3 12 u u 3 u "h II Bi Wholly im Galway 193,100 37 9 2 1 - - Rofcommon 17,500 2 1 1 - 2 - - - King's Co. 4,400 1 40 Part II - - — - - - 215,000 10 2 «4 1 - KILLMACDUAGH. Galway 64,000 20 4 4 14 2 8 22 1 - - Total of union 279,000 60 15 The members of the Chapter of Clonfert, are a Dean, an Archdeacon, a Sacrift, and 8 Prebendaries. In that of Killmac- duagh there are, a Dean, a Provoft, a Chancellor, an Archdeacon, and 2 Prebendaries. The Patronage of the deanery belongs to the Crown, 31 parifhes to the bifhop, and 9 to a lay patron, in Clonfert. In Killmacduagh the Crown prefents to 3, the bifhop to 12, and a lay patron to 5. The cathedral and parifli church of Clonfert are the fame : near • The dimenfions, reduced to Englilh miles are— of Clonfert, 37 by 32 ; of Killmacduagh 23 by 15 j of the Union, 47 by 32. them 134 ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISION them /lands the bifhop's palace ; there not being one at Clon- fert, which is diftant 21 miles from the fartheft part of the diocefe, and 34 from the weftern extremity of the Union. Of the cathedral of Killmacduagh nothing but the walls remain, which ftand near the ruins of a monaftery, and feveral chapels. A large round tower of very ancient and rude mafonry denotes the antiquity and the former confequence of this now wretched hamlet. 4. ELPHIN. This fee dates its origin from St. Patrick in the middle of the 5th century. It comprifes the greater part of the county of Rofcommon, a large fcope in Sligo and Galway, and a very little in Mayo. In length, from N. to S. it extends 63 miles, but in breadth it varies from 2 to 24 *. c. ^o >. a. E Counties. ^ 3 c B Z V v ,E ■s X ,c U3 u u u U □ 3 4> jb « < a. w I u O £ a! t Rofcommon 284,650 S l 23 20 | 2 4 J 7 3 1 I Sligo 87,700 16 4 3 I 1 2 8 - Galway 48,800 8 2 3 2 — — 7 - Mayo I ,000 PW - Total 420,I50l 75 29 26 1 5 S '9 46 I The Chapter confifts of a Dean, Precentor, Archdeacon, and Prebendaries. * Elphin it about 30 Englifh miles long, varying in breadth from 3 to 30. Patron- OF IRELAND. »35 Patronage. The Crown prefents to 2 paridies, the bilhop to 72, and a lay -patron to one. The cathedral, which is alfo the paridi church is neither large nor fplendid : but the bifhop's palace is a very good modern houfe, in the mid ft of an excellent demefne, and adjoining the fmall town of Elphin, which is about 35 miles from the northern boundary of the diocefe. 5 & 6. KILLALLA and ACHONRY. The bidiopric of Kill all a was founded about the fame time as Elphin, and in the following century the fee of Achonry was eftabl iflied. They both extend into the countie: of Mayo and S/igo; the river Moy and the Ox Mountains forming the boundary between them. The greateft length of Killalla is from E. to W. 45 miles, by a breadth of 21. Achonry ftrctches from N. E. to S W. 28 miles, and is 21 broad*. The United Sees meafure E. and W. 55 miles, and from N. to S. 21. KILLALLA. . a, a. Countici. >. u J E «« £ X J! Xt u JZ u <§ ua C u 3 u -Q U J2 O <8 5 < CL. 17 m 6 6 O 2 O 2 05 Mayo 271,200 2 2 _ Sligo 43,100 8 2 5 5 1 1 6 12 4 I - 2 — Total. 314,300 6 3 2 2 — ACHONRY Mayo 93,700 *3 3 2 1 - 2 1.3 — Sligo ll WS° H 27 6 6 1 3 2 9 — Total 207,650 9 8 2 3 4 22 — Total 1 — — of union] 521 >950 52 20 20 8 6 6 24 — • The length and breadth of Killalla, in Englifh miles, are — 57 by 27 ; of Achonry, 35 by 27 ; and of the Union, 70 by 21. u , 3 6 ABSTRACT OF THE The Chapter of Killalla is compofed of a Dean, Precentor and Archdeacon, with 5 Prebendaries. In that of Acbonry there are the fame dignities, with only 3 prebends. Patronage. The Crown prefents to 2 parifhes, which are- the corps of the refpeclive deanries, in each of thefe diocefes : the other 48 parifhes are in the gift of the bifhop. The cathedral of Killalla is fmall, but venerable for its antiquity: it is the only church in the parifh, though a round tower at the other end of the village indicates the ancient fite of another church, of which however no veftige remains. The palace is a very fmall and ruinous houfe, ill fituated and ill contrived, at the edge of a very fine demefne ; but the prefent bilhop is making fuch additions and improvements as will render it a very comfortable refidence. It is not 30 miles diflant from the moil: remote part of either diocefe. AbJtraB of the ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENT. IN this abftract the table is augmented by two additional columns : one of them exhibits the proportion of acres to the number of churches ; and the other fhews the proportion which impropriations bear to the whole number of parifhes, in every diocefe. N. B. The diocefes are placed in each province according to their refpective fize ; and the figures prefixed to them point out their comparative extent with refpect to the whole number* ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENT. 137 Diocefes. Acres. 3 I C a. V, a. ■3 t 4 K .2 s u V a ft 3 S3 u £1 J-f V (A u *C c If 0. n u 77 ^ 29 ■a a. 5o «l a. 2.26 5 Meath 663,600 224 99 8,618 Si 32 64 35 6 Derry 659,000 48 43 51 12,021 33 12 I I — 7 Down&Connor 597*450 114 65 76 7,861 23 17 26 17 15 3-56 g Clogher 528,700 41 40 49 10,789 26 15 5 — 8.20 1 1 Raphoe 515^50 3 1 25 32 ' 1 6,000 J 7 8 3 — 10.33 12 Kilmore 497,250 39 30 36 13,812 9 25 10 — 3-9° 16 Armagh 468,550 103 69 69 6,761 5i n 14 12 9 4.90 22 Ardagh 233. 6 5 37 24 29 8,056 10 IT, 2 18 1 1.94 23 Dromore Prov. of Armagh 3 Ferns and \ Leiglin J 155,800 26 24 27 5,770 14 2 8 3 — 8.66 3-43 2-93 4,319,250 663 419 446 9,684 212 156 83 i33 60 »3 671,100 232 79 7i 9.545 6 40 38 66 15 Dublin 477.950 209 86 82 5,828 35 22 2q 24 1 8.64 20 Oflory 346,000 136 56 36 9,35i 15 33 »1 37 i 3-57 21 Kildare Prov. of Dublin., 2 Limerick and \ Ardfert / 332,200 81 3i 28 11,864 8 11 21 3 1 1 16 3 2-53 3.82 3.20 1,827,250 658 252 217 83^1 64 106 101 158 983,400 176 88 47 20,923 14 35 51 52 4 Killaloe and \ Kilfenora. J 665,500 138 50 38 17.513 4 45 16 24 7 5.11 8 Cloyne 539.7°° *37 69 5i 10,582 5 43 2S 3c J 4 3" 14 Cork and Rofs 480,300 127 64 53 9,062 14 43 18 24 11 3.62 17 CASHELand 1 Emly / 416,850 155 47 35 11,887 16 '9 H 28 3 5.00 19 Waterford \ & Lifniore j Pra*. of Cajbel, I Tl'AM 354,800 106 44 3° 11,826 8 61 3i H 41 3 2.40 3-49 44-5 3>439>75° 839 362 254 13,542 216 138 199 4' 1,135,650 89 23 24 47>3 l8 2 4 18 2 10 Killala and \ Achonry J 521,950 52 20 20 26,097 8 8 6 24 | 2.16 18 Elphin 420,150 75 29 26 16,159 S S IQ 46 1 1.59 21 Clonfert and"! Kilmacduagh J Prov. of Tuam. 279,000 60 15 14 19,928 ?Q.249 2 17 22 39 1 ~ — 1 J; 7 S 2,356,750 276 87 87 44 72 Total of tlie "1 Kingdom j * 1 . 1 1,943,000 243 b 1 1 20 IIOI 11,919 354 5i7 366 562 118 3-58 * Lough Ncagh contains 58,200 acres, not included in any diocefe, which being added to « 1,94.3,000 makes 12,001,200 acres; the number returned in page 17. 138 ROUND TOWERS. It appears by the foregoing pages, that there are in the whole kingdom 2436 pari/hes, which form at prefent 1123 benefices^ with cure of Souls j exclufive of 1 1 1 finecures in the feveral dio- cefes. It appears alfo, that the churches amount to 1001 ; and the glebe-houfes to 354. Of the 1 123 benefices there are only 366 dejlitute of glebe. The table fhews how large a proportion of the tythes are im- propriate, or the property of laymen. In the diocefe of Elphin, they are in the ratio of two to three, and taking the whole king- dom as 1 to 3.58 which is twofevenths of the whole. IV. ROUND TOWERS. Whatever difference there be in the opinions of antiquaries concerning the ufe of the round towers peculiar to Ireland ; it is univerfally agreed, and indeed their fituation being always near a church proves, that they were erected for fome religious pur- pofe. A more compleat lift of them, than what has yet appeared, may be acceptable to the curious. In ULSTER, 9. County of Antrim, near * Antrim, at a place called Steeple. at Armoy. in *Ram Ifland, in Lough Neagh. 4 County County ofCavan, County of Down, ROUND TOWERS. at Drumlane. at *Drumbo. at *Maghera, half only isjlanding. County of Fermanagh, in *Devenifh Ifland, in Lough Erne. County of Monaghan, at Clones. at *Enifkeen. J 39 County of Dublin, County of Kildare, County of Kilkenny, Kings County. County of Louth, County of Meath, Queens County, County of Wicklow, In LEINSTER, 24. at *Clondalkin. at *Lufk. at Rathmichael. at *S words. at *Caftledermot. at *Killcullen. at *Kildare. at Oughterard. at Taghadoe. at *Aghavuller, fart only remaining. at Fertag, alias Beggars Inn. at *Kilkenny, or rather in Irijhtown. at Kilree. at Tulloherin. at *Clonmacnoife — two. at *Dromilkin, part of one. at *Monafterboyce. at *Donaghmore. at *Kells. at *Dyfert. at *Timahoe. at Glandelough — two, one oftlxmperfeft. In 140 ROUND TOWERS. In MUNSTER, 14. County of Clare, at *DrumcIiff. at *Dyfart. in Inifcalthra, in Lough Deirgearf, in Scattery Ifle, in the Sha?mon. County of Cork, at *Cloyne. at *Ballybeg, thejlump of one, at Kineth. County of Kerry, at *Aghadoe„ at Rattoo. * County of Limerick, at *Dyfert. at *Kilmallock. County of Tipperary, at *Cafhel, on the Rock, at *Rofcrea. County of Waterford, at Ardmore. In CONNAUGHT, g. County of Galway, .at Feartamore. at *Kilmacduagh. County of May% at Aghagower. at Ballagh. at *Killalla. at *Melick. at *Turlough. County of RoJ common, at Oran. County ofSligo, at *Drumcliffe, the ruin of one, * Thofe marked with an Afteri/k have been feen by the Author. Theft c POSTSCRIPT. 141 Thefe 56 towers are all {landing ; there were five others ftill perfect within a few years. 1 . Co. Down, at Dvwnpatrick, lately taken down.* 2. Co. Dublin, in Ship-JIreet, Dublin, deftroyed a few years finee, 3. Co. Cork, at Cork, pulled down about fifty years. 4. Ditto, at Brig/nan, not long down. 5. Co. Kerry, at Ardfert, which fell in 1770. V. POSTSCRIPT. ' I "'HE communication of fome official documents, which were -*- laid before the Iriih parliament, while this book was in the prefs, tempts me to add to it a few pages ; with a more correct account of the population, and fome particulars concerning the prcfent ffate of the agriculture, manufactures, and exports of Ire- land. Theincreafe of population has been aftonifhingly rapid: thenum- ber of inhabitants having been trebled in little more than a centu- ry. Soon after the revolution they were eftimated by Sir William Petty, at no more than 800,000. In the year 1695, a computa- tion was made from the returns of the collectors of hearth-money ; » The round tower of Dowtipatrhk was taken downj in order to enlarge the weft end of the cathedral, which is now repairing, after having lain in ruins for a great number of years. And it is vtry remarkable, that under the foundations of this tower, were found the veftiges of a more ancient church, which appears to have been of exceeding good mafonry, and upon a larger fcale than the prefent old fabrick, in the walls of which there are many pieces of cut ftone, that have evidently been ufed in fome former building. The fame circumftancc may alfo be obferved in fcvcral of the ruined churches at Cloiimacnoi/e. 3 b y r 42 POSTSCRIPT. by which it appears, that they amounted, at that period, to fome- thing more than a million, there being then 200,000 houfes. I find that the number of houfes returned by thofe officers at Lady- day 1 78 1 was 477,602 *. An account was laid before the Houfe of Commons in the courfe of this feffion -f ; in which the houfes of each county are clafTed, according to the number of hearths they contain, and amount in the whole to 701,102 J. And if we allow only Jive perfons to a houfe, the number of in- habitants mult exceed three millions and a half: but when we take into consideration the great populoufnefs of the poor- eft cottages, the many crouded houfes in Dublin and other large towns, and that the univerfity, the barracks, hofpitals, and public offices are not included in the hearth-money returns ; we may perhaps, without exaggeration, rate the average number of perfons at Jive and a half to a houfe, and confequently ftate the population of Ireland, at this day, to be 3,850,000. This prodigious in- creafe of population in one hundred years, is doubtlefs, in a great meafure owing to the progreffive improvements in agriculture and manufactures ; fince the molt induftrious counties are the moft populous. But we muft. not overlook the natural caufes which have alfo contributed to it : fuch are the mildnefs of the climate, the abundance and convenience of fuel, and the habits of the people; who, content with fimple food, are plentifully fupplied with a wholefome and cheap fuftenance, in that invaluable root the potatoe. Certain it is that the culture of the potatoe has increafed amazingly, in the laft thirty years : and it is as certain, that po- pulation invariably follows, where plenty of fubfiftence occurs. * In the Rev. Mr. Hewlett's Eflay on the Population of Ireland, printed in 1786. + This account is dated the 2zd of March 1793, and figned Thomas Wray, Infpeftor-Gene- ral of Hearth-money. % Of this number 112,556 are returned as belonging to paupers, and therefore exemp from the tax. That POSTSCRIPT. 143 That there is employment for this augmented number of inha- bitants, appears from the riling wages of the labourer and artificer, in moil parts of the kingdom. That manufactures and hufbandry are not only much extended in the places where they have been long eftablifhed, but fpreading even into the molt, remote counties, has been partly fhewn in the foregoing pages, and is confirmed by the fubjoined extracts of official papers. That this country is in a date of high and increasing profperity, is evident from the com- parative Statement of the exports of different periods : I have Hated only two, but were there room here for further extracts concerning the State of commerce in former times, the progrefs it has made would be ftill more manifeft. But the late great increafe of the linen manufacture is owing to the export bounties, which com- menced in 178 1 : as the advancement of tillage is to be dated from 1784. * Bounties on exportation had operated with various fuc- cefs at different times : but it was in that year that Mr. Foftcr, now Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, framed the excellent fyf- tem of regulations, which have rendered bounties effectual. Some judgment maybe formed of the State of tillage, from an ac- count of the mills which are folely appropriated to the grinding of wheat and making of flour -f. Of thefe there are 249. In Uljler, Co. of Monaghan 1 Co. Wicklow - 1 Leinjer, Co. Kilkenny 37 Munjfcr, Co. Tipperary 48 King's County 22 Co. Limerick - 7 Co. Kildare 20 Co. Cork - - 6 Queen's Co. 19 Co. Water ford 4 Co. Weftmeath 12 Co. Clare - - 3 Co. Meath - 1 1 Connaught^ Co. Galway - 26 Co. Wexford 10 Co. Rofcommon 9 Co. Carlow - 9 Co. Longford 4 249 * The port of Dublin is alone excepted from the benefit of thefe bounties on the exportation of corn ; becaufe a bounty is paid on the inland carriage of corn and flour to the metropolis. + Extracted from the journals of the Houfe of Commons for 1791. X Extract 144 POSTSCRIPT. Extract of a Report made to the House of Commons, of the Corn, Provifions, and Linen Cloth, exported in the Year 1791, diftinguilhing the feveral Ports. Ports. ULSTER. ntrim Belfaft * Larne Land. Londonderry * — Colerain Donegal, Killybegs Doiuu, Donaghadec Newry * Strangford Barrels of Corn. Cwt. of Flour, Meal, & Bread. lS,I27 IO LEINSTER. Dublin Dublin " Louth Dundalk * Drogheda * /Y^.v/W Wexford * Rofs Wicklcw, Wicklow MUNSTER. Cork Cork* Baltimore Kinfale Youghal Kerry, Dingle Limerick Limerick * Wtfter/WWaterford* CONNAUGHT. Galivay Gal way * Mayo, Newport Sligo, Sligo 4,264 2,787 120 8,211 21,30 10,212 378,007 52,227 8,602 3>278 49,080 2,6l8 4>9°5 29,585 Barrels of Beef. 20,528 760 Barrels of Number Totals 150,464 214,971 500 4.745 22,728 6,458 70 7,885 9-473 30,820 2?>895 9,940 22.374 400 2.443 24^90 33.301 2,620 567,747 170,869 1 17,196 7.'9+ 4 '4 3 3 2,066 9 26,374 1 1 12 1,874 55.5 J 5 7 235 8 10,193 12,702 20 20 644 Pork. of live Oxen or Cows. 7,196 150 6,347 5,410 No. of ive Hogs 212 1,984 38,948 192 ,98 1,360 II,66l 19,660 260 724 94,506 146 '4 22,66 3.775 1,470 28 i>3 6 3 26 '93 2 7 3829 29,625 Cwt. of Butter. 882 684 Yards of Linen Cloth 15,809 10,684,441 3'-7°3 1,026,156 153.422 2,210 4 438 4 10,970 '3 5° 3° 310 5802 28,624 5'4 1.342 '.334 •39.507 96 3.935 2,252 9,401 78,681 ".449 2 95>575 23,190 5,001,283 34,021 19,698,285 17,986 1,969,138 209 3.73 1,197.729 4,250 '4''3J 1,309 12,016 14.135 4,000 61,041 39,647,246 • Thefe are the only ports into which tobacco can be imported; neither can wine, tea, coffee, or fpirits be admitted into any other, without a particular licence from the commif- fioners of the revenue, except Shire Tvwm and New Rof:. AVERAGE POSTSCRIPT. i45 AVERAGE VALUE OF EXPORTS. Corn, meal, ) flour, bread \ Barrelled beef Barrelled pork Live ftock Butter Linen cloth Yarn (linen) In the 7 years ending Mar. 25, 1777. JC-64.87I 312,967 128,435 20,668 607,907 1,390,919 l88,8lO In the 7 years ending Mar. 25, 1791. £.2,714,577 iC-4I5»645 236,000 134,684 151,000 591,782 2,183,514 182,668 Increafe on balance £.3,895,293 Increafe. £-35°>774 6,249 79M95 £.1,279,950 £.1,180,716 Decreafe. 76,967 l6,I25 6,142 £-99' 2 34 Thus we fee, that the commerce of Ireland has been raifed upwards of a million annually, upon the abovementioned arti- cles, in the fhort fpace of 1 4 years ; and that neither the provi- fion trade nor the exportation of yarn have diminifhed, in pro- portion to the advance in the quantities of corn and linen ; nay, that if we take the export of live flock into the account, it has increafed; notwithstanding the great additional confumption, which fo confiderable an acceflion of wealth and population muft occailon. The annual value of all the exports of Ireland, amounted on an average of the laft /even years to 4,357,000 /. VI. GLOS. ( 146 ) VI. GLOSSARY, Or, Explanation offome ofthofe Iri/h words which mojl frequently occur, in compofition with the ?iames of places. AGH, a Field. ANAGH or ANA, a River. ARD, a high Place, or rifing Ground. ATH, a Ford. AWIN, a River. BALLY or BALLIN, a Town, or inclofed place of habitation. BAN or BANE, White, or Fair. BEG, Little. BEN, the fummit of a Mountain, generally an abrupt head. BUN, A Bottom, Foundation, or Root. CAR or CAHIR, a City. CARRICK, CARRIG, CARROW, a Rock or Stony Place. CORK, CORCAGH, a Marfli, or fwampy Ground. CLARA, a Plain. CROAGH, CROGHAN, a (harp pointed Hill refembling a Rick. CLOGH, CLOUGH, a great Stone. CURRAGH, a marfhy or fenny Plain. CLON, a Glade, or a level Pafture Ground. COL, CUL, a Corner DERRY, a clear dry Spot in the midft of a woody fwamp. DON, a Height or Faftnefs, a Fortrefs. DONAGH, a Church. DROM, a high narrow ridge of Hills. INCH, INIS, an Bland. KEN, a Head. KILL, a Church or Cemetery. KNOCK, GLOSSARY. 147 KNOCK, a (ingle Hill, or a Hillock. LICK, a flat Stone. LOUGH, a Lake, or a Pool. MAGH, a Plain. MAIN, a Collection of Hillocks. MORE, large, great. RATH, a Mount or Entrenchment, a Barrow. ROSS, a point of Land projecting into Waters. SHAN, Old. SLIEBH, a range of Mountain, a Hill covered with Heath, TACH, a Houfe. TEMPLE, a Church. TOM, TOOM, aBufh. TRA, a Strand. TOBAR, TUBBER, a Well or Spring. TULLAGH, a gentle Hill, a Common. TULLY, a Place fubjed to floods. PRINTED BY T. RICK.AP.V. 1792. INDEX to the MAP. The Names of tliofe Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, which fend Reprefentatives to Par- liament are printed in Small Capitals. The Diocese is added to the Names of Parijhes only ; and the Letter R. denotes tha Parifh to be a Rclory, V. a Vicarage, C. a Curacy, Ch. a Chapdry. N. B. When the Name of a Town or Village occurs in the Second Column, it fhews that the Church of the Parilh to which it is annexed, is at fuch Town or Village.— Ex. gr. the Church of Abbeyjlrowry is at Skibbereen. Karnes. Dcfcription. County. Barony. Abbeyodorney - Village - - Kerry - - - Clanmauriee Abbeyfeale - - Village - - - Limerick - - Conello - V. Abbey gormagan - - - - - Galway - - Longford - - V. Abbeylaragh - - - - - - Longford - - Granard - - V. Abbeylcix ----- - - - Queen's Co. - Cullinagb - - V. Abbcymahon - - - - - - - Cork - - - Bartiroe - - R. Abbeymrule - - Longford - - Sbrtwole - - R. Abbeyftrowry - - Skibbereen - Cork - - - < 'arbery - - V. Abington - - - Village - Limerick - - Qnuneybeg - - R. Ach.irrow - - - Village - - - Sligo - - - C. Achill - - - - Ijland - - - Mayo - - - Burrijhooh Achil beg - - - do. - - - - do. - - - - do. Achil-bead - - - Promontory - do. - - - - do. aC'ilSDlSlp - - Bifioprick - - Sligo & Mayo Achonry ------ - - Sligo - - - Leeny - - - R. Afton - - - - Village ... Armagh - - Onor Adamftown - - - Wexford - - Bar.iry - - - R. Adare - - - - Village - - - Limerick - - Cojhma - - - V. Adar - - - - River - - - Mayo - - - Gal/en Addergool ---- -- - -do. - - - - Tiratuly - - V. Addergool ---- -- - - Galway - - Do-wnamore - V. Adnith .--•*-■ Tipperary - - Eliogurty - - V. Adragool - - - Cataract - - Cork - - - Bear & Bantry Affar.e ----- ... . Waterford - - Deciei without V. Aghabog -.-- -- - - Monaghan - Bar tree - - R. Aghabuiloge - - - - - - - Cork - - - Mujkerry - - R. Aghacrew ---- -- - - Tipperary- - Kilnemanna - R. Aghacrofs ---- -- - - Cork - - - Condo.is, i£c. - R. Aghada ---. do. --- Imokilly - - R. Aghade ---'- -- - - Cailow . - - Ra-vdly - - C. Aghaderrick -• - Loughbrickland Down - - - Upper Iveagb - V. a<8S)3r3D Aghmacajrte - - - - - - - Queen's Co. - Upper OJJbry - mamullen - . ... Monaghan - Cremourne Aghnamult ---_ - ... nny - - ..laneedle - - _ - ... Tipperary - U'per Or ' Aghniih point - - Cape - - - - y - - Kiltartan Aghold - - - - Coolkenr.o - - Wicklow - - Sbilelagh - - Aghour - - - - Frefhford - - Kilkenny - - Crannagh - - Aghrim - - - Village - - - Wicklow - - Ballituicor Aghrim - - - - Village - - - Galway - - . ( to Aghrim - - - - Frodeen - - - Rofcommon - Boyle - - - Aghris Point - - Cape - - - - Sligo - - - Aglifh - - - - Village - - - Waterford - Decies within - Aglifh - - - - Caftleba'r - - Mayo - - - Qarrqgh - - Aglifh ----_ _ .._ Kerry - - - Magzpiihy - - Aglifh ----- - ... Cork - - - Barrets - - Aglifh Cloghan - . _ _ . . Tipperary - Lower Ormond Aglifh Dranina - . - - . . Cork - - - Orrery, &c. - -Ahamplifh ---- - -.. Sligo - - - Carhury - - Ahana ----- - -.. Ditto - - - Tiraghrill - - Aharah ----- - - _ - Longford - - Shronvle Ahafcragh - - - Village - - - Galway - - Killconnel - - ghill - - .- Village - - . Antrim - - Teome - - - Aile - - - - River ... Mayo - - - Burrijhoole Aland's Bay - - - Bay - - - - Waterford - Gicaltiere Alderg ----- . ... Dublin - - Ne-wccjile - Alter Lough - - Lake - - - - Leitrim - - Dromabaire Al'en - - . - Bog of - - - Kildare and King's Co. Allen, Ifle of - - Village - - - Kildare - - Great Ccnnel All Saints - - - N.T.Conyngham Donegal] - - Raphoe - - - - - - River - - - Cork - - - Dubai,: i Almorkla ---- - .-. W. Meath - Ratbconratb - t - - - Mountains - - Donegall - - Raphoe A)ua ... - Lough ... Cork" - - - Mujkerry Ambrofetown - - - - ... Wexford - - Bargie - - - Ahamore Inn - - Village - - Leitrim - - Dromahaire Annacotty - - - Village - - - Limerick - - Coun'yofiheCity Annaduff ---- . --- Leitrim - - Leitrim - - t'.ecffi. V. Connor V. ' V. Dromore R. Armagh R. Gogher R. R. V. Arc!;. R. Gogher R. Offory V. do. R. Tuam R. Meath V. Cloyne R. Connor R. Go) j Y- Offory R. Go R. Oflbrv R. Killalce R. Leighlin R. Cilery V. Clonfert V. Elphin V. Lifmore R. Tuam V. Ardfert V. Cork R. Killaloe R. Cloyne V. Elphin V. Elphin V. Ardagh R. Elphin R. Connor C. Dublin Ch. Raphoe R. Meath R. Ferns R. Ardagh INDEX" Kim:!. Dcfcrlplion. i AnnagU ----- . ... Mayo - - - Armagh - - - IJland - - - Di'co - - - Armagh - - - IJland - - - Ditto - - - Armagh Ifland - - Peitin/ula ... Ditto - - - h ---. .... Kerry - - - le - - - - .-- Down - - vn -. Galway - - Annagelliffe Cavan - - - an - - IJland - - - Galway - - Annahilt --- Down - - - ■ - - - River - - - Cavan - - - Annalong - - - Village - - - Down - - - Annatrim - - - Village - - - Queen's Co. - jh - - - - Village - - - C wk - - - ANTRIM - - - County - - - Ultler - - - ANTRIM - - - Barony - - - Antrim - - Antrim - - - Town - - - - Ditto - - - Any ----- Village - - - Limerick - - in - - - - River - - - Cork - - - Aiboe - - -- Tyrone - - ' - - - Bijbobrick - - Lo T n S fo, .'< 1 > ■ r Lcitnm, &c. ARDAGH - - - Barony - - - Ditto Ardagh - - - - Village - - - Ditto - - - Ardagh ----- - ... Cork - - - - - Village - - - Limerick - Ardagh ----- - - . . M - - - Hi ----- - - --- Mayo - - . Ardamine ---- - ... Wexford - - iraccau ---. - - . . l\. i--. uidrife - - - - - - - Wexford - - Ardcarne - - - Village - - - Rofcommon - Ardcanny ---. - ... Limerick - - Ardcath ----- - ... Meath - - - Ardcavan ---. . ... Wexford - - Ardcollum ---- - ... Tipperary A^rdcolm ---. - ... Wexford - - Ardcroney ---- - ... Tipperary Ardea ----- - ... Queen's Co. Ardcchave - - - Village - - - Londonderry - ARDEE - - - - Barony - - - Louth Ardee - - - - Town - - - - Ditto - - - Ardelinis ---- - ... Antrim - - ARDES - - - Barony - - - Down f<£K& - - Bifiotrick - - Kerry - - - Ardfert - - - - Village - - - Ditto - - - Ardfield Cork - - - Ardfinnan - - - Village - - - Tipperary Ardglafs ---- - --- Down - - - Ardmoy - - - Village - - - Antrim - - Ardmulcan ---- - --- Meath - - Ardmore ... Village - - - Waterford Aidmore Head - Cape - - - - Ditto - - - Ardnagehy --------- Cork - - - Ardnaglafs - - - Bay - - - - Sligo - - - Ardnaree ... Village - - - Ditto - - - Ardnurcher - - Horfeleap - - W. Meath Ardquin Down - - - Barony. DiKtfc. Coftelh - • R. Tuam Erris 7ira-iv!y Erris . Corcr R. Ardfert I-jea?b - R. Dromcre - - - V. Loughtee V. lore Iveagb R. Dromora .v'C gb ' Upper OJfory Orrery i£c. Antrim - - V. Connor Small County - V. Emly Condons, L . Dungannon R. Armagh Arda^b P.. gh Imoiilly R. Clovne C i R. Liir - C. sath - V. ilia - - c. - R. Meath . R. Ferns Boyle - - - V. Elphin Kenrv - R. Limerick • - . - \ . uh C. Ferns I. fa , R. Lifmore Sbelmaliere C. Ferns Lower Ormond R. Killaloe Portnehincb R. Kildare Cohraine Ardee - - - V. Armagh Clenc.rm - - R. Connor Cork Clamnauriee - R. Ardfert Ibavjne V. Rofs Jffa and Offa - R. Lifmore Let ale - - - R. Down Cary - - - V. Connor SAryne - - - R. Meath Dccies iviibin V. Lifmore Dino Barrymore R. Cork Tyreragb Ditto Moycajhcl - - V. Meath Ardes - - - R. Down 1 Names. Defcription. Ardra .... Village - - Ardrahan ------__ Ardree --------- Ardriftan .--..._. Ardfallagh Ardfallis - - - Village - - Ardfkeagh -------- Ardftraw - - - N. T. Stewart Ardftraw - - - Village - - Ardvarney - - - Church - - Arigna - - - - Mines - - ARKLOW - - - Barony - - Arklow - - - - Tonun - - Arklow Banks - - Sand Banks - *m** Jrcbbijhoprick - i^lt'Il'c ARMAGH - - County - - - - Ulfter ARMAGH - - - Barony - - - Armagh Armagh - - - City ... - Ditto - - - ARRA - - - - Barony - - - Tipperary Arran, South - - IJles - - - - Galway - - Arranmore - - IJland - - - - Donegal - - Arranmore - - IJland - - - - Galway - - Arrigle - - - - Mountains - - - Donegal - - Arrow - - - - Lough - - - - Sligo - - - Arrow - - - - Rimer - - - do. - Artramont -------- Wexford - - Artrea ------ - - - Tyrone - - Arvagh - - - - Village - - - Cavan - - - Ask baton - - - Town - - Limerick - - Affey Meat.li - - - Athaffel --------- Tipperary At h boy - - - Town - Meath Athenaffy ----- - - - Limerick - - ATHENRr - - Barony - - - Galway At henry - - - Toivn - - do. - Athlacca - - Village - - - Limerick - - Athlaggin - - • Village - - - Galway - - Athleague - - - Village - - - Rofcommon - ATHLONE - - Barony - - - do. . rr- $W. Meath & At h lone - - - '■lonxn - - - <. „ r I Rofcommon Athlumney ----- -- - Meath Athnet ----- - - - - Limerick - - Athnowen - - - Owens - - - Cork ... Athy - - - - Tctvn - - - Kildaie - - Attanagh ---- - - -- Queen's Co. - Attemafs -------- Mayo - - - Aughanunchin - - - - - - - Donegal - - Aughanloo ---- -- - - Londonderry - Augher - - - - Village - - Tyrone - - Aughnacloy - - Village - - - Tyrone Aughnifhe - - - Ramelton - - Donegal - ■ Awin Banna - - River - - - Wexford - - Awbeg - - - - River - - - Cork - - - Awin Buy - - Rivir - - - do. - - N D E X County. Barony. Dioceje, Donegal - . Boylagh, &c. - Ch. Raphoe Galway - - Dunkellin - V. Kilmacduagh Dublin Kildare - . Kilkca , tiff. c. Carlow - - Ravilly c. Leighlin Meath - - . Navan - - - R. Meath Clare - - . Bunratty Cork - - - Condons, l£c. - R. Cloyne Tyrone - - Strabane R. Deny Ditto - - - Ditto Fermanagh - Lurge Leitrim - . Dromahaire Wicklow Ditto - - - Arklowj V. Dublin Ditto - - - Ditto Armagh - - R. Armagh Ballinahinch Boylagh, l$c. Moycullin R. Tuarfi Kilmacrenan Tyraghrill do. Shclmalicre R. Ferns Dungannon R. Armagfi Tullaghonoho - Connello V. Limerick Deece - - - R. Meath ClaniAiilliam - R. Camel Lune - - - V. Meath Small County - R. Limerick Athenry R. Tuam Cojhma V. Limerick Clare Athlone - - - V. Elphin f Braavncy& ? 1 Atblone > V. Meaih Skryne - - - V. Meath Cojlima R. Limerick Mujkerry - - R. Cork Narragh, &c. V. Dublin Upper OJory - R. Oflbry Gallen V. ■Achoory Kilmacrenan - R. Raphoe Kenoght R. Derry Clogher Dungannon Kilmacrenan - R. Rapho« Gorey Fermoy KinaUa, C5r. - INDEX. ttjiiii. Dcfcription. Avvin Ea - - River Awin Gorm River Awinmore - - River Awinmore - River Awinmore - - - River Awin Ure - - - River County. Barony. Donegall - . Sligo - - . Mayo - - Ditto - - Sligo - - - Rofcommon • - Boylagh, l£c, • Leney ■ Tiravjly ■ Ditto Leney Rofccmmox Diete/k, B Badopy Upper - Tyrone Badony Lower Gortin - - - Ditto - - Baguibon Head Cape - - - - Wexford - Bagnel's Bridge 1 Mage - Carlow Bailyborough - - Toiun - - - - Cavan - - Balbriggan - - Village - Dublin Baldoyle - - - Village - - - Ditto - - Baldwinlton - - Village - Wexford - Balcek - - - - Village - - - Armagh - B.illagh - - - - Village - - - Mayo - - Ballaghadireen I It age - - - Mayo - - Ballaghan 1 oint Cape - - - - Louth - - BALLAGHEEN - Barony Wexford Ballagluobin - - ... - Kilkenny - Ballaghy - - - Village - - - Londonderry Ballaphy - - - Village - - Sligo - - Ballan - - - - . . - Carlow Ballard's Point - - Cape - - - - Clare - - Bailee - - - - Ballimoe - - - Down - - BALLIMOE Ha\( - Barony - Galway BALLIMOEHM- Barony - Rofcommon Ballimoe - - - Village - - - Ditto - - .Ballimoney - - - Tovjn - - Antrim - - Ballimoney - - - Ballineen - - - Cork - - - Wexford - Ballimore - - - Village - - - W. Meath Ballimore Euftace - 1 Mage - Dublin Ballimote - - - VMage - - - Sligo - - Ballina - - - - Village - - - Mayo - - Ballinacarrig - - Stapleltown - Carlow Ballinacargy - - ;■' - - Cavan Ballinacarrigy - - \ge - W. Meath Ballinaclalh - - - Village - - - Wicklow - Ballinaclogh - - - Limerick - Ballinaclogh - - . - - Tipperary BALLINACOR . Barony - - - Wicklow Ballinacor - - - Village - - - Wicklow - Ballinacor - - - Village - - - \V. Meath - Kerry - - Ballinacourty Point Cape --- - Waterford Ballinacourteny . . Galway Ballinacre.igh - - Village - - - Cork - - Uallinadcc - - - Ditto - - - - Ditto - - Strahanc - Ditto - - Sbelburne Itin.ne Clonchee Balrttddcry Cooloc/t Barbie Feii-s Decce - Clonmorris- Cojl DimJalk R. R. Derry Derry Half Ballimoe Dunluce Carbery Forth - - - Ratbconralh - Neivcajfle - - Corran Tira why Kinalea, &c. - Cathcrlough 7 ullagharvey r,ijb Ballinacor Coonagh Ujper Ormond Ballinacor Delvin Corcaguinney - Decies •without Dutikellm - . Carbtry Ditto - - - C. Dublin - R. - V. K,l.\eal3 'Moone V. Kclls - - - R. Loughinjholin Leney Forth - - - V. Athenry V. II kan Lee ale - - - R. Meath Tuam Dublin Oilbry Leighlin Clonfert Down R- Connor R- Cork R- Ferns C. Meath V. Dublin C. Cork V. Ltigiilin R. Emly V. Killaloe R. Ardfcrt V. Tuam R. Cork INDEX Kama, Defcriptiou. County. Ball'mafad ... Village - - - Sligo - - - Ballinafeagh - - - - - - - Kildare - - BaTlinaglifh - - - - - - Mayo - - - Ballinagar - - - Village - - - King's Co. Ballinagullock - - - - - - - Wexford - - Ballinahaglifh - - - - - - - Kerry - - ■ BALLINAHINCH Barony - - - Galway Ballinahinch - - Village - - - Ditto - - ■ Ballinahinch - - Village - - - Down - - ■ Ballinahaflig - - Village - - - Cork - - . BALLI-NiKILL - TcWIl - - - Queen's Co. ■ Ballinakill --- Waterford Ballinakill - - - Woodford - - Galway - • Ballinakill - - - - - - - - Ditto '- - Ballinakill ---. . ... Ditto - - . Ballinakill - - - Clonbullock - King's Co. Ballinakelly - - - - ... Galway - ■ Ballinakelly -------- Sligo - - . Ballinalack - - - Village ~ - - W. Meath Ballinamallard - - Village - - - Fermanagh Ballinamona - - - - ... Limerick - ■ Ballinamona - - Village - - - Cork - - . Ballinamore -------- Kilkenny - Ballinamore - - Village - - - Galway - . Ballinamore - - Village - - - Leitrim Bnllinard - - - - - - - Limerick - Ballinafloe - - - Town - - Galway - ■ Ballinafkellig - - Bay - - - - Kerry - - Ballincalla - - - Mayo - - Ballincarragh - - Mountains - - Ditto - - Ballinderry - - Village - - - Antrim Ballinderry .-___--. Londonderry Ballinderry - - River - - - Londonderry Ballinderry - - Village - - - Wicklow - Ballindrait - - - Village - - - Donegal - Ballindine - - - Village - - - Mayo - - Ballindown --------- Galway Ballindown - - - Village - - - Sligo - - Ballinefagh - - - Kildare Ballineen - - - Village - - - Cork - - Ballingarry - - Village - - - Tipperary Ballingarry Limerick - Ballingarry - - Village - - - Ditto - - Ballingaddy - - Ditto - - Ballinlondry -------- Ditto - - Ballinlough - - Village - - - Rofcommon Ballinode - - - Village - - - Monaghan Ballinode - - - Village - - - Sligo - - Ballinoe -- Cork - - Ballinrobe - - - Tol - Cavan - - - Loughtce - R. Kilmore Benbulbcn - - - Maintains - Sligo - - - Carbury Benburb - - - Village - - - Tyrone - - Dungannon Ben Dubh - - - Mountain - - - Tipperary, &c. Bengore Head Cape - - - - Antrim - - Cary Ben Levagh - - Mountains Galway - - Rojs Bennet's Bridge - Village - Kilkenny - - Shellilogher Bennevanagh - - Mountains - Londonderry - Kenoght Bert - - - - Church - Donegal - - Inijboivcn - Ch. Derry Befly Bell - - - Mountain - Tyrone - - Strabane Killncmana R. Camel Billy --- - Dunluce V. Connor Bills ... - Rock - - - - Mayo Coaft - Bumjh'jole Binwy Head - - Cape - - - - Ditto - - - Erris Bird Ifland - - - IJland - - - - Cork Coaft - Carbery Bird I Hand - - IJland - - - - Down Coaft - Ardes Birr Tcrjm - King's Co. Ballibritt - . R. Killaloe Birterbuy - - - Bay - - - Galway - - Ballinabinch Bifliops Ifle - - IJland - - - - Clare Coaft - Moyjerta Blackcave Head - Cape - Antrim - - Glenarm Black Head - - Cape - - - - Ditto - - - Belfaji Black Head - - Cape - - - Cork - - - Courceys Black Head - - Cape - Clare - - - Burrin Blackball Head - Cape - - - Cork - - - Bear & Bantry Black Lion - - Village - - - Meath - - - Skryne Blackmoor Hill Mountain - - - Wicklow - - Talbotjio'wn Black Nib - - - Cape - - - - Down - - - Ardes Go'wran - - R. Oflbry Black River - - River - Mayo &c. Ga/tvay Blackrock - - - Rock - - - Sliga Coaft Carbury Blackrock - - - IJland - - - - Wexford Coaft Forth Blackrock - - - Village - Dublin - - Half Rathdoivn Blackrocks - - Rocks - - - - Mayo Coaft - Erris Blackfod Bay - - Bay - - - - Ditto ... Ditto Bhckftairs - - - Mountains - Carlow, &c. Blackltones - - - Mountains - Kerry - - - Dttnkerron Blackwater - - River - - - - Tyrone, Sec. Blackwater Town Village - - - Armagh - - Armagh Blackwater - - Ri-iier - Cork, &c. Blackwater - - River - Meath Blarney - - - - Village - Cork - - - Mufierry Blalkets, or Ferriter IJlands - - - Kerry Coaft - Corca^uinny Blessincton Village - - - Wicklow - - TalbotJIoiun Blind Harbour Bay - - - - Cork - - - v Carbery Bloody Farland Pt. Cape - - Donegal - - Kilmacrenan Boahinfbi - - - Rocks - - - - Sligo - - - Carbury Bockworth - - - Mountains - Mayo - - - Erris Naas - - - V. Kildare Boffin .-- - Lough - - - - Rofcommon and W. Meath 12- INDEX Kama. Defcrlption. County. Bogra .... Mountains 13 Bogs Cork - - - Bohea ... - Ijland - - - - Fermanagh - Bohillane .... - - -- Cork - - - Bohoe ---._ . ... Fermanagh - Bolton Inn - - - Village - - - Waterford Bolus Head - - Cape - - - - Kerry - - - Boly -..-..-.-- Tipperary Bombrufna - - - Village - - - W. Meath Bonnet ... - River - - - Leitrim &c. Bonohan --------- Tipperary Bordwell --------- Queen's Co. - Bore ----- River - - - Wexford - - Bothon - - - - Buttevant - - Cork - - - Bovevagh -------- Londonderry - Bow ... - Ijland - - - Fermanagh - BOYLAGH and \ D n „, BANNOGH I Barony - ' • D ° negal BOYLE - - - Barony - - - Rofcommon Boyle - - - - Town - - - Ditto - - - Boyftown ---- - - -- Wicklow - - Braid - - - - River - - - Antrim - - Brandon Hill - - Mountain - - Kilkenny - - Brandon ... Mountains - - Kerry - - - Brandon Head - - Cafe - - - - Ditto - - - Brandon Bay - - Bay - - - - Ditto - - - BRAWNY - - - Barony - - - W. Meath Bray - - - - Town - - - Wicklow - - Bray Head - - - Cafe - - - - Ditto - - - Bray Bank - - - Sand Bank - - Wicklow Coa. Brea Head - - - Cafe - - - - Kerry - - - Breafy - - - - Village - - - Mayo - - - Bregoge .,-_--.--- Cork - - - Briansford - - - Village - - - Down - - - Brick - - - - River - - - Kerry - - - Bricky - - - - River - - - Waterford Bride - - - - River - - - Waterford Bridechurch - - Kildare - - Bridgetower - - Village - - - Wexford - Bridgetown - - Village - - - Clare - - - Bridgetown - - - - - - Cork - - - Bright Down - - - Brigown - - - Mitchel's Town Cork - - - Brinny - - - - Village - - - Ditto - - - Britway _ Ditto - - - Broadford - - - Village - - - Clare - - - Broadhaven - - Bay - - - - Mayo - - - Broadway - - - Village - - - Wexford - - Brockagh - - - Village - - - Tyrone - - Brooksborough - Village - - - Fermanagh - Brofna Kerry - - - Brofna - - - - Village - - - King's Co. - Brofna - - - - River - - - King's Co. - Brofna, Little - - River - - - Ditto - - - Brougfhane - - - Village - - - Antrim - ■ Brown Flefk - - River - - - Kerry Barony. Dixefe. Duballovj in L. Erne Imokilly R. Cloyne C/onaivly - R. Clogher Gualtiere Iveragb Eliogurty - R. Cafhel Corkery Lower Ormond R. Killaloe Uffier OJJiry R. Offory Bantry Orrery, &c. - C. Cloyne Kenoght R. Derry in L, Erne Boyle - - - V. Elphin Talbotjlovjn V. Dublin Antrim Gotxran Corcaguinny Ditto Ditto Rathdonvn R. Dublin Do. Do. Iveragb Carragh R. Tuam Orrery, (3c. - V. Cloyne Uffer Iveagb Clanmauricc Decies without Cojhbridge Great Connel - V. Kildart Bargie Tullagb Fermoy R. Cloyne Lecale - R. Down Condons, &c. - R. Cloyne Kinealea, 13 c. - R. Cork Barrymore R. Cloyne Tullagb Erris Forth Dungannon Magherajl. Truaghnucmy - R. Ardfert Clonlijk Garricajlle Tifferary Antrim INDEX. «3 Kitmcs. Defcription. Courtly. Erow Head - - Cape - - - - Cork - - . Erownftown -------- Meath - . Erownftown Head - Cape - - - - Waterford - - Bruce-hill - - - Mountain - - Cavan - - ■ Bruft* ... - Village - - - Limerick - ■ Eruis ----- - - - - Tipperary Bruree - - - - Village - - - Limerick - - Bucholla --------- Mayo - - - Buely -- Kilkenny - - Buinaha Point - - Cape - - - - Mayo - - - Buiowna - - - - - - - - Gal way - ■ Bull ----- Rock - - - - Antrim Coaft ■ Bull IJland - - - - Cork Coaft - Bullan Bay - - - Bay - - - - Mayo - - ■ Bull Head ... Cape - - - - Kerry - - - Bullock - - - - Village - - - Dublin - - Bumlin - - - - Strokeftown - - Rofcommon - Bunatraher - - - Bay - - - - Mayo - - - Buncranna - - - Village - - - Donegal - - Bundoran - - - Village - - - Ditto - - • Bunduft' - - - - Village - - - Sligo - - - Bunowen - - - Village - - - Galway - - Bunowen --------- W. Meath BUN RATTY - - Barony - - - Clare - - - Bunratty ---- ---_ Ditto . . . Bunree - - - - Rimer - - - Sligo - - ■ Bunrofs - - - - River - - - Sligo - - ■ Buolick ---------- Tipperary Burgage - - - Bleffington - - Wicklow - ■ Burgefbeg -------.•- Tipperary - • Burkftown - - - Village ■» * - Wexford - ■ Burntchurch - - - - - - - Kilkenny - ■ Burr ... - IJland - - - Down Coaft ■ BURRIN - - - Barony - - - Clare - - ■ Burrifcarra -------- Mayo - - • BURRISHOOLE - Barony - - - Mayo - - - Burriflioole ---- -- -- Ditto - - • Burros - - - - Maryborough - Queen's Co. ■ Burrofakean - - Village - - - Tipperary - ■ Burrofileagh - - Village - - - Ditto - - • Burrofleigh - - - - - - - Ditto - - • Burrofnafarney] - - - - - - Ditto - - • Burros in Oflbry - Village - - - Ditto - - ■ Burry ---------- Meath - • Bufh - - - - River - - - Antrim - ■ Buftimills - - - Village - - - Ditto - - • Buttevant - - - Village - - - Cork - - • Butlerlbridge - - Village - - - Cavan - ■ Barony. Carbery Duleck - - C. Gualtiere Ttdlaghonoho Cojhma - - R. Clanuilliam - R. Connello - - V. Gallen - - V. IvtrA - - - R. Morijk Doivnamore - R. Cary Bear £jf Banlry Erris Corcaguinmy HalfRathdoivn C. Rofconanon - V. Tiraivly IniJhoivcH Tyrbugh Carbury Ballinabinch Kilkenny Wejl C. Bunratty - Tyreragb Carbury Sle-iuardagh Talbotjlowjn Ana, tiff. Sbelburne Shellilogber Ardes Carragb - Dimtji. Meath Limerick Emly Limerick Achonry OiTory Tuam Dublin Elphin Meath RV.Killaloe - R. Camel - V. Dublin - R. Killaloe - V. Oflbry - R. Tuam Burrifljoole - R. Tuam Maryborough - R. Lcighlia Lower Ormond R. Killaloe Ilcagb Eliogurty - - R. Camel Upper Ormond R. Killaloe Upper OJJory Kells - - - Ch. Meath Dunlucc Ditto Orrery, tiff. Lougbtee c. Cable Ifland - Cahir - - - Cahir - - • Cahir - - • - IJland - - . - Village - ■ - IJland - - • - Village - - - Cork Coaft - - Tipperary - - Mayo Coaft - - Kerry - - d Imoiilly Iff a fcf Offa Kilmain Iveragb - V. Lifmore R. Ardfert *4 INDEX. Nanus. Defcription. County. Cahirconlifh - - Village - - - Limerick - - Cahirconree - - Mountain - - Kerry - - - Cahjrcorney --....-. Limerick - - Cahirduggan Cork - - - Cahirelly .... -. ... Limerick - - Cahirlag .... .... Cork - - - Cahirnary - Limerick - - Cahiragh - - - - - . . - Cork - - - Cahirvally Limerick - - Cahirultan ---. . ... Cork ... Caledon ... Village ... Tyrone - - Calf .... R oc k .... Cork Coaft - Callabeg Tipperary Callaghan's Mills - Village - - - Clare - - - Callen .... River ... Armagh - - Callen --. Town cf? Lib. - Kilkenny - - Calliagh crum - - Reck ... - Mayo ... Callowhill - - - Church - - - Fermanagh - Calraghftown . Dublin - - Calt Lough - - Lake ... - Sligo - - - Caltragh - - - Village - - - Galway - - Cameron - - - River ... Tyrone - - Camlaght - - - Church ... Armagh - - Camlin ... - River - - - Longford - - Camlin ---- Antrim - - Camma ----...... Rofcommon - Camolin ... Village - - - Wexford - - Camus .... Macofquy - - Londonderry Camus - - - - Strabane - - Tyrone - - Canal, Grand Dublin,Kildare Canal, Royal Ditto, Ditto - Cannaway Cork - - - Cape Clear - - Cafe - - - - Ditto ... Cappagh - . Tyrone - - Cappoge - - - Village - - - Kildare - - Cappoge Louth - - Cappoquin - - - Village - - - Waterford Car Lake .... Armagh - - CARBERY - - Barony - - - Cork - - - Carbery Ifland - Rod - - - Cork Coaft - CARBURT - - Barony - - - KHdare - - Carbury - - - Village - - - Ditto ... CARBURY - - Barony - - - Sligo - - - Cardangan Tipperary Cardiffftown - - - - ... Kildare - - Cardy Rock - - IJland - - - - Dublin Coaft - Carigaline --- Cork - - - Carigart ... Village - - - Donegal - - Carigue - - - IJland - - - - Kerry Coaft - Carinifti Point - - Cape - - - - Cork ... Carlanftown - - Village ... Meath - - Carlingford - Tovm ... Louth - - Carlifle Fort - - Cork Harbour - Cork - - - CARLOW - - County - - . Leinfter - . Barony, Clatrwilliam - Corcayuinny Small County - Fcrmoy - - Clanivi/liam - Barrymore County of City Carbery County of City Imokilly Hungannon Bear & Bantry Eliogurty - Tullagh Armagh Kells - - - Erris Knockniny Neivcaflle - - Leney Kilconnel Omagh Orior - Longford Maffareene Athlone - - Scarcwaljh Lib. Coleraine Strabane - { King's and > I Qu. Co. S < Meath, W. » ( Meath,&c- S Mufk erry - Carbery Strabane - - Ikeath &c. Ardee ... Cojhmore Orior Carbery Carbury • - Clanivillam Naas - - - Balruddery Kinalea, &c. - Kilmacrenan Jraghticonnor Bear cif Bantry Kells Dundalk - m Imokilly D'wccfi, V. Emly V. Emly C. Cloy ne V. Emly V. Cork R-V. Limerick R. Cork R- Limerick R- Cloyne R. Cafliel R. Offory Ch. Kilmore C. Dublin Ch. Armagh V. Connor V. Elphin R. Derry R. Derry R. Cork R- Derry R. Armagh V. Kildar* V. V. Emly Kildare R. Cork V. Armagh INDEX. Karnes. Defcription. County. Barony. Dhctfc. Car low ... Town - - - - C.arlow - - Catbalougb R. Leighlin Carmoncy - - - Village - - - Antrim - - Bel/aft - - V. Connor Carnagh ---. . ... Wexford - - Bantry - - R- Ferns Carnallcck - - - Village - - - Antrim - - Glenarm Carnalway - - Village - - - Kildare - - Naas - - - R. Kildare Carnamart - - - Riu. C5" Turlogb Gslway - - Dunkcllin Carne ----- _ _.. Clare - - - Burrin - - R.V.Kilfenora Carne - - - - Village - - - Donegal - - Lijbowen Came ----- . .._ Kildare - - Opbaly - - V. Kildare Carne - - - - Village - - - Mayo - - - Srrit Carne ----. . ... Wexford - - Forth - - - R. Ferns Carnecaftle --------- Antrim - - Glenarm - - R. Connor Carnew - - - - Village - - - Wicklow - - Sbilclagh - - R. Ferns Carnfore Point - Cape - - - - Wexford - - Forth Carntogher - - Mountains - - Londonderry andTyrone Carra - - Lake and River Kerry - - - Dunkerron CARRAGH - - Barcny - - - Mayo - - - Carragh Lough - Lake - - - - Mayo - - - Carragb Carraghroe - - Mountains - - Tyrone - - Omagb Carrick ----- - ... Wexford - - Sbelrnaleire - R. Ferns Carrick ----- - - - - Louth - - - Ferrard - - R. Armagh Carrick ---- W. Meath - Fartullagb - R. Meath Carrick on? ^ T . . T ... „, f - Town - - - Leitnm - - Leitrim Shannon * Carrick on Suire - Town - - - - Tipperary - Ijfa and Offa - V. Lifmore Carrickameel - - Rock - - - - Gahvay Coaft Balltnahincb Carrickaquicy - - Village - - - Limerick - - Poblebrien Carrickarede - - Mountain - - - Mayo - - - Gallen Carrkkarede - - IJland - - - - Antrim Coaft Cary Carrickchad - - Mountains - - Sligo - - - Leney Carrickdownan -._.--- Cork - - - Fermoy - - R. Cloyne Carrickdrummin - Rock - - - - Antrim Coaft Cary Carrickfercus Town & County Antrim - - Belfaft Carrickmacrofs - Town - - - Monaghan - Donaghmoine Carrickmacreily - Mountains - - Wicklow - - Newcajile Carrickmaquigly - Village - - - Donegal - - Inijhowen Carrickparlbn -------- Limerick - - Clanwilliam - R.V.Emly Carrickruagh - - Mountains - - Wexford - - Gorey CARRIGALLEN - • Barony - - - Leitrim - - Carrigallen - - - Village - - - Ditto - - - Carrigallen - V. Kilmore Carrigans - - - Village - - - Donegal - - Rapboe Carrigart - - - Village - - - Ditto - - - Kilmacrenan Carrighamleary - Village - - - Cork - - - Fermoy - - V. Cloyne Carrigin ---. . ... Galway - - Clare - - - R. Tuam Carrigrohanbeg - - - - - - Cork - - - Barrets - - R. Cloyne Carrigrohane - - - - ... Ditto - - - Lib. Cork - - R. Cork Carrigtohill - - Village - - - Cork - - - Barrymore - V. Cloyne Carrinteel - - - Village - - - Tyrone - - Dungannon Carrinteel - - - Aughnacloy - Ditto - - - Ditto - - - R. Armagh Carrogh - - - Kildaie - - Claine - - - V. Kildare Carrowkill - - - Village - - - Clare - - - Bunratty CART - - - - Barony - - - Antrim - - Cary - - - - River - - - Ditto - - - Cary Carysfort - - Houfe - - - - Wicklow - - Balinacw 0Jft&$G& - - - Arcbbijhoprick - Tipperary, &c. >S i6 INDEX frames. Dcfcription. County. Cashel - - - City - - - - Tipperary,&c. Cafhel - - - - . . ... Longford Cafhel .... Maintains - - Galway - - Cafhendal - - - Bay - - - - Antrim - - Cafhleh - - - - Bay - - - - Galway - - Castlebar - - Town .-- Mayo - - - Caftlebellingham - foliage - - - Louth - - Caftleblakeny - - Village - - - Galway - - CaftLblayney - - Village - - - Monaghan - Caltlebrack - - . . . . - Queen's Co. - Caftlebridge - - Village - - - Wexford - - Caftlecaulfield - - Village - - - Tyrone - - Caftlecom - - - Village - - - Meath - - Caftlecomer - - Town - - - Kilkenny - - Caftleconnel - - Village - - - Limerick - - Caftleconnor - - - - - - - Sligo - - - Caftlecorr - - - Mcalh - - Caftlederg - - - Village - - - Tyrone - - Caflledermot - - Town - - - Kildare - - Caftle-ellis - - Wexford - - Caftlefinn - - - Village - - - Donegal - - Caftlehaven - - _ - - - Cork - - - Caftlehide - - - Village - - - Cork - - - Cafllejordan - - . . . . - Meath - - - Caftle-ifland - - Village - - - Kerry - - - Caftle-kirk - - M an d - - - - Galway Coaft CJSTLEKNCCK Barony - - - Dublin - - Caftlekr.ock - - Village - - - Ditto - - - CalUekyran .... - . . Meath - - Caflleloft - - - w. Meath - Caftiel yons - - - Town - - - Cork - - - Caftlemagnor - - . . - - - Cork - - - Caftlemain - - - Village - - - Kerry - - - Castlemartyr Town - - - Cork - - - Catllemacadam - _ ... . - Wicklow - - Caftlemore ---_ . _ .. Mayo - - - Caftlemore Carlow - - Callleplunket - - Village - - - Rofcommon - Caftlepollard - - Town - - - W. Meath - CASTLERAGHAN Barony - - - Cavan - - Caftleraghan --...... Ditto - - - Caftlereagh - - Village - - - Rofcommon - CASTLEREAGH - Barony - - - Down - - - Caftlericard --....-. Meath - - Caftlefhane - - Village - - - Monaghan Caftleterra ... Ballyhays - - Cavan - - Caftletown - - - Village - - - Queen's Co. - Capetown - - - Village - - - Ditto - - - Caftletown ... Village - - - Limerick Caftletown Tipperary Caftletown - - - Village - - - Cork - - - Caftletown Delvin Village - - - W. Meath - Caftletown Ely ------- King's Co. - Caftletown Roche - Village ... Cork - - - Caftle Townfend - Village - - - Ditto - - - 6 Barony. Middlethird Ratblir.e Ballinahincb Glcnarm Moycullin Carragk Ardee Kihonnel Crunourne Tinehinch - Shelmaleire Dungannon Morgallion FaJJadining Clanwil/iam - Tyreragh - Half Fowre - Omagb Kilkea y Moone Bailagheen Rafhoe Carbery Condons Moyfenratb Truaghnacmy - Ballinahincb Cajlleknock Kells - - - Fartnllagh Barry more Orrery Truaghnacmy Imokilly Arklow Cojlello - - Rwvilly Ballintobar Half Fowre Dioctft. R. Cafhel V. Ardagh - V. Kildare R. OfTory R.V.Killaloe V. Killalla R. Meath V. Dublin C. Ferns R. Rofs C. Meath R. Ardfert V. Dublin R. Meath R. Ditto V. Cloyne V. Cloyne R. Cloyne R. Dublin V. Killalla Ch. Leighlin Caftleraghan Ballintobar - V. Meath - R. Kilmore Moyfenratb Monaghan Loughtee Upper OJfory Slewmargy Coonagb Arra - - - Bear & Bantry Deloin - - - Chnli/k - - Fermoy Carbery R. Meath R.V.Killaloe V. Meath R. Kiilaloe V. Cloyne INDEX. Karnes. Dcfcription. Ctunty. Cattle Wellan - - Village - - - Down - - - Caftracore - - - Middleton - - Cork - - - Caftropeter - - Edenderry - - King's Co. Caftroventry - - - - - - - Cork - - - Cat - - - - - Rod .... Cork Coaft - CATHERLOUGH Barony - - - Carlow CAVAN - - - County - - - Ulltcr Cavan - Toivn - Cavan - Cavan - - - Obfirvatory - - Donegal - Cave Hill - - - Mountain - - - Antrim - - Caunglafs Point - Cape .... Kerry - - - Caunfrahead - - Cafe - - - - Kerry - - - Cellbridge - - - VtUag* • - - Kildare - - Chapclcarron - - - - ... Wexford - - Chapelizod - - Village ... Dublin - - Chapelinthe Woods Chapel ... Londonderry Chapel Midway - Village - - - Dublin - - Chapel Ward ----.... Ditto ... Charlemont - Village - - - Armagh - - Charlesfort - - - Fort .... Cork - - - Charlellown -------- Louth - - Charleville - Town ... Cork - - - Church Bay . . Bay - - - - Rathlin I. Church-hill - - Village ... Donegal - - Church-hill - - Church - - - Fermanagh - Churchtown -------- Kildare - - Churchtown ----.--. Cork - - - Churchtown -------- Meath - - Churchtown -------- W. Meath Clady - - - - Village - - - Londonderry Clady - - - - Village - - - Tyrone - - Claggon - - - Bay - - - - Galway - - Claggon Point - - Cape - - - - Ditto - - - CLAIN - - - - Barony - - - Kildare Clain - - - - Village - - - Ditto - - - CLANDERLAGH Barony - - - Clare CLANMAURICE Barony - - - Kerry Clanmore ... Village - - - Kilkenny - - CLANlVfLLIAM Barony - - - Limerick CLANWILLIAM Barony - - - Tipperary Clara - - - - Village - - - King's Co. - Clarah -- -- Kilkenny - - Claranbridge - - Village - - - Galway - - CLARE - - - County - - - Munfter CLARE - - - Barony - - - Galway Clare - - - - Village - - - Clare - - - Clare - - - - Village - - - Armagh - - Clare ... - Village - - - Galway - - Clare - - - - River - - - Ditto - - - Clare - - - - Village - - - Mayo - - - Clare - - - - I/land - - - Cork - - - Clare - - - - JJland - - - - Mayo Coaft - Clare Abbey -- Clare - - - Clare Hill - - - Mountain - - - Cork - - - Clalhacrow ---.w... Kilkenny - - «7 B-3i'Oiiv- Diectft, Upper Iveagh Imokilly R. Cloyne Coolejioiun '- R. Kildare Carberf V. Rofs Bear (S Bantry Leit^htee Boy/. & Bonn. Bclfaft I,i:cllo Coolock Shclmaleire Dundalk Tullagharvey Jrdes Guallicre - CI, xnixiilliam Barrets St radially Conncllo V. Connor Ch. Meath R. Raphoe C. Meath R. OfTory V. OfTory R. Oflbry R. Cloync R. Oflbry V. DiMn R. Ferns R. Waterford R. Emly V. Cork R. Leighlin V. Limerick R. Kilfcnora - R.R. V.V.Cork - R. Cloyne 22 INDEX Barnes. Defcriptioii. County. CORKERRT - - Barony - - - W. Meath Corraan ... Peninfida - - Mayo - - - Comb, Lough - Lake - - - - Galway - - Corrofin - - Town - - - Clare - - - COSHLEA - - Barony - - - Limerick COSHMA - - Barony - - - Limerick COSHMOREaml} „ - Wf f , COSHBRIDE J Bart *y - - - Waterford COSTELLO . - Barony - - - Mayo Cotlandftown -------- Kildare - - COURCETS - - Barony - - - Cork Courtmacfhery - Bay - - - - Ditto - - - Coutra, Lough - Lake - - - - Galway - - Courtilrand - - Village - - - Sligo - - - Cove - - - - Village - - - Cork - Cow and Calf - Rocks - - - Down Coaft - Cragwellbridge - Village - - - Galway - - Cranfield ---- - ... Antrim - ■ Cranna - - Village - - - Mayo - - - CRANNAGH - - Bm-oity - - - Kilkenny Crawfordlbourn - Village - - - Down - - ■ Creagh ----- - --- Cork - - ■ Creagh - - - - Ballinafloe - - Rofcommon - Creagh ----- - ... Dublin - - Crecorah Limerick - ■ Credan Head - - Cape - - - - Waterford Creekftown Meath - - - Creeve ----- - ... Rofcommon - Creggan -- Armagh - • Crehelp ---- - .-- Wicklow - • Cremorgan ... - ... Ditto - - ■ CREMOURNE - Barony - - - Monaghan ■ Croagh .--- . ... Limerick - Croaghpatrick - - Mountain - - Mayo - - ■ Croghan - - - Village - - - Rofcommon ■ Croghan - - - River - - - Cavan Croghan King's Co. Croghan Hill - - Hill - - - - Ditto - - Crohane -- Tipperary Crokane - - - Mountains - - Waterford Cronagh - - - River - - - Rofcommon Cronebane - - - Mines - - - Wicklow - Crook - - - - PafTage - - - Waterford Crook Haven - - Village - - - Cork - - Croom - - - - Village - - - Limerick - Crofs - - - - Village - - - Londonderry Croffakeel - - - Village - - - Meath Crofsbovne Mayo - - Crofidony - - - Village - - - Cavan Croflerlogh - - Kill - - - - Ditto - - Crofshaven - - Village - - - Cork - - Croflmaglin - - Village - - - Armagh - Croffmalini - - Mayo - - CrofTpatrick - - - - - - - Wexford - Croughnamallin - Mountains - - Mayo - - Crow" Head - - Cape - - - - Cork - - Barony. Burrijhoole Clare, &c. Inchiquin Diocijc. Naas - - - V. Dublin Barryroe Kiltarlan Car bury Great ljland Lccale Dunkellin Toome - R. Connor Clonmorris Cajllereagh Carbery R. Rofs Moycarne - R. Clonfert Neivcajlle R. Dublin Poblebrien V. Limerick Gualtiere Ratoath - - R. Meath Boyle - - - V. Elphin Feivs - R. Armagh Talbotjloivn C. Dublin Cullinagb R. Leighlin Connelh R. Limerick Mcrijk Boyle Pbilipjio'wn R. Kildare Ditto Slewardagh R. Camel Decies ivithout Atblone Arcklonv Gualtiere - R. Waterford Carbery Cojhma - V. Limerick Tyrekerin Kells Clonmorris R. Tuam Clonmogban Clonmoghan V. Kilmore Kinalea, &c. Feivs Tiranxily R. Killalla Gorey - - - R. Ferns Tiraivly Bear c5 Bantry INDEX. Names, Dcfcription, County, Crunnacarra - - IJland - - - - Galway Coaft Cruckfalla - - - Mountain - - - Donegal - - Cruifetown ---- - --- Meath - - Cruit - - - - IJland - - - - Donegal Coaft Crnmarad — - Mountain - - Ditto - Crumlin - - - Village - - - Dublin - - Crumlin - - - Village ... Antrim - - Crumlinvvater - - River - - - Antrim - - Crumpftown --....-- Tipperary Crufheen - - - Village - - - Clare - - - Crycrim .--. . ... Carlow - - Culdaft" Donegal - - Culfaghtrin - - Village ... Antrim - -' Cullen - - - - Village ... Limerick - - Cullen Cork - - - Cullen - - - - Cork - - - Cullenwaine - - - - ... King's Co. CVLLINAGH - - Barony - - - Queen's Co. Cullinftown - - - - . - . Meath - Culloville - - - Village - - - Armagh - - Cullybacky - - Village - - - Antrim - - Cumber - - - Village - - - Down - - Cumber ---. . ... Londonderry - Cuny .-- - IJland ... Sligo Coaft - Cuolagh - - - Bay .... Cork - - - Curlew - - - - Mountains - - Sligo, &c. Curragh — The - Race-ground - - Kildare - - Curraghroe - - Mountains - - Tyrone Curraha - - - Village - - - Meath - - Curran - - - - Village - - - Londonderry Curran Lough - Lake - - - - Kerry - - - Curr.inroebridge - Village - - - Galway - - Cl 'lis .-.- - . - - Kerry - - - Cu: ; glafs - - - Village - - - Cork - - - Currikippane - - - - ... Ditto - - - Culheeny - - - Riier - - - Kildaie - - Cuiliendon - - - Bay - - . - Antrim - - *3 Barony. Viocefe, Ballinabineh Kilmacrenan Kelts - - - R. Meath Bsxlagb, &c. Ditto Ncivcajlle C. DuLlia MaJJanene Ditto Middle/bird - R. Camel Bunratty Ravilly C. Lei^hlirt Inijbcwcn R. Derry Cary - V. Connor Coonagb R. Emly Kinelea, iSc. - R. Cork Duhalloiv V. Ardfl-rt Clonlijk - - R. Killaloe Sirym C. Meath Fe-ius Toune Cajllcreagb C. Down T'yrkerin - R. Derry Carbury Bear £if Banlry Ofiba/f Omagh Ratcatb Lougbinjbolia I'jcragh Kilt art an Truavbnacmy - R. Ardfcrt Killnatalloon Lib. Cork - R. Cork Opbaly Gkuaria D. Dale - - - - River (J Lake - Donegal - D.ilkey - - - - IJland - - - Dublin Dalua .... R.-ver - - - Cork Dalyfbridge - - Village - - C^van Daneftowjl ---- - -.. Meath - ■ Dane,, nd irgan - - - ... Tipperary Dargel - - - - Ri-vtr - - - Wicklow - DJRJREE - - Barony - - - Momighan Davidrtown - - - - - - - Kildaie Dawforfbridge - Village - - - Londonderry DECJES within ) „ „. . f , r\Dij\t \ Bcrouy - - - W ateriord DEffiRRf> - - - Bijhcpric - - Londonderry ai Derryaghy - - - Antrim - - Derrybyrian - - Village - - - Galway - - Derrygalvin - - Limerick - - Derrygrath Tipperary Derrykeighan - - - - - - Antrim - - Derryloran ---- - ... Ty r0 ne - - Derryloflbry - - - ... Wicklow - - Derry neflin - Tipperary Derrynoofe -------- Armagh - - Derryvillane - - - - ... Cork - - - Derryvullan - - - - - - Fermanagh - Derver ----- - ... Louth - - Dervcragh Lough - Lake - - - - \y. Meath Dervock - - - Village - - - Antrim ' - - Defertmartin - - Village - - - Londonderry - Defertmore - - - - - - - Cork - - - Defertoghiil Londonderry - Defertferges - - - - - - - Cork - - - Devenifh - - - Ijland - - - - Fermanagh - Diamor - - Meath - - Dingandonovan - - - - - - Cork - - - Dingle - - - Tcivn - - - - Kerry - - - Dinin - - - - River - - - Kilkenny - - Dinifh - - - - Ijland - - - - Kerry - - - Dirpatrick Meath - - - Difert ------ - - - Cork - - - Diiert ---------- Ditto - - - Difert ----- - --. Queen's Co. - Difert ----- - ... Kilkenny - - Difert ----- . - . . Waterford Difert - - - - - W. Meath - Difert Clare - - - Difert .-- Rofcommon - Difert ----- . . _ - Limerick - - Difert - -.- Louth ' - - Diiert ----- _ . ... Kerry - - - Difert - - -- Ditto - - - Difertcreagh - - Tullyhog - - - Tyrone - - Diiertlyn - - - Moneymore - - Londonderry - Difertmore - - - Village - - - Kilkenny - - Divvis - - - - Mountains - - Antrim - - Diocf/i. Delvin Rathdovjn R. Dublin Knocktopher V. OfTory Loughtee - V. Kilmore Ardis Tyrbitph Garb try Gra/iard Iveragh 1 Tyrone Belfaft - - V. Connor Lit! im Co. oj City R. Limerick Ifa&Ofa - V. Liimore Dunluce R. Connor Dun gr.nr.cn R. Armagh Ballinacor V. Dublin Sletvardagb R. Camel Armagh R. Armagh Fermny V. Cloyne Tyrejlenedy R. Clogher Louth - - - R. Armagh Corkerry Dunluce Loughinjholin - R. Derry Mufierfy - R. Co:k Coleraine - R. Derry Carbery V. Cork Magheraboy R. Clogher Half Foivre - V. Meath Imokilly R. Cloyne Corcaguinny C. Ardfert Fajjuchdining Dunkiri on Deece - - - R. Meath Banymore R. Cloyne Carbery V. Rofs J\ Ic-ryborougb - V. L: :ghlin FaJJachdining - c. OiTory Upperthird V. Lifmore (hel, is 'c. R. Meath Inchiquin - R.V.Kiilaloe Athlone - - V. Elphin Ccjlima R. Limerick Ferrard R. Armagh Clonmaurice V. Ardfert Truaghnacmy - R. Ditto Dungannon R. '.agh Loughinjholin - R. Armagh Ida, ijje. - V. OfTory Bel/aft INDEX. *5 Name. Defcription . County. Doagh - - - - Village - - - Antrim Dog's-Head - - Cape - - - - Galway Dogdown ---- - ... Tipperary Dolla ----- - ... Tipperary Donabate - - - Village - - - Dublin Donabrook - - Village ... Ditto - - Donacumper -------- Kildare Donagh - - - Glaflough - - Monaghan Donagh ... Came - - - Donegal - Donaghadee - - Town ... Down - - Donaghcady - - - - - - . Tyrone Danagheavy - - Fintona - - - Ditto - - Donaghhenry - - Stuartftown - - Tyrone Donaghlony - - Warringtlown - Down Donaghmore -------- Ditto - - Donaghmore - - Caftle Finn - - Donegal - Donaghmore ------- Wicklow - Donaghmore - - - - - Wexford - Donaghmore - - Village - - - Queen's Co. Donaghmore - - - - - - - Kilkenny Donaghmore - ------- Tipperary Donaghmore -------- Limerick - Donaghmore -------- Cork - - Donaghmore -------- Ditto - - Donaghmore -------- Meath Donaghmore -------- Ditto - - Donaghmore - - Village - - - Tyrone Donaghnaghta - Eyrecourt - - Galway DONAGHMOTKE Barony - - - Monaghan Donaghmoyne ------- Ditto - - Donaghpatrick ------- Galway Donaghpatrick - - - - - Meath Donaghy - - - Village - - - Tyrone Donany --------- Kildare Donard - - - - Village - - - Wicklow - Donboy --------- Ditto - - Doncdea - - - Village - - - Kildare DONEGAL - - County - - - Ulrtcr Donegal - - Tonvn - - - Donegal - Donegor --------- Antrim Doncny ---_ - ... Galway Donfeeny - - - Village - - - Mayo - - Donkill ----- - ... Wateiford Donnerailb - - Town - - . Cork - - Donohill ---. . .-. Tipperary Donore --------- Meath Donough - - - Village - - - Fermanagh Donurling --------- Kerry - Donymanagh - - Village - - - Tyrone Doon ----- . ..- Limerick - Doonas - - - - Village - - - Ditto - - Dorrha ---------- Tipperary Dovea ----- - - -- Ditto - - Douglafs - - - Village - - - Tyrone Douglafs - - _ Village - - - Cork - - Doweftown - - - - - - Meath g Bjronjr. Antrim Ballinahincb Middletbird - Loiver Ormond Balruddery Nenvca/ile - Salt - - - Trough IniJhoiAmn - Ardes - - - Strabane - Clogher Dungannon Lower lticagh Upper Iveagb - Rapboe - - Talbotjlo'wn Ballagbeen Upper OJfory - F ajfadining Middletbird - Co. of City Mujkerry - Barryroe - - Navan - - Ratoatb - - Dungannon Longford - Donaghmoyne - Clare - - - Kells - - - Dungannon Opbaly - - Talbotjloivn - Ditto - - - Ikeath, life. - Tyrhugb - - Antrim Letrim - - - Tiraivley - Middletbird - FcrT^oy Clanwilliam - Dulcek - - ( '.- ,'■ Corcaguinny Strabane Coonagb Clanwilliam Loiver Ormond Eliogurty - Strabane Lib. Cork Sbryne R. R. V. R. C. V. R. V. R. R. R. R. V. R. V. C. R. V. V. V. R. R. V. R. R. V. Diicep. Camel Killaloe Dublin Ditto Ditto Clogher Derry Down Derry Clogher Armagh Dromore Ditto Derry Dublin Ferns Offory Ditto Lifmore Limerick Cloyne Rofs Meath Ditto Armagh Clonfert R. Clogher R. Tuam V. Meath V. Kildare V. Dublin Ch. Ditto R. Kildare V. Raphoe V. Connor V. Clonfert V. Killalla V. Lifmore C. Clovnc V. Camel R. Meath R. Ardfert R. Emly R.Y.Killaloe V. Caihel V. Meath 26 INDEX. - Neivcaft/e - - Ch. Dublin Dunganxcn Cldirie - Bantry Lecale - Bunratty - Slave - Morgallien - MiddleUftra Cojbma - - BoyUigh, IS 'c. Carbeny - Fo; th - - Mufkerry Lib. Drogheda j Eliogurty - Duhallovj R.V.Kildare C. Ferns R. Down R.V.Killaloe V. Meath R. Meath R. Cafliel R. Limerick V, Cork R. Ferns V. Armagh V.Meath V. Cafhel Names. Defcription. Ctunly, Barony. Diocejt. D© _. -p.. „„ „.,„., c Town - - - - Ditto - - borough ) Gorey - - - - Mountains - - Donegal - Gormanflown - - Village ... Meath Gort - - - Town ... Galway Gortin .... Village - - - Tyrone Gortroe .... . ... Cork - - Gougane Barra - Lake .... Ditto - - GOWRAN - - Barony - - - Kilkenny Gowran ... Town ... Ditto - Gracehill - - - Village - - - Antrim Graigenemana - Village ... Kilkenny - Grallagh - - - - Dublin ' - GRJNJRD - - Barony - - - Longford Granard - - Town - Ditto - - Grange ..... . ... Armagh Grange --------- Carlow Grangegeeth - - - . ... Meath Grangemoclcr - - - . ... Tipperary Grangcnolven - - - - - Kildare Grangefilvia .---_--- Kilkenny - Graney ... Village - - - Kildare Grayrlown -------- Tipperary GREATCOKNEL- Barony - - - Kildare Greatconnel ------- Do. - - Great Ifle - - - In Barrow - - Wexford • Great Ifland - - In Cork Harbour - Cork Greatman's Bay - Bay - - - - Galway Greenagh ---- - ... Cork - - Greencaille - - Village - - - Donegal - Greenore Point - Cape - - - - Wexford - Greenogue - - - Village - - - Meath Grees --- - River - - Kildare Greyabbey - - Village - - - Down Groomport - - Village - - - Do. - - GUJLTIERE - - Barony - - - Watcrford Guibarra - - - River - - - Donegal - Guidore - - - River - - - Ditto - - Guilcagh --------- Waterford Guifhden ... River - - - Mayo - - Gur — Lough - - Lake - - - - Limerick - Gurtnamackin - - River - - - Galway - Barony. D'ucefi. Bear Cif Ban/ry Bel/aft Small County - V. Limerick Antrim Rofscloghcr Gnllmoy R. OiTory Bel/aft - - V. Connor Connello Clanwilliam Gowran Gorey - - - R. Ferns Raphoe Duleek Kiltartan Strabane Barrymore - R. Cloyne Mujkerry Gowran R. Oflbry Toome Gowran R. Leighlin Balruddcry V. Dublin Granard - V. Ardagh Armagh C. Armagh Cathcrlogh R. Leighlin Slane - R. Meath Slewardagb V. Lifmore Kilkea tif Mcone V. Dublin Gowran R. Leighlin Kilkea, &c. - V. Dublin Slewardagb R. Cafhel Greatconnel C. Kildare Shelburne Moycullin Barrymore R. Cloyne Inijboweu Forth Ratoath R. Meath Kilkea, CSV. Ardes - - - C. Down Ditto Boyi. tif Bann. Kilmacrenan Upper/bird V. Lifmore Gotten Small County Kiltartan 34 INDEX. H. Names. Hacketftown - Hag's Head Haggardflown - Hainftown - - Hamiltonfbawn Hangman's Point Harristown - Harriftown - - Hawlbowling - Hazelhatch Headford - - Helwick Head - Hen and Chickens Heynftown - - HlLSBOROUGH Hoaretown - - Hoath— Hill of Hoath - - - Hog Head - - Hollymounc Hollywood Hollywood - - Hollywood - - Holmpatrick Holycrofs - - Hooke - - - Hooketower Hore Abbey Hornhead Horfe Ifland - Horfeleap - - Horfepaf&biidge Horfefhoe - - Hofpital - - Hoyle — Lough Hulin Rocks Hyne — Lough Defcription. Village - Cape - - Village Cape ■ Houfe - IJland Village - Village - Cape - Mountains c Io:naurice Gualtiere - - ldid.ie Iffa&Offa - Bear {£ Bantry Ditto - - - Knocktopher Bargie - - Clanderlagb Dunkellin - CI nlonan - Legale - - - Deece - Fetus - - - Eliogurty - Pbilipjloivn Clonmaco'w Barrymore llieatby t$c. - Carbery Ufper Iveagb - Boyle - - - Ballibritt - - Connello Clnnmorris - Coftello - - Trua/ bnacmy - Barrets Marybcrougb - Dunkellin - - Ida, l3c. - - Ruthline - - Gorey Bear [5f Bantry Arra - - - Ctonlijk Erris - - - Ncicca/lle - - Bartn - - - Moyculli* - - Kdm ''in G lien - - - h. at y Bantry Ccurcttys Lougbrea Dunkilltn - Doivnamare Jraghi icmntr - I-Vi. rag b - » Ditctfe. V. Cloyne R. Dromore C. Meath R. Raphoe V. Ardfert R. Waterford V. Lifmore V. Rofs R. Rofs V. Oflbry R. Ferns V. Killaloe V. Kilmacduagh V. M.ath R. Down V. Meath R. Armagh R. Camel RA'.Kildare V. Clonfert R. Cork V. Kildare V. Rofs R. Down V. Elphin R.V.Kiilaloe R. Limerick R. Tuam V. Achonry C. Ardfert R. Cloyne R. Leighlin V. Killmacduagh V. Oflbry R. Ardagh R. Ferns V. Rofs RA'.Emly R. Killaloe V. Killalla V. Dublin R. 1'erns V. Tuam V. Ditto V. Achonry R. Rofs R. Cork V. Clonfert V. Ditto V. T uam k. Ardfert R. Ditto Middled ird - R. Camel KUUonneU - V. Clonfert Bunratty - - R.V.Kiilaloe 4o INDEX. Namts. Defcription. Cmniy. BaronyJ KILCQNWAY - Barony - - - Antrim Kilcoo - - - - Village - - - Down - - Upper Iveagb - Kilcool - - - - Village - - - Wicklow - - Ne-wcajlle - - Kilcooly --------- Tipperary - Sleivardagh Rillcooly --------- Rofcommon - Rofcommon Kilcooly ---. . ... Meath - - Na-van - - Kilcooly --------- Galway - - Leitrim - - Kilcoonagh --- - - - - Ditto - - - Clare - - - Killcop ----- - --- Waterford - Gualtiere - - Killcorkey ---- - ... Rofcommon - Bnllintobar Killcormuck - - - - - - - Wexford - - Ballagheen Killcornan - - - - - ... Tipperary - Clan-william - Killcornan ---. - ... Limerick - - Kenry Killcorney --------- Cork - - - Mujkerry - - Killcorney --------- Clare - - - Burrin - - - KILLCOURSE1' - Barony - - - King's Co. Killcredane -------- Cork - - - Imokilly - - Killcroghan -------- Waterford - Cojhbride - - Killcrohane -------- Kerry - - - Dunkerrcn - - Kilicrohane -------- Cork - - - Carbery - - Killcronaghan -------- Londonderry - Lcughinjholin - Killcrumper -------- Cork - - - Condons, is'c. - KILCULLEN - Barony - - - Kildare Killcullenbridge - Village - - - Do. - - - Kilkullen Killcullen - - Do. - - - Ditto - - - Killcullihean -------- Kilkenny - Ida, i$c. - - Killcuily Cork - - - Lib. Cork Killcumin --------- Mayo - - - Tiramer Clare - - Killane Kilkenny - Killfarboy .--- - ... Clare - - Killfaughnaghbeg - - - .... Cork - - Killftacle ---- - ... Tipperary Kilifedane .--- - ... Clare - - Ki'lfeighncy - - - - ... Kcny - - »3HLJLJF«E/2ffi]Ra - Bijhoprick - - Clare - - Killfenora - - - Village - - - Ditto - - Barony. Dbafe. hnokilly R. Cloyne Coolock - C. Dublin B.irgie - - . 11. Ferns Orior - R. Armagh Sleicmargy R. Lcighlin Gallen - V. Achonry Poblebriea - R.* .".'. : merick Connello R. Ditto Skryne - V. Meath Half RdthJcw C. Dublin Garry Cajile . V. Meath Talbt/J/invn 1. Lcighlin Ratoath - . R. ' leath GcJl.Ul Corcomroe - V. Ki'fcnora Corcaguinny R. Ardfcrt Armagh Bunrulty - R. Limerick Ballaghetn C. Ferns Injeragb R. Ardfert Ballagheen C. Ferns Longford V. Ci nfert S/cvcardagb, £? c . V. Camel Unitarian - V. Rilhiidcduagh Gorey - c. Ferns 1'rughanacmy - R. Ardfert Dromabaire V. Ardagh Atblone - - V. Elphin Upper Offory . V. Oilbry Clare - - - K. Tuam Coolwvin V. Achonry Clare - - - R. Tuam Ballinahincb Catherlogh V. Lcighlin Upper Ojory - V. Oilory Half Ballimoe - V. Elphin Killiban - - V. Ditto Tu/lag/.ar'vey - V. Kilmore Tjraghiill - \ . Ardagh Dungannon R. Aimagh Clonaimy - R. Kilmore Tullagbonobo - R. Ditto Ballagheen - C. Ferns Slcwmargy R. Leighlin Kilconnel • - V. Elphin Coolock - c. Dublin Dartrce - - R. Cloglicr Orior - R. Armagh C lander lagb V. Killaloe Gewran R. Oilbry km R.V.Killaloe Carboy V. Rofs ClamuURam - R. Emly Clanderlagb R. Killaloe Clanmaurice V. Aulfert Corcmroe - - R.V.Kilfenora 42 INDEX. Names. Defcription County. Baronry. Killfera - - - - - --- Kilkenny - - S belli logher • - Killfergus - - - Glynn - - - Limerick - - Conellu - - Killfian --- - Mayo - - - Tiraivly - - Killfiernagh - - - - - - Clare - - Moyferla - - Killfinaghty - - Six-mile Bridge - Ditto - - - Tullagh - - Killfinnan - - - Village - - - Limerick - - CofbL-a - - - Killfintinan -- - Clare - - - Bunratty - - Killfithmone- - - Tipperary - Eliogwty - - Killflin .... Village - - - Kerry ... Clanmaurice - Killfree Sligo - - - Coolavin - - Killfrufh -- Limerick - - Small County - Killgarvan .--- - .-- Kerry - - - Glanerougbt Killgarvan -.-- - ... Cork - - - Great ljland - Killgarvan ----/- ... Wexford - - Sbelmaleirt Killgarvey Mayo ... - Gallen - - - KiilgarufF - - - Clonakilty - - Cork - - - Carbery - - Killgarrylander - - ... Kerry - - - Trughanacmy - Killgeffin -.-- . ... Rofcommon - Ro/comman - - Killgerrie ---- - ... Galway - - Clonmacoio- Killgivour - - - Mayo - - - Morijk - - - Killglafs -- Longford - Ardagb - - Killglaflan - - - Village ... Mayo - - - Kilmain Killglafle -.- Sligo - - - Tyreragh - - Killglafle ---. . ... Rofcommon - Rofcommon - Killgobane ---- - ... Cork - - - Carbery Killgobban - - - - - - - Kerry - - - Corcaguinny Killgobbin - - - Village - - - Dublin- - - Half Rat hdoivn K llgobnet ---. - ... Waterford - - Decies without KiL'gorman Wexford - - Gorey - - - Kiilgrant - - - Tipperary - - Iffa and Of a - Killgullane Cork - ■ - - Condom, 6v. - Killian Wexford - - Forth - - - Killian - - - Galway - - Killihan - - Killibeggs - - - - - ... Kildare - - Claim . - - Killiconigan Meath - - - Lune - - - Killigarvan - - - Rathmullen - - Donegal - - Killmacrennan - Killigny .... - ... King's Co. - Coo/ejlotvn - - KILLIHAN - - Barony - - - Galway Killikineen Galway - - DutikelHn - - Killileagh .--- - ... Londonderry - Loughinjholin - Killily - --- Galway - . Dunkellin - - Killimerbulloge - - - - - - - Ditto - - - Longford - - Killimerdaly - - - - - - - Galway - - Kiilconnel - - Killinagh - - - - - --- Cavan - - - Tullagbar'vey - Killinchy Down - - - Duffer in - - Killinan .... - ... Galway - - Loughrea - - Killinane -- - Kerry ... Imeragh - - Killincool ---- - ..- Louth ... Loutb - - - Killincur - - - - . ... King's Co. - Gejbil - - - Killineedy ---. - ... Limerick - - Cornelia - - Killinick ---. - ... Wexford - - Forth - - - Killinkere Cavan ... Caftleraghan - Killinfere - - - Village - - - Louth ... Lib. Drogheda Killinvarra ---- - ... Galway - - Dunksliin - - Killifhy - - - Kildare - - Naas - - - Kilkea .... Village - - - Kildare - - Kilka, tifV. - 5 Dioctfe. C. OfTory V. Limerick R. Killafla R.V.Killaloe R.V. Ditto V. Limerick Limerick Emly Ardfert Achonry Emly Ardfert Cloyne Ferns Achonry Rofs Ardfert Elphin Clonfert Tuam Ardaoh V. R. V. V. V. V. R. R. V. V. R. V. V. V. R. V. V. R. R. C. V. V. V. R. C. V. R. C. R. V. V. R. V. V. V. V. R. V. R R Ch. V. R. V. Killalla Elphin Cork Ardfert Dublin Lifmore Dublin Lifmore Cloyne Ferns Elphin Kildare Meath Raphoe Kildare Killmacduagh Derry Killmacduagh Clonfert Clonfert Kilmore Down Killmacduagh Ardfert Armagh Kildare Limerick Ferns Kilmore V. Killmacduagh R. Kildare V. Dublin INDEX. 43 Names. Description* County. KILKEAand-\ - „ „.., MOONE }" ' Baro "y - • - KlIdare Kilkeady - - - - . ... Clare - - Kilkeady ... Carrickaquicy - Limerick . Kilkeary .... - ... Tipperary - Kilkeel .... Village - - Down - - KilkeUane - - - - - ... Limerick - Kilkelly - - - Village - - - Mayo - - KILKENNY - - County - - - -Leinfter Kilkenny - - City - - - - Kilkenny - Kilkenny --.- - ... Clare - KILKENNY-WEST Barony - - - W. Meath Kilkenny Weft - - - ... Ditto - - Kilkerran ... Bay - - - - Galway Kilkerranmore - - - ... Cork - - Kilkerril .... . ... Kilkenny - Kilkerrin .... - ... Galway Kilkevan .... - ... Wexford - Kilkevan ... Caftlereagh - - Rofcommon Kilkilvery - - Headfort ... Galway Kilkyran ...'. . ... Kilkenny - Killniacabea ... - ... Coik - - Killmacahill ... - ... Kilkenny - Killmacallen ... - ... Sligo - - Killmacaloge - - Village ... Kerry - KltltyaeDUZety Bi/boprvi - - Galway - Killmacduagh - - - - ... Ditto - - Kiilmacduane - - - - ... Clare - - Kilmacdonough - . . ... Cork - - Killmackenvoge - - . ... Wicklow - Killmaclaflan ... . ... Mayo - - Killmacleny - - . - ... Cork - - Killmaclcagne - - . - ... Waterford Killmacnevin - - - - ... W. Meath Killmacommoge - Eantry - - - Cork - - Killmacomb - - - - ... Waterford Kiilmacow ---. - ... Wicklow - Killmacow - - - Village - - - Kilkenny - Killmacowen ... . ... Sligo - - Killmacreda - - Village - - - Donegal . Killmacree ---. . ... Wextord - KILLMACRENAN Barony - - - Done-gal Killmacrenan - - - - ... Ditto - Killmacdialgan - . .... Sligo - - Killmafteighe - - - . ... Ditto - - Killmatfhomas - - Village ... Waterford Killmactrany - - - . ... Sligo - - Killmacumpfy - - - ... Rofcommon Killmademuge - - - - ... Kilkenny - Killmaganny - - Village ... Kilkenny - Killmahon - - - . .. ... Cork - - KILIMA1N - - Barony - - - Mayo Killmain ---. - ... Roicommon Killmainbeg - - . - ... Mayo - - Kilima nnamwood - . . ... Meath - Kil mainmore - Village ... Galway Kiilmakcd .... . ... Wexford - Barony. Dioceft. huhiquin R.V '.Killaloe Pohlcbiien - R.V . Limerick Upper Ormond - R. Killaloe M urne - - R. Down Small County - V. Emly Cofiello Lib. Kilkenny - R.B.V.V. OlTory Bur> in - . . R.V.Kilfenora Kilkenny W. - R. Meath Moycullin Ibanvne V. Rofs Knocktopler- V. OlTory Tiaquin R. Tuam Gorrv ... .R. Ferns Baltintobar V. Elphin Clare - R. Tuam Goivran V. OlTory Carbery V. Rofs Goivran V. Leighlin Tiragbrill - V. Elphin Glanerought Dunkellin, &c. Killtarlan - - R. Killmacduagh Moyftrla - - V. Killaloe Imokilly V. Cloyne Bathdown - V. Dublin Morijk - - - V. Tuam Orrery &c. R. Cloyne Guatliert - - V. Waterford h'hygoijb C. Meath Bear and Banlry V Cork Gualtiere - V. Waterford Arklaw - - V. Dublin I-verk - . - R. OiTory Carbury - - R. Elphin Boylagh, &c. Forth - - - C. Ferns Killmacrenan - R. Raphoe Tyreragb V. Killala Leney - - - R. Achonry Uppertbird Tiragbrill - V. Elphin Boyle - - - V. Ditto Fafacbdining - R. OlTory Kells --- V. Ollory Imokilly - - R. Cloyne Athlone - - V. Elphin Kilmain R. Tuam Kells - - - R. Meath Kilmain - - R. Tuam Sbelburnc - - R. Ferns 44 INDEX. tJamn. Defcr'ption. County. Killmaleere -_■--- - - - Clare _ - - Killmali.ock - Village - - - Limerick - - Killmaloda Cork - - - Killmaiog - - - Wexford - - Killmaly Clare - - Killmanagh Kilkenny - - Killmanaght Cork - - - Killmanaghan - - - - - - - King's Co. Killmanaheen - - - - - - Clate - - Killmanan Wexford - - Killmanivoge Kilkenny - - Killmaoge Kildare - - Killmaitulla Tipperary Killmeadone Waterford Killmeedy Limerick - - Kiilraeen Galvvay - - Killmeen Cork - - - Killmegan - - - Caft'le Wellan - Down - - - Killmelchedor Kerry - - - Killmenan - - - Kilkenny - - Killmeffan - Meath - - Killmilcon - - - Tipperary Killmichael Point - Cape - - - - Wexford - - Killmichael - - - Cork - - - Killmihill - - - Clare - - - Killmina - - - Newport Pratt - Mayo - - - Killmine - - - Cork - - - Killmocar - - - Kilkenny - - Killmocrilh Wexford - - Killmodeen - - Kilkenny - - Killmoe - - - Crookhaven - - Cork - - - Kilimoilan - - - Galway - - Killmoily Kerry - - - Killmolara - - - Neale - - - Mayo - - - Killmolafh - - - Waterford - Killmoleran Waterford Killmolinoge - - Galway - - Killraoney ----- ... Cork - - - Killmonoge Ditto - - - Kiilmoon Clare - - - Killmoon Meath - - KJ11S152DK© - - Bifhoprick - - { C rt* > *?' Killmore Ditto - - - Killmore - - - Village - - - Down - - - Killmore Monaghan Killmore Armagh - - Killmore Meath - - - Killmore Wexford - - Killmore Tipperary Killmore Ditto - - - Killmore Rofcommon - Kilmore Erris - - the Mullet - Mayo - - - Killmoremoy - - Ardnaree - - Sligo - - - Killmorgan Sligo - . - Killmovee Mayo - - - Killmoylan - Limerick - - Killmud Down - - Barony. Bunratty Cojhma Carbery Ballaghecn IJlahda Crannogb - Bear and Bantry Killcourfey - - Cortomroe - Bargie - - - Ha, l3c. - - Great Cinnel - Arra cif Oixney Middletbird - Connello Letrim Duba/loiv Upper I'veagh - Corcaguinry Faffacbdining - Deece - - - Oivtiey - - - Corey Mujkerry Clanderlagb Bwrijbonle Carbery FaJJacbdbiing - Bailagbeen FaJJachdinbig - Carbery Clare Clanmaurice Kilmain Decies -ivitbout ■ Vpperthird - • Limford Kinalea, &c. ■ Ditto - - Burrin Duleek - D bctft. R.V.Killaloe R. R. V. R.V R. R. Ch. V. R. V. R. Loughtee Cajllereagh Monagban - Oneilland - Deece - Bargie Upper Ormond Killnamanna Boyle - - Erris - - Tyreragh Corran - Coftello Conello Cajthreagh - Limerick Rofs Ferns . Killaloe OlTory Rofs Meath Kilfenora Ferns Oflbry Kildare R.V.Emly V. V. V. V. R. R. R. V. R. Waterford Limerick Tuam Ardfert Down Ardfert Offory Meath Emly R. V. V. R V. c. V. R. R. V. R. V. V. R. R. R. Cork Killaloe Tuam Rofs Oflbry Ferns Oflbry Cork Tuam ArdLrt Tuam Lifmore Lifmore Clonfert Cork Cork R.V.Killenora R. Meath V. R. R. R. V. V. V. Ch. V. V. V. V. V. V. V. Kilmore Down Clogher Armargh Meath Ferns Killaloe Cafhel Elphin Killalla Ditto Ditto Achonry Limerick Down IN D E X, 45 Kamtt. Defcription. Ccunty. Killmurry .... - ... Tippcrary - - Killmurry .... - ... Clare - - - Killmurry .... - ... Ditto . . - Killmurry .... - --. Limerick - Killmurry ... Village ... Cork - - - Killmurry Ely - - - - ... King's Co. Killmurrynegaul - - - ... Clare ... Killnadeema ... - ... Galway Killnagaruff Limerick - - Killnagfltin - - - Tarbcrt ... Kerry - - - Killnaglory - - Cork - - - Killnagrofs .... - ... Ditto - - - Kjllnahue Wexford - - KlLLKALON- 7 „ „,. gurt}' i" * ^"^ - - - T, PP er:ir y Killnaman Queen's Co. - Killnamana ... . ... Rofcommon - Killnamana ... . ... Wexford - - KILLS, 11,1 ANNA - Barony - . . Tippcrary Killn martory ... - ... Cork - - - Ki lnamon.i ... . ... Clare - - - Killnaneave - - Tippcrary KILLNAIALOON- Barony . . . Cork Killneady - Kilkenny - - Killneboy ... Corrofin ... Clare - - - Killnerath r \ ipperary Kiilnelollogh CUre - - - Killnoe ---.- - ... Ditto - - - Killodiernan - - - - ... Tippcrary Killofin . . . . . ... Ciare - - - Killogennedy ... - ... Ditto - - - Killogillin ---- . ... Gahvay - - Killone ----- . ... Clare - - - Killonoghan ... - .... Ditto - - - Killora ----- . ... Galway - - Killoran ----- . ... Ditto - - • Killoran ..... - ... Sligo - - - Killorglin ... Village ... Kerry - - - Killolcobe ... Mcnlough - - Galway - - Killofcully ---. - ... Tippcrary Killofkehan -..- . ... Ditto - _ - - Killoflbry Dublin ' - - Killoteran -.-- - ... Waterford Killough ... Village ... Down • - - Killough Mearh - - - Killoughter Wicklow - - Kiliowen ... at Coleraine - Londonderry - Kiliowen .... - ... Wexford - - Killower ---- - ... Galway - - Killpatrick ... - - ... Wcxlord - - Killpatrick -..- - ... Tippcrary - - Killpatrick ---- - ... Cork - - - Killpatrick - Meath - - 1 v :'I j • itrick -- W. Meath Killpeacon .... . ... Limerick - - Killphelan ' Cork - - - Killpipe - Wicklow - - Killpoole - Wicklow - - m Barony. IffaandOffa Clandcrlogb Ibrickin County of City ryf It - Tullagh Longhrea Qannyilliam Iragbticonr.cr Bar rets Carbiry Gorey Tinehinch - ■ Boyle - Bal/mgheett M'fierry Inchiquin* - UpperOrmond - Kr.oek'opbcr In hi qui ?i Onxinty Bunralty Hullugb - . I. oii.tr Ormotd- Clanderlagb TuVagb - - DunkflUn - Iflands - - - Surrin Dutikeiiin - Longford Leniy - - Truagbanaany - Tiaquin Ana - - - Eliogurty • Coolock County of City - L ca.e HalfFoivre Nciveaftle - Lib. Coleraine - Bargie - - dure - - - Shc'maleire Killnamatma • Kinalea t &{, - Morgaiiion Half Foivre Small County • Condons, £sV. • Ballinacor - Arkhv) - ■ D'oc-fi. R. V. R. R. R. R. Lifmorc K llalce Ditto Limerick lo-I; K !aloe R.V.Kilialoe V. R.V.Kilialoe V. .Ardfcrt R Cork R. Roik R. Ferns V. V. R. Elphin Ferns R, CI. yne R.V.Kilia'oe R.V.Killaoe R. CAW R.V.Kilialoe R.V.lm'y R.V.Kilialoe R.V.Dito R.V.KillaLe V. Difo R.V.Kilialoe V. Killm.icdu.agh R. Killaloe R.V.Ki! r c ora V. Killmacduagh V. Clonfert V. Achonry R. Aidfort V. Tuam R.V.Emly R. Caftie] C. Dublin R. Waterford R. Ch K. V. R. C. R. C. R. C. 1 R. C. V. Meath Dublin Derry Ferns T-ui m Ferns Cafiicl Cork ...th Ditto V. Limerick Goyne Ferns Dublin 46 INDEX. Names. Defcription. County. Barony. Killquane - . - - . - _ - Clare - - - Bunratty - - Killquane .... . ... Galway - - Longford - Killquane .... . ... Kerry ... Corcaguinny Killraghtis Clare - - - Bunratty - - Killraghtis .... - --- Antrim - - Dunluce - - Killrane .... - --- Wexford - - Shelburne - - Killrea .... Village - - - Londonderry - Longbin/boJin - Killrea Kilkenny - Kelts - - - Killrickill .... . ... Galway - - Athenry - - Killreeny .... - ... Kildare - - Carbury - - Killriedoon - - SligO --- Tiragbrill - - Killroan .... - ... Cork - - - Barrymore Killroan .... - .... Ditto - - - Courctys - - Killronan Waterford - Middlethird - Killronan .... . ... Ditto - - - Glanthiry - - Killron.in -- Rofcommon - Boyle - - - Killroot Antrim - - Belfajl - - - Killrofs ..... - ... SligO --- Tyraghrill Killroffanty -.- Waterford - Decies without - Killrufh Kildare - - Ophaly - - Killrufh - ... Wexford - Scarewallb Kilhufh ..... - ... Kilkenny - - Crannagb - - Killrufh .---- - ... Waterford - Decies without - Killrufh ... - Village - - - Clare - - - Moyferta - - Killrufh ----- - ... Dublin - - Balruddery Kill St. Lawrence - - - - - - Waterford - Gualtiere - - KillfcanJan Wexford - Bantry - - Killfcannel ... . ... Limerick - - Conello - - Killfcoran -..- - --- Wexford - Forth - - . Killfeily Clare - - - Tullagb - - Killfhalvy ..-- - ... Sligo ... Corran - - Killflianick ... - - --. Cork .-- Duhalloiu Killfhanny .... - ... Clare ... Carcomroe Killlharvan Meath - - - Duleek - - Killihilan -- Tipperary - Iffa and Offa - Killfhinane ---- - ... Kerry - - - Clanmaurice - Killfhinney .... - ... Meath - - Morgaliion Killfilagh Cork. - - - Barriroe - - Killfkery Tyrone - - Omagh - - Kilfkyre ... - Crofakeel - - Meath - - Kelts - - - Killfologhan - - Village ... Dublin - - Nethercrofs Killforran - - - CaftleBellingham Louth - - - Jrdee - - - Killtale - - Meath -. - Deece - - - Killtalla ... - Caftlemain - - Kerry - . - Irughanactny - KILLTARTAN - Barony - - - Galway Killtartan ... Gort .... Galway - - Killtartan - - Kilteal ..... - ... Queen's Co. - Maryborough - Killteel ..--- - ... Limerick - Coonagh - - Kilteel Kildare - - Salt - - - Killteevagh .... - ... Donegal - - Rafhoe - - Killteevan ---- - ... Rofcommon - Rofcommon- Killtenanlea - - Doonafs - - - Clare ... Tullagb - - Killtennell .... - ... Carlow - - ldrone - - - Killtennell ---- - --- Wexford - - Gorey - - - Killteraght .... - ... Clare ... Corcomroe - - Kilternon - Dublin - - Half Rat hdo'nctTz< Kinalea, &c. - R. Cork Ardes Half Ratbde-,un Leitrim Corran, C5"Y. Ophali - - - V. Kildare Lonver Ormond R.V.Killaloe ]SIo<-ga!li>n R. Meath Dunkerron - R. Ardf'ert Iraghticonnor - V. Ardfert Mujierry - - R. Cork Kinalmeaky Barrets Cnflereagb - R. Down Clonchee R. Kilmore Loughinjlclin Duletk - - - R. Meath Coflello - - - V. Tuam Mo ctliin Half Fowe hough Corrib Middiethird R. Csfhel Carlury Cary Dece - - - R. Meath Clare Tirawly Killnatalloon - V. Coyne 'fiaquin R. Tuam Knocktopher Carhury County of City - V. Limerick Lcney Duba/leiv - - R. Cloyne Kno, ktopher R. Offory Erris Baliagheen Upper Offcry - R. Killaloe Trughanacmy ' Clare - - - V. Tuam Kitmacrenan Ophaly - - - R. Kildare Tiraivly - - V. Killalla Orrery, &c. R. Cloyne Corkerry C. Meath Forth - - - C. Ferns G'eat Coi.ntl - C. KiJdare Belfaft lytbugh INDEX. jVam«« Defcription County. Lambay ... IJland ... Dublin Lambeg - . - Village - - - Antrim - - Lane .... Lake and River - Kerry - - - Lanesborouch - Town ... Longford - - Larah ....- - ... Cavan ... Largay - . .' - Village ... Cavan ... Lame .... Town ... Antrim - - Larracor M a th - - - Latteragh - - - Village - - - Tipperary - - Lattm Ditto ... Layde Antrim - - Lea ..... . ... Queen's Co. - Learn .... Mountain - - Galwav Lean-Cape ... Cape - - . - Clare Leap .... Village - - - King's Co. - LE ALE - - Barony ... Down Leek --_„- . ... Donegal - - -Lcckpatrick Tyrone - - Lee ..... River ... Kerry - - - Lee ----- Rj W r - - - Cork - - - < Culow.Queen's iei - - - Letrim ----- - ... Cork - - . Letterkenny . - Town - - - Donegal - . Lettcrmacaward - Village ... Ditto - - Leuikeen - - - Village - - - Mayo - - - Lickblah - - - - - ... W. Meath - Lickflinn - . - Village - - - Tipperary J.ickmolaflty - - Portumna - - Gahvay . . Lickrig ...- Galway . - Licky - - River - - - Waterlord - - Liffey ... - River ... Dublin, &c. - Lifford - - - Village - - - Donegal - - Lighthoufe - - - Copeland I{Ie - Down Coaft - Ditto .... Balbriggen - - Dublin . . Ditto - - - Hoath-hill - - Dublin . - Ditto .... South Wall - - Dublin - - Ditto, two on - - Wicklow Head - Wicklow - . Ditto, .... Hook-tower - Wexford . . Ditto .... Duncannon Fort Wexford - - Ditto .... Charlesfort - - Cork - - - Ditto ... - Old Head Kinfale Cork - - - Ditto .... Loophead - - Clare - - - a 49 Barony. b'wcejf. Belfajl - . . C. Connor Maguniby Ralh.ine Ardagh Tu'lagbarvey - V. Kilmore Tullagbagh Glenarm Moyfcnratb V. Meath Upper Ormond - R.V.Killaloe Claiiwilliam R Emly Glenarm R. Connor Portnebiticb V. Kildare. Moycullin Mo\ferta Bailibritt Rapboe - - R. Raphoe- Straiane R. Derry Tiughanacmy r Kcricunniby, 1 iS-V. Idrone - - - R. Leighlinr Idroni Kinalea, &t. - R. Cork Leitrim Salt - - - V. Dublin Garrycajlle V. Meath HalfFoure Corkerry - - C. Meath Eliogurty - - Ch. Camel Letrim ... V. Clonfert Condons, ise. . V. Cloyne Kilmacrenan Bqylagh, isc. - R. Raphoe Burrijhoole Half Fowre V. Meath Sleivardagb R. Caftiel Longfcrd R.V.Clonfert Duukellin V. Clonfert Diciei within Lib. Dublin Rapboe Ardes Balruddtry Coalock City Lib. Arkloiu Sbelburn She burn Kinfale Courceys Morferta S » I N D e : Kamet. Dcfcrlption. County. Limbrick ... Village - - - Wexford - . 1L3131!>(!EK3I<£& - Bi/boprick - - Limerick LIMERICK - - County --- Munrter Limerick- - - City • - • - Limerick - - Lingr.n - . - - River - - - Kilkenny - - Lifaditl ---. Village - - - SJigo - - . Lilbella - - - - Village - - - Fermanagh Lilbunny .... - . - - Tipperary - . ,Lisburk ... Teivu - - - - Antrim • - Lifcarrol - - - Village - - - Cork - - . Lifcartan .... - - - - Meath - - - Llfcleary .... . .-- Cork - - - Lifcoleman -.-- - --- Wicklow - - Lifcormuck - - - - - - - Limerick - - Lifeltin - ... Kerry - - . Lifgennan --.- - - - » Waterford Lifgool Cork - - - Lifkeery Gal way - - Lifkinfere ... Clogh - - - Wexford - - Lille ..... - --- Cork - - - Lifmakeery -..- - --- Limerick - - Lifmalin .... - ... Tipperary - - Lifninny - - . Village - - - W. Meath iLJ'&^SDR^ - - Bifioprick - - Waterford, &c. Lismore ... Village - - - Ditto - - - Lifmullin Meath - - - Lifnadill .... - - - - Armagh - - Lifnakill Waterford Lifnarick - - . Village - - - Fermanagh - Lifnafkea - - - Village - - - Ditto - - - Lilbnuffy .-.. - ... Rofcommon - Lifpole .... Village - - - Kerry - - - Lifronan --.. - .-- Tipperary - - Lifian ----- .... Londonderry - Lifterling .... - ... Kilkenny - - Littowhill - - - Village - - - Kerry - - - Litter -.- - Caftle Hide - - Cork - - . Littermore - - - IJland - - - - Galway Coaft - Little lfland - - In the Suire - - Waterford Little lfland - - In Cork Harbour Cork - - . Lochrulbeg - - Bay .... Donegal - - Lochrufmore - - Bay - - - - Ditto - - - Lockeen Tipperary - - Loghcrew - - - - - - - - Meath - - - Loghill - - - - Village - - - Limerick - - Loghgilly .... Armagh - - LONDONDERRY County - - - Ulfter Londonderry - City - - - - Londonderry - Long - - ... Limerick - - Longfield - - - Drumquin - - Tyrone - - LONGFORD - - County - - - Leinller LONGFORD - - Barony - - - Longford Longford - Town - Ditto - LONGFORD - - Barony - - - Galway Long-ifland - - IJland - - - - Cork coaft Longwood - - - Village - - - Meath - - - Loophead - - - Cope - - - - Clare - - - Barony. fiit'ftt Gorey Lib. Limerick Tipperary Carbury Tyrrjkenedy Clogher Upper Ormond - R.V.Killaloe Maffareen - R. Connor Orrery, l$c. - V. Cloyne Nauan - - R. Meath Kinalea R. Cork Sbilelagb C. Leighlin Coonagb R. Emly Iragbticonnor - V. Ardfert Decies nvitbia - V. Lifmore Barrymore - V- Cloyne Downamore V. Tuam Gorev ... R. Ferns Barryroe V. Rofs Connello R. Limerick Slewardagb R. Calhel Moycajhel Cojhmore R. Lifmore Skryne ... Ch. Meath Fe-ws - C. Armagh Middlethird - Lurge R. Waterford Magherajiepbana Rojcommon - V. Elphin Corcagumny Iff a and Offa - V. Lifmore Loughiyijholm - R. Armagh Ida, tSc. - - R. Offory Iragbticonnor - V. Ardfert Fermoy R.V.Cloyns Moycullin Gualtiere Barrymore - R. Cork Boylagb, &c. Ditto Lo-xver Ormond V. Killaloe Half Fo-wre V. Meath Connello R. Limerick Orior - - - K. Armagh Lib. Londonderry R. Derrv CoJIAea - - V. Emly Omagb - - R. Derry Longford, C5 'c. Carbery Mo\fenratb Moyfert* INDEX. Si sVjmn, Description. C-unty. Lorrha .... Village - - - Tipperary - Lorum .-... . ... Carlow Loughbraccan ... . ... Meath - - Loughbrickland - Village - - - Down - - Loughgall ... Village - - - Armagh Loughglirm ... Village - . - Rofcommon Loughgule .... . ... Antrim Loughin lfland ... . ... Down LOVGHINSHOL1N Barony . - - Londonderry Loughmoe .... - ... Tipperary - Loughmore ... Village - - - Limerick - LOUGHREA - - Barony . - - Galway Louchrea- - . Town - ' - - Ditto - - LOUGHTEE - - Barony - - - Cavan LOUTH - - - County - - - Leinlter LOUTH .... Barony - - - Louth Louth - . . - Village ... Ditto - - Lowey -..-. . ... Cavan - - Lowtherftown - - Village - - - Fermanagh Lucan .... Village - - - Dublin Luddenbeg .... . - . - Limerick - Lugnaqtiilla - - - Mountains- - - Wicklow - Lulliamore -.-. - ... Kildare LUNE .... Barony - - - Meath Lurgan - - - - Town .... Armagh - Lurgan Cavan Lurganboy - - Village - - - Leitrim - Lurgangreen - - Village ... Louth - - LLRGE .... Barony - - - Fermanagh Luik ----- Village - - - Dublin - Lufmagh .... . ... King's Co. Lynally Ditto - - Lynn W. Meath Lyons - Kildare - Barony. D'actjc Lower Ormond • R.V.Killaloe Idrone - - - V. Leighlin Slane - - - C. Meath Upper heagb Oneilland - - K. Armagh Boyle Dunluce - - V. Connor Kinelearty - R. Down Eliogurty - V. Camel County of City Lougbrea. - - R. Clonfert Loutb - - - R. Armagh 1 cut htee V. Kilmoro Lurge Aewcajlle - - V. Dublin Clan=william V. Enily Talbot/loiun Carbury R. Kildare Oneilland Cajlleraghan R. Kilmore Dromabaire Loutb Nethercreffe V. Dublin Garrycajlle - - V. Clonfert Ballicowcn V. Meath Fartullagb • R. Meath Salt - - - R. Kildare M Macetown - - . . . ... Meath . - Siryne - - Macloneigh ---. . ... Cork ... Mujkeny - Macnean ... Lake - - - - Fermanagh - Clonaivly Macollop .... . ... Waterford - Ccjhmore, & < Macofquy --.. . ... Londonderry - Coleraine - Macromp - - - Village - - - Cork - - - Alujla-rry - Macrony - Ditto - - - Condons, &c. Macfwines-bay - • Bay ... - Donegal - - Boylagb, Lfc. Magawnah - Mayo - - - Tirawly Magharee --- IJlands - - - Keirycoaft - Corcagulnvy Maghera - - - Village ... Down - - - Upper h'eagb Maghera - - - Village - - - Londonderry . Loupbinfioiin MAGHERABOT - Barony - - - Fermanagh Magheraclony - - - - - - - Monaghan . Dor.aghmoyne Magheracrigan - - Village - - - Tyrone - . Strabane Magheracrofs - - Belnamallard - Fermanagh - Tjreftcnedy Magheraculmony - Ardvamy - - Fermanagh - Lurge - - Maghcradroll - - Ballinahinch - - Down - - - Kinlleartf - Magherafelt - . Town - - - - Londonderry • Liughinjkolin C. Meath R. Cork R . Lifmore Ch. Derry R. Cloyne V. Cloyne V. Kilhll* V. Down R. Derry V. Clogher R. Clogher R. Clogher V. Dromore R. Armagh 5* INDEX. Kama. Magheragall - • Magheralin - - - Magherally - - - Magheramifk - - MAGHERASTE- \ PH.1NA - - J Magheraveely - - Magherofs - -^ - Maghremore Magillaganpoint Magi'lvcuddysT Reeks J Maglafs - - - - Mngourney - - - Magowrey - - - MAGUNJHT - - Maguirefbridge - - Mahon - - - - Mahounagh - - - Maig - - - - Mainham - - - Malahide - - - Malbay - - - - Malm - - - - Malin - - - - Malinhead - - - Mallone - - - - Mallow - - - Mamaraghty - - Mamtralna - - - Man-of-war - - Mangerton - - - Mang - - - - Manilla - - - Manniubay - - - Manorconyngham Manorhamiltun Mansfieldfiown Mapuitown - - - Marhir - - - - Maikethill - - - Marllnllown - - Marmullane - - Marfhalftown - - Martry - - - - MARYBOROUGH - M*R1 30R0UGH Mary Grey 1 - - - Maflc Lough - - MASSAREENE - Mattehy - - - Maudlin - - - - Maycomb - - - Mayre - - - - Mayne - - - - Ma) ne - - - - Majne - - - - Mayuooth - - - Defcnption. Village - - Village - • Barony - - Village Carrickmacrofs Bay - - - Cape - Mountain! Barony Village River River - Village Bay - - Village Village Cape - Village 7"ov:n Mountains Mountains Village Mountains River - Village • Harbour - Village To-wa - - Village Village Paffage Barony - , Town ~ - Mountain - Lake - Barony Rivt Village County, Antrim .Down - Ditto - - Antrim Fermanagh Ditto - - Monaghan Wiklow - Londonderry Kerry - - Wexford - Cork - - Tipperary Kerry Fermanagh Waterford Limerick - Limerick - Kildare Dublin - Clare - - Donegal - Ditto - - Donegal - Antrim Cork - - Mayo - - Galway Dublin - Kerry - - Kerry - Mayo - - Galway Donegal Lei trim Louth - - Ditto - - Kerry - Armagh Louth - - Co.k - - Cork Meath Queen's Co. Ditto - - Tyrone Galway, &c. Antrim Cork - - Wexford - Wexiord - Antrim Kilkenny - Lou;h - W. Meath. Kildare - Barony. Majfareen - - Lower Ivtagh Ditto - - - MaJJareen - - Clonkelly Donaghmoyne - Arklovj Kenoght Dunhrron Forth - - - Mujkerry - - Middkthird - Tyrcjkenedy IJpptrtbird Connello Kenry Heath, fcf-f. Coolock - lbrickin Boylagh, &c. Inijbtiuen Ditto Bel/aft Fermoy - ■ Burrijhoole Rofs Balrueddery Magmihy, CSV. Trughanacmy Clontnorris Ballinahimb Raphoe Dromahaire Louth - - - Ardu - - - Corcaguiny Fevui Fen ard Kinalea, &c, - Condons, &e. - Navaii - Maryborough Sjrabane Rojs, isfc. Barrets Lib. Wexford ■ Scarcwaljb Toome FaJJacbdining - Fcrrard Half Foure Suit - - - D'aceft. V. Connor R. Dromoic V. Ditto V. Connor V. Clogher R.V.Ferns R. Cloyne R. Camel R. Limerick V. Kildare C. Dublin R. Cloyne R. Armagh V. Ditto V. Ardfert V. Armagh C. Cork V. Cloyne V. Meath R. Cloyne R. Ferns R. Ferns R. O/Ibry R. Armagh V. Meath V. Dublin INDEX. 53 KillKCS. DiTcriptiOT I. Canity. Barony. D.o;/fe. MAYO - - _ ■ _ - - Ccr.naught Mayo - - - - - - - Mn)0 - - - Clontr.orris R. Tmm Maze - . . - ' i" - . .•Antrim - - ajejacft - - - Bij . - Meath, Well-meath, King's Co.&c. M ,ATH - - . County - . - Leinlter Meelick - - - - Cbu - - - Clare - - - T- ■ r'ty - - Ch. Kill 1 • Meclick - - - - _ . _ - Galway - - 1 Gotten - - - V. ( -fert Mclick - - - . . . - Mayo - - - V. Achonry Melliiont - - - _ - Louth - - - Ftrrard c. Arm Melvin L^ugh - - /. \e - - . Fermanagh Mcgberabtff Men'ough - - Vill . . Ga'way Tiaquin Mjvagh - - Carri art - Donegal - Kilmacrenan R. R.iphoe Mew-ifland - . Cnpcland lfies - Down - - - Aides MIDDLETHIRD - Barony . - Tiprerary MIDI LE THIRD - Bar ny - . Waterford Ml I) OLE TON - - Toxun - . - Cork - - - Barry more - R. Coyne Middleton - - - Village - . Armaeh • - V traattj Milkcove - - - Creek - . - - Cork - - - I t;e Milkhaven - - - Pay - - - Sligo - Car bury Milling - - - - I':! 'age . . - Down - - - Ardei Mill of Louth - - Village - - Louth - - - L wtb Millftreet - - - Village - - - Cork - - - Mujkerry Miltown - - Village - - - Kerry - - - Trugbanacmy Miltown - - K. . - - Meath - - Ratoatb - - Ch Meath M Itown - - 'age - - - VV. Meath HalfFowre Miltown - - l l . - - Dublin - - A caftle Miltown-pafs - - J', lug I - - - Rofcommon - Atblone Minard - - - - Village - - - Kcry - - - Corcngui'.'iy V. Ardfert Minehead - - Cafe - - - - Waterford - - Decies within Minilh - - - - IJland - - - - Galway Coaft Ballinabinch Minola - - - - Belcarra - - - Mayo - - - Cr.rr.tgb R. Tuam W'tchelrtown - - Town - _ - Cork - - - Condons, C5V. Mitchelltown - - _ • . - Math - - Slane - R. Meath Mizcnhead - - - Cafe - - - - Cork - .- Carb'ry Mizenhead - - - Cape - - - Wicklow - A klo-ui M >ate Greno;; ae - Village . . - W. Meath t man Modefhil - - Village - - - Tippera-y irdagb R. Cafhel Mid.ligo ■ _ _ . - Waterford D eies ■without V. Lifmore M>dereeny - - - t 'lage . ■ - lippersry Lower I R.V.Killaloe ialy - - (. urrigUfs - - Cork - - - on R. C oyne eafagh - - - - - - . Ditto - - - .7. -j re - R. Mogoly - - - - - - - - Cork - - - M igoi ban - - - . - - - Tipperary X R. Caflicl Mohan - - Vilhge - - - Aimagh - - Fetes 71 10 HILL - - - B ony . - - Leitnm Mobill - - - Vill: . - - D 7 - . . V, Arc! M >ilogh - - - - - Meath - - e - R. Moilogh - - 1 'lage Galway - - Tiaquin - R. Mointaglis - - - - - - Armagh 'land - - V. • M lira - - - - v own . - - Down - - - Lower Ivea R. more Moirus - - - - - - Ga'way - - a 'in b R. Moivore - - . Village _ - - W. Meath - ■n alb R. Molahiffe - - - V. t Fa tultagb - • R. ith MOiNAGHAN - ■ _ - Ulfter MO NAG HAN . Barony . „ ; fona gh n MONACH AN - - Toxvn - . - Ditto - - - - R het 54 INDEX. Nair.is. Defcr'ption. County. Monnnimy ... . ... Cork - Monafterboyce Louth - - - Monafterevan - - To-j.ii ... Kildare - - Monailernemigh - - - - - Limerick - - Monea - - - - Church - - - Fermanagh Monegay - Limerick - - Moneminter - - - - ... Waterford Moncygall - - Village - - - King's Co. [\ leneymore - - tillage ... Londonderry - Monivea - - - Village - - - Gahvay - - Mor.knewtown - - - - - - - Meath - - - Monk .., .:. D:fcriprion. C:urty. Barony. Diccefe, MoyallifTe Tipperary - - Kilnamama - R. Camel MjrjSHFL and "I MAG HERA- \ Barony - - - W. Meath DERKON J Moyatta - . . . River .... Cork - - Mo) bolt;ue - - - Baiiyborough - Cavan - - MOTCJRNR - - Barmy - - - Kofcommon MQYCASH L - - Barony - - - W. Meath MOTCVLLIN - - Barony - - - Galway Moycullin - - Ditto ... Moycullin - - V. Tuam MOYDOE - _ Barony - - - Longford Moydoe - - - - .... Longford - - Mojdoe - - R. Ardagh MOrFENR Til - Barony - - - Meath MOTFERTA - . Barony - - - Clare Moyferta - - Ditto ... Moyferta - - V. Killaloe Moyglare - - Meath - - - Duce - - - V. Meath MOrCOlSU - . Barony - - - W. Meath Moykarky Tipperary - - Eliogurty . . R. Cafliel Moylary - - . . Louth - - - Ferrard - - R. Armagh Muylu .... River - - - - Tyrone - - Strabar.e Moyluflc - Antrim - - Belfaji - . R. Connor Moymet Meath ... Navan . - R. Meath Moynalty . . . Village - - - Meath - - - Ktils - - . R. Meath Moyne Tipperary - - Eliogurty . - R. Camel Moyne - - . - River ... Galway - - Clare JVIoynoe Clare - - - Tullagb - - R. Killaloe Moyowla ... River ... Londonderry - Lougbinjkolm Moyviddy Cork - - - Mujlcny - - R. Cork Muck .... JJland - - - Antrim Coaft - Belfaft Muckno ... Caltle Elayny - Monaghan - Cnmourne - • R. Clogher Muckilh ... Mountains - - Donegal - - Kilmacrenrn Muckris-point - - Cups .... Ditto ... Boylagb, Uc. Mackully .... . ... Kilkenny - - Fajfacbdining - V. O/Tory Muckully - Ditto - - . Knocktopher - V. DjttO Mucullagh ... Rocks ... - Kerry ... Corcaguinny Muff Village ... Londonderry - Tyrejierin Mutf - . . . . Village ... Donegal - - hi/botuen Muff - - . . . Village ... Cavan ... Clonchu Mullabrack ... - ... Armagh - - Fey Lough - - Lake - - - . Galway _ Rojs Naples - - - - tains - . Cork - . Fermoj Nallenroe Lou 2" - 1 - - - . Mayo - Erris ■ i'linn - / Mage - . Limerick Co'inello R. Limerick NJRRAGFI a>. d 1. Barony - - Kildare RE BAN Narraghmore - ... - - Ditto - _ Narragb, &c. R. Dublin Narrowwater - - Village - - - Down - . Upper Ivcagh NAVAN - . - i' - - Meath N A V A N - - Town - - Ditto - . Neman R. Meath Naul - - - - - Dublin . Balruda'ery V. Dublin Neagh Lough . . - - - - Antrim . Londonderry ,&c. Neale - - - - Villa oe - - Mayo - . Kilmain Neddans - - . . - Tipperary _ Iffa and Offa - V. Lifmore Nedeen - - - - - - Kerry - _ Glanerought Nenagh - To-.ni - Tippcrary - Lovjer Ormond R.V.E Nephir. - - '.?/« Mayo - _ Tiru-xcly KETHERCROSSl Barony - Dublin n Ncthlafh - _ ' - Condors, f c. - R. Cloyne Newbridge - - - Village - ■ - Kildare . Great Connel Newbridge - . - Village - - Limerick _ Conn 1 o Newbridge - . ■ Village - . Cork - Duhallotv N I VDOROUCH - G'>rry . - Wexford _ G rey ... R. Ferns Newbuildings - - Village Londonderry - Lb. Derry NEWCASTLE - - ■ - Dublin Newcastle - - Village - . - Ditto - _ Kctvcafle V Dublin NEWCASTLE . - / ■ - Wicklow _ Nevicaflle - - R \ '. Dublin Newcaftle - - - Village - ■ Limeri k _ Conn el to R. Limerick Newcaltle - - - Village - . - Longford . Shrotvle Newcaftle - - - e - - - Meath - Slane Newcaftle - . - - . - Tipperary - Iffa and Offa • V. Lifmore Newcaftle - - - . - . - Waterford - Mi idle/bird - V. Ditto Newchapel - - - . . - Tipperary - Iffa and Offa. - R. Cilhel Newchurch - - Village - . Queen's C o. - Portnebincb New-Inn - - t . - Galway _ Kil New-Inn - - - - - Meath - . Moyfenratb Newmarket . - Village - - Kilkenny - Knocktop her irket ' - - Village - - - Clare - - Bunratty Newmarket - - • - . - Cork - _ Dubatl iv I* wnvlls - - Village ■ - Tyrone - avion ■ lev - - Village - ■ - Care - - Corcoir.t-oe Newport v - - - re . - - Tipperary - - OvJiiey INDEX. J/ jVamta Defcription. County. Newport Pratt - - Town - - - Mayo - - - Newrahbridge - - Village ... Wicklow - - Newry .... Town ... Arm. & Down Newtown - - Town .... Down - Newtown ... Village ... Mayo ... Newtown .... - ... Louth - - Newtown -..- - ... Meath ... Newtown ...- - ... Meath - - - Newtown .... - ... Dublin - - Newtown Rarry - . Village ... Wexford - - Newtown Eelltw - Village ... Galway - - Newtownbreda - . Village ... Down - - New town Butler - . Village ... Fermanagh - Newtown Conyng-i ,,.,, -. , ham } V ' llo & - ' " Done g al - - Newtown Fartullagh - - ... W. Meath - - Newtown Forbes - Village ... Longford - - Newtown Fortefcuc Village - - Meath - - Newtown Glens - Village - - - Antiim - - Newtown Hamilton V.I. age - - - Armagh - - Newtown Lenan - - - ... Tipperary - NewtownLimavaddy Town - - - Londonderry - Newtown M'Ken- ) ..... m . ,, redy $ g ' ' ' ' W,cklovV * Newtown Saville - Village - - Tyrone - • Newtown Stewart - Village - - - Tyrone. - - Nicholaltown ... . ... Kildare - - Nier - - - - - River - - - Watcrford - - Ninemile houfi - Village ... Tipperary Nobber - -.- Meath - - Noghaval .... . ... Cork ... Nogheval .... . ... \\> . Meath Noghvale .... . ... Clare - - - Nohoval .... . .-. Kerry Nohovaldaly - - . . ... Cork - — - Nonane .... . ... Ditto - - - Nore .... River - - - Kilkenny • - Nurney --.-. . ... Kildare Nuiney ----- ... Cailow - - o Obrennan .... - ... Kerry ... Obriensbridge - - Village ... Clare - - - Odder Meath - - Odogh ..... - ... Kilkenny - - Offenllan ... Annatrim - - Queen's Co. - Oghaval - - - - - ... Mayo - - - Ogonilloe .... - ... C'are - - - Ogram Lough - - Lake - - - - Ditto - - g- Ogulla ----- - ... Rofcommon - Oldcaftle - - - Village - - - Meath - - - Old Connaught - - - ... Dublin - - Old Connel - - . - ... Kildare - - Oldhead - - - Cafe .... Cork - - - OMAGH - - - Barony - - - Tyrone Omagh .... Town - - - - Ditto - - - Omcy - - - IJland ... Galway coaft . P Barony. Diccefi. Rumjhool Newcaflle Lord/lip of Newry V. Dromore jtrdes - - - c. Down Erris Ferrard c. Armagh Na-van V. Meath Kelts - - - R. Meath. i\ewcajlle - - Ch. Dublin Scarewaljh R. Fern& Tiaquin CajlUrcagh Code Raphoe Moyoajbel - - R. Meath Longford Slate Glenarm Tews - - - R. Armagh Jffa and Of a - R. Lii'more- Kenoght Kcwtajllt Clogher Strabane • Kilkea, &c. - V. Dablia Giancbiry Slewardagb Morgaltton C. Meath Kinalca, (sfc. - R. Cork Kilkenny Weft - C. Meath Bunin ... R.V.Killenora Trughanacmy - R Ai -ifert Dukallow - V. Ardfert Condons, &c. - R. Cloyne Ma* &c Ophaly - - R. Kildare Idrone - - - R. Leighlin Tri/gbaracmy - R. Ardfert Tutlagh . . . Ch. Meath F J dining - V. Offory OJ/hry - V. Ofibry I - - - V. Tuam b - - V. Killaloe Ditto Re ' mmon - R. Elphin Half Fowre V. Meath Half Raibdown V. Dublin Great Connel - V, Kildare CoilTCtfl Omagb Ballmahincb DiDcrJe, R. F.Iphin V. Tunm V. Kildare 58 I N D E X. Kama. Defcri;>tion. Ccurty. Barony. OKE1LLAND - Barony - - - Armagh Onreagh - - River - - - - Tyrone - - 'Omagb OPHALT - - - Barony - - - Kildare Oran ----- - ..- Rcfcommon - Half Baliimoe Or:mmore - - - Village - - - Galway - - Burtiellin - Oregon ... Rofenallis - - Queen's Co. - Tinebinch - . ORIOR - - - Barony - - - Armagh Oritnr ... "Village - - - Tyrone - - Dungannon ORMOND UPPER Barony - - - Tipperary ORMOND LOWER Barony - - - Ditto ORRERY and In n ,. KILMORE \ ■ Ba ™3 ' - " Cjrk SD@€>a)K|) - - Bijhopick - - Kilkenny, &c. OSSORT UPPER - Barony - - - Queen's Co. Oughter Lough - Lake - - - Cavan - - - Lcughlee Oughterard - - - - - - - Kildare - - Salt - - - R. Kildare Oughter. ad - - Village - - - Galway - - Moyculltn Ovoc:i - - - - River - - - WiclJow - - Ark'otv Ourred Kill - - Mountain - - G.ilway - - Moyndlin Oughtnanna ----- - Clare - - - Burrin Outeragh ---- . ..- Tipperary - Mhldlethird Outran*! .--- - --- Kilkenny - Sl.ellilogber Outragh - - - Ballinamore - Leitrim - - Carrigalun Cwenduffe ---- - ... Wexford - - Shelburne Owens - - - - Village - - - Cork - - - Mujkerfy Owey ----- If and ... Donegal coaft - Boylagh, C5 V. OWNEY - - - Barony - - - Tipperary OWNETBEG - - Barony ■ - - Limerick - - Oxmountain - - Mountains - - Siigo - - - Tyreragb, is'c. Oyfter I. - - - If and - - - Sligo - - - Cai-bury Oyfterhaveit - - Harbour - - Cork - - - Kinalea, is'c. R. Kilfcnora R. Lifmore R. Oll'ory V. Kilmore C. Ferns Carlow - Cathcrhgh R. Leighlin Painellown Meath - Duhik - - R. Meath Palatinetown - Village - - Carlow - Catberlogb Palicegrean - Village - - - -Limerick Coonagh R.V .Emly Pallis Lough - Lake - - - - King's Co. - Bcdliboy Palmeriiown - Village - - - Dublin - Balruddery C. Dublin Palniertown - Village - - - Ditto - - Neivcaf/e C. Ditto Paps the - - - Mountains - Kerry Maguniby Parkpale - - - Village - - - Antrim - Toome Paiior.llown . . - - - Louth Ferrard V. Armagh Parfonftown - formerly Birr - King's Co. - Ballibritl Paiteen - - - - Village . _ _ Clare - - Bunratty Pafs-if-you-can - - Wage . _ Weftmeath - Moyajfjel, £sV. Paffage - - - - Vidage - _ AVaterford Guai/itre Paflage - - - - Village . _ Coik Kinalea, £s7. PaiTage - .- - - Vdk'ge - \ Ditto - Lib. Kin/ale Penr.ycomequick - Village - - Wicklow - ArklolAl Peppardftown Tipperary - Middethird R. Camel Pettigoe - - - - Village - - Donegal Tyrhugb Phenix Park Dublin - Caflenock PHILIPSTOfVN - Barony - - _ King's Co. Phiupstown - Teiva . - . Ditto - Philitflonxm V. Kildare INDEX. Kama. Defcnption. County. Barony. DtKtfc. Philipftown - Louth - - - Dutda/k - - C. Armagh Philipftown Ditto - - - Ardce - - . R. Armagh Piercetown - - - - - - - - W. Meath - Rathamratb - R. M;ath Piercetown Landy - - - ... Meath - - Duleek ... V. M.'ath Pilltown - - - Village ... Kilkenny - - huerk Pilltown - - - Village - - - A\',iterford - Decies ----- River - - - Tyrone - - Omagh Pointzpafs - - - Village ... Down - - - Upper Iieagb Poai an ----- . ... Kilkenny - - Iverk - - - Poles ... . Village - - - Meath - - Krlls Pollard down Kildare - - Opbaly - - . Pomeroy - - - Village - - - Tyrone - - Du>:gan n ;n Port ----- Village - - - Louth - - - FerrarJ . . Portachloe - - - Village - - - Mayo - - - Erris Portadown - - - Town - - - - Armagh - - OneiliarJ Portaferry ... Village - - - Down - - - Arties Portarlincton Tenon - - - { Q"^"' 5 j^d Portnebincb&c I King sCos. Porterin ----- - ... Rofcommon - A/clone Portglenone - - Village ... Antrim - - Toome Portlemon - W. Meath - Corkerry Portmarnock - - - - ... Dublin - - Cooloxk PORTNEHINCH - Barony - - . Queen's Co. Portnehinch-bridge Village - - . Ditto - - Portnebincb Portneicully - Kilkenny - - Iverk - . Portnorris - - - Village - - - Armagh - - Orior Portrahan Dublin - - Balruddcry - Portrufh - - - Village - - . Antrim - - - Dunhice Portfhangan - - - - ... \V, Meath - Corkerry Portumna ... Village ... Galway - - Lonoford Powerfcourt ... . ... Wicklow - - Ratbdoiun - - V. Dublin Powcrftown - - - - ... Kilkenny - - Goxvran - R. Leighlin Priell's-leap - - - - - - - Kerry ... Glmercugbt Prolpcrous - - - Village ... Kildare - - Claive QUFEN'SCOUN-7 r , . . - -r\s £ County ... Leinller Quin --- - Village - - - Clare - - - Bunratly - - R.V.Killaloe Quinc* - - - - IJlatid ... Cork - - - Cnrhery - - R Racavan - - - Broughfhane - - Antrim - - Antrim - - R. Connor Rackibirn - - - ljland ... Donegal - - Boylagb, (jfc. Raghan - Cork - - - Fernioy - - V. Cloyne Raghan - - - - Village - - - King's Co. - Baliicoivat - V. Meath Raghera ... Village ... King's Co. - Garycajile Raharotv .... . ... Rofcommon - Atblor.e - - V. Ralicnny - - - Village - • - Dublin - - Coolock - - - R. Rahill ----- . ... Carlow - - Ravilly - - C. Raloo Antrim - - Belfaft - - R. Ram-ifland - - - In L. Neagb - - Ditto Ramoan - - - Bally callle - - Antrim - - Cary ... V. Connor S9 V. Oflbry R. Kildare R. Armagh R. Ditto - - V. Elphin - - R. Meath - - C. Dublin V. Oflbry C. Dublin R. Meath Elph'n Dublin Leighiia Connor 6c INDEX. Kama. Dcfcription. County. Ramor Lough - - lake ... Cavan - - Ramfgrange - - Village ... Wexford - Ramhead ... Cape - - - Waterford Randalstown - Town .... Antrim Rapharn Lough - Lake ... Mayo - - R9PG)©3> .... Bijkoprick - - Cork Rols Village ... Ditto - - - ROSS .... Barony - - - Galway Rofs ----- Ditto Rofs Ifland - - - Penitifula - - Mayo Ross New --. Town - - - - Wexford - - Rols Old - - - Village - - - Ditto Roffclaie Wexford - - ROSSCLOGHER - Barony ... J eiirim R(fllonnel Kilkenny - - R fl'comroe - King's Co. RoiTdagh ----..,•_. Cork - - - Roiiiirou Wexfoid - - Rofles the -.-.-...- Donegal - - Koflinver ... Kinlough - - Leirrim - - Rofskeen --- Cork ... Rofslee - -.- Mayo - - - Roffmere Waterford RoiTmenogue - - Camolin - - - Wexford - - Roflmore - - - IJland - - - Kerry - - - Roflbry Fermanagh KuiTiellan .... . ... Cork - - - Rofftrevor ... Village ... - Down ... Roughy - - - - Riiier ... Kerry ... Roundftone-br.y - Harbour ... Galway - - Rower - Kilkenny - - Rugged Ifle - - IJland - - - Cork Coalt. - Rufcar ... - Church ... Fermanagh Rufh Village - - - Dublin - - Ru(h the ... Sancbank - - Wexford - Rufkybridge - - Village ... Roicommon - RuJiagh W. Meath - Rutland ... - IJle and Village - Donegal Coalt Rutland .... Village ... Carlow - - Rye-water - - - River ... Kildare - - Earony. Dhccfe. K L:eagb Glenarm Lib. Kin/ale Dartrce M ycullin Dtece - - - C. Meath Jnifhowen Kirelearty Lower Iveagb V. Dromore Oneiilmd - V. Unto Ballthritt - - V. Oflbry Tullagbonobo 64 INDEX. NanK. Defcr'ption. County. Barony. Dkccft. Sefkennan -.-- . ... Waterford - - Decies without V. Lifmore Seve hea&s - - Rocks - - - Cork Coalt - Barr,roe Shanbough - - Kilkenny - - Ida, (Jc. - . V. Oflbry Shancoe .-.- - --- Sligo - - - Tiragbrili - , V. Elphin Shandrum --.-"- ... Cork - - - Orrery, cifr. - R. Cloyne ca,1le - - Pillage - - - Antrim - - Toome igan ... Village - - - Cork ... Imokilly ;1 . . Village - - - Limerick - - Connetlo - - V. Limerick kill - . - Belfall - - - Antrim - - Btlfaji - - V. Connor Shankill - - - Lurgan - - - Armagh - - Oncilland - - R. Dromore S i kill .... . .-- Roicoinmon - Rofcommon - V. Elphin Shankill ---- - --- Kilkenny - Gowran - - R. Leighlin ,,, _. f Connaueht and Shannon - - - River - - -{ Leinftt f r< &c . Shanraghan - - Clogheen - - Tipperary - - Iff a mid Off a - V. Lifmore Shee Lough-a- - Turlach - - - Mayo - - - Kilmain . . iffa-d - - - Antrim Coaft Cary Shei - - Bay - - - - Donegal - - Kilrnacrinan id - - Cape - - - . Cork - - - Carbiry Shelv i ;h - Lake - - - - Cavan - - - Clonmoghan ... Mountains- - - Cork - - - Carbery NE - - Barony - - - Wexford SHELLILQGHER Barony - - - Kilkenny IMALEIRE - Birony - - -'Wexford Shenlis ----- - ... Louth - - Ardee - - - V. Armagh SI .- ick - - - Village - - - Cavan - - - Cloncbee - - R. Kilmore Sherlockftown Kildare - - Naas - - - C. Kildare SHILELAGH - - Barony - - - Wicklovv Shilelagh - - - Village - - - Ditto - - - Shihlagh Shindolagh Lou?h Lake - - - - Galway - - Moycullin Shinrone - - - Village '- - - King's Co. - Clontifi. - - K. Killaloe Shi cock - - - Village - - - Cavan .- - Cloncbee Shraheen - - - Mountain - - Mayo - - - liraivly Shronell Tipperary - ClawwtUiam - R. Emly SHKOJVLE - - Barony - - - Longford Shruie - - - Village - - - Mayo - - Kilmain - - V. Tuam Shrule - - - Baliymahon - Longford - Ratblme - - V. Ardagh Shruie - - Queen's Co. - Sleavmargy • R. Leighlin Shrule - - - River - - - Tyrone - - Strabane Silvermines - - Village - - - Tipperary - Upper Ormond Silver river - - - River - - - King's Co. - Balliboy Singland Limerick - - County of City - R. Lifmore Sixmilebridge - - Village - - - Clare - - - Bunratty Sixmilebridge - - Village - - - Limerick - - Small C+unty Sixmilecrofs - - Village - - - Tyrone - - Omagh Sixmilewater - - River - - - Antrim - - Antrim Skea - - - - Church - - - Fermanagh - Clouaivly - - Ch. Uogner Skelligs - - - IJlands - - - Kerry Coaft - Iveragh Skener - - - Iff and - - - Dublin Coaft - Balruddcry Skerries - - - Village - - - Dublin - - Balruddcry Skerries - - . IJlands - - - Antiim Coaft Vunluce Skerry Ditto - - - Antrim - - R. Connor bereen - - - Tttom.- - - - Cork - - - Carbery Sk.rk ----- - - - - Queen's Co. - Upper Of ory - V, Oflbry Skr.cn - --- Sligo - - - Tjrtragb - - R- K.lUloe SKR1TNE - - - Barony - - - Mcaih Skryne - - - Village - - - Ditto,- - - Skryne - - V. Meath Skryne - - - - Wexford - - Ballagbeen ■ C. terns INDEX. *S Names* skui: SLANE Slane Slaney Slaty Sleamorc Point - Sleaguff Slenini SLEfVARDAGHl (j coMPSEr] SLEWMARGT - SLIGO SLIGO Sliebh-an-erin Sliebh-an-ewr - Sliebh-baugh Sliebh-baughta - Sliebh-bearna Sliebh bloom Sliebh-bonn Sliebh-buy Sliebh-croobe Slicbh-dham Sliebh-donard Sliebh-ean Sliebh-gailan Sliebh-gullcn Sliebh-league Sliebh-logher Sliebh-mifh Sliebh-more Sliebh-na-coiltra - Sliebh-na-man Sliebh-ruffell Sliebh-fnaght Slifhcarrow Slymehead Smalls-the SMALL COUNTY Smermore Smerwitk Smithborough Solaierftown Solloghodbeg Solloghodmore Spanifh Cove Spiddal Spike Stabannon - Stackallen Stacumney. Stags Stags of Broadhaven Stags olCattk-haven Stahalinuck Defcription. Village Barony Village River Cape Mountains - Barony Barony County Vo-ivn Mountain! Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Cafe • ljlands - Barony Village Ditto County. Barony. Dheife. Creek Village IJland R ch Rocks Rocks Cork - - Carlery R. Cork Meath - - Meath - - Slar*e R. Meath Wexford, &c. - Shebnaleire Queen's Co. - Slewtnargy R. Leighlin Ccrk - - Carbery Carlo .v Idrone V. Leighlin Antrim Antrim Tipperary Queen's Co. - Connaught - • Sligo - - Carbery - R, Elphin Leitrim - - Dromabaire Leitrim - - Rrjjl/ogber f Monaghan and 1 -r , < rr. b > J rough I I yrone j * ■ Clare and Galway Down - - Mourne ■ King's County & Queen's County Rolcommon - Rnfcommon Wexford - - Scareivaljh Down - - Upper Iveagb Sligo - - - Leney is Tyreragb Down - - Mourne Antrim - - Glenarm, v3fr. Londonderry Armagh - - Loughinjholtn Orior Donegal - - Boylagb, &c. Kerry Kerry - - Mayo - - Wexford - . hanacmy Trugbanacmy Burrijhoole Bantry& Sbelburne Tipperary Middlcibird, Uc. Cavan and Fermanagh Donegal - - Iniflivuien Sligo - - Tiragbrill Galway - - Ballinahinch betweenWexford and Wales Limerick Louth . Ardee V. Armagh Kerry - Conaguinny Monaghan - Monaghan Am rim - Majfareen - V. Dromore Tipperary • Cla ■luxiliiam R. F.mly Ditto • Ditto R. Emly Cork - Curl cry Galway - - Moycullen Cork Harbour Lr.okilly Louth . Ardee V. Armagh Meath - SI. ,/te R. Meath Kildare . Salt C. Dublin Cork . lmokilly Mayo coaft . Erris Cork coall . Carboy Meath r - Kells " - V. Meath 66 INDEX. Names t Defcrl pt ton. County , Barony. Vice 'fa * Stamcarthy . Stanmllen . Stewartsiown Village Stickilk-n - Scillorgan - Ditto Stonehall . STRABANE Barony Strabane Town Straboe _ Straboe _ Strabragy Bay STRAD BALLY - Barony Stradbally - Village Stradbally - . Stradbally - _ Stradbally - . Strade Ditto Strade Ditto Stradone Ditto Strafrau _ Strandtown Ditto Strangford Town Strangford Lough Bay Stranorlan - Village Stratford on Slaney Ditto Street _ S trokeftown Ditto Struve Point Cape Subulter _ Suck River Sugarloafhill Mountain Suire Ri-vcr Sullane Ditto Summerhill Village Swanlinbar Ditto Swatteragh Ditto Swelly River Swilly Ditto Swilly Lough Bay Swineford Village Swords Toivn Sybilhead Cape Sydan Village Kilkenny - Shellilogber V. Oflbry Meath - Duleek - V. Meath Tyrone . Dwigannon Louth - Aides V. Armagh Dublin - - Half Ratbdown c. Dublin W. Meath . Corkerry R. Meath Tyrone - . Ditto . Strabane Carlow . Ravilly V. Leighlin Queen's Co. - Maryborough V. Leighlin Donegal - - Juijhoiven Queen's Co. . Ditto - . Stradbally - V. Leighlin Galway - Dunkellin V. Kilmacduagh Kerry - Corcaguinny R. Ardfert Waterford . Dccies ivitbout V. Lifmore Antrim . Belfaft Mayo - Gallen V. Achonry Cavan . Tullaghar V. Cork Ditto Cariery . R. Rofs Pettigoe . Donegal Tyrbugb R. Clogher • • • Antrim . . Bel/aft V. Connor Cloghanlea Donegal . . Boylagb, l3c. R. Raphoe • • • Tipperary Upper Ormond R. V. Killaloe . Ditto lkerrin R. Cafhel • • • King's Co. . Clonlifb R. Killaloe • • • Tipperary . Jffa and OJa V. Lifmore • • • Tipperary , Arra . R.V. Emly • • • Clare . Bunratty R.V. Killaloe • • ■ Cork . . Kinnalmeaky R. Cork Longford Longford Longford R. Ardagh Cork . Kinalea, &c. R. Cork • • Tipperary . Sle-Tvardagb,&c R. Lifmore * • • Wicklow Arklow C. Dublin • * • Donegal Inijhoiven R. Derry Village Tipperary . Eliogurty V. CaJhel . * * Mayo Tira-july . V. Killalla • » • Cork Barrymore R. Cloyne Rofcnmmon Rofcommo 11 . Rofi ommon V. Elphin • • • Tipperary Claniuilliam R. Emly « • » Kerry . Dunkerron. R. Atdfert 6S INDEX. Kama* Defcnptiofi. County. Templeomalis # . Cork Templeoran ( . W. Meath Templeoutragh . . Tipperary Templeparrick Village , . Antrim Templepeter , # . Carlow Templeport , . Cavan Templeqninlan » , . Cork Templerubin , m . Cork Templerone . Cork Templefcobbin . , . Wexford Templefhanbough B . Ditto Templefhannon > # . Ditto Templetogher > . . Galway Templetohy » » . Tipperary Templetown > # . Wexford Templetrine . Cork Templeudigan m . Ditto Templeufque t . Cork Tempo Village . Fermanagh Terela . m , . Down Termonamongan , , . Tyrone Termonany . . Londonderry Termonfeckin Ditto . Louth Termonmaguirk Six mile Cr ofs Tyrone Terrilfpafs Village . W. Meath Terryglafs . . Tipperary Teflararagh . Rofcommon Teffauran . , ; . King's Co. Thomasftreet , Ditto . Rofcommon Thomastown ■ , . Kildare Thomastowm Ditto . Kilkenny Thurles Town Tipperary TIAQUIN - • Barony . Galway Tivohine > a , . Rofcommon Tickmacrevan • Glenarm Antrim Tidavnet . ■ Ballinode . Monaghan Tiellenhead Cape , . Donegal . Tiffernan , . W. Meath Tihallen . Monaghan Tikillen . Wexford Timahoe , . Kildare Timahoe Village . Queen's Co. Timoge . . Ditto Timoleague Ditto . Cork Timolin > Ditto . Kildare Timoole . Meath TINEHINCH Barony , Queen's Co. Tinehaly ' Village . Wicklow Tintern . , Wexford Tipperaghny , . Kilkenny TIPPERARY County . Munfter . Tipperary Town . . Tipperary TIRAGHRILL Barony . Sligo . . T I RAWLY Ditto . M a yo Tirenafcragh m . Galway Tifl'affon . Cork Titelkia , . Ditto ty Barony. Barryroe Moygoijh Kilnalonguri Bel/aft Forth Tullaghagb Carbery Great Ijland Fermoy Bantry Scareiualjh Ballagbeen Half Ballimoe Ikerin Sbelburns Courceys Bantry Barrymore Tyrejkenedy Lecale . Omagh . Lougbinjholin Ferrard Omagh . Moycajhel Loiver Ormand Atblone . Garrycajlle Atblone Opbaly Goivran Eliogurty Boyle Glenarm . Monaghan Boylagh, &c. Corkerry . Monaghan SkelmaLire Claiue . Cullinagb Stradhally Barryroe Narragb, &c. Skryne . Ballinaccr Shi Iburnt . I-verk . R. C. V. R. V. R. V. R. R. R. R. R- V. R. V. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. R. V. V. V. R. R. R. Diocefe. Rofs Meath Cafhel Connor Leighlin Kilmore Rofs Cloyne Cloyne Ferns Ditto Ditto Tuam Calhel Ferns Cork Ditto Cork Down Derry Ditto Armagh Ditto Killa'oe Elphin Meath Kildare Offory Cafhel R. Elphin V. Connor R. Clogher C. Meath R. Clogher V. Ferns R. Dublin C. Leighlin R. Leighlin R. Rofs V. Dublin V. Meath C. Ferns R. Oflbry Clanuuilliam R. Emly Longford . Lib. Kinfale Imokilly , V. R. R. Clonfert Cork Cloyne INDEX. 6 9 iVames. Defcription. County, Barony. D'uctft. Tobarcorry , Village . Sligo . . heney Tobardony . Ditto . Galway Ktltartan Tobarfudder . Ditto . Galway Lougbrea Tobarmore . Ditto . Londonderry Lougbinjholin Tobarfcannovan . Ditto . Sligo Tiraghrill Toehead . . Cape Cork Carbery Toem . . Tipperary Killnamanna R. Cafhel Togher . ■ Village Wicklow . Ballmacor Tomb . . Wexford . . Gorey R. Ferns Tomdeely % . Limerick Co, i tello V. Limerick Tomfinlough . , • . Clare Bu ratty R.V. Killaloe Tomgrany . Ditto . Ditto . . Tullagb R. Killaloe Tomhaggard . . . . Wexford B.ugie R. Ferns Tomregan . Ballyconnel Cavan Tullaghagh R. Kilmore TOO ME Barony . . Antrim . . Toomebridge Village . Ditto . . 7 ■ tmt Toomevara . Ditto . Tipperary Upper Or moid R. Killaloe Toomifh Mountain . Kerry D unkerron Toone River . Cork . . Mujkerry Tore Mountain Kerry Ditto Tory Ijland . Donegal coaft Kibnacrenan Tough • • Limerick wneybeg R.V . Emly Toughcluggiii . . Ditto . . C'jonagb V. Emly Trabolgan . , . Cork hnokilly . V. Cloync Trailon , # . Ditro . . Kmalea, CSV. c. Cork Tralee Town . . Kerry 7 rugbanat my R. Ardfert Tramore Fillage Waterford Middle! bird Trienagh . . Bay Donegal . Boylagk, 13c. Trierty Lough Lake . Ditto . . Tiiir.gb Triefty Mou.it aim . Mayo . . Ems Trillick Villagt . Tyrone . . Omagb Tri m . . Town , . Meath . . N.ivan . V. Meath Trinileftown # , . Ditto Ditto Ch. Ditto Trory . . . Fermanagh Tyrejkentdy R. Clogher TROUGH Barony . . Monaghan Trubly . , . . Meath . . Decce . R Meath TRUGHANACMY Barony . Kerry . . Tryvet . , . Meath . . Skryne . V. Meath •a^uai© Arcbbijhoprick . Galway and Mayo, &c. TV AM. Tonvn Ditto . . Doivnamore V. Tuam Tubber . Wioklpw Talbotstorjjn c. Dublin Tubbrid . # . Kilkenny Lveri . R. Offory Tubbrid , , . Tipperary Ijf.i and Ojii V. Lifmore Tubbridbrittain i • • . Kilkenny Crannagb V. Ollbry Tullabracky . m . Limerick Cojbma R. Limerick TULLAGH Barony . Clare . . Tullagh Baltimore . Cork . . Carbery . R. Rofs 1ULLAGHAGH B.roiy . . Cavan . . Tullaghan Bay . Mayo . . Erris TULLAGHARVY Barony . . Cavan Tullaghenogue . , . Meath . . Na-van . c. Meath Tullaghlealh , , . Cork . . Duballozu V. Cloyne Tullaghmain # • • • . Kilkenny , Sbellilogbcr R. Ofii.ry Tullaghmaine • . Tipperary MiddUtbird R. Calhel Tullaghniikin . Newmills . Tyrone . D^ngannon R. Armagh Tullaghobigly • • • . Donegal . . t K ilmacrenau R. Raphoe 70 INDEX. Names, TULLAGH0N0HO Tullaghorton Tullamore . Tulloe Tulloghallen Tulloghmelan Tullow Tullowbeg Tullowcryn Tullowherin Tullowmagrimah Tullowmoy Tullowroan Tully Tully Tully Tullybracky Tullyclea Tullycorbet Tullyhog Tullylift Tullynakill Tullyrufk TuLSK Tumna Tumore Tumore Tuns— the Tuofita Turlach more Turlogh Tufcanpafs Tufkar Twelve pins Twomilebridge Tynan TYRANNY TYREKERIN TYRERAGH TYRESKENEDY TYRHUGH TYRONE . Ty-vourney-gerran Defcription. Ba ■ony Town Village Ditto Town River Village Village Foxford Rods Turlacb Village IJland Mountains Village Ditto Barony Ditto Ditto Dtito Ditto County Village County. Cavan . . Tipperary King's Co. Clare Louth . . Tipperary Carlow Ditto . . Ditto . . Kilkenny Carlow Queen's Co. Kilkenny Donegal . Kildare Dublin . . Limerick Fermanagh . Monaghan Tyrone . . Down Ditto . . Antrim . . Rofcommon . Ditto . . Mayo . . Sligo . . . Wexford coaft Kerry . . Galway . . Mayo . . Down . . Wexford coaft Galway . . Tipperary Armagh . . Ditto . . Londonderry Sligo . . Fermanagh . Donegal . Ulfter . . Kerry . . V. Barony, Dhtffe. I fa and Offa V. Lifmore Ballycowen Ch. Meath Tullogb R. Killaloe Ferrard C. Armagh Iffa and Offa R. Lifmore Ravi/ly R. Leighlin. Ditto Ch. Ditto /drone . R. Ditto Goiuran . R. Offory Catberlogh R. Leighlin Ballyadams R. Ditto Crannagb R. Offory Kilmacrenan R. Rap hoe Ophaly C. Kildare Half Ratbdoivf r C. Dublin Cojhma R. Limerick Tyrejienedy Monaaban R. Clogher Dungannon Lower Iveagb V. Dromore Cafilereagb V. Down Majfareen V. Connor Rofcommon Boyle V. Elphin Gallen V. Achonry Cor ran V. Ditto Bargie Glanerougbt R. Ardfert Clare Carragb . R. Tuam Upper Iveagb Forth Ballinahincb Iffa and Of a Armagh R. Armagh Corcaguinny Valentia IJland . Kerry Iveragb R. Ardfert Vaitina , , . W. Meath . Moycajhel R. Meath Ventry . ; Village . . Kerry Corcaguinny R. Ardfert Villierftown Ditto . Wexford Decies without Ch Lifmore Virginia Ditto . Cavan ' Cajlleragban Ullard | . Kilkenny Govjran R. Leighlin Ullid . . . Ditto . Iverk . V. Offory Ulloe : . Limerick . Coonagb V. Emly ULSTER N. Province B Umond . . Ormey . . Galway . Ballinahincb R. Tuam INDEX. Katntt, Defcripti in. Cmnty. Barony. D'xtfu Vow-ferrv . — Village - - Londonderry ■ m Coleraint VPPERTHIRD Barony Waterford . Uregare . ... Limerick . Cojhma V. Limerick Urglin . Palatine Town Carlow . Catherlogb R. Leighlin Urlingford . Village - Kilkenny - Gallmoy R. Olfory Urney . . Cavan Cavan . Lougbtee V. Kilmore Urney . ... Tyrone . Strabane R. Derry Urrin . River Wexford . Scarcrva/Jb Urrifbeg . Mountain Gal way . Ballmahineb Urrifhead - Cafe Mayo . Erris Ufke . ... Kildare . Narragb, &c. R. Dublin U(kean - ... Tipperary - Loiver Ormond V. Killaloe Ufneagh - Hill W. Meath - Ratbconrath w. Waddiftown - • . • Tipperary . MMlethird R. Cafhel Wallftown - - Cork . Fermoy R. Cloyne Walterftown . . . Kildare _ Ophaly R. Kildare Warringftown Village . . Down . Loiver Iueagh Warrenpoint Ditto . . Ditto . Upptr Lveagh WARRENST01VN Barony . . King's Co. . tma^ffiKf 2DKD - Bijbopri ck - Waterford . WATERFORD - County . . Munfter m Waterford Citi and Co. - Waterford . County of City V. Waterfpri Watergrafshill Village - - Cork . Barrymore Wattle-Bridge Ditto - • Fermanagh . Coole Wells Ditto - . Carlow . Idrone R. Leighlin WESTMEATH - County . . Leinfter . Weftphalftown Dublin - . Balruddery C. Dublin Weftport Town • • Mayo . Morijk WEXFORD County . . Leinfter . Wexford Toivn . . Wexford - . Lib. Wexford R.V . Ferns Whiddy IJland . . Cork . Bear Bantry Whitechurch . - . Ditto . Lib. Cork R. Cloyne Whitechurch . . . Dublin . • Half Rathdovin R. Dublin Whitechurch . . . Kilkenny . Iverk R. Offory Whitechurch - . • Tipperary . Iffa andOffa R.V. Lifmore Whitechurch Village . . Wexford . Sbelburne R. Ferns Whitechuich of } Glynn - J - - - Ditto - Bantry R. Ferns Whitechurch . . . Waterford - Decies -without V. Lifmore Whitehead - Cape . . Antrim . Belfaft Whitingbay Bay . . Waterford . Decies ivitbin WICKLOW County . . Leinfter . WlCKLOW Toivn . . Wicklow • Neiueajlle V. Dublin Wiltown - « Village . - Cavan . Cloncbee Witter - . . Down . Ardes R. Down Woodford - Ditto - • Galway - Letrim Y. Yagoe . . • Kildare . Naat V. Dublin Yellow river - River _ - King's Co. . Warrenftoiun YOUGHAI - Town . - Cork . Lib. Youghal C. Cloyne Youghal - - - Tipperary . Arra R. Killaloe