Topographia Hibernica; or, the topography of Ireland, antient and modern. Giving a complete view of the civil and ecclesiastical state of that kingdom ... / [William Wenman Seward].

  • William Wenman Seward
Date:
1797
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Credit: Topographia Hibernica; or, the topography of Ireland, antient and modern. Giving a complete view of the civil and ecclesiastical state of that kingdom ... / [William Wenman Seward]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ef rocks and hills, from whence this place has keen called Magheredrolly i. e. the field of diffi^ culties. Here is the country relidence of the carl of Moira. Within 2 miles of this- place, at the ikirts of Slieu-Crobb mountain, is an ex- cellent chalybeate fudphureous fpa. At Bally- nahinch is a church, refidentiary houfe, Char- tcr-fchool and Prefbyterian meeting-houfe. 'I'he fchool is endowed' with 2 acres of land belonging to the fee of Dtomore j and the late earl of Moira befid’es a fubfcription, granted 20 acres of land at 3/ per ann. in lieu of 10 acres formerly let by him to the incorporated fociety. TVilliarn yGhnJionf'Att of Finglas bridge cf(]. bequeathed 100/ to this fchooP, the interefl whereof is appropriated towards the fuppart of it. Fairs are held here on the 1 Jan. 12 Feb. 5; April, 10 Jnly and 2 Off.—There is alfo a bar. with a village in it of fame naino iit go. Galv^ay, prov. Connaught; other-wife called Ballinehinch. The Northern parts of this bar. and of the bar. of Rofs are called J.oycs’^s. country, and inha- bited chiefry by a clan of that name. Ballyn AHooGH, fit. Ill bat. Boyle, co., Rof- common, prov. Connaught. BallvnAHowN, a fairtown in co..Weflnica4;h, prov. Leinfler * fairs held r July and 11 Sep. BallynAKELLY, a fair town in co. Cork,, prov. Munfler. Fairs held from 3 to 6 and from iS to 21 Sep.—Alfo a rectory in dioc. of Tuam, fit. in bar. Killihan, co. Galway.—And a vicarage in dioc. of Elphin, fit. in bar. Ty- raghrill, in fame co. both in prov. Connaught. Ballynakill, a borough, market, fair and pofl-town, in bar. Cullinagh, Queen^s co. prov. Leinfter ; 48 miles from. Dublin..-— Lat. 52 : 49, Ion. 7 : 15. Fairs held on Thurfday after Whit. Monday, 12 Aug. and 16 N0V, -It fends 2 members to parliament. Patron the marquis of fDra.ghcda. Here are the ruins of a caftle deflroyed by Oliver Crom- well in 1642, when it bravely refilled his for- ces.—Alfo the name of a fmall village in co. Sligo, prov. Connaught.^—and of a handfome feat in co. Carlow, prov. Leinifer. —Alio a village in bar. Leitrim.—A fecond in bar. half 'Ballimoe.—And a third in bar. BalUnahinch, ail in co. Galway, prov. Coanaught. The fi,rlf of thefc is a re&ory in dioc. of ClorTert ; the -fecond a vicarage in dioc. of Elphin ; and the hill a reclory in dioc. of Tuam.—There is a vicarage of lame name in dioc. of Waterford, fit. in bar. Gualtiere, co. Waterford, prov. AIunllcF.^—And a vicarage in dioc. of Kildare, fit. in bar. Cook^flown, King’s co. prov. Lein- ilcr ; the church ol which is at Clanbullock. Ballyn alack, a village fit.in bar Corkerry, CO. Wellmeath, prov. Leinfter, Ballyn A MARA, fit. inco. Kilkenny, prov. Leinfter; where fairs are held annually on the ^ay after Trinity Sunday. Ballyk amok a, a village fit. in bar. Barretts, co. Cork, prov.fMunfter ; 137 miles from Dub- lin,; otherwife called BallynemoKy, Fairs he Id- on Whit. Monday, 21 Aug., and 5 Dec^ Near the church of this place are the ruins of the great preceptory of -Mourne, Alfo a vicarage in dioc. of Emly ; fit. in bar. Small county, co^ Limerick, prov. Munfter. BallynAMORE, or BaUinamoriy fit. in co.. Galway, prov. Connaught, above 74 miles- from Dublin: Alfo a place in bar. Carrigallen, co. Leitrim, prov. Connaught 71 miles from Dublin. Ballyna.mully, fit. in bar. Athlone, co,. Rofeommon, prov. Connaught. BallynARD-CASTLE, fit about 4 miles be- yond Mullinahone, GO. Tipperary, prov. Mun- fter; alfo a vicarage in dioc. of Emly, fit. in bar. Small-county, co. Limerick, prov. Munfter. Ballyn ARIES, fit. in co.- Down, prov. Ulfter., BxVllyn ask'eligs,, a village and ^47 in bar,. Iveragh, co. Kerry, prov. Munfter; whei'e are to be feen the ruins of an antient abbey or fria- ry, of the order of St Auguftin canons. It was formerly removed hither from the ifland called Great-SkcUgy where there was amonaftcry con- fifting of feveral cells, dedicated to St. Michael the archangel, as mentioned by Glrald': Camb^ I’he time of its foundation is not known, but it muft have been of great antiquity ; probably as early as the 6th century. The annals of In- isfaUen in Lough-lane, fay, fh-dit Flan M'Callagh^ a-bbotof Skelig, died in 885.—Lat 51 : 42,. Ion. 9 : 14. Ballynasloe, fee BaUinaJloc, Ballvnasmall-^ fit. in bar. Clonmorcis, co.. Mayo,, prov. Connaught- One Frendergaji in. the 13th century founded a friary here, dedi- cated to the Virgin-Mary, for Carmelites ; it was. an exteniive building, part of which may ftill be feen. Ballynaspeg,. otherwife Bljiiofs-town^ fit. about 2 miles W. of Cork, in co. Cork, prov. where there is a neat houfe and chapel. Ballvnastoe, fit, in bar. Newcaftle, co. Wdcklow, prov. Leinfter. Ballynatray, a handfome feat, fit. by the river Black-wxiter, in co. Waterford, prov. Miurfter: near it is a fmall ill and in this river called Dar Inis, or the illand of St. Molanfide, now Molana, in which are the remains of an abbey of regular canons, found-ed in the 6th century by that Saint, who was the ill; abbot. In this abbey Raymond k groj's the Englilh gene- ral, who with Stvongbow contributed lo much to the reduftion of Ireland, is laid to be buried; Somewhat lower than Molana are the ruins of the church and caftle of Temple-AFichacly which feehi to have been demolilhed by powder ; as docs