BALLYNOE,
a parish, in the barony of KINNATALOON, county of CORK,
and province of MUNSTER, 6 miles (W. by s.) from Tallow; containing
2692 inhabitants.
This
parish is situated on the old road from Castlemartyr
to Fermoy, and comprises 10,271 statute acres, of which 50
are woodland, 1500 bog, and 8721 arable and pasture land; 7514 acres
are applotted under the tithe act, of which the gross rental is estimated
at £4222 per annum. The land consists of a light soil resting
on clay-slate, but is in general tolerably fertile: the principal
manure is lime brought from the vale of the river Bride.
Not
far from the village is Ballynoe House, the residence of A.
Hargrave, Esq. ; and there are several commodious houses occupied
by respectable farmers.
It is
a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Cloyne, the former
united from time immemorial to the rectory of Ahern,
and the latter united to the vicarage of Knockmourne: the tithes
amount to £915. 8s., of which two thirds are payable to the
rector and one-third to the vicar. There is a glebe of 2½ acres,
but no glebe-house.
In
the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Knockmourne,
also called Ballynoe: the chapel, situated in the village,
is a large plain building, erected in 1835, and is also appropriated
to a national school.
A little
to the south-east of the village are the ruins of the parish church;
and near them are other extensive ruins, supposed to be the remains
of an establishment founded by the Knights Hospitallers, to whom the
rectory anciently belonged.
