KILLANEAR, or KILNANARE, a parish, in the barony of MAGONIHY, county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER 3 miles (E. N. E.) from Milltown, on the river Maine, and on the old post road from Tralee to Killarney ; containing 1776 inhabitants.
It comprises 4993 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act : the land is in general good, and chiefly in tillage ; lime-stone abounds and is used for manure, and the state of agriculture is improving : there are a few patches of bog. At Clonmellane is a station of the constabulary police.
The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, and in the patronage of the Bishop ; the rectory forms part of the union and corps of the deanery. The tithes amount to £184. 13s. 3d., payable in equal portions to the dean and vicar. There is neither church, glebe-house, nor glebe.
In the Roman Catholic divisions this parish forms part of the union or district of Fieries.
In a public school supported by subscription about 50, and in two private schools about 70, children are educated.
The ruins of
the old church still remain in the burial-ground ; and those of Clonmellane
castle stand near the river Maine.
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