KILLAMERY,
a parish, in the barony of KELLS, county of KILKENNY,
and province of LEINSTER, 4 miles (S. by W.) from Callan,
on the road from that place to Carrick-on-Suir ; containing 1837
inhabitants.
It comprises
6451 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at
£3640 per annum. At Garryricken, which is the property
and was the residence of the Marquess of Ormonde, are some very.
fine plantations.
It is
a rectory, in the diocese of Ossory,
forming the corps of the prebend of Kilamery, in the gift of the Bishop;
the tithes amount to £280. The church is a plain structure, erected
by aid of a gift of £900 from the late Board of First Fruits,
in 1815, and recently repaired by a grant of £125 from the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners. The glebe-house wars erected by aid of a gift of £300,
and a loan of £900, from the late Board of First fruits, in 1818
; the glebe comprises five acres.
In the
Roman Catholic divisions it is the head of a union or district
comprising also the parish of Tullohaught, and containing a chapel
at Windgap.
The parochial
school is aided by the rector ; and at Garryricken is a public
school, the house for which was built by the late Marquess of Ormonde.
In these
schools are about 70 children, and about 100 children are taught in
a private school.
A monastery
1000 monks is said to have anciently existed here. In Rossamery
are the ruins of a small church.
