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Not
listed as a Civil parish in 1851
Dysartgallen
Civil Parish, County Laois, Ireland
DYSARTGALLEN,
a parish, in the barony of Cullinagh, Queen's
county and province of Leinster, on the road from Durrow
to Abbeyleix; containing with
the post town Ballinakill,
4018 inhabitants. The parish comprises 10,557 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act; the soil is generally good and
the land in a profitable state of cultivation; there is a small
quantity of bog, and grit stone is quarried for building.
The
only seat of importance is Monaclare, the residence of S.M.
Stubber Esq.
Fairs
are held monthly at Ballinakill.
The
living is a rectory and a vicarage, in the Diocese of Leighlin
and in the patronage of the Earl Stanhope; the tithes amount
to £406.3s.1d. The glebe house was built by a gift of £100
and a loan of £550 from the late Board of First Fruits, in
1820. The glebe comprises 30 acres. The church tpwards the repair
of which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have recently granted
£292, is a handsome building with a spire situated in Ballinakill;
it has a window of stained glass, and was erected in 1821, by a
loan of £1100.
The
Roman Catholic parish is co-extensive with that of the established
church and there is a chapel at Ballinakill, and another
at Knockardgurt.
About
680 children are taught in two public schools, of which the parochial
school is supported by the rector, who also built the school house;
and there are also five private schools, in which there are about
160 children. Mr. Dillon bequeathed £500 to the R.C.
poor of the parish.
There
are some remains of the castles of Moate and Ballinakill;
and at Heywood is a chalybeate spring
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