ASHFIELD, a parish in the barony of TULLAGHGARVEY, county of CAVAN and province of ULSTER, ½ mile (S.W.) from Cootehill on the road to Belturbet; containing 3013 inhabitants.
It formerly constituted part of the parish of Killersherdiny, from which it was separated in 1799; and comprises 4426 acres as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at about £4006 per annum. The land is in general good, and there is very little waste; the system of agriculture is slowly improving. The manufacture of linen for broad sheeting is carried on to a considerable extent.
Ashfield lodge, the seat of Col. Clements, is beautifully situated on an eminence with view of the church, beneath which flows the Cootehill river, a tributary to Lough Erne, and is surrounded with extensive plantations. Fort Henry, formerly a seat of the Clements family is now that of the Rev. J. Thompson.
The living is
a perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Kilmore,
and in the patronage of the Vicar of Killersherdiny, with which parish
the tithes are included and are payable to the vicar : the perpetual curate
has a fixed annual income of £100, of which £50 is payable by
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The church is a handsome edifice, with a
lofty spire, occupying a very elevated site; it was built by aid of a gift
of £500 from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1795, and, in 1818,
the Board also granted £500, of which one half was a gift and the other
a loan. The glebe-house was built by a gift of
£450 and a loan of £50 from the same Board, in 1812 ; the glebe
comprises 20 acres.
In the R. C. divisions this parish forms part of the union or district of Killersherdiny : the chapel is situated at Drummurry
Besides the parochial school, there is one at Doohurrick under the patronage of Mrs. Clements ; also three private pay schools.
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