KILMOREMOY, a parish, partly in the barony of TYRERAGH, county of SLIGO, but chiefly in that of TYRAWLEY, county of MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT, on the river Moy; containing, within the market and post-town of Ballina and the town of Ardnaree, 14,586 inhabitants.
Here is much bog, and agriculture is in a backward state.
The principal seats are Belleek Abbey, the residence of Lieut. Col. F.A. Knox Gore, a noble mansion in the later English style of architecture, erected by the proprietor at an expense of £10,000 and beautifully situated on the banks of the Moy, in a fine demesne tastefully laid out and richly planted; Belleek Castle, the handsome residence of E. Howly, Esq.; and Ardnaree Cottage, of T. Jones, Esq.
It is a vicarage,
in the diocese of Killala, forming part
of the union of Ardagh; the rectory is appropriate
to the precentorship of Killala cathedral. The tithes amount to £472.3s.7½d.,
of which £49.17s.11½d., is payable to the precentor, and £422.5s.8d.,
to the vicar. There is a glebe-house, towards the erection of which the late
Board of First Fruits gave £100, in 1794, and which was rebuilt by a
loan of £600 and a gift of £200 from the same Board, in 1828;
the glebe comprises 11 acres. The church of the union, which is in Ardnaree,
was built in 1763, by aid of a gift of £300 from the late Board, which
granted £1400 as a loan for its enlargement, in 1816, and the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners have recently granted £573 for its repair.
The Roman Catholic parish is co-extensive with that of the Established
Church, and has a handsome unfinished cathedral at Ardnaree.
Here are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists.
There are eight public schools, to one of which the Rev. Mr. Hueston subscribes £20 per annum, and in which about 520 children are educated; and nine private schools, in which are about 370 children.
Here are a cromlech
and the remains of an ancient castle, which gives name to the village of Ardnaree,
or "the king's height," and some ruins of the old church, with a
burial-ground attached.
Back to Top - From Ireland Home page - Co. Mayo page - Lewis Mayo Index -
Co. Sligo page - Lewis Sligo Index
Main Lewis Index (all counties) - Irish Historical /Genealogical Maps - Past Homes Ltd. U.K.
Irish Genealogy Research Services
URL http://www.from-ireland.net
©Dr. Jane Lyons, Dublin & Co. Laois 2001-2005