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County Sligo, Ireland
Civil Parishes
Ballynakill
descriptions from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
BALLYNAKILL, a parish, in the barony of TIRAGHRILL, county of SLIGO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 9 miles (S. S. E.) from Sligo town; containing 1767 inhabitants.
This parish is situated on the road from Sligo to Ballyfarnon, and is intersected by the small river Dubhglass, which at Rockbrook forms several small cascades, and passes under a natural bridge of one arch, 6 feet high and 20 feet in the span. It comprises 2679 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act : the land is good, and is chiefly under the old unimproved system of tillage ; there is a large extent of bog, and limestone abounds in the parish.
Rockbrook
is the residence of E. H. Cogan, Esq., and Moorfield, of T.
Irwin, Esq.
Petty sessions are held at Sowey every third Tuesday.
It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Elphin, and forms part of the union of Boyle ; the rectory is appropriate to the prebend of Kilmacallane in the cathedral of Elphin. The tithes amount to £83. 1 shilling 6 and a ½ pence, payable in moieties, to the prebendary and the vicar. The Protestant inhabitants resort to the church in the parish of Ballysumaghon.
In the Roman Catholic divisions it is the head of a union or district, called Sowey, which comprises also the parishes of Ballysumaghan and Kilross: the chapel is a thatched building in very indifferent repair, situated at Sowey.
Two schools, in which about 50 boys and 30 girls are taught, are supported by private subscriptions.
At Carrickcoolla
there are some inconsiderable remains of an old castle. On the lands of Ballynakill
is a holy well, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, to which the peasantry resort
on Sept. 8th to perform certain devotions ; and near it is a large rock, in
which there are several natural caverns of very small dimensions.
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