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County Waterford, Ireland
CIVIL PARISHES
Modeligo
description
from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
MODELIGO,
a parish, in the barony of DECIES-WITHOUT-DRUM county of WATERFORD,
and province of MUNSTER, 6½ miles (E. by N.) from Lismore
; containing 2116 inhabitants.
It is situated
on the river Phinisk, and comprises 7536 statute acres, of which 1273
are mountain. Within its limits are the ruins of many ancient buildings, of
which the principal formerly belonged to the McGrath’s, who were
extensive proprietors in this part of the country ; of these the castle
of Sleety was built by Philip McGrath in 1628, and there are also
considerable remains of another, called Mountain castle, where a fair
is held on the lst of May. At Kilkenny is a fine vein of lead ore,
near the surface from which the ore is taken up in a powdered state With the
shovel, and used by the potters for glazing; the contiguity of a deep ravine
affords great facilities for working it.
The principal
seat is Rockfield, the handsome mansion of Pierse Hely, Esq.
The living is
a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Lismore
: the rectory forms the corps of the prebend of Modeligo in the cathedral
of Lismore; and the vicarage is united to that of Kilgobinet,
together forming the union of Modeligo, in the patronage of the Bishop.
The tithes amount to £270, of which two-thirds are payable to the prebendary,
and the remainder to the vicar.
In the Roman
Catholic divisions the parish is the head of a union or district,
comprising also the parish of Affane, each
containing a chapel.
About 520 children
are educated in a school partly supported by the R. C. clergyman; and about
60 are taught in two private schools.
The ruins of
the old church still remain.There is a vitriolic spring in the parish, the
water of which is clear and of a sharp and acid taste.
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