AGHOLD,
or AGH-UAILL, a parish, in the half-barony of SHILLELAGH,
county of WICKLOW, and province of LEINSTER, 5 miles (E.
by S.) from Tullow; containing 2977 inhabitants.
This
parish, which is situated on the south-western boundary of the county,
comprises 7978 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. The
state of agriculture is improving; there is a considerable quantity
of mountain and and bog.
The
gentlemen's seats are Munny, the residence of Capt. A. A.
Nickson; the Hall, of A. Haskins, Esq.; and Killenure,
of A. Muntford, Esq.
A
constabulary police station has been established here; and petty sessions
are he1d at Coolkenno every alternate Monday.
The
living is a rectory, in the diocese of Leighlin, constituting
the corps of the prebend of Aghold in the cathedral church of
St. Lazerian, Leighlin, and episcopally united, in 1714, to the
impropriate curacies of Mullinacuff,
Crecrim, and Liscoleman,
which four parishes form the union of Aghold, in the patronage
of the Bishop. The tithes amount to £464 3s. 3 3/4d ; and the
gross tithes of the union, payable to the incumbent, amount to £674
9s. 9 1/4d. The church was erected in 1716; and enlarged by aid of a
loan of £350 from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1814. The
glebe-house was built by a gift of £100 and a loan of £1350
from the same Board; the glebe comprises 10 acres.
In the Roman Catholic divisions this parish is included in the union
or district of Clonmore
; the chapel is at Kilquigan.
There
are five schools, of which the parochial school is under the Trustees
of Erasmus Smith's Charity, and another is aided by the Governors of
the Foundling Hospital, and in which about 160 boys and 120 girls are
taught.
