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Title: The history of Ireland, from the earliest period to the year 1245, when the Annals of Boyle, which are adopted and embodied as the running text authority, terminate: with a brief essay on the native annalists, and other sources for illustrating Ireland, and full statistical and historical notices of the barony of Boyle
Year: 1845 (1840s)
Authors: D'Alton, John, 1792-1867
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Publisher: Dublin, Pub. by the author
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston College Libraries

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e-house wasbuilt by a grant of £100, and a loan of £300, fromthe late Board of First Fruits, with a further grantof £100 from Lord Lorton; the glebe comprisestwenty acres, but of very indifferent land, and sub-ject to a rent of £8. In the Roman Catholic ar-rangement this parish is popularly styled Crosna,and comprises, with Ardcarne, a portion of Tumna,having two chapels, one at Crosna, and a second atCootchall. TheiC are, within the parish of Ardc^arne,two National Schools at Crosna, one affording edu-cation to 114 boys, and the otlier to nearly the samenumber of girls. There are 86 townlands withinArdcarne, of which 32, comprising about 6,500a.,are the estate of Lord Lorton; 9, containing about3,400a., that of William Mulloy, Esq.; 8, about1,800a., that of Hugh Barton, Esq., &c. The population of this district was laid down, in1821,as5,684persons,increasedintheCensusofl831,to 6,718; the proportion of Roman Catholics to mem-bers of the Established Church, W^i7 appearing to be
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THE PARISH OF ARDCARNE. 95 «i.s sixteen to one. The late census accounts tlie total as8,304. The northern portion of the parish is boundedby the Feorish river, separating it from that of Kil-ronan. It has a considerable quantity of reclaimablebog, and an improving system of tillage is beingadopted. Limestone and freestone of the best de-scription for architectural purposes abound, and in-dications of coal have been discovered in Ballyfer-raoyle, but, though shafts were sunk, no further ope-rations have been continued. The Boyle river runsthrough the parish, being crossed by a bridge atKnockvicar, where its banks are adorned with somepleasing scenery. The church of Ardcarne, being the head of theunion, is situated at tlie southern extremity of thisparish, at the hill where once stood a considerablevillage, the seat of the rural Bishop of Ardcarne, andwhere a great market for wool was held within me-mory. Vestiges of the town are still traceable, to aconsiderable extent of walls now so

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