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Rh. I.uXI.UHHAX. COS ( I.oNM Kl.. ' I.' >Nl.ii:,IIAX, a jr. in 11. .ml, 3 mil 1 .'. ! woi n tli'- mouths tit' tin' si. iiml r'crgus. 'I . <"1, disposed in al. with Kiifin;r.,'lita, 277, in tin 1 patron, of the i Tin- ]iaii>h has neither i-hurch nor chapel. Six-Mile is its ]io.-t town. i l.i i. |, 1 1 NAN, a bar. in the co. of Westmeath, prov. of Lbinster, Iii-laiul. It is bounded on the X.. K., and S. l.y tin? bars, of Kilkrnny - '< -!, .M..y a-ii. !. and Kinu ' on tli' 1 V. l.y tin- Shannon. It contain- - h :tnd l!ai and parts of KiliminaL'hau ami Kill umi. rairh. I tends Oj mil. - in length 1 y a breadth in sonic parts of 5 miles, embracing an area of nearly 32,118 acres. In tho vicinity of the river the surface is somewhat marshy, liut its general charac; ng ami w. !! cultivated. GLONMACDUFF, a par. in the liar, of 1'pper N'avan, in the co. of Jle.ilh, prov. of Leinstcr. Ireland. miles to tho S.W. of Heath. Xavan i surface is boggy, and fur the most part arable. The roads from '1'rini to Kills, and DundiTry- i'-ridgo to Alhhoy pass through the parish. It contains the tnshps. urt.stown, Jleadstown. M'.:.. , -town, Little and Great Balardin, and Tullaghaistown. The living is a rect. in the dioc. al. with Ar.lbr. in the patron, of tho crown. The parish has neither church nor chapel. CLOX.M A( KXi )VEN, a bar. in the co. of (iahvay, prov. of Munator, Ireland. The bar. of Kile, mm 1 fonns its V. and X. lioumlarii < ; the co. of Roscommon, its m ; and the bar. of Athenry its southern boundary. Its length is 10 miles by 7 wide, embracing an area of 3.i,4C7 acres. It contains tin 1 par of Kilcloony, with of Aughrim, Ahascragh, r'ohanagh, < 'imituskcrt, Killullaglitau, Kilgerrill, and Killoran, and the town of Itallinasloe. The surface has a largo proportion of bog, and is partly bordered on the X. by the little river Ahaa- cragh, a tributary to tho Suck, which flows along tho whole of the Hoscommon boundary. Cl.uNMAi 'NnlsK, or the SEVEN CHURCHES, a ]ar. in the bar. of Qarrycastle, in King's co., prov. of I/einstcr, Ireland, 5 miles N.W. of Ferbane. It is situ- ated on the banks of the Shannon, and contains tho vil. of Shannon Bridge. The surface is chiefly bog with limestone. In tho middle of the 6th century St. Kit-ran founded an abbey here, which became s famed seat of learning and theology, and was subsequently made tho head of a diocese, united to Mcath in 1568. The living is u vie. in tho dioc. of Meath, val. 303, in tho patron, of the bishop. The church contains several curious old monuments, and is still much venerated as a burial-place. In tho vicinity are the magnificent ruins of the dral, with its ton affiliated church, s of the two round towers above 60 feet high, of the venerable abbey, and of the bishop's palace all eloquently recalling the dcur of this once famed seat of learning. A fair i- held on the llth September. ( l.oXMAXY, a ]>ar. in the bar. of Innishowen, in the co. of 1 ' ov. of Ulster, Ireland, t mile- V. It lies along the coast, on tho border of Lough Swill v, near L)unaff Head. Tho *. is very mountainous ; the piimipal summits being n, Kuchtion, DimufV, liulbion, Crackaughiiui, ami Vhinstone and el.r, .|uar- ' lonmany, P.allyhallon, and Crack i traverse the parish, and eventually unite in their passage to the sea ; ti : :li. -. streams has a fall of .io feet. Tin li ing is a n-et. in the "f the .M.ll'i|llis 1. The church was built in 177'-', partly by li M:iriHiis of U are two li"iiian ' atholie i hajicls, several schools, and a dispensary within the Carndonagli l'....i-law I'nion. Among UM rodcs on At l.i. nan Head is ntly pass, and at Tullagh there is a holt 1, through v, iii,. thu sea is ejected to a < 'lie iew I'r. mi Maiii(ii-e-(tap will wellrepiy mu- tery 1 md 1 I.' >NM ! low, in the ' < '"i-k. proi ' - i;. O f Kantmk, and ,'i V. ..I .Mallow. : ;, lie, partly alont,- the lianks of the lila t Ilynn, is ii and boggy, hut i much improved by drainaL io^H Hillary mountains. It is traversed 1 r.M.l I'l.nii .Mali ;;, .1 ami Han!. !. At ( iilltluoie th lime-ijiiarii ; a vie. in tie val. with two others, '.'7ii, in the jiation. ..( Tho church is an ancient structure, situated of a monastery of Austin Friars. It is at present (186J) undergoing considerable repairs. The ' cure is united to that of Kile. .my. Tin n are thll Xati" jiarish. In Kitl, ClonmaH e was nearly ilestroyed dming the war- of (Jut ii MI took | liill of Knoi-khielashy, near Hie church. Tl. . d to have been : ! .u ''Callaglians. Th n granted to Sii- Kichai.l Kyilc, who works and nia.l.- many its. Tie residences aro Clonme. n H...I-C. I- . Killarush, and Ciurtinoro. CL<>N,M 111., a par. in the l,ai. co. of Cork, prov. of .Mm as one with Templerobin. I: T Queenstown, mid tin . il ..f ' ITie living is a ie. in the d witk Templerobin, and in church i.s .situated at Coe, and wa- l.iiii: means of a loan from tie Here are two Itoman Catholi, dist, and a military chapel ; the latter I where is also an hospital. 'I within the palish. CLONJIKL, an inland town, i: inentary borough, partly in the co. anii lrtly m the South Biding of the jirov. of JIunster, Ireland, 103 mil.- >. V. and 28 miles N.V. of Vati rloid, by tl I.imeiick railway, on which it is a at,;' uted in a beautiful vall.y on the banks of tin surrounded by picturesque mountains. The greater a of tin town is on tho Tippcrary side of the is connected with the Wat. .stmie l.riilL," i. .M,.ie and Lone eluded within the limits of the inn- wbic!. 4 to the census of 1861, 1 by a popuiati. n 9,982 were returned as Human Catholic church, 78 Pre.sl l.i .M. th...H mis, and 51 of all "tl t.erial jKirli. 'hd -titm ncy of L'.'i.'i. T ire <^^H comjiri.sing 4,800 Irish acn i, ami the may.r's cm;: . of debtundi i {Os. Ti iiianaL'enn nt of tin- ' levied |. r pulO itiin. The whole town has thus a ii.l the public pumps in tie an am[ile sujiply of water. The main mile in length, an. . with a number of smaller ones. .
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111 the same l|U,i lor artillery, cavalry, and infantry, with tary hospital. Tin ..ther public buildings I hou i h^'hi elegant the prison for the Smith Kiding of Tippe lildini; 1, the I Hi, n ] ..... rh..u-. . a lunat :..r the co. of Tippcrary, on inarmsry,. I. . gant ,