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b ||. ' ill numb. : -ar Hill, and an : -"n men, win., alter a short hut aliint resi-' murdered with the i a was burnt, an. 1 ii >rror ami 1 i such ... liy been equalled in tin! annals of In principal seals an- Kiln mini- House and Wilton 1 1. i. in- tlu; remains of a Franciscan friary, founded in lliiii )>y DmiaM Kavanagh. 'I t,Tanted by <;u. en Kli/.abeih, with the manor. In Sir HI my Wallop, are also traces of an Auguatinian mona.st. ry i>t tin' l:i!h century, a cell to tin' Abbey ill St. Tlmma* of l>ii)ilin, foundeu liy (J nd granted tn Spenser tin 1 ] . ' ..rthy is a I. maikabiy line specimen of early Anglo- Norman military architecture. It is said to have been founded liy Kaymond-lo-liros, relative of tstron Tho corn Uadc is tin- principal staple of the tow i tin navigation of tin- Slain y jrnatlv laeilitatcseoim are aevei.. lor blankets. It is a chief police station and sessions town, and returned two mem- bers before tin- I'liinn to the Irish parliament. II the pariah church, a nunnery, a Methodist chapel, a tholic chapel, two banks, almsbousea em: liy Bishop Vigor, and u fever hospital. The Poor-law riliy has 14 electoral divs. in the cos. nf Veliinl and Carlow, with 29 guardians. The poor- house has arian. 1,039 paupers. The town i, tin property of I. "i.l rmiMnouth. The conveyances are u:ho8 and cars to Nowross and Wcxford everj- day. A lailwav :i 1. 1 Kiiniscorthy, on the Diildin, .low, and Wcxford line. Tho river abounds in tine salmon and trout. Thursday and Saturday are market r'air.s are hold on the 21st January, February, ai.il March, and tin: 2-ith April, 10th Slay, 7th .June, .It'll July, L'tith Aii-ust, I'.lth September, loth October, 15th November, and 21st December. . MSI I;O.M:. m IMSIUKONK, a vil. in the bar. of Tireragh, co. E nd, 7 milt s S.V. uf Easky. It is situated on the K. side of Killala Bay, and is a coastguard station. Tho principal residence is Kmiis- crono House. KNN'ISKKKN, a par. in the bars, of Clonkee, Lower, and Morgallion, ens. Meaih and Cavan, provs. of i'i and I'ister, Ireland. It contains Kin- its post town. The MM!. ire is hilly, rising to the height of 1,1 1C feet on .Mount Loughaiileagh, but the sok is .ally good. The living is a perpct. cur. in the val. Jtl'.'ti, ill tile jiatron. of the i : The church, at K. was erected in 1787. i are also lioman Catliolie ehajiels, 1'n sbytrrian and '. -ig- houses, a Sunday and eii; day schools. Cftbra Castle, situated in a beautiful is the teat of J. 1'nitl, Ksi(. In th.' grounds are ruins of an old castle. Knniskeen was anciently a llanish settlement, and is snii ..m, !. I l.y IIUIIIM-IIIIS forts and earthworks. Large quantities of coins and bavi been |..nn.l at dillm :it linn -'. I ']' 'U lii.' si I nun it i if Loughanlcagh is us pool," suid to be very u diseases, and mar it is a eurious i ,iii n. At Mull tluie are ruins of a castle and bridge. Good build:' . .|U.lllii .1. I.N N ISK lli:N. a p,.,t t,,wn in 111. ]ir. of Kinm i^b, bar. ; iov. of Munsti i 7 miles W. of Itandoii. It stands upon th.' iiv.i 11, oil the i to l',.intiy. (Ill ritllir side -. ats 1'al:. ' >ik. 1.NN1SKKUKV, a |iost town in the ]ir. o| I'owirs- . b.ir. o| U..' Vieklnw, ; usti-r, MI Dublin, and I! S.W. ol a "ii tie I'liblin and M'icklow railway. It U situated in a n.mantii '.i- muuntaii. and ili.-|,i-nsiry within the lialli.lown 1'oor-law I'nioii. I i vi iv (..itni^lit. In the i l is I'owerscourt, the sent "t I.' id P"M i of l/ii' Moiirk and the Kail of t'am- wath. This spot has 1 . irt of the lili/i'iisof Dublin, and now jiossesses i I.NNISKI'.KI: i m Ih.' bar. vvv. at Dunbfg Hay. Mutton Island, the larj,;. has an I.NNISKll.1,1 ivn, and parlia- ment:' L and county tom i^h.mtho .nd i'irkennedj . co. !'. imana^h, prov. :.. land, in'. 1 miles N.'...r Iiiil'lin. U is a station on th' ;h- Western rai. Knniskillen is a pla. .lively modem origin, having been previous to tho reign of James I. only a stronghold ol tl. - t.iki-n l. sir Kiihud Itingham in 1-V'l. In 1U12 Williai; ancestor of the Earls of Knniskill : a rh ut. i MI. hiih into iinp..rtaiiri'. At tii. K. volution the
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defeated the besiegers. Tho parish is partially moun- tainous, and is very picturesque. The average quality of the soil is good. The living is a rect. and vie. loiinii corps of the Prcccntorship <.t Iral, in tho I C'loglier, net val. il.'ii), in of Trinity College, Dublin. Tho church stands in thr town ; it u a plain building, with ' inn-, ereeted in : eliuich at Temixj, an licensed for Church of England worship at Dcngcehan ; iln'ii. ore, besides, a Itomai. and two Mi thixiist chapels. There ore, 1111.1 tional 1'ioard, two liomall Catllolii: sehonls ali-1 Chureli of Knu'land school, ' Tho Ii 'iisly touted mi tin- skirts of tho town, the ^11 r which stands upon an island lying In i - and S. expansion of Lough Eruc. Ji ; ii ils suburbs by a bridge at cither end which is rather irregular, with BUI branching oil' on either side. I'm' into the parish of Kossory. Its gemial up: ehei-rt'iil, eli an, and is an assize and ecssions town, also a chief p- and head-quaiten of the county militia. Tl. ti.ni, styiid "tl., 1 1 . e burgesses, and monalty of the boiou^K oi l-.nni-.kiiii n," is n..w extinct, and its pi I in town i i.nn tho A. IV. Its population in I.M.I 1U1, showing a decrea us one member to the im- j.arliamcnt,and had in l.Mio In the town arc situated the townhall, in whie' niiieis lion., by the Knniskiileiiers at the battle ot 111. l!o r ; the county prison, tin Ullty v, inlanti and artillery barracks, dispensary, linen-ball t now used as a i hi. .- hanks, market-hi niaiket,corn market, and gas- w oiks. 'I , i- iii corn and linen. 'I lie new>p.q.. is pui.ii.-b. .1 an- ihu 'intiijh Jiij iiw I in. in has 20 electoral divisions in Kiim... .e, ith ;;o guardians. The )i
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butter markets me In Id on .M,m.ias and Ih" l"th 1. 1 ei cry mouth, and on tho ^(ilh May and 20th (letob.r. I.N N IS.N A i i, a [Mir. in I be bars, of Kn..ekt' ;.ln r and Kilkenny, prov. of Leinstei. miles S. of Kilkenny. St. n t.iwn. It itnl oil King's rh.i, j with Die Non. The livinu i. a l.it. and vie. ill the de, al. ill'.', in the patron, of th" bishop. The chorCO is a : i ill 1M7 by the late is at united to those of D.I: .i.et's l.NMSTU.vIIL'L, an island in the par. . : bar. of Inn . Iru-