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Rh INISHMAGRATH. 346 1NNERGOWRIE. Carrick and Bunnahone, and the source of the Sillies river, are within the limits. The living is a rect. and vie. in the dioc. of Clogher, val. .576. The church was built in 1831, by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. There are two chapels-of-ease, four Roman Catholic chapels united in pairs, and a Methodist meet- ing-house, also two public schools, parochial, private, and five Sunday schools. The island which gives name to this parish is situated in Lough Erne, 3 miles E.S.E. of Churchhill. It was the site of an abbey said to have been founded in the 6th century by St. Kennid. This parish contains the Sheau summit and the dell of Phoul- a-Phouca. INISHMAGRATH, a par. in the bar. of Drumahaire, co. Leitrim, prov. of Connaught, Ireland, 5 miles S.E. of Drumahaire. It contains the post town of Drumkeeran. The parish is 8 miles long by 6 J broad. It is situated on the bank of Lough Allen. The surface is generally moun- tainous, but has some arable tracts. It is traversed by the road from Carrick-on-Shannon to Manor-Hamilton. The living is a rect. and vie. in the dioc. of Kilmore, val. 650, in the patron, of the bishop. The church was erected in 1830, by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. It was lately repaired by the ecclesias- tical commissioners. There are two Roman Catholic chapels, a parish school, and several private establish- ments. Strand-hill and Corry Lodge are the principal residences. On an islet in the lough are the remains of a religious house alleged to have been founded by St. Beoy. The abbeys of Conagh and Tarmon, sacked by Cromwell, stood on the side of Lough Allen. Coal, iron, lime, and freestone, with other minerals, arc found, part of the parish being within the great Cunnaught mineral district. There is a medicinal spring near Gubacowan. INISHMAKEERA and TNISHMEANE, islets off the coast of Donegal, Ireland. INISHMORE, or ARRANMORE, an island and par. in the bar. of Aran, co. Galway, Ireland. [Sec AKAN ISLES.] There is also an islet of this name in Upper Lough Erne, co. Fermanagh, Ireland, near Belle- isle. INISHMOT, a par. in the bar. of Lower Slane, co. Meath, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles S. W. of Ardee. Drogheda is its post town. It is 1J mile long by 1 broad. The surface is varied. It consists of a fail- proportion of good land on a limestone bottom, with a good deal of marsh. The living is a suspended rect. in the dioc. of Meath, in the patron, of the bishop. The parish forms part of the Roman Catholic district of Syddan. INISHMULCLOHY, or CONEY ISLAND, in Sligo Bay, co. Sligo, Ireland, 5 miles N.W. of Sligo. 1NISHMURRAY. See INNISMUIUUY, co. Sligo. INISHNABROE, one of the Blasquet Islands, co. Kerry, Ireland. INISHNEE, an island in Rpundstone Bay, co. Gal- way, Ireland. It is near 3 miles in length by 1J mile broad. LNISHRUIN, an islet off the coast of Galway, Ire- land, neai Renoyle Point. INISHSIRRER, an islet in the co. Donegal, Ireland, 3 miles S. W. of Bloody Fore-land. INISHUGH, an islet in Clew Bay, co. Mayo, Ireland. INISPOLLAN, a grange in the bar. of Lower Glen- arm, co. Antrim, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 3 miles N. of Cushendall, on the road from thence to Ballycastle. In the Roman Catholic arrangement Inispollan be- longs to Culfeightrin ; in the Protestant to the par. of Laj-d. INISROCHA, an islet in Lower Lough Erne, co. Fermanagh, Ireland. INISRUSH, a vil. in the bar. of Loughlinsholme, co. Londonderry, Ireland, 4 miles N. of Bellaghy. INISTALLA, an islet off the coast of Mayo, Ireland, near Innisturk. LNISTEGIL, an islet on the W. side of Killery Har- bour, co. Mayo, Ireland. INISTIOGE, a par. and small market and post town in the bar. of Gowran, co. Kilkenny, prov. of Leinbtcr, Ireland. The parish is about 3J miles in length and breadth, and is bounded on the E. by the river Nore. Lead ore is found in small quantities near the river, :md there is a quarry of granite. The living is a rect. and vie in the dioc. of Ossory, val. with another, 426, in patron, of the bishop. The church was rebuilt in '. by the late Board of First Fruits. There are Roman Catholic chapels, two of which are in the town, all united to that of Rower, a Methodist meeting-house, besides National and four day schools. The demesne of Woodstock adjoins the town, which is situated on the right bank of the Nore, 13 miles S. of Kilkenny, and 63 from Dublin, on the road from thence to New Ross. It consists principally of a quadrangle of houses over- shadowed by rows of lime-trees. In the centre of the square stands the fragment of an ancient cross with an inscription to one of the Fitzgcralds. A stone bridgo spans the Nore. The dispensary is within the New Ross Poor-law Union. Inistioge is an incorporated town, and was formerly a parliamentary borough. It is governed by a portreeve, burgesses, recorder, town- clerk, &c. It returned two members before the Union. The town was anciently protected by a wall. In 1607 it obtained a grant of a market and fair, and in the year following a charter of incorporation, which refers to the place as an ancient borough. Here are ruins of an Augustine priory founded by Thomas Fitz Anthony in the beginning of the 13th century, also the remains of Brownsford and Clowen castles. Friday is market day. Fairs are held on the 9th and 13th June and 14th October. INISTRAVAN, an islet in the co. Galway, Ireland, 1 mile N. of Littermore. INISTRUSKAR, or INISHTOOSKERT, an islet off the coast of the co. Kerry, Ireland, 4 miles N.W. of Dunmore. IN1STUBBRED, an islet in the co. Clare, Ireland, at the mouth of the river Fergus. INISTURK. See IXXISTUIUC, Ireland. INISVACHTUIR, an islet in Lough Sheelin, co. Westmeath, Ireland. INKBERROW, a par. in the middle div. of the hund. of Oswaldslow, co. Worcester, 5 miles W. of Alcestor, its post town, 9 S.E. of Drpitwich, and 11 N.E. of Wor- cester. The par., which is considerable, contains the hmlt. of Cokehill, and the ruins of a nunnery founded in 1260 by Isabella, Countess of Warwick. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in agriculture. Hero are stone quarries. The soil is clay and marl. The parish is intersected by the road between Warwick and Wor- cester. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 613, and the vicarial for 800. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 840. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient stone structure with a tower containing six bells. It was thoroughly repaired in 1841. In the interior is an eili.^y of John Savage of Eglock. The charities produce 82 per annum, of which 80 is from land appropriated to the poor under an Enclosure Act in 1818. Morton Hall is the principal residence. The Baptists have a chapel at Cokehill. The Earl of Abergavenny is lord of the manor. INKPKN, a par. in the hund. of Kinlbury-Eagle, co. Berks, 3 miles S.E. of Hungerford, its post town. The village is considerable, and chiefly agricultural. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 615. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Oxford, val. i'5-i'. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a small ancient edifice with a low square tower containing three bells. In the interior are monuments to the Butler family. The charities produce about 25 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes, also a Wesleyan chapel and Sunday-school in connection with it. The Earl of Craven is lord of the manor. INNERALLAN. See INVEKALLEN, co. Inverness. INNERCHADDEN. See FOBTINGALL, co. Perth. INNERGOWRIE, an ancient par. now joined to Liff, co. Forfar, Scotland.