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Rh KILMELCHEDOR. 418 KILMINGTON. ascending from Dundrum Bay to a considerable height on the Sliovecroob mountains, the highest summit being 1,755 feet above the sea. The living is a rect. united to Kllkeel, in the dioc. of Down. There are Presbyterian and Wesleyan meeting-houses, three Roman Catholic chapels, and nine or ten day schools. Castlewellan is the demesne of Earl Aunesley. KILMELCHEDOR. See KILMELKEDAR, CO. Kerry. KILMELFORD AND KILKINVER, an united par. in the district of Lorn, co. Argyle, Scotland, 10 miles S. of Oban, containing the post-office vils. of Kilninver and Kilmelford. It is situated on the coast of the sound of Mull and Loch Feachiu. It is about 12 miles square, and has a coast-line of near 14 miles in extent, indented with numerous convenient creeks and bays. The surface is hilly, and adorned with a considerable extent of plantation. Ben Chapull is the most conspicuous eleva- tion. The rivulets Euchar and Oudo traverse the parish. The interior is diversified by numerous lochs, the principal of which are Slammadale and Tralig, and the coast is indented by Loch Melford, which is a sea-loch of great extent. The road from Oban to Lochgilphead passes through the village. This par. is in the prcsb. of Lorn, and synod of Argyle. The minister has a stipend of 160. There are two churches, one in either quondam parish. That of Kilniuver was erected about 1793. The other is an ancient structure. There are also a Free church, two parish., and two non- parochial schools. The Duke of Argyll is the principal landowner. On the coast is Ronaldson's Tower, a curious structure of unknown origin, also a pillar stone, cairns, and tumuli. KILMENAN, a par. in the bar. of Fassadinin, co. Kilkenny, prov. of Leinstcr, Ireland, 3 miles X. of Ballyragget. Ballinakill is its post town. It is 2 miles long by 1 mile broad. The surface consists of a medium quality, and is bounded on tho W. by a small tributary to the river Barrow. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Ossory, val. with Attanagh, 408, in tho patron, of the bishop. KILMENY, a quoad sacra par. in co. Argyle, Scotland, 5 miles N.E. of Kilarrow. It is situated on the N.E. side of the Island of Islay, and is about 12 miles long by 9 broad. This parish is now joined for civil purposes to Bowmore. Tho par. is in the presb. of Islay. Tho minister has a stipend of 120, in the patron, of the crown. There are a government church and school. KILMERSDON, a hund. in the co. Somerset, con- tains tho pars, of Ashwick, Babington, Buckland-Den- ham, Hardington, Hemington, Holcombe, Kilmersdon, Radstock, Stratton-on-the-Fosso, and Writhlington, comprising an area of 15,400 acres. KILMERSDON, a par. in the hund. of the same name, co. Somerset, 10 miles from Bath, its post town, 6 N.W. of Fromo railway station, and 121 from London. The par., which is extensive, contains the hmlts. of Colcford, Charlton, Kilmersdon Common, Luekington, Nowberry, and Libyeate. The town, which is well built, contains some good streets, which are paved and lighted with gas. It contains a new Temperance Hall, with a lecture room, gas works, &c. Petty sessions for the division of Kilmersdon are held monthly at the Gauntlet's Inn. There are extensive coal mines. The land is chiefly in pasture and tho soil various. The im- propriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 376, and the vicarial for 243 17s. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 214, in the patron, of tho lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, is a stone structure, with a tower con- taining a clock and five bells. The interior of the church is very deficient in architectural adornment. In addi- tion to the parish church there is a district church at Coleford, the living of which is a perpet. cur.,* val. 120, and in the patron, of the Vicar of Kilmersdon. There are schools endowed by different donors for the education of 40 children. There is also a Sunday-school and two places of worship for Wesleyans. Ammerdown is a modern mansion situated in an extensive park, surrounded by a wall 8 feet in height. There is a column in the park erected to the memory of Colonel Thomas Samuel Joliffe, 150 feet in height, with a central staircase. It bears inscriptions in English, French, and Latin. It is the seat of the Rev. Thomas Robert Joliffe, who is lord of the manor and principal landowner. Here is published the weekly newspaper, the East Somerset Telegraph, which has an extensive circulation. KILMESSAN, a par. and post-office vil. in the bar. of Lower Deece, co. Meath, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 5 miles E. of Trim. The par. is 2 miles square. The surface, which lies partly within the Boyne Valley, consists of a fair soil, and is traversed by the road from Trim to Skreen. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Meath, val. with another, 316, in the patron, of the crown and the Marquis of Drogheda alternately. There is an old church, also a Roman Catholic chapel united to that of Dunsany, and a day-school in the village. Swanstown is the principal seat. KILMICHAEL, a par. in the bars, of East Carbery and West Muskerry, co. Cork, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 5 miles S.S.W. of Macroom, its post town. It is near 5 miles square. The surface is mountainous and boggy, and includes part of the valley of the river Letter. The interior is intersected by the roads from Cork to Castle- town-Bearhaven, and from Macroom to Dunmanway. The living is a rect. and vie. in the dioc. of Cork, val. 774, in the patron, of the bishop. The church was built by the Ecclesiastical Commission. There are five day schools. Greenville is the principal scat of the neighbourhood. An oaken handmill was found a few years ago in the bog some 9 or 10 feet below the surface. KILMICHAEL, a vil. in the par. of Kilnamanagh and bar. of Bear, co. Cork, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 12 miles W.S.W. of Castletown-Bearhaveu. KILMICHAEL-GLASSARY, a par. in co. Argyle, Scotland, 17 miles S.W. of Inverary, containing the post-office station of Glassary, and part of the town of Lochgilphead. The par. is 22 miles long, and 12 broadj extending along the coasts of the lochs Fyne and Awe. The Glassary valley, which comprises the western portion, has some very fine scenery. The river Ad traverses the parish, and several lochs occur in the interior. The quoad sacra parish of Lochgilphead was formed out of this in 1846, and in 1853 another portion adjoining Inverary was severed from it, and annexed to Cumlodden. This par. is in the presb. of Inverary and synod of Argyle. The minister has a stipend of 285. The church was erected in 1827, but was much shaken by lightning in 1830. There are a Free church, Reformed Presbyterian church, Scottish Episcopalian chapel, and Baptist meeting-house; also two parish, an Assembly school, and several private academies. Poltalloch is the principal residence. The Campbells are the principal landowners. Tho ancestors of Campbell, the poet, lived at Kirnaw, in this parish. In the vici- nity are four ancient chapels, and three forts herring fishery is followed with success, and salmon trout abound in the Ad. KILMICHAEL HEAD, a promontory on the of co. Wexford, Ireland, 5 miles S. of Arklow. It is coastguard station, and has a good fishing-bank off it. KILMIHILL, a par. in the bar. of Clonderalaw, co Clare, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 9 miles W.N.W. Kildysert, its post town. It is about 5 miles sqi The surface is mountainous and boggy. The streams Creegh and Dooubeg flow through the parish. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Killaloe, val. with Kil- farboy, 259, in the patron, of the bishop. Tho Roman Catholic chapel is united to those of Kilmurry and Clon- deralaw. There are two hedge-schools. Fairs are held on the 19th May, 8th July, and 28th September. KLLMINA. See KILMEENA, co. Mayo. KILMINGTON, a par. in the hund. of Axminster, co. Devon, 2 miles S.W. of Axminster, its post town, 7 S.E. of Honiton, and 23 from Exeter. _ It is situated on the river Axe, which bounds the parish on tho E., and formerly belonged to the Torringtons. Tho soil is various, and the land chiefly arable. The impropriat" tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 10 r* uare. ! earns