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Rh GARMOTJTH. 82 GARRYCASTLE. ancient Via Garmundi, along which King Canute tra- velled barefoot to the shrine of St. Cuthbert, at Dur- ham, passed through it, and gave name to the township. The mines are of considerable value. GARMOUTH, a post town, burgh of barony, and subport to Banff, in the par. of Speymouth, co. Moray, Scotland, 3 miles N. of Fochabers. It is situated on the left shore, near the mouth of the river Spey. The town is a well-built place, and does a considerable business in ship-building. The principal export trade is in timber from the forests adjacent to the rivers. Coal is imported. There is also a prolific salmon fishery. It is held as a burgh of barony by the dukes of Richmond, formerly the Gordons, of Gordon Castle. Here is a good harbour, a Free church, branch bank, and library. A fair is held on the 13th June. GARN, atnshp. in the par. of Llanfawr, co. Merioneth, North "Wales, 1 mile N.E. of Bala. GARNEDD, a tnshp. in the par. of Gwaenysgor, co. Flint, North Wales, 4 miles N.E. of Rhuddlan. GARNEDDWEN, a tushp. in the par. of Ysceifiog, co. Flint, 5 miles S.W. of Flint. GARNET BRIDGE, a hmlt. in the co. Westmoreland, 5 miles distant from Kendal. It is situated at the base of Sleddale Hill. There are malt-kilns and a bobbin manufactory. GARNKIRK, an estate and a station on the Glasgow and Coatbridge branch of the Caledonian railway, in the par. of Gadder, co. Lanark, Scotland. Here are large works for the manufacture of fire pottery from a valuable clay which prevails in the locality. Limestone is also quarried. The estate is the seat of the Dunlops. GARNOCK, a river rising under Misty Law, co. Ayr, Scotland : after a course of 15 miles, in which it forms a beautiful cascade near Kilbirnie, it falls into Irvine harbour. GAROGUE, a river rising in Lough Gill, co. Sligo, Ireland : it runs 4 miles N.W. to Sligo Bay. GAROMNA, an island and fishing station in Great- man's Bay, bar. of Moycullen, co. Galway, prov. of Connaught, Ireland. Its length is about 3 miles. GARONHILL, a vil. in the par. of Muirkirk, co. Ayr, Scotland. GARRANAMANAGH, a par. in the bar. of Crannagh, co. Kilkenny, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles N.W. of Freshford. Bennet's Bridge is its post town. The living is a reet. in the dioc. of Ossory, val. with Burn- church, 700, in the patron, of the crown. In the Roman Catholic arrangement it is united to Freshford. GARRANEKINNEFEAKE, a par. in the bar. of Imokilly, co. Cork, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 2 miles W. of Cloyne. Middleton is its post town. It lies on the E. of Cork harbour, facing Great Island, and contains the vil. of Rathcoursey, a bathing place. The living is a rect. appropriated to the bishop's mensal, in the dioc. of Cloyne, val. 59. Here is a Roman Catholic chapel united to those of Aghadda and Rostellan. There is also a Roman Catholic chapel at Saleen. Here are two private day schools. GARRANGIBBON, a par. in the bars, of East Iffa and Offa and Slievardagh, co. Tipperary, prov. of Mun- ster, Ireland, 6 miles N.W.'of Carrick-on-Suir. It lies on either side of the road from Dublin to Cork. The Slievenaman and Knocknaman mountains rise on the 'W. border. The living is an impropriate rect. in the dioc. of Lismore. GARRET, or UPPER GARRETT, a hmlt. in the W. div. of the hund. of Brixton, co. Surrey, 5 miles S.W. of St. Paul's, and 2 S. of Wandsworth. It is situated near the junction of the Wandle with the Thames, and is famous as the spot where the mock election took place at every new parliament up to 1796, whence Foote's farce of the "Mayor of Garratt." GARRICK, a hmlt. in the par. of Heckington, wap. oi Aswardhurn, parts of Kesteveu, co. Lincoln, 2 miles E. of Heckington, and 4 N.W. of Swineshead. GARR1GILL, a chplry. in the par. of Alston, ward oi Leath, co. Cumberland, 2 miles S.E. of Alston, and 17 N.E. of Pcnrith, its post town. It is situated at the foot of the hill known as Middle Fell. Lead is obtained 1 The copper mines are no longer worked. The liv is a cur. annexed to the vie. of Alston Moor, in the dioc! of Durham. Fairs are held on the third Friday in May md first Friday in September. GARRISON SIDE, an ext. par. place in Kingston- upon-Hull, East Riding co. York, in the vicinity of Hull. GARRISSON, a vil. in the pars, of Devenish and Innismacsaint, in the bar. of Magheraboy, co. Ferma- nagh, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 4 miles S. of Belleek. It is situated at the head of Lough Melvin, where the river Roogagh empties itself into that lough. It contains a police station, a chapel-of-ease for Devenish, and a Roman Catholic chapel. Fairs are held on the 21st May, 19th July, 21st October, and 21st December. GARRISTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Haukswell, wap. of West Hang, North Riding co. York, 1 mile from the vil. of Haukswell, and 3 miles N.E. of Leyburn. Mar- maduke Wyvill, Esq., is lord of the manor and sole proprietor. GARRISTOWN, a par. and post town in the bar. of West Balrothery, co. Dublin, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 20 miles from Dublin, containing the vil. of Baldwins- town. The surface becomes elevated on the Garristowu hills ; elsewhere it is flat and swampy, but has a very fair soil. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Dublin, val. 357. The church was built in 1791 by the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Clonmethan. Here are a National and two private schools. The seats of the parish are Tober-. gregan, Prospect, and Newtown. The town stands on I the road from Dublin to Duleek, and contains a police station and a dispensary. A small stream taking its name from the parish effects the drainage eastward. Turf and building-stone are obtained within the limits. Fairs are held on the 5th May, 15th August, and 1st November. GARROMIN, a lough in the bar. of Ballinahinch, co. Galway, prov. of Connaught, Ireland, one of the chain of lakes running through the middle of Connemara. On its banks stands Gleudalough, the demesne of the late Dean Mahon. GARROTLEE, a vil. in the tnshp. of Wingates, co. Northumberland, 4 miles S.E. of Rothbury. GARROWBY, a hmlt. in the par. of Kirkby-under- Dale, East Riding co. York, 5 miles N. of Pocklington. Here is a seat of the Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, Bart. GARRY, a small river of the co. Inverness, Scotland. It rises in head streams at Knoydart, and passes into Loch Quoich, but escaping from the loot of this lake, it threads its way through a very fine country known as Glengarry. After a course of 1 3 miles, it again expands its waters into Loch Garry, which is about 7 miles in length. GARRY LOCH, lying between the pars, of Fortingall and Blair- Atholl, co. Perth, Scotland. It is surrounded by a wild and solitary mountainous district, and is about 4 miles long by half a mile broad. The river Garry issues from the Manbane Mountain on the borders of Fortingall, and opens into Garry Loch, resuming its course at the north-eastern extremity of that lake. After a course of 30 miles, in which it receives the waters of several mountain streams, it joins the Tummell near Killiecrankie. The whole valley through which it flows is named Glengarry. GARRYCASTLE, a bar. in King's County, prov. of Leinster, Ireland. It is bounded on the N. by Westmeath, on the S.W. by Tipperary, and on the W. by Galway. The Shannon waters the N. and N.W. border, and the Brosna and Grand canal tra- verse the interior. The bar. extends over an area of 103,879 acres, containing the pars, of Clonmacnoise, Gallon, Lusmagh, Lemonaghan, Reynagh, Tisaran, and Killagally, sometimes called Wheery ; also the towns of Banagher, Ferbaue, and Shannon-bridge. The principal vils. are Cloghau, Clonana, and Shannon-harbour. The surface is generally boggy, particularly in the N. and W., but large and accessible limestone gravel beds facili- tate improvement. The old baronial castle, formerly of