KILLEYMUR

KILLEYMUR, or KILLIMER, a parish, in the barony of CLONDERLAW, county of CLARE, and province of MUNSTER, 4 miles (E. S. E.) from Kilrush, on the river Shannon; containing 3023 inhabitants. It comprises 4621 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and is principally under tillage. The land is generally good, and there is a small quantity of bog; sea-weed is used as manure. Flags of superior quality are quarried at Money-Point.

The principal seats are Burrane House, the residence of J. Hodges, Esq.; Donogrogue Castle, of G. Crowe Hodges, Esq.; Caradole of R. D. Daxon, Esq.; and Besborough, of the Rev. Theobald Butler. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Killaloe, forming part of the union of Kilmurry-Clonderlaw; the rectory is partly impropriate in the representatives of Lord Castlecoote, and partly forms a portion of the rectorial union of Kilrush.

The tithes amount to £203. 1. 6 ½., of which £55. 7. 8 ¼. is payable to the rector of Kilrush, £64. 12. 3 ¾. to the impropriator, and £83. 1. 6 ½. to the vicar: there is a glebe of one acre.

In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Kilrush, and contains a chapel, in which is a school of about 100 children. There is also a private school, in which about 30 children are taught. The ruins of the parish church, and of another small church or chapel still exist.