KINSALEBEG

KINSALEBEG, a parish, in the barony of DECIES-within-DRUM, county of WATERFORD, and province of MUNSTER, separated from the town of Youghal by the river Blackwater; containing 2780 inhabitants. The soil is fertile, and there is a ferry to Youghal: at Piltown is a large flour-mill.

The principal seats are D'Laughtane House, the residence of R. Power Ronayne, Esq.; Monatrea, of the Rev. Percy Scott Smyth; Mayfield, of J. Gee, Esq.; Woodbine Hill, of G. Roch, Esq.; Springfield, of Mrs. Fitzgerald; Bayview, of M. Keane, Esq.; Rock Lodge, of R. Bailey, Esq.; Harbour View, of C. Ronayne, Esq.; and Ring, of Dominick Ronayne, Esq. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Lismore, united to that of Lisgenan, and in the gift of the Duke of Devonshire, in whom the rectory is impropriate: the tithes amount to £810. 1. l ½., of which two-thirds are payable to the impropriator and one-third to the vicar; and the tithes of the benefice amount to £470. The glebe of the union comprises 10a. 3r. 36p. The church is a neat structure, erected by a gift of £600 from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1821.

In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union or district of Clash-more, and has a chapel at Piltown. There is a private school, in which about 120 children are educated. Near D'Laughtane House was formerly a castle, called Ballyheny. Piltown was formerly the residence of Judge Walsh, the supposed author of the commission to the insurgents in the reign of Charles I. There is a large rath in the parish.