Agricaltare.

IX. Modes of Agriculture, Crops, &c.

The mode of agriculture is extremely defective, though there are many inducements to improvement. The soil is in some parts remarkably good, and the mountains for the most part easy to be cultivated at a moderate expense, as limestone is plenty and cheap. The rents vary at from five guineas to on the plantation acre. The average value of arable Proprietors ground is two guineas. The Earl of Shannon, Viscount Lismore, and Mr. Roche of Dublin, are the most extensive landed proprietors.

Renta.

Wages of
Labour.

Incam bents.

The average rate of labourers' wages is ten pence a day without diet.

X. Trade, Manufactures, Commerce, &c.

Nothing of notice occurs as to these points.

XI. Natural Curiosities, Remarkable Occurrences, &c.

List of Incumbents, extracted from the First Fruits Records:

Kilcorny rect. Mr. de Mora. Cormae M'Donagh M'Carthy fir. The church and chancell in reasonable repaire. The cure served by John Skinfield, val. 50s. Vic. Johes. Shinkwyn qui supra val. 50s.

Johes. Norcott, clicus admissus fuit, 17o die Junij, 1676, ad vicarias de Kilshanny, 30s. Clonmeene, Rosskeene, & Kilcorny, dioc. Clonen, et com. Cork.

Revdus Thomascus Gore, clicus, ad vicar. de Roskeen, rector. et vicar. de Kilcorny, rector. et

ricar. de Kilshanick, admiss. institut. et collat. fuit, Ineum13° die Aprilis ult. preterit. (1717).

John Madden, 14 June, 1748, rect. et vic. Kilcorney, N. T.

James Kingston, 8 May, 1751, vic. Clonmeen & Roskeen, N. T. rect. & vic. Kilcorney.

Redmond Morres, instituted 10 July, 1771, rect. Kilcorny, vic. same, vic. Roskeen, Cork, N. T.

Francis Hewitt, 22 March, 1799, vic. Clonmeen, Roskeen, N. T. rec. & vic. Kilcorny, N. T.

Philip Townsend, collat. 12 September, 1808, rect, Kilcorney, Cork, £1:0: 0, vic. same, 10s.

XII. Suggestions for Improvement, and Means for meliorating the Condition of the People.

The means of improvement in an inland and mountainous district are not so obvious or accessible as in situations possessing greater natural advantages; yet something might be done here. The defects of the present system of agriculture are visible; the means of removing them not difficult. If landed proprietors held out encouragement to their tenantry to expend some part of their little income on experimental husbandry, and on improved implements, at the same time guiding their inexperience by useful instructions, it would tend much to the comfort of the landholder, the prosperity of the country, and ultimately to the pecuniary advantage of the proprie tor himself,

bents.

No. IX.

PARISH OF

KILLEL AGH,

(Diocese of Derry and County of Londonderry.)

BY THE REV. HUME LAWDER.

1. Name of the Parish, Situation, Extent, &c.

Situation. THE parish of Killelagh is situated in the diocese of Derry, county of Londonderry, and barony of Loughinsholin, thirty miles east of Londonderry, fourteen south of Colerain, and. ninety-eight north Extent. of Dublin. Its greatest extent, from north to south, is six miles, from east to west three and a half; it is Boundaries bounded on the west by the parish of Dungiven, and on the other three sides by that of Maghera.

Contents.

This parish consists of fourteen townlands, enumerated in the Appendix, containing altogether 5960 acres, 1 rood, and 36 perches; of which 630 are mountain. The soil in general is a light dry loam, and in parts strong clay; but from constant, indeed never ceasing cultivation and bad tillage, it is difficult to define its real quality or powers of producing crops. The mountain of Carntochar is situate on the western boundary of the parish.

The writer has not exactly ascertained the relative proportions which the clay, loam, and rocky soils bear to each other; but as some townlands skirt the mountains of Carntochar, those that do are either heath or rocky in the proportion of one-fourth, others less. The townlands of Grannaghan and Halfgain, which lie to the northwest of this parish, are a dry, loamy soil, and in many parts rocky, affording an excellent pasturage to its native sheep, and seem by nature intended for that description of stock; but instead of the occupants using their farms to the purposes and profits for which nature intended them, and to which a better judgment would direct, they are obliged, from necessity, to pasture their milch cows upon their farms, milk being their only beve.

rage,

II. Mines, Minerals, &c.

In the townland of Fallalea, a free-stone quarry is Free-stone, in use, whence the neighbouring country is supplied with cut stone of various descriptions at a moderate rate. Much indeed cannot be said as to the good-. ness of workmanship. As this country is, in very many places, rocky, it is more than probable that veins of limestone may yet be discovered; but these, with other interesting benefits to the farmers, are for the ingenuity of future generations to develope,

III. Modern Buildings, &c,

Much cannot be said as to the modern buildings, éither public or private; the parsonage and the cottage are the only embellishments. Nor is there any

Roads.

Ruins.

market town, or indeed village of any note. As to the facility of intercourse to the inhabitants, new roads have lately been presented, and in part made, but others are still wanting; however, there is a great liberality in the Grand Juries in granting money to give an easy egress and regress to the inhabitants to kiln, mill, and market, but an injudicious, or rather a corrupt expenditure of the money, bars the comforts which the legislature has so wisely ordained.

IV. Ancient Buildings, &c.

The only appearance of any building of antiquity in the parish, is the ruined walls of the old church of Killelagh; regular service has not been performed there for more than 200 years; and until within this last year, that a new church has been erected, it was the only building of this description. As this parish and Maghera had been till lately an union, the reason given for no service being per formed here was, its being a Roman Catholic colony, and having no Protestant inhabitants; and it is with regret the writer has to state, that the reCemeterics. formation has not much affected it yet. There are two places which are now used as burial grounds, the one at the old church, in which every description bury, the other in Grannaghan, in which Ro, man Catholics only.

Population

V. Present & Former State of Population, Food, &c.

On the fourteen townlands, there are resident 304 Roman catholic families; 37 families of Dissen