acres, 4 perches; of the southern district, 922 acres, 2 roods, 12 perches. Pop. of the whole, in 1831, 475; in 1841, 552. Houses 97. Some of the land is good; but most of it is light. The northern district contains the seats of Pallas-house and Knockane-house, and the ruins of a castle; and the southern district contains the seat of Garra, and is traversed by the road from Toomavara to Silvermines. -This parish is a rectory, and part of the benefice of BALLYMAKEY [which see], in the dio. of Killaloe. Tithe composition, £83 1s. 6d. In 1834, the Pro. testants amounted to 35, and the Roman Catholics to 464; and there was neither church, chapel, nor school. | lake, and the seats of Bonagh-lodge and Temple- eral, of good tillage land; and exhibits a large ag- TEMPLE-ERRY, or TEMPLEREE, a parish in the barony of Ikerrin, immediately east of Templemore, co. Tipperary, Munster. Length, south-westward, 3 miles; extreme breadth, 2; area, 4,241 acres, 10 perches. Pop., in 1831, 1,415; in 1841, 1,612. Houses 242. The northern and north-east-rectories of Templeharry and CULLENWAINE [see ern districts are bog, and the other districts consist partly of bog, but chiefly of good land. A stream which flows on the eastern boundary has there an elevation of 386 feet above the level of the sea; and the river Suir traces the whole of the western boundary; and, about 13 mile before coming into contact with it, has an elevation of 379 feet. The principal objects of any interest are the hamlet of Strogue, the seat of Castle-Eeny, a Roman Catholic chapel, and the ruins of two old castles. The roads from Templemore to respectively Templetuohy and Dublin pass through the interior. This parish is a rectory, and a separate benefice, in the dio. of Cashel. Tithe composition and gross income, £207 13s. 10d.; nett, £156 ls. 4d. Patron, the diocesan. The in-union to 523, and the Roman Catholics to 2,363; 4 cumbent holds also the chaplaincy of the military station of Templemore. Till 1833, the rectory of Temple-Erry formed part of the benefice of Templemore; and it has no church. The Roman Catholic chapel has an attendance of from 600 to 700; and, in the Roman Catholic parochial arrangement, is united to the chapel of Loughmoe. In 1834, the Protestants amounted to 9, and the Roman Catholics to 1,480; and a pay daily school had on its books 57 boys and 20 girls. TEMPLEGAILE, TEMPLEVALLY, OF TEACHSAXON, an old friary in the parish of Monivea, barony of Tyaquin, 3 miles north-north-east of Athenry, co. Galway, Connaught. "A friary of small extent,' says Archdall, was founded here in the time of King Henry VII., by one of the family of Burgh, for Franciscans of the Third Order; which friary and its appurtenances, together with the abbey of Mayo, were afterwards granted to the Burgesses and Commonalty of Athenry. Templemoyle, another friary, was erected here some time after the year 1441, for friars of the Third Order of St. Francis, which was granted to Edmund Barret." The ruins of Templemoyle stand about 5 furlongs south-east of those of Templegaile. TEMPLEGALL. See WHITECHURCH. TEMPLEGOWRAN, or TEMPLEGAURIN, a quondam chapelry in the parish and lordship of Newry, 3 miles east of the town of Newry, co. Down, Ulster. The grave-yard still exists, adjacent to the road from Newry to Hilltown; and in its vicinity are a Roman Catholic chapel, Derryleckagh daily schools in the parish had on their books 95 boys and 48 girls; and 6 daily schools in the union had on their books 125 boys and 138 girls. One of the schools in the parish was salaried with £3 a-year from the Association for Discountenancing Vice, £3 from the London Hibernian Society, £5 from subscription, and £3 from casual donations; and one, with £8 from the London Ladies' Hibernian Society, £2 from the London Hibernian Society, and £3 from subscription. TEMPLEHAY. See TEMPLETHAY. TEMPLEHOUSE, a hamlet, a demesne, and a lake, in the county of Sligo, Connaught. The hamlet is in the parish of Kilvarnet, and barony of Leney; and stands on the road from Collooney to Tobbercurry, 3 miles south of Coolany, 3 north-west of Ballymote, and 5 south-west of Collooney. It is the site of a school and a police barrack; and fairs are held at it on May 24, July 30, and Nov. 7. "Here," says Archdall, “ we find Teach-Temple, or the House of the Temple, which was founded for Knights-Templars in the reign of King Henry III.; but, on the final overthrow of this order, it was given by King Edward II. to the Knights Hospitallers." Extensive ruins of the military - monastic establishment still exist near the mansion of Templehouse, and impart a considerable interest to the locality. The demesne is situated immediately south of the hamlet, and principally, though not wholly, within the parish of Kilvarnet; and it is the beautiful, improved, and ornate residence of Alexander Perceval, Esq. The lake extends along the southsouth-east side of the demesne, and considerably farther to the south; it lies within the parishes of Kilvarnet and Achonry in the barony of Leney, and within those of Emlaghfad and Cloonoghill in the barony of Corran; it is formed by a natural expansion or damming up of the waters of the Owenmore river; it has a surface-elevation of 186 feet above the level of the sea; and it measures 1 mile in of the benefice of Skreen as in Templekieran; but the Ordnance Survey exhibits it as in Lismullen, about 5 furlongs from the nearest part of Templekieran. TEMPLEMALEY, a parish in the barony of Upper Bunratty, 2 miles north by east of Ennis, co. Clare, Munster. Length, south by westward, 44 miles; breadth, from to 23; area, 4,648 acres, 3 roods, 23 perches, of which 237 acres, 3 roods, 11 perches are in lakes, and 7 acres, 5 perches are tideway of the river Fergus. Pop., in 1831, 1,554; in 1841, 1,634. Houses 251. The surface descends from the east end of Lough Dromore, to a point on the river Fergus opposite the middle of Ennis; and it possesses a considerable variety of character, but on the whole consists of good land. Lough Dromore lies on the northern boundary; Lough Ballyallia, on the south-western boundary; and Lough Cleggan, on the western boundary. The principal residences are Edenview, Newpark-house, Cappaghard-house, Brockville, Drumconora -house, Ballymaley-house, and Ballyallia - house, the last the residence of Andrew Stackpole, Esq.; and the other principal objects of interest are Ennis race-course, the ruins of Templemaley church, the ruins of three castles, the site of O'Brien's castle, three forts, and a Roman Catholic chapel. The roads from Ennis to respectively Gort and Spancel-hill pass through the interior.-This parish is a vicarage, and part of the benefice of DRUMCLIFFE [which see], in the dio. of Killaloe. Vicarial tithe composition, £55 7s. 8d.; glebe, £1. The rectory of Templemaley forms part of the sinecure benefice of OGASHIN: which see. Rectorial tithe composition, £49 16s. 11d. The Roman Catholic chapel stands at Barrfield, on the eastern verge of the parish; but is returned by the Commissioners of Public Instruction as within the adjoining parish of KILRAGHTIS: which see. In 1834, the Protestants amounted to 13, and the Roman Catholics to 1,655; and a hedgeschool had on its books 60 boys and 2 girls. length north by eastward, and has an area of 103 acres, 13 perches within the parish of Kilvarnet, 35 acres, 27 perches within the parish of Achonry, 143 acres, 3 roods, 12 perches within the parish of Einlaghfad, and 108 acres, 1 rood within the parish TEMPLEMACATEER, a quondam abbey in of Cloonoghill. Pop. of the hamlet not specially the parish of Ardnurcher, barony of Moycashel, 44 returned. miles north-west by west of Kilbeggan, co. WestTEMPLEKELLY, TEMPLEACHALLY, TEMPLE-meath, Leinster. Adjacent to its site is a small ICHALLA, or TEMPLEJEHALLY, a parish on the hamlet of the same name. west border of the barony of Owney and Arra, and of the county of Tipperary, Munster. It contains Ballina, or the eastern suburb of Killaloe. See BALLINA. Length, southward, 54 miles; extreme breadth, 34; area, 10,038 acres, 3 roods, 12 perches, of which 1,009 acres, 13 perches are in Lough Derg, and 87 acres, 2 roods, 8 perches are in the river Shannon. Pop., in 1831, 4,722; in 1841, 4,259. Houses 654. Pop. of the rural districts, in 1831, 3,890; in 1841, 3,485. Houses 549. About one-half of the length extends along Lough Derg; and the remainder extends along the Shannon. The northern district is mountainous, and boldly overhangs Lough Derg, yet is separated from it by a band of rich woodland; and both it and the more lowland districts, of the centre and the south, make large contributions to the magnificence and the power of the highly picturesque environs of Killaloe. Two mountain summits on the northern border have altitudes of respectively 1,206 and 1,517 feet above the level of the sea. An indigenous stream descends from the northern district to the Shannon at a point 14 mile below Ballina, and has a total fall of upwards of 800 feet; and a stream which flows on the eastern .boundary descends there from an elevation of 794 feet. The principal seats above Ballina are Derrycastle, Maryville, and the Cottage, the first occupying a prominent and beautiful situation on the bold and sylvan banks of Lough Derg; and the principal below Ballina are Gortna-house, Boher-cottage, and Fort-Henry, the last the residence of Mr. White. The roads from Killaloe to respectively Nenagh and the Slate quarries, pass through the interior. This parish is a rectory, and part of the benefice of KILMASTULLA [which see], in the dio. of Emly. Tithe composition, £406 3s. Id.; glebe, £7. The Roman Catholic chapel has an attendance of about 2,000; and, in the Roman Catholic parochial arrangement, is united to the chapel of Kilmastulla. In 1834, the Protestants amounted to 126, and the Roman Catholics to 4,846; a Sunday school, held in the Roman Catholic chapel, was usually attended by about 260 scholars; and 6 pay daily schools had on their books 323 boys and 218 girls. In 1843, a National School at Ballina was salaried with £8 from the Board, and had on its books 120 boys and 69 girls. TEMPLEMARTIN, a parish in the barony of Kinnalmeaky, 34 miles north of Bandon, co. Cork, Munster. Length, 3 miles; breadth, 24; area, 7,515 acres. Pop., in 1831, 2,730; in 1841, 2,362. Houses 368. The surface is part of the north screens of the valley of the Bandon river, and is watered chiefly by a rivulet which falls into the Bandon a little above Innishannon; and though of hilly character, and on a comparatively high basis, it consists, in general, of arable land. Among the seats are Mossgrove and Mount-Pleasant. Fairs are held at Mossgrove on March 17, June 15, Sept. 21, and Dec. 8.-This parish is a rectory, and a perpetual curacy, in the dio. of Cork. The rectory is part of the benefice of TEMPLEBREADY: which see. Tithe composition, £500. The perpetual curacy is a separate benefice. Tithe composition, £19; glebe, £12. Gross income, £61; nett, £58 17s. Patron, the dean of Cork. The church was built in 1797 by means of a gift of £461 10s. 94d. from the late Board of First Fruits. Sittings 100; attendance 60. The Roman Catholic chapel has an attendance of 1,200. In 1834, the parishioners consisted of 233 Churchmen, 7 Presbyterians, and 2,449 Roman Catholics; a Protestant Sunday school was usually attended by about 12 scholars; and 2 daily schools TEMPLEKIERAN, TEMPLEKEERAN, or TEMPLEKERRAN, a parish in the barony of Skreen, 34 miles south-east of Navan, co. Meath, Leinster. Length, westward, 1 mile; extreme breadth, 1; area, 1,067 acres, 1 rood, 39 perches, of which 162 acres, 3 roods, 33 perches lie detached about of a mile to the south. Pop., in 1831, 396; in 1841, 342. Houses 48. The surface consists of good land, and declines westward to within a mile of the river Boyne. The main body contains the hainlet of Corballis; and the detached district is traversed by the road from Navan to Dunshaughlin.This parish is a chapelry, and part of the benefice of SKREEN [which see], in the dio. of Meath. Tithe composition. jointly with that of Lismullen chapelry, £130. In 1834, the Protestants amounted to 3, and the Roman Catholics to 403; and there was neither church, chapel, nor school. Both the Commissioners one of which was salaried with £7 a-year from the of Public Instruction and those of Ecclesiastical Association for Discountenancing Vice, £5 from the Revenues and Patronage, indeed, return the churchdean of Cork, £4 10s. from other parties, and some TEMPLEMARTIN, or ST. MARTIN, a parish on the western border of the barony of Gowran, 24 miles east of Kilkenny, co. Kilkenny, Leinster. Length, south-westward, 14 mile; extreme breadth, 1; area, 782 acres, 1 rood, 37 perches, of which 4 acres, 20 perches are in the river Nore. The Census of 1831 does not notice it; and the Commissioners of Public Instruction return its pop. of that year as 17, and exhibit them as all Roman Catholics. Pop., in 1841, 306. Houses 49. The river Nore traces the whole of the south-western boundary; and the mail-road from Kilkenny to Dublin passes through the interior. The most noticeable objects are the seat of Riverview-house, the ruins of St. Martin's church, the site of Ratheenmore and Levistown castles, a grave-yard, St. Martin's well, and a constabulary barrack. A fair is held on Nov. 22.This parish is a rectory, and part of the benefice of St. Canice, in the dio. of Ossory. See KILKENNY (COUNTY OF THE CITY OF). There is neither church, chapel, nor school. advantages from the Duke of Devonshire-had on, byterian meeting - house in Killoe. Two Wes. their books 47 boys and 14 girls. leyan Methodist meeting - houses have an attendance of respectively 40 and 100. The Roman Catholic chapels of Templemichael and Ballymacormack have an attendance of respectively 900, and from 1,900 to 2,160; and, in the Roman Catholic parochial arrangement, are mutually united. There is a Roman Catholic chapel also in Killoe. In 1834, the inhabitants of the parish consisted of 1,191 Churchmen, 109 Presbyterians, 12 other Protestant dissenters, and 6,677 Roman Catholics; the inbabitants of the union consisted of 1,782 Churchmen, 280 Presbyterians, 12 other Protestant dissenters, and 12,194 Roman Catholics; 10 daily schools in the parish had on their books 437 boys and 200 girls; and 28 daily schools in the union had on their books 981 boys and 552 girls. One of the schools in the parish was salaried with £15 a-year from the National Board, and £10 from the trustees of a fund left by the Rev. Mr. O'Beirne, a Roman Catholic clergyman; one, with £8 from the National Board; one, with £20 from the Board of Erasmus Smith, and £10 from the representatives of the late Essex Edgeworth; and one, with £10 from the London Hibernian Society. TEMPLÈMICHAEL, co. Cork. See MOURNE ABBEY. of the sea. The mail-road from Dublin to Cork by way of Clonmel passes across the north-west corner. This parish is a rectory, and part of the benefice of DYSERT [which see], in the dio. of Lismore. Tithe composition, £131 5s. 6d. In 1834, all the parishioners, with two exceptions, were Roman Catholics; and there was neither church, chapel, nor school. TEMPLEMICHAEL, a parish in the baronies of TEMPLEMICHAEL, a parish at the southLongford and Ardagh, co. Longford, Leinster. It eastern extremity of the barony of Slieveardagh, and contains the whole of the town of Longford,-the on the eastern border of the county of Tipperary, chief part within its Ardagh section, and the remain- Munster. It contains the village of NINEMILEder within its barony of Longford section. See HOUSE: which see. Length, south-eastward, 3 LONGFORD. Length, south-eastward, 5 miles; ex-miles; extreme breadth, 2; area, 2,869 acres, 3 treme breadth, 24. Area of the Ardagh section, roods, 14 perches. Pop., in 1831, 796; in 1841, 5,445 acres, 3 roods, 1 perch; of the barony of Long- 1,027. Houses 146. Pop. of the rural districts, in ford section, 3,669 acres, 28 perches. Pop. of the 1841, 867. Houses 120. The surface consists, in whole, in 1831, 8,323; in 1841, 8,484. Houses general, of good land. A stream which traces the 1,292. Pop. of the rural districts of the Ardagh southern boundary descends while there from an elesection, in 1831, 2,098; in 1841, 1,997. Houses vation of 435 to one of 257 feet above the level of the 329. Pop. of the rural districts of the barony of sea. The hamlets are Mangan and Currasilla; and Longford section, in 1831, 1,709; in 1841, 1,521. the only other noticeable object is Castle-John, ocHouses 262. The townland of Kiltyreher, com-cupying a site of 440 feet of altitude above the level prising 223 acres, 1 rood, 5 perches, is slightly detached from the west end of the main body, and extends westward to within 2 miles of the river Shannon at the mouth of the river Camlin. The general surface of the parish is low and flat, and constitutes part of an extensive plain of mixed bog, swamp, pasture lands, and good arable grounds; but though prevailingly bleak and featureless, it possesses some decoration in the plantations of the glebe - house, Clonbally - house, and Carrickglasshouse, and exhibits comparatively improved farming, comparatively good farm-houses, and a few small villas or respectable country residences. The river Camlin traces the mutual boundary of the two sections of the main body of the parish. The principal hamlets are Straid, New-Ross, Near-Clooncoose, Far-Clooncoose, and Derryharrow; and the principal villas are Clonbally-house and Carrickglasshouse. The Longford branch of the Royal Canal facilitates communication with Dublin.-This parish is a rectory, in the dio. of Ardagh. Tithe composi-ingly bleak, upland, pastoral, and half waste; but tion, £369 4s. Id.; glebe, £307 16s. The rectories of Templemichael and BALLYMACORMACK, and the vicarage of KILLOE [see these articles], constitute the benefice of Templemichael. Length and breadth, each upwards of 7 miles. Pop., in 1831, 13,975. Gross income, £1,174 15s. 3d.; nett, £1,005 3s. ld. Patron, the diocesan. Each of 4 curates receives a salary of £75. The church of Templemichael was built in 1812 by means of a loan of £3,221 10s. 10d. from the late Board of First Fruits. Sittings 700; attendance, from 125 to 450. There are churches also in Ballymacormack and Killoe. The Presbyterian meeting-house of Templemichael has an attendance of 80; and there is also a Pres TEMPLEMICHAEL, a parish in the barony of Coshmore and Coshbride, co. Waterford, Munster. It lies on the right bank of the Blackwater, and at the south-western extremity of the county, 2 miles north-north-west of Youghal. Length, south-southeastward, 4 miles; breadth, from 1 to 23; area, 8,215 acres, 2 roods, 12 perches. Pop., in 1831, 2,573; in 1841, 2,994. Houses 450. The Blackwater forms the lower part of the eastern boundary over a distance of about 2 miles. The northern district is separated from the Blackwater by the intervention of the parish of Kilcockan, and is prevail the southern district, though naturally rather poor in soil, is profuse in artificial embellishment, and partakes the beauty and gorgeousness which so extensively characterize the Blackwater's valley. A height on the north-western boundary has an altitude above sea-level of 672 feet; and one on the southwestern boundary has an altitude of 457 feet. A stream which traces most of the upper part of the eastern boundary to the Blackwater, descends while there from an elevation of 231 feet; and one, the Glendine, which comes in near the middle of the northern boundary, and bisects the whole of the interior southward to the Blackwater, descends while within the parish from an elevation of 440 feet. rectory, and a separate benefice, in the dio. of Cork. Tithe composition, £230 15s. 43d.; glebe, £8 15s. 1d. Gross income, £239 10s. 64d.; nett, £200 3s. 14d. Patron, the diocesan. The church was built in 1812, by means of a gift of £553 16s. 11d. from the late Board of First Fruits. Sittings 100; attendance 60. In 1834, the Protestants amounted to 58, and the Roman Catholics to 809; and a daily school was partially supported by the rector, and had on its books 17 boys and 18 girls. The vale of the Glendine is a beautiful, romantic, | and thickly wooded little glen; and takes up a road from Youghal to Cappoquin and Lismore. The ruins of Rincrew-castle crown an eminence overhanging the Black water, at the south-eastern extremity of the parish, and can be distinctly seen from Youghal. This castle is reputed to have belonged to the ecclesiastico-military association of KnightsTemplars; and, having become a forfeit to the Crown, it was, with Ballinatra, Strancally, and other lands, granted, in 1586, to Sir Walter Raleigh, TEMPLEMOLOGGA, MOLOGGA, or NONANE, and afterwards passed by purchase from him to the a parish in the barony of Condons and Clangibbon, first Earl of Cork. The castle of Templemichael, at 3 miles north-west of Mitchellstown, and on the eastpresent a complete section of a heavy square tower, andern verge of the county of Cork, Munster. Length, also the mansion and the church of Templemichael, 6 miles; breadth, 3; area, 4,396 acres. Pop., in stand on the peninsula between the south side of the 1831, 1,876; in 1841, 1,951. Houses 300. The Glendine and the Blackwater. The ruins of Castle- small parish of Ahacross is merged in TemplemoMiles stand near the south-eastern border. The ruins logga, and included in the above statistics. Much of an old abbey stand on the Glendine rivulet, a little of the parochial surface consists of Leaderry mounabove Templemichael church. The principal seats tain and other lofty ground belonging to the Galtees; are Cherrymount-house, Ballinatra-house, Temple- and the remainder is chiefly arable and pasture land. michael-house, Ballydasoon-house, Springmount, The declination is to the river Funcheon. This Tourig-Hall, Newtown-house, Rincrew-cottage, and parish is a rectory, and part of the benefice of CLENKillea-house. This parish is a vicarage, in the dio. ORE [which see], in the dio. of Cloyne. Tithe of Lismore. The vicarial tithes are compounded composition, £179 14s. 5d. In 1834, the Protesfor £220 4s. 10d.; and the rectorial for £440 9s. tants amounted to 8, and the Roman Catholics to 8d.; and the latter are impropriate in Richard Smith, 1,933; and there was neither church, chapel, nor Esq., of Ballinatra. The vicarages of Temple- school. michael and KILCOCKAN [see that article], constitute the benefice of Templemichael. Length, 5 miles; breadth, 2. Pop., in 1831, 4,034. Gross income, £317 19s. 71d.; nett, £265 19s. 74d. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. The church was built in 1824, by means of a loan of £461 10s. 91d. from the late Board of First Fruits. Sittings 60. attendance 90. The Templemichael and the Kilcockan Roman Catholic chapels have each an attendance of from 700 to 800; and, in the Roman Catholie parochial arrangement, are united to the chapel of Kilwatermoy. In 1834, the Protestants of the parish amounted to 178, and the Roman Catholics to 2,496; the Protestants of the union to 200, and the Roman Catholics to 3,991; a Sunday school in the parish was usually attended by from 20 to 25 scholars; and 2 daily schools in the parish-the one of which was in connection with the National Board, and the other supported with £25 a-year to the teacher and clothes for the children from Richard Smith, Esq., and the Hon. Mrs. Smith-had on their books 102 boys and 69 girls. TEMPLEMICHAEL, a parish in the barony of Arklow, 24 miles north of the town of Arklow, co. Wicklow, Leinster, Area, 1,325 acres, 3 perches. Pop., in 1831, 360. It is regarded, quoad civilia, as part of the parish of Kilbride; and, in this point of view, is identical with the northern district of that parish. The ruins of the church still exist.-This parish is a curacy, and part of the benefice of KILBRIDE [which see], in the dio. of Dublin. The Roman Catholic chapel has an attendance of 200 at one service, and from 700 to 800 at another service; and, in the Roman Catholic parochial arrangement, is united to the chapel of Castle-Macadam. In 1834, the Protestants amounted to 167, and the Roman Catholics to 212. TEMPLEMICHAEL, or TEMPLEMICHAEL-DEDUAGH, a parish in the barony of Kinnalea, 24 miles east by north of Innishannon, co. Cork, Munster. Length, 14 mile; breadth, 14; area, 2,064 acres. Pop., in 1831, according to the Census, 437, but according to the Ecclesiastical Authorities, 764; in 1841, 711. Houses 125. Some parts of the surface are prime land; but other parts are bad. The drainage is southward, by the streamlet which falls into the head of Oyster Haven. This parish is a TEMPLEMORE, a parish, containing the chief part of the city of Londonderry, and identical with the North-west Liberties of the City of Londonderry, co. Londonderry, Ulster. See LONDONDERRY (City and Liberties of). Length, north-eastward, 8 miles; extreme breadth, nearly 3; area, 12,615 acres, 2 roods, 8 perches, of which 3 acres, 3 roods, 27 perches are water, and 1,062 acres, 2 roods, 27 perches are tideway in the river Foyle. Pop., in 1831, according to the Census, 19,620, but according to the Ecclesiastical Authorities, 18,972; in 1841, 20,379. Houses 3,017. Pop. of the rural districts, in 1831, 9,490; in 1841, 5,849. Houses 1,012.* The ancient name of the parish was Derry, or DerryColumbkill, and continued to be in use in ecclesiastical records till recent times; and its modern name of Templemore signifies the 'great church,' and originally designated the cathedral church of the city as distinguished from the smaller churches in its vicinity. The perpetual curacies of Muff, Burt, and Inch, in the barony of Innishowen and county of Donegal, formerly constituted part of the parish of Templemore, but are now almost always treated as constituting three separate and distinct parishes. The present parish of Templemore is bounded along the whole of the east by the river Foyle, on part of the north by Lough Foyle, and everywhere else by the county of Donegal. Its townlands lying upon the Foyle, named in an order from south to north, are Mullennan, Balloughry, Termonbacca, Ballymagowan, Edenballymore, Pennyburn, Ballinashallog, Ballinaguard, and Culmore; and its landward townlands, or those in the central and western districts, named also in the order from south to north, and occasionally from east to west, are Lower Creevagh, Upper Creevagh, Killea, Springhill, Creggan, Sherriff's mountain, Whitehouse or Ballymagrorty, Cloughglass, Springtown, Ballymagrorty, Coshquin, Shantallow, Ballinagalliagh, Elaghmore, and Bally The Ordnance Memoir of the Parish of Templemore is a large and interesting volume, published in 1837; and was composed as a model of similar memoirs of all Ireland. But the plan was judged far too costly, and was parsimonious y abandoned. We have made large use of the volume in our General Introduction to the Gazetteer, and particularly in our article on the City of Londonderry; and we shall also use it as our principal authority in writing the present article. arnet. The surface of the parish is undulated, and 20 acres in Springhill and Creggan; but as they perexhibits a series of swells, hills, and mimic moun- colate through the detritus of rocks which abound tains, most of which are cultivated or under pasture. in oxide of iron, they are frequently charged with The hills are separated into two groups or systems ochreous particles, and sometimes become slightly by a wide valley which extends north-westward from chalybeate.-Bogs occur throughout the parish in the Foyle at Pennyburn. The southern group is isolated patches; and though only relics of a much more prominent and lofty than the northern one; it more extensive tract, they continue to be of great local rises, at the western extremity, into Holywell hill, importance. In several townlands, they supply the the loftiest ground in the parish, and attaining an inhabitants both with fuel and with an important inaltitude of 860 feet above the level of the sea; it is gredient in manurial composts; and in others, the subdivided into two portions, by the intersection of surface of some portions is occasionally reclaimed for a remarkable valley, which appears to insulate the cultivation, and the subsoil of others which have hill of Derry; and it is farther diversified and sliced been exterminated is readily subjected to tillage.—A down into redivisions by ravines, dells, or tiny glens, small patch of wood, apparently natural, occurs in which, similarly to the valley just referred to, con- Ballinagalliagh; and some more natural wood may form in direction to the valley of the Foyle. The probably have been preserved within the richly and northern hill group attains its highest point in the beautifully planted demesnes upon the Foyle. The summit of Elaghmore, whose altitude above sea- shore of the small portion of Lough Foyle which level is only 354 feet; it is subdivided into low but washes the parish is low and flat.-The geognosy of distinct ridges by vales extending parallel to the val- the parish is simple and without any exact boundley of the Foyle; and one of these vales-that of ary, the rocks which constitute it extending both Ballyarnet-assumes, in some positions, an impor- eastward across the Foyle, and westward into the tance little inferior to that of the valley of Penny- county of Donegal. The principal rocks in situ are burn. This tract, as seen from the road to Culmore, mica slate passing into gneiss, mica slate passing into combines the characters derived from moderate height clay slate, and mica slate passing into quartz slate. and frequent subdivision, and appears a wide and Quartz veins are common in the first or gneiss undulated plain, bounded on the south by the hills variety, rare in the second, and not very common in of the southern divisions of the parish, and on the third; and all are characterized, to a considerthe west and north-west by the hills of Innishowen. able extent, by the appearance of small specks of "The parish," says the Ordnance Memoir, gen- oxide of iron on the cross fracture. Beds of limeerally presents the appearance of a rich and culti-stone and greenstone exist, but are much subordivated country, eminently diversified in its picturesque features, and imposing from the grandeur of its undulating outlines. Its chief beauties are, however, connected with the broad and navigable Foyle, whose decorated shores present in succession the cheerful cottage and the wooded pleasureground, backed by the distant mountains of Innishowen and Benyevenagh, and whose sheltered waters are enlivened by the stately merchant vessel, and the element-conquering steamer-objects no less pleasing to the philanthropist than to the lover of the picturesque. Still, supereminent in every circumstance, the city itself is the great central object of attraction. Viewed from whatever side, its elevated and nearly insulated position,-its ranges of buildings, ascending above each other from the water's edge, and terminated by its lofty spire,-its time-worn battlements,-its long connecting line of bridge,-all combine in composing pictures at once novel and striking." 66 Ballyarnet Lake, comprising an area of 3 acres, 3 roods, 27 perches, and possessing a surface-elevation of about 100 feet above the level of the sea, lies in a shallow and bog-girt basin around the junction-point of the townlands of Ballyarnet, Ballinashallog, and Ballinagard. The Foyle, while in contact with the parish, flows in a deep and tranquil bed; and, except at Pennyburn, where it is met by a transverse valley, it luxuriates beneath bold banks and umbrageous woods, which in many places sweep down to the water's edge. Its greatest breadth, above the city, is nearly half-a-mile, and occurs opposite Newbuildings in the parish of Clondermot; its greatest breadth below the city is 1 mile, and occurs in a sort of lacustrine expansion called Rosse's bay; and its least breadth is 1,068 feet, and occurs at the bridge which spans it at the city. Its depth at high water is 22 feet near the point of its entering the county, 24 feet opposite Preben, and 43 feet at the bridge of Derry. All the rivulets are small; and, excepting one which runs to Lough Swilly, they flow into either the river or the estuary of the Foyle. Springs are everywhere numerous, and not fewer than 8 occur within a tract of not more than nate in prominence to the schistose rocks. The limestone appears only on the east of Mullennan, in a small excavation at the base of a limekiln; it is dark in colour, finely granular, and analogous in structure to the schists,-thin, white, crystalline stripes being visible on the cross fracture, though they are not sufficiently continuous to affect the cleavage. The greenstone is met with only at Conn's Hill quarry, rather beyond the parochial boundary than within it; it is dense, close-grained, and homogeneous; and it is traversed by several grains of quartz which have the appearance of being metalliferous, yet do not exhibit any important metallic ore. A small pendicle of new red sandstone is seen on the streemlet which traces the northern boundary. Detritus of distinctive character forms a tiny fat district in the extreme north, and also several small patches of clay on the margin of the Foyle; and though, in other parts of the parish, it has not assumed the arrangement of a distinct formation, it claims attention as having an evident bearing on the general phenomena of the district. The detritus “ "may be noticed as gravel and sand, heaped on the sides of the principal valleys, or as clay spread over the greater portion of the plains and hollows, which either were formerly or are now covered with bog. The union of these two forms of detritus impresses strongly on the present surface the character of ancient water-courses, either lakes or rivers. The detritus of gravel narrows and defines the boundaries, while the level clay base contributes to give the boggy covering that uniformity of surface which characterizes the tranquil waters of a lake. Along the valley, which now contains the bog of Shantallow, and the bog and lake of Ballyarnet, a chain of isolated sand-hills may be traced, appearing above the bog, while opposite to one of them a remarkable pinnacle of rock also rises above its surface, and another at no great distance is seen just level with it. Up the sides of these sand-hills the bog is seen to have crept, and as, within the memory of the existing generation, it has covered the summits of some of them, no doubt can exist that the sand-bills were prior in origin to the bog. In the still more |