2 miles northward; but a ramification of it deflects at a point 1 mile inward from the entrance, and penetrates the land 24 miles north-westward. High rocks, called the Sovereign's Rocks, lie off the entrance; but they are never covered, and, in consequence, are not dangerous. Good anchoring ground occurs 1 mile above the entrance; but the bay is so near the excellent harbour of Kinsale, as to be little frequented by vessels. The Oyster-Haven dispensary is within the Kinsale Poor-law union, and serves for a district containing a pop. of 15,592; and, in

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1839-40, it expended £122 6s. 7d., and administered to 2,547 patients. In 1836, there were employed in the fisheries, within the district of the coast-guard station of Oyster-Haven, 16 open sail-boats with 162 men, and 8 row-boats with 96 men.

OYSTER-ISLAND, an island in the parish of Killaspicbrowne, barony of Carbery, co. Sligo, Connaught. It lies in the bay of Sligo, 14 furlong from the nearest part of the mainland, and 33 miles westnorth-west of Sligo; and it is the site of a beacon, and of two of the three lighthouses of Sligo.

P

PACE-KILBRIDE. See KILBRIDE-PILATE. of good land, and is traversed by the road from NaPACKENHAM. Sec PAKENHAM. van to Drogheda. Beaupark, the charmingly situPAINSTOWN, a parish, 2 miles north of the ated residence of Gustavus Lambart, Esq., is a plain town of Carlow, and partly in the barony of Kilkea square mansion, crowning the summit of a high bank and Moone, co. Kildare, but chiefly in the barony which rises boldly from the river, and commanding and county of Carlow, Leinster. Length, south- a fine view of the majestic current of the stream, its south-eastward, 23 miles; extreme breadth, 14. richly wooded banks, and nearly all the plantations Area of the Kildare section, 288 acres, 1 rood, 15 of Slane - Castle demesne. The other seats are perches, of which 8 acres are in the river Barrow. Thurstainstown-house, Dollardstown-house, SenArea of the Carlow section, 1,855 acres, 1 rood, 3 eschaltown house, Greenhills-house, and St. Clondperches, of which 15 acres, 30 perches are in the house. This parish is a rectory, in the dio. of Barrow, and 20 acres are in New Lake. Pop. of Meath. Tithe composition, £276 18s. 54d.; glebe, the whole, in 1831, 177; in 1841, 202. Houses 31. £27 13s. 101d. The rectories of Painstown and Pop. of the Carlow section, in 1841, 185. Houses ARDMULCHAN [see that article], constitute the ben29. The surface lies along the left bank of the efice of Painstown. Length, 3 miles; breadth, 31. Barrow, and is partially watered thither by the Pop., in 1831, 2,206. Gross income, £563 9s. 24d.; Griese; and though the land is naturally of an indif- nett, £466 11s. 104d. Patron, the Crown one turn, ferent quality, yet, in consequence of its vicinity to and the diocesan two turns. The incumbent holds the town of Carlow, and especially of its high state also the benefice of Innismot, in the dio. of Meath; of cultivation, it produces excellent crops, and brings but is resident in Painstown. The church is a very a high rent. The large and well-wooded demesne old building; and, in 1823, it received the addition of Oakpark, the seat of Col. Bruen, occupies a great of a gallery, and its steeple was repaired and roofed portion of the area; and has, in the east, an extensive by means of a loan of £369 4s. 71d. from the late and beautiful deer-park, and a race-course. The Board of First Fruits. Sittings 150; attendance 100. other principal residences are New-Garden-house and The Roman Catholic chapel has an attendance of from Evington-lodge. The roads from Carlow to Athy 700 to 800; and, in the Roman Catholic parochial and Castle-Dermot pass through the interior.-This arrangement, is united to the chapel of Black-Lion, parish is a perpetual curacy, and a separate benefice, in the parish of Ballymagarvey. In 1834, the Proin the dio. of Leighlin. Tithe composition belong-testants of the parish amounted to 88, and the Roing to the curacy, and gross income, £29 13s. 4 d.; man Catholics to 1,080; the Protestants of the union nett, £28 3s. 84d. Patron, the diocesan. The in- to 207, and the Roman Catholics to 2,026; a daily cumbent holds also the stipendiary curacy of the ad- school in the parish was aided with £2 a-year from joining benefice of Urglin. The tithes of two-thirds the Roman Catholic clergyman, and had on its books of Painstown are compounded for £59 6s. 8d.; and 34 boys and 12 girls; and there was also a daily are appropriated to the dean and chapter of Leighlin school in Ardmulchan. cathedral. The church was built in 1834; private house, previous to that time, was used as the parochial place of worship, and had an attendance of 55. In 1834, the Protestants amounted to 50, and the Roman Catholics to 135.

and a

PAINSTOWN, a parish on the north border of the barony of Lower Duleek, 24 miles south-west by south of Slane, co. Meath, Leinster. It contains the village of YELLOWFURZE: which see. Length, south by eastward, 3 miles; extreme breadth, 14; area, 3,511 acres, 30 perches,-of which 17 acres, 3 roods, 13 perches are in the river Boyne. Pop., in 1831, according to the Census 1,184, but according to the Ecclesiastical authorities 1,154; in 1841, 1,127. Houses 207. Pop. of the rural districts, in 1831, 1,038; in 1841, 1,000. Houses 184. The surface lies on the right bank of the Boyne, consists

PAKENHAM-HALL, the demesne of the Earl of Longford, in the parishes of Maine and Rathgarve, barony of Demifore, co. Westmeath, Leinster. The mansion is situated in the former of these parishes, 14 mile west by north of Castle-Pollard; it was, not many years ago, enlarged and improved, under the direction of the architect, Mr. Francis Johnstone; and it has been pronounced "the only mansion in the country which contains anything like The Hall in its internal arrangements." The demesne is of great extent, richly wooded, and well kept; it stretches down to the vicinity of Lough Dereveragh, and there connects with Col. Conolly's fine demesne of Coolure, which sheets a large portion of the lake's shores with wood; and it has, along its skirts and upon its circumjacent estate, such comfortable cottages for the peasantry, and farm-houses for the agriculturists, as

proclaim to travellers upon the public roads the presiding care of a spirit of liberality and kindness. The Pakenham estate, together with other lands in Westmeath, was granted to the Pakenham family soon after the rebellion of 1641. The well-known Mr. Edgeworth is stated, by his talented daughter in her Memoirs of him, to have spent at PakenhamHall much of his time, both in his early years and in his more advanced life.

PALATINE, a hamlet in the parish of Urglin, barony and county of Carlow, Leinster. It stands 3 miles north-east of the town of Carlow, on the road thence to Graney. It is a constabulary station, and has a fair on March 26. In its vicinity are the demesne of Burton and the seats of Burton-hall, Russelstown-park, Rutland-lodge, Rutland-house, Oakpark-house, Knockardy-house, and Thornvillehouse. Pop. not specially returned.

PALE (THE ENGLISH). See LEINSTER. PALLAS, a hamlet in the parish of Killosolan, barony of Kilconnel, co. Galway, Connaught. It stands in the vicinity of CULTRA [which see], and was the site of a friary of Carmelites, founded in the 14th century, by the family of Bermingham, Barons of Athenry.

PALLAS, a demesne and a lake in the parish of Killoughy, barony of Ballyboy, 4 miles south-west by west of Tullamore, King's co., Leinster. The demesne is well-wooded and handsome, and is the residence of Mr. Malone; and the lake covers an area of 82 acres, 2 roods, 29 perches, and has a surface-elevation of 248 feet above the level of the sea. On the north shore of the lake stand the ruins of Pallas-castle.

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15; and a court of petty-sessions is held on the
second Monday of every month.
the town is within the Rathkeale Poor-law union;
A dispensary in
and, in 1839-40, it expended £169 18s., and admin-
istered to 3,796 patients. Area of the town, 32
acres. Pop., in 1831, 630; in 1841, 783. Houses
132. Families employed chiefly in agriculture, 63;
in manufactures and trade, 65; in other pursuits,
24. Families dependent chiefly on property and pro-
fessions, 5; on the directing of labour, 71; on their
own manual labour, 70; on means not specified, 6.

PALLICE, or PALLAS, a hamlet in the parish of Forgney, about 1 mile east by south of Ballymahon, barony of Abbeyshruel, co. Longford, Leinster. It possesses celebrity as the birth-place of Oliver Goldsmith; but is now a collection of mere cabins, and retains not a vestige of the house in which the poet was ushered into life. The honour of being Goldsmith's native spot "has been disputed," say Mr. and Mrs. Hall, by no fewer than four places in as many counties; Drumsna in Leitrim, Lissoy in Westmeath, Ardnagan in Roscommon, and Pallas in Longford. The question, however, may be considered as settled by Mr. Prior (Life of Goldsmith), who examined the family bible now in the possession of one of the descendants, in which was the following entry of the birth of Oliver, the third son and sixth child of the Rev. Charles and Ann Goldsmith.

'Oliver Goldsmith was born at Pallas, Nov. ye 10th, 17-.' The marginal portion of the leaf having been unluckily torn away, the two last figures of the century are lost; the age of the poet is, however, sufficiently ascertained by the recollection of his sister, and by his calling himself, when writing from London in 1759, thirty-one. In the epitaph, written by Dr. Johnson, and placed on Goldsmith's monument in Westminster Abbey, are these words:'Natus in Hibernia, Forniæ, Lonfordiensis, in loco cui nomen Pallas.'

PALLAS, co. Longford. See PALLICE. PALLASGREEN, a post village in the parish of Greane, barony of Coonagh, co. Limerick, Munster. It stands on the road from Cappaghmore to Bruff, 1 mile south of the road from Limerick to Tipperary, 13 south of the route of the projected railways from Limerick to Dublin and Waterford, 2 north- Here, however, the day and year of his birth are north-east of Kilteely, 44 south by west of Cappagh-recorded as Nov. 29, 1731; and in the statement more, 8 north-east of Bruff, 84 north-west by west given by Mrs. Hodson, elder sister of the poet, to of Tipperary, 12 east-south-east of Limerick, and Bishop Percy, the day named is Nov. 29. ** The 109 south-west by west of Dublin. It is pleasantly Rev. Charles Goldsmith, the father of the poet, situated among beautifully wooded hills, and the married Ann, daughter of the Rev. Oliver Jones, best grazing grounds in the county. Fairs are held master of the Diocesan school at Elphin. Both on Jan. 1, March 10, May 10, and Nov. 24. A were poor when they began the world; and the Rev. court of petty-sessions is held on the second Wednes- Mr. Green, uncle of Mrs. Goldsmith, provided them day of every month. A dispensary here is within with a house at Pallas, where they lived for a period the Poor-law union of Tipperary, and serves for a of twelve years, and where six of their children district containing a pop. of 21,992; and, in 1839-40, were born the remaining three having been born at it expended £198 13s. 1d., and made 5,947 dispen- Lissoy. The list of their children as copied by Mr. sations of medicine. A small but neat church, con- Prior, from the family bible referred to, cannot fail taining accommodation for 80 persons, was recently to interest the reader. The entry stands thus:— built at the village by means of a contribution of £470 18s. 5d. from the funds of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. A Roman Catholic parish in the dio. of Cashel and Emly takes name from Pallasgreen, and has chapels at Nikker and Templebeaden. Area of the village, 10 acres. Pop., in 1831, 379; in 1841, 201. Houses 34.

PALLAS-KENRY, a small market and post town in the parish of Chapel-Russel, barony of Kenry, co. Limerick, Munster. It stands 5 furlongs north of the route of the projected railway from Limerick to Tarbert, 1 mile south of the Shannon, 1 north of the road from Limerick to Askeaton, 5 | east-north-east of Askeaton, 5 north-north-west of Adare, 10 west by south of Limerick, and 1033 south-west by west of Dublin. Its vicinity is adorned with the demesne of Castletown, the handsome residence of Mr. Waller, and commands brilliant views of the estuary of the Shannon, and the southern sea-board of Clare. A fair is held on Aug.

Charles Goldsmith of Ballyoughter, was married to Mrs. Ann Jones ye 4th of May, 1718. Margaret Goldsmith was born at Pallasmore, in the county of Longford, ye 22d August, 1719. Catherine Goldsmith, born at Pallas ye 13th January, 1721. Henry Goldsmith was born at Pallas, February 9, 17Jane Goldsmith was born at Pallas, February 9, 17- Oliver Goldsmith was born at Pallas, Nov. ye 10, 17-. Maurice Goldsmith was born at Lissoy, in ye county of Westmeath, ye 7th of July, 1736. Charles Goldsmith, Junior, born at Lissoy, August 16, 1737. John Goldsmith, born at Lissoy, ye 23d of (month obliterated,) 1740.' PALMERSTOWN, a parish in the barony of West Balrothery, 3 miles south-south-east of Garristown, co. Dublin, Leinster. Length, south by westward, 23 miles; extreme breadth, 1; area, 1,580 acres, 2 roods, 34 perches. Pop., in 1831, 321; in 1841, 285. Houses 47. The surface consists wholly of profitable land, and is traversed by the road from

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tlebank, Stream-mount, Ballycannon, Quinville- | has chapels here and at Kilkea and Faithleg. Area house, Quinsborough-house, and Whitehall. A of the town, 37 acres. Pop., in 1831, 658; in Roman Catholic parish in the dio. of Limerick takes 1841, 624. Houses 108. Families employed chiefly name from Parteen, and has chapels here and at in agriculture, 12; in manufactures and trade, 44; Ardnacrusha. Pop. of the village not specially re- in other pursuits, 107. Families dependent chiefly turned. on property and professions, 6; on the directing of labour, 48; on their own manual labour, 37; on means not specified, 72. A portion of the town which, in 1831, contained 352 inhabitants, formerly belonged to the quondam county of the city of Waterford, but was transferred to the barony of Gualtier by the act 3 and 4 Victoria, cap. 108 and 109.

PARTICLES, a parish adjoining the parish of Kilflyn, barony of Coshlea, co. Limerick, Munster. It contains the village of GLENOSHEEN: which see. Area 8,497 acres. Pop., in 1841, 2,431. Houses 361. It is a rectory in the dio. of Limerick, wholly appropriate to the dean and chapter of Limerick cathedral; and its occasional duties are performed by the incumbent of Kilflyn for a salary of £20. No other statistics of the parish are separately returned. PARTREE, or PARTRY, a village in the parish of Ballyovey, barony of Carra, co. Mayo, Connaught. It stands on the road from Ballinrobe to Castlebar, and on the peninsula between Lough Carra and Lough Mask, 5 miles north-west of Ballinrobe. A dispensary here is within the Ballinrobe Poor-law union, and serves for a district of 27,622 acres, with a pop. of 14,025; and, in 1840-41, it received £96 Os. 7d., expended £40 14s. 11d., and made 4,933 dispensations of medicine. A Roman Catholic parish in the dio. of Tuam takes name from Partree, and has chapels here and at Ballybannin. Pop. of the village not specially returned.

PASSAGE, a village on the east shore of Kinsale Harbour, adjacent to the town of Kinsale, and within the barony of Kinsale, co. Cork, Munster. Pop. not specially returned.

PASSAGE (EAST), a hamlet on the east shore of the east channel of Cork Harbour, 34 miles east by north of Cove, barony of Barrymore, co. Cork, Munster. A ferry here connects Great Island with the mainland of Barrymore and with Imokilly. Pop. not specially returned.

PASSAGE (WEST), a post, market, and seaport town, in the parishes of Marmullane and Monkstown barony, of Kerricurrihy, co. Cork, Munster. It stands on the west shore of the estuary of the Lee, opposite Great Island, 1 mile north of MonksPASSAGE, a small post and seaport town in the town, 3 north-west of Cove, 5 east-south-east of parish of Kill-St.-Nichols, barony of Gualtier, co. Cork, and 1314 south-west of Dublin. The enviWaterford, Munster. It stands on the eastern verge rons are both romantic and beautiful; and they preof the province, and on the west shore of the estuary sent many interesting features, both natural and arof the Suir, or upper part of Waterford Harbour, tificial. The southern vicinity leads out the new almost directly opposite Ballyhack, 5 miles east by and elaborately cut road, past the face of the Giant's south of Waterford, and 81 south by west of Dublin. Stairs to Monkstown; and the northern vicinity is The tideway in front of the town is about half-a- sprinkled with villas, bathing - lodges, and other mile broad; any number of vessels may here ride in pleasant residences. The town itself consists chiefly safety during storms, and a regular ferry has long of two central, irregularly built streets, about a been established to Ballyhack. The site of Passage mile in length; and possesses a parish-church, a is the nearest spot below the city of Waterford, on Methodist meeting-house, and a new Roman Catholic the Waterford bank of the Suir, on which a town chapel. The quay was built in 1836, is a subcould be built; the whole sweep of shore being a stantial structure, and affords accommodation to the chain of rocky hills, dropping almost sheer down to steam-vessels which ply on the river and down the the water's edge; and even this spot is so narrow as estuary. Near the quay is a dock-yard; and at the to occasion Passage to be inconveniently packed be- south end of the town are large and convenient baths. tween an overhanging hill and the tide. "The Passage is the port of Cork for all very large vessels; town," says Dr. Smith, "is situated under a hill so it is, as its name imports, the grand thoroughfare or steep, that few care to ride it up or down; however, ferry-station between Cork and Cove; it is also an the inhabitants make nothing of it. Yet their situ- increasingly frequented place of at once commerce, ation seems to be none of the most comfortable, as ship-building, sea-bathing, and landscape-viewing; this rocky hill, which is six times as high as the and, in all these capacities, it is the scene of much highest house in the place, hangs over their heads. resort and of considerable bustle. "The disadvanOn the top the church is erected, to which the in- tages and difficulties of the navigation of the river habitants have no very easy walk; and as the hill between Passage and Cork," says Mr. Windele, "are lies north and south, they have but little of the sun much in favour of the former. In the channel the after mid-day, especially in winter; which, with an greatest depth is 16 feet, but at the neap tides it easterly wind, must make the place very bleak and falls 13 and sometimes 114 feet. It cannot be genunpleasant." The streets are confined; and the erally used with a north-east wind, and very frehouses are poor and neglected, and exhibit evident quently sailing vessels are detained at Passage by marks that the town has ceased to prosper. A pier the tides. To reach Cork from Passage after the at the town is sufficiently commodious, and projects first hour of ebb would require a fast vessel; and into a sufficient depth of water, to afford large ves- after the tide has retired for a couple of hours, the sels convenience for loading and discharging. A transit becomes very doubtful. The upper part of blockhouse mounted with several guns, formerly stood the river is not, therefore, practicable at all for large on the site of the pier, and was under the command of vessels exceeding 150 tons burthen; while, on the the governor of Duncannon fort. In 1649, during contrary, at Passage there is a great depth of water Cromwell's siege of Waterford, a parliamentarian in front of the town, with a safe channel, which, force, consisting of 6 troops of dragoons and 4 of horse added to the necessity of large vessels unloading marched against Passage, and took it with some there, are facilities from which Passage derives condifficulty; and afterwards a royalist force marched siderable advantage." A proposal was made a numto retake it, but were turned from their purpose. ber of years ago, to construct a railway from Cork See WATERFORD (CITY OF). In 1663, the Duke to Passage: see CORK. The Passage and Monksof Ormond was made governor of Passage for life. town dispensary is within the Cork Poor-law union, A Roman Catholic parish in the dio. of Water- and serves for a district containing a pop. of 39,06; ford and Lismore takes name from Passage, and and, in 1839-40, it expended £119, and administered

to 2,156 patients. A court of petty-sessions is held at Passage on every Friday. Area of the Monkstown section of the town, 16 acres; of the Marmullane section, 42 acres. Pop. of the whole, in 1831, 2,141; in 1841, 1,721. Houses 247. Pop. of the Monkstown section, in 1831, 1,153;* in 1841, 372. Houses 52. Families employed chiefly in agriculture, 3; in manufactures and trade, 45; in other pursuits, 27. Families dependent chiefly on property and professions, 1; on the directing of labour, 44; on their own manual labour, 19; on means not specified, 11. Pop. of the Marmullane section, in 1831, 988; in 1841, 1,349. Houses 195. Families employed chiefly in agriculture, 45; in manufactures and trade, 104; in other pursuits, 136. Families dependent chiefly on property and professions, 16; on the directing of labour, 101; on their own manual labour, 107; on means not specified, 61. A Roman Catholic parish in the dio. of Cork takes name from Passage, and has chapels here and at Shanbally.

PASS-IF-YOU-CAN, a hamlet in the parish of Rathconnel, barony of Moyashel and Magheradernon, co. Westmeath, Leinster. It stands 3 miles northeast of Mullingar, on the road thence to Collinstown and Old-castle. Pop. not specially returned.

PASS-OF-KILBRIDE. See KILBRIDE-PILATE. PATRICK'S (ST.). See Dublin, Kilkenny, WEXFORD, LIMERICK, and WATERFORD.

PATRICK'S-ROCK (ST.). See CASHEL. PATRICK'S-WELL (ST.), a village in the parishes of Kilkeedy, Killonahan, and Mungrett, barony of Pobblebrien, co. Limerick, Munster. It stands on the mail-road from Limerick to Tralee, 3 miles north-east of Adare, 4 north of Croom, 5 southwest of Limerick, and 99 south-west by west of Dublin. In its vicinity are the seats of Attyflin, Mount-Earl, Elm-park, Greenmount, Fort-Etna, Richmond, and Jockey-Hall, and the ruins of Mungrett-abbey. A court of petty-sessions is held in the village on the second Friday of every month. The St. Patrick's-Well dispensary is within the Poor-law union of Limerick; and, in 1839-40, it received £84 15s., and expended £84 15s. Α Roman Catholic parish in the dio. of Limerick takes name from St. Patrick's- Well; and has chapels at Ballybrown and Lurraga. The village straggles at comparatively great length along the public road. Area of the Kilkeedy section, 13 acres; of the Killonahan section, 12 acres; of the Mungrett section, 14 acres. Pop. of the whole, in 1831, 512; in 1841, 541. Houses 83. Families employed chiefly in agriculture, 57; in manufactures and trade, 40; in other pursuits, 18. Families dependent chiefly on property and professions, 1; on the directing of labour, 29; on their own manual labour, 51; on means not specified, 9. Pop. of the Kilkeedy section, in 1831, 306; in 1841, 239. Houses 45. Pop. of the Killonahan section, in 1831, 93; in 1841, 144. Houses 24. Pop. of the Mungrett section, in 1831, 113; in 1841, 158. Houses 24.

abbey. A Roman Catholic parish in the dio. of
Kildare and Leighlin takes name from Paulstown,
and has chapels here and at Goresbridge. Area of
the Shankill section of the village, 4 acres; of the
Kilmacahill section, 2 acres. Pop., in 1841, of the
whole, 265; of the Kilmacahill section, 179. Houses
in the whole, 52; in the Kilmacahill section, 39.
PEMBROKESTOWN, a hamlet in the parish
of Lisnakill, barony of Middlethird, 44 miles south-
west of Waterford, co. Waterford, Munster. In its
vicinity are Pembrokestown-house, a cromlech, and
the ruins of Loughdeheen castle.
There is," says
the Rev. R. H. Ryland, "a romantic wildness in
the country about Pembrokestown which is totally
unlike any thing to be seen in this barony. The
hills, which rise precipitously, are covered with
singularly bold and rugged rocks; and immediately
adjoining and between these irregular elevations,
small patches of the finest land, watered by a clear
stream and sheltered from every wind, present a re-
tired and quiet landscape, which even from contrast
must be considered interesting. A slight improve-
ment in the farmers' dwellings, and some judicious
planting, would supply all that is wanting to render
the scenery perfect."

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PENKŎYLE. See KILCULLEN (OLD).

PENNYCOMEQUICK, a hamlet in the parish of Ennereily, barony of Arklow, co. Wicklow, Leinster. It stands on the coast, 34 miles northnorth-east of Arklow; and adjoining it are a burying-ground, and the ruins of Ennereily church.

PEPPERSTOWN, or PEPPARDSTOWN, a parish in the barony of Middlethird, 1 mile north-east of Fethard, co. Tipperary, Munster. Length, southwestward, 3 miles; extreme breadth, 24; area, 4,779 acres, 1 rood, 29 perches. Pop., in 1831, 1,156; in 1841, 1,215. Houses 172. The surface consists of arable and pasture land, worth, on the average, about 30s. per plantation acre per annum. The highest ground is in the centre, and has an altitude of 361 feet above sea-level. The seats are Knockelly-house and Brookhill; and the antiquities are the ruins of two churches, Knockelly-castle, Crump's-castle, and Slanestown-castle. The road from Fethard to Drangan passes through the interior. -This parish is a rectory, and part of the benefice of FETHARD [which see], in the dio. of Cashel. Tithe composition, £250. In 1834, the parishioners consisted of 11 Churchmen, 10 Presbyterians, and 1,194 Roman Catholics; and there was neither church, chapel, nor school.

PETER'S (ST.), a parish on the north border of the barony of Forth, co. Wexford, Leinster. Its east end contains a small part of the town of WEXFORD: which see. Length, west-south-westward, 3 miles; extreme breadth, 1; area, 1,405 acres, 11 perches, of which 23 acres, 3 roods, 4 perches lie detached. Pop., in 1831, 1,445; in 1841, 1,690. Houses 304. Pop. of the rural districts, in 1831, 748; in 1841, 1,177. Houses 200. The surface consists, in a general view, of good land. The chief rural residences are Lornhill-house, Great-Clonard, Kil-Little-Clonard, Roseville, and Newhill-house. The road from Wexford to Fethard and Duncannon passes through the interior.-This parish is an impropriate curacy, and part of the benefice of St. Patrick's of Wexford, in the dio. of Ferns. Tithe composition belonging to the incumbent, £85. The Roman Catholic parochial chapel is the principal Roman Catholic place of worship for the town of Wexford; it stands on the high north-western outskirts of the town, closely adjoining the Roman Catholic college of Wexford; and it has 4 officiates, and an attendance of 8,000. The Convent chapel is under the care of the same officiates as the parochial chapel,

PAUL'S (ST.). See DUBLIN and CORK. PAULSTOWN, a village in the parishes of Shankill and Kilmacahill, barony of Gowran, co. kenny, Leinster. It stands on the road from Kilkenny to Carlow, 3 miles north-north-west of Goresbridge, 3 north-north-east of Gowran, and 8 east by north of Kilkenny. It contains a Roman Catholic chapel, a constabulary barrack, and a graveyard; and in its vicinity are Shankill church, Kilmacahill church, Shankill-castle, Mountrath-house, Monefellin-house, Paidstown-castle, Viewmount, Duninga, and the ruins of a castle, a church, and an

trict.

This seems to have included a large adjacent rural dis