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Clonenagh, Terryglass, and Doon; and these two names are also often connected. In the "Life of Fintan of D o o n , " given in O'Hanlon's Lives, i., p. 42, it is stated that Fintan, Lugid, and Colman were the sons of Aialenna, or Alinna, daughter of Artgail, also named Lenin; and in O'Hanlon's Lives, v., p. 579, it is stated that Comaigh was the sister of Fintan, Lugid, and Colman, and daughter of Eochaidh and Aigleann, or Ailgend, who is stated to be daughter of Lenin. See also Life of Lugid in O'Hanlon's Lives, i., pp. 53 and 607; Life of Fintan, son of Eochaidh, in O'Hanlon's Lives, i., p . 2 4 ; and Life of Colman son of Eochaidh, in O'Hanlon's Lives, i., p. 26. I consider that Colman, son of Eochaidh, and of Aigleann, or Ailgend, the daughter of Artgail, or Lenin, is the same as Colman mac Lenin, who is thus mentioned in the Calenda^r of Oengus, p. clxxi.: " M a c Lenine, i Colman mac Lenin o Cluain Uamai in huibh Liathain a Mumain—son of Lenine i Colman, son of Lenin of Cluain Uamai (Cloyne), in Ui Liathain in Munster." In Irish tales " m a c " occasionally means descendant; so that Colman mac Lenin does not necessarily mean Colman, son of Lenin, but Colman, grandson of Lenin. Very Rev. Canon O'Hanlon, who quotes particulars from Adamnan's Life of Columb-Cille, has equated Lugid, Finnlug, or Finnlugan, with Finnlagan of the Hebrides. Sir Walter Scott, in note G, to the "Lord of the I s l e s , " quoting from an ancient Gaelic manuscript, states that John, Lord of the Isles, who was married to Margaret Stewart, daughter to Robert Stewart, King of Scotland, made donations to Icolmkill, and covered the chapel of Finlagan, in the isle of Finlagan, where the wives of the Lords of the Isles were buried. Beside the well of Finnlug in Cahirconlish parish there is an uluidh, or little altar tomb, in a very dilapidated state. Very Rev. Canon O'Hanlon was not aware that there was a well dedicated to Finnlug, brother of Finntan, in Cahirconlish parish, but it is named Tobarmolug, in townland of same name, in the new ordnance survey map. -



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"1694. I list of unions to be made in the Diocese of Cloyne, Vicaria de Ballyclogh was to be joined on to Kilbrin, Subolter, Kilmaclenyn, Roskeen. Sitque ecclia de Castlemagner p ' a l i s " (Brady, vol. i., xxxvii.). "1591. Edmund Flinn is Vicar. 'Ecclesia de Ballyclogh: Rectoria pertinet ad Bothon. Edmundus Flinn est Vicarim.' (MS. T . C . D . , E ? 3> 14)- Dromdowney, R. Prior Bothon. Vicar, Richus Prendergaste.'' 1615. July 6. John Temple, V. Ballyclogh als. Laban. (F.F.) H e is said to have been admitted V. Ballyclogh and Dromdowney on 5th July, 1615, in the Visitation Book of 1634, and same day Chancellor of Cloyne. 'Balliclogh, als. L a b a n : residens: Rectoria impropriate, Johes Jephson, miles, est firmarius. Ecclesia et cancella in ruina. Vicarius, Johes Temple. Val., 5 li. per a n . " "Drumdowny: residens: Rectoria impropriata, Johes Jephson, miles, nrmarius. Vicarius, Johes Temple, inserviens curae. Valor, 3 li. per an. Ecclesia et cancella ruinantur.'' (R.V. 1615).

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E. de Ballyclogh, als. Labane, spectat ad Ballybege. Valet, 30 r per an. Johes Jepson, miles, impropriator. V i c , Johes Temple. Valet, 15 li. per a n . " (R.V. 1634). " E . de Drumdowney spectat ad Ballybege. Johes Jephson, miles, impropriator.'' (R.V. 1634). 1636. March 27. Thomas Cadogane, V. Ballyclogh, als. Laban, et V. de Dromdowney (F.F.) 1637. July 2. Thomas Fisher, V. Ballyclogh and Dromdowney (F.F.) He was also R. Mallow (q.v.). 1661. Mr. Norcott appears V. Ballyclogh and Dromdowney (V.B.) He was also curate of Mallow. He was afterwards V. Clonmeen (q.v.). 1662. Mr. James Cox appears as V. Ballyclogh and Dromdowney (V.B.) He is also P. Kilmaclenine (q.v.). He was instituted on 16th June, 1663 (F.F.). 1687. June 1. Matthew Jones, A.M., V. Ballyclogh and Dromdowney, and P. Kilmaclenine, vacant et in collatione Epi per mortem Jacobi Cox (D.R.). Jones was also P . Donoghmore (q.v.) He was V. Dromdowney in 1712 (V.B.). 1694. Ballyclogh: vicarage: val., £7 10s. Mr. Jones, vicar. Epus patronus. Church of Ballyclough much damnified by the Irish in the late w a r ; but since well repaired. Impropriator of Ballyclough, the present Bishop of Ely. Dromdowney: Vicar, Mr. Jones. Nulla ecclia (Palliser). Rectoria Impropriata de Dromdowney, Johes Jephson, olim fuit, impropriator, nunc vendit Carolo Newman (lb.). Rect' improp' de Ballyclogh, val. 14 pounds (lb.). 1706. January 25. William Tennison, A.M. (vice Jones, resigned), V. Ballyclogh, and R.V". Ardskeagh. (D.R.) Tennison did not succeed Jones in Dromdowney vicarage, which Jones held in 1712, but he succeeded him in Kilmaclenin. In 1712 Tennison became R.V. Macroom. 1713. April 18. Robert Carleton, A.M. (vice Tennison, resigned), V. Ballyclogh cum particula vel vicaria de Dromdowney, and V. Castlemagner, per cess of Edward Sayers. (D.R.) In 1721 Carleton became Dean of Cork. 1714. August 7. Francis Gore, A.M. (vice Carleton, resigned), V. Ballyclogh and Castlemagner. (D.R.) In 1717 he became also P. Kilmaclenine (q.v.). 1748. June 16. William Mockler, A.M. (vice Gore, deceased), V Ballyclogh, Dromdowney, and Castlemagner. (D.R.) 1762. The value of the union was £1^0 (A. Hay man). William Mockler (son of Edward Mockler) was born at Trim, County Meath, and when eighteen years old, obtained a sizarship in T.C.D. on 27th May, 1730, and a scholarship in 1732. He was ordained deacon on 7th March, 1736, and priest on 24th September, 1738, both at Cloyne. On the day he received priest's orders he was licensed to the curacy or Ballyclogh and Castlemagner, and held the vicarages of those parishes from 1748 to his death in 1764. He was, in 1756, a member of the Mallow Loyal Protestant Society. He died unmarried, and left hi.? brother, James Mockler (Archdeacon of Cloyne), his heir. 1764. July 2. Atkin Hayman, V. Ballyclogh, Dromdowney, and Castlemagner. (D.R.) 1774. Ballyclogh, otherwise Leban, vie. It lies part in the bar. ot

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Duhallow, and part in that of Orrery and Kilmore. Value £70. Church in repair. Pat. the Bishop. Glebe, i a . i4p. En. Proxy, 3s. Taxed in the K i n g ' s books, 10s. ster. Incumb., Atkin Hayman, A.M. Curate, Charles Coote, A.B. The Rect. is impropriate. John Longfield, esq., impropriator. Proxy, 4s. 6d. (Hingston). 1774. Drumdowne, vie. Value £5 per ann. It lies in the bar. of Orrery and Kilmore. Church in ruins. Patron, the Bp. Proxy, i s . 6d. Taxed in the King's books, £2 10s. ster. Incumb., Atkin Hayman, A.M. The rect. is imp. Mrs. Elizabeth Newman, impropriatrix. Proxy, i s . 6d. (Hingston). 1774. Castlemagner, otherwise Monymandragh, vie. It lies in the bar. of Duhallow, and part in that of Orrery and Kilmore, value £120 per ann. Church in repair. Pat., the Bp. Glebe, 2V. i2p. plant. Proxy, 5s. Taxed in the King's book by the name of Castlemagner, £2 ster. Incumb., Atkin Hayman, A.M. Curate, Charles Coote, A.B. The rect. is imp. John Longfield, esq., impropriator. Proxy, 7s. 6d. (Hingston). 1785. Protestant population of Ballyclogh, 4 9 ; of Castlemagner and Dromdouney, 15 (Hayman). Atkin Hayman (fifth son of Samuel Hayman, esq., of The College, Youghal, by Elizabeth, eldest dau. and co-heiress of Richard Paradise, esq., a French Protestant refugee), was born at Youghal on n t h June. 1714, and entered T.C.D. as a pensioner on 6th July, 1733, and graduated in 1738. H e was ordained deacon on 21st December, 1740, and priest on 15th March, I 7 4 i , b y Bishop Berkeley, at Cloyne. On 22nd December, 1741, he was licensed to the curacy of Middleton, which he held until *753- From 1753 to 1764 he was curate of Youghal. In 1754 he was appointed chaplain to the Earl of Hillsborough. From 1759 to 1764 he was R.V. Carrigrohanebeg, and from 1764 to his death, on 13th April, *793> was V. Ballyclogh and Castlemagner. H e married, firstly, in June, 1742, his cousin, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Rev. Walter Atkin (Treasurer of Cloyne), and by her (who was buried in the Atkin family vault at Middleton, on 30th January, 1756) had issue five sons and three daughters. Three of the sons died infants, and one (the third eldest, Walter Atkin Hayman) died without legitimate issue. All the daughters died unmarried. Samuel, his fourth son, succeeded to the family inheritance, much diminished by the alienation of the greater part thereof to the illegitimate issue of his brother Walter. Samuel was born ln *753) and in 1779 took out a diploma at Edinburgh as a physician. He married, in 1782, Melian, dau. and co-heiress of Matthew Jones, esq., Collector of Youghal, and by her had issue, inter alios, a son, Matthew Hayman, heir to his father, who was born in 1789, and married, in 1816, Helen, second daughter of Arundel Hill, esq., of Doneraile. By this marriage Matthew Hayman had issue, inter alios, an eldest son, Samuel Hayman, now Rector of Ardnegihy, Cork. The Rev. Atkin Hayman, V. Ballyclogh, on 12th August, 1757, married a second wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Frank Wilson, esq., of Youghal, but had by her, who was buried in Youghal on 6th Oct., 1776, no issue. 'The family of Hayman, Heyman, or Aymon (as the name is spelled m the well-known early French romance, Histoire des quatre fils Aymons tres-N'obles et tres-vaillans Chevaliers) is of undoubted antiquity. Sir B. ourke, in his Landed Gentry (article, Hayman of Youghal), gives the family a Norman origin, and describes their genealogical roll as em-



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bracing a period of more than nine centuries. He traces them downwards, generation after generation, from the year 931 to the present time. Deeds, wills, and family letters from the reign of Charles I. are in the muniment chest of the Rev. Samuel Hayman, the representative of the Irish branch, who is the sixth in descent from George Heyman, or Hayman, of Minehead, Somersetshire, who migrated to Ireland in 1629. George Hayman was grandson of Robert or Roger Hayman, who, to avoid religious persecution in Queen Mary's reign, fled from Kent, and found refuge in the West of England, where numerous lines, owing their origin to him, may yet be found. A baronetcy of the creation 12th August, 1641, existed in the parent house in Kent, until 20th November, 1808, when the Rev. Henry Pix Heyman, the fifth baronet, expired without male issue (vide Burke's Extinct Baronetcies, article Heyman of Somerfield). The Rev. Atkin Hayman left numerous sermons in manuscript, and an account of the Diocese of Cloyne in 1762, which are in the possession of the Rev. Samuel Hayman of Ardnegihy. 1793. June 17. Richard Woodward, V. Ballyclogh, Dromdowney, Castlemagner, and Clonfert. (F.F.) In 1799 he became P. Glanworth (q.v.). 1798. Sept. 18th. James Hingston, V, Ballyclogh, Dromdouney, and Castlemagner. (F.F.) In 1799 he became R.V. Aghabulloge. 1799. March 14. John Lombard, A.B., V. Ballyclogh and Dromdowney, and Preb. Kilmaclenin. (F.F.) In 1801 he was collated to Kilshannig (q.v.). 1801. July 25. Joseph Domett, A.M., V. Ballyclogh and Dromdowney. (D.R.) In 1803 Domett became also R.V. Ballyvourney. 1804. Feb. 25. John McCormick (vice Domett, deceased), V. Ballyclogh and Dromdowney. (D.R.) 1805. Number of Protestant families, 31 (Archb. Brod.). John McCormick was licensed on 2nd Nov., 1778, to the curacy of Ballyclogh and Castlemagner. From 1799 to 1804 he was V. Castleto m s magner; and from 1804 death, in 1816, V. Ballyclogh. He was buried in the churchyard of Castlemagner on 18th Feb., 1816. His relict, Sarah, survived him, and was buried on n t h September, 1847, in Castlemagner, aged 73. 1816. May 10. John Chester, V. Ballyclogh and Dromdowney. (D.R.) 1830. Protestant population of Ballyclogh, 226; of Dromdowney, o. 1837. Ballyclogh union, three and a half Irish miles long by three broad, with cure, consisting of Ballyclogh vicarage, three and a half miles long by two and a half broad; (2) Dromdowney vicarage, half mile long by half mile broad. The union contains 10,111a. ir. 26p. Gross population, 4,017. No curate employed. Composition for vicarial tithes of Ballyclogh par., ^ 4 0 0 . 22a. ir. 24fp. of glebe in said parish, valued at £43 3s. 6d. 3a. 9fp. of old glebe adjoining, on which four cabins have been erected, producing an income of ^ 5 7s. 6d. Composition for vicarial tithes of Dromdowney parish, ^ 3 0 . Subject to visitation fees, 14s. Diocesan schoolmaster, n s . 8d. Ballyclogh glebe house in ex2 cellent order, built in 1824 under the new Acts, at the cost of £9 3 is. 6|d. British, whereof ^ 6 9 2 6s. 2d. was granted in way of loan by the late Board of First Fruits, and the residue of ^ 2 3 0 15s. 4^d. was supplied out of the private funds of the incumbent, who will be entitled to receive the entire of the sum last mentioned from his successor.

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Of the loan aforesaid, there remained ^ 5 8 1 10s. iod. chargeable on the benefice in 1832, repayable by annual instalments of £27 13s. iod. Incumbent is constantly resident in the glebe house. One church, situate in the parish and village of Ballyclogh, capable of accommodating 230 persons, built in 1829 at the cost of ^ 1 , 0 3 0 British, and enlarged by the addition of a gallery, in 1831, at the cost of £63. Of the cost of erection, ^ 3 0 0 was raised by subscription, and the residue of £730 was granted in way of loan by the late Board of First Fruits, of which loan £671 12s. remained chargeable on the union in 1832, repayable by annual instalments of £2^ 4s. The expense of erecting the gallery was provided for by Col. Longfield, without any charge on the union. Divine service is celebrated twice on Sundays in summer, and once in winter, and on the principal festivals. The sacrament is administered monthly, and at Easter and Christmas. The rectorial tithes, consisting of one moiety of the tithes of the parishes forming this union, are impropriate, and belong to John Longfield, Esq. ; those of Ballyclogh are compounded for ^ 3 8 1 1 os. ; and those of Dromdowney for £2% 10s. per annum. (Pari. Rep.) John Chester was third son of Richard Chester, Esq., of Chesterfield, County Cork, by Helena Gibbings. He was, from 1809 to 1816, V. Castlemagner; and from 1816 to 1849, V. Ballyclogh. He had a numerous family by his wife, Catherine Bastable, who was buried at Castlemagner churchyard on 15th March, 1838. His sons were—Richard, now V. Ballyclogh; Thomas Gibbings, born 1812; John W i g h t Seymour, born 1816; Charles Robert, born 1819; and William Bennet, born 1820, now Rector of Nenagh, Kiilaloe. The Rev. John Chester died, aged 77, on 30th April, 1849, in Cork, and was buried on the 2nd May in the churchyard of St. Mary Shandon, Cork. 1849. June 23. Richard Chester, V. Ballyclogh and Dromdowney. (D.R.) i860. The church and glebe house are in good order. Twenty statute acres of glebe in vicar's use. Divine service twice on Sundays and once on the usual holidays. Sacrament monthly and at festivals; average of x communicants, 30. Thirty-six children attend a Church Education School, in which the books of the National Board are used. The Protestant population is 186. The rent charge of Ballyclogh is ^ 3 0 0 ; of Dromdowney, £22 ios. The glebe land is worth ^ 3 8 . Total value of benefice, ios., with residence. Mr. Chester holds also the curacy of the suspended parish of Kilmaclenine. A bequest of £3 13s. iod. per annum was left to the poor of Ballyclogh Parish by a member of the Lysaght family, and is now punctually paid. (Chester). Richard Chester (eldest son of his predecessor) was born on 7th October, I anQl o i i , and was ordained deacon at Cloyne on the n t h January, 1835, Priest at Cork on n t h September, 1836. On 12th September, 1836, he ^as licensed to the curacy of Clonfert, which post he held for some years. He was afterwards curate of Cloyne. Mr. Chester is married and has issue. He has published (besides many articles in the Christian Examiner, 1

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General Redemption the Doctrine of Scripture, Ball, Arnold & Co., London, 1840. Union with Christ; a Sermon preached in Newmarket Church. New Irish Pulpit, Dublin, 1840. The Potato Blight: its cause and its remedy; a Sermon preached in the Cathedral of Cloyne. Oldham, Dublin, 1846. The Parable of the Ten Virgins; a Sermon preached at Rostellan. Evans, Cork, 1848. Prize and other Poems. Hodges & Smith, Dublin, 1849. The Papal Supremacy; a Sermon preached in Christ Church, Cork. Tract Society, Cork, 1851. Imagination: its uses and.abuses ; a Lecture delivered before the Cork Young Men's Association. Tract Society, Cork, 1852. The Irish Schoolmaster: a Tract. London Tract Society, 1853. Sir Walter Scott; a Lecture delivered before the Cork Young Men's Association. Tract Society, Cork, 1853. The Development of Antichrist; a Sermon preached in Ballymodan Church, Bandon. " London Pulpit," 1855. Three Sermons on the Typical Character of the People of Israel; Preached in the Free Church, Cork. " London Pulpit," 1857. Is the Second Coming of Christ Premillenial ? a Speech delivered in the Rotunda, Dublin. Dublin Tract Society, 1859. Satan ; a Lecture delivered before the Cork Young Men's Association. Tract Society, Cork, 1859. The Debt Paid; a Tract. Dublin Tract Society, i860. The Coming of Christ to the Antichrist; a Sermon preached in Ballymodan Church, Bandon. " L o n d o n Pulpit," 1861. " Speech at Annual Meeting of Cork Auxiliary to Society for promoting Christianity among the Jews. Dublin Jew's Society, 1862.

(Cole, p. 154, pub. 1903), under Ballyclogh:—"This name is a corruption of 'Ballycloughy,' which it is called in the inquisitions of the sixteenth century—'Baile Cloiche,' 'the town (or place) of the stone' (castle)." " T h e Irish called a stone-building- simply 'cloic,' a stone (Olden). In old records it is frequently called 'Ballyclough, als. Laban,' which latter probably signifies a place abounding in elm trees.'' * 1849. June 23. Richard Chester, V. Ballyclogh and Dromdowney (Brady), Chester became R.V. Castrachore (Midleton), in March, 1868. 1868. March. Thomas Olden (Brady ii., 402), V. Ballyclogh and Dromdowney, vice Chester. The church population of the parish is about 80. Dr. Olden made many improvements in Ballyclogh Church. In the years 1874-5 new windows, with cathedral-glass and ornamental borders, were put in; the floor tiled; a chancel built, with handsome stained-glass window; new open roof; choir seats placed; fine oak lectern (carved by Miss Dorothea Olden) dedicated, and the church generally improved, and, in 1896, a new heating apparatus supplied, the whole costing over ;£ooo. Divine service is held on Sundays and chief festivals, noon and evensong. The parish is under the diocesan scheme. There is a sum from interest on endowments amounting to about -£12 a year, which goes towards the assessment, which is £86-. There is a glebe house with 22a. 3r. 21 p. of land, the interest in which was purchased from R.C.b. by subscription in 1897, the charge on same being ^ 4 3 3s. 6d. Thomas Olden, son of Robert Olden, of Cork. T . C . D . ; B.A., 1846' M.A. 1888; B.D. 1897; D . D . (Honoris Causa) 1898; M.R.I.A. 1870. Obtained honours in science, gold medal in logic and ethics, and first-class Div. Test. He was ordained deacon, 12th July, 1846, at Down, for the curacy of Cullen, C o r k ; and priest, 30th May, 1847, at Midleton, by * Laban signifies mud, dirt, or perhaps the meaning may be Leath (Lah), Half-La-bawn, half-bawn.

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Bishop of Killaloe. W a s curate of Tullilease, Cloyne, i860, and vicar of same, 27th August, i860 to 1868 (vide his important work in that

parish). He married on 28th July, 1853, Sophie Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. James Morton, V. Clonfert (Brady), and by her, who died 27th December, 1899, had issue—1. James Morton Ruxton Fitzherbert, b. 25th May, 1854, who was unfortunately drowned, together with his cousin, Robert Aidworth, when at Rossal College, in Lancashire, in 1868; 2. George Gustavus, ob. juv. ; 1st, Olivia; 2nd, Sophia Jane Louisa; and 3rd, Dorothea Emily Morton, wife of Rev. John Harding Cole, B.A., last R.V. of Leighmoney, Cork. Dr. Olden was a scholar of much distinction, a learned antiquarian, and well versed in the Irish language. He published many valuable writings, amongst them being—The Epistles and Hymn of St. Patrick (3rd ed. S.P.C.K., 1894); A History of the Church of Ireland (2nd ed., 1895); ZTre Scriptures in Ireland One Thousand Years Ago, a translation from the Wurtzburg Glosses; sixty-three "Lives of Distinguished Irishmen," in the Dictionary of National Biography; numerous papers in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, the Royal Society 'of Antiquaries, and the St. Paul's Ecclesiological Society, etc., etc. In recognition of his merits, his University conferred upon him (Honoris Causa) the Degree of D.D. in 1898. Dr. Olden resigned Ballyclogh, owing to ill-health, in July, 1899, but retained his stipend and glebe; and the parish of Ballyclogh, with Dromdowney was added to Castlemagner union (q.v.) Dr. Olden died at his vicarage, Ballyclough, on the 29th of October, 1900, aged JJ years. Of him, the Bishop of the Diocese said, in his annual pastoral letter, January, 1901 : — " W e were proud of him in this diocese. W e felt it to be an honour that he was numbered amongst our Clergy. By his learning and ability he has done a great work for the Church. As an Irish scholar, there were not many that could surpass him. But it is as the historian of the Church of Ireland that he will ever be remembered. Although he was so learned, and so distinguished, hse was kind and gentle and unassuming in his manner, and was dearly loved by his family and his friends, and by the people amongst whom hie ministered for thirty-one years. A mural tablet has been erected to his memory in Ballyclough Church by his parishioners and friends." The late Rev. Dr. Olden also wrote:—

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St. Patrick and his Mission, Dublin, 1894, * a now very scarce and valuable pamphlet: Some Notices of St. Colman of Cloyne, Bishop and Poet. Cork: T. Morgan, 1881. To the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries he contributed a paper on " The Voyage of St Brendan," 4th quarter, 1891. To the Cork Historical and Archceological Journal he contributed a paper on "Kilmaclenine" in No. 39, July-Sept., 1898, besides some interesting notes to the article on St. Beretchert of Tullylease, that appeared in the No. for February, 1895, and he also contributed still more frequently to the Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, of which he was a ember. The wording of his mortuary tablet will be found later on in the portion of the present series relating to Ballyclough Church.

. (Lewis, pub. 1837), under "Ballyclogh" : — " T h e Church, a neat edifice itn a square embattled tower, crowned with pinnacles, was erected in 3°j partly by subscription, towards which the late Lord Lisle contributed & 100, and Lord Arden and Colonel Longfield ^ 5 0 each: partly by a lean %

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of £ 7 3 0 from the late Board of First Fruits and partly by the sale of the pews. The glebe house, a handsome and commodious residence, was built by the Revd. John Chester, the present incumbent. The old glebe, comprising only half an acre, has been enlarged byi the addition of 13a. 3r. I3p. plantation measure, in reduction of the rent of which at six per cent, a fine of jQ^oo was paid by the late Board of First Fruits. A bequest of ^ 4 per annum, late currency, from Nicholas Lysaght, Esq., is regularly paid by Lord Lisle and distributed among the poor.'' (Brady, p. 298, vol. iii.) :—Baliyclogh Ch. formed part of the rural Deanery of Bothon in 1682. (Brady, p. 308, vol, iii.) :—Cloyne, Return of Rent-Charges Baliyclogh Parish. Date of composition was 26 Oct., 1831, for ^ 7 8 1 10s. od. Average price of oats, 15s. 2d. per barrel. (Townsend, vol. i., page 415, pub. 1815) :—"A small spire * has also lately been added to Baliyclogh Church, the greater part of which parish is in Duhallow, though the vicarage is in O r r e r y . " 2 The curate (in 1905, Rev. E. Sikes, B.D., Sen. Mod. E. & Sch. of T.C.D.) of the union of Castlejmagner resides in the vicarage, Baliyclogh; m. in Sept., 1905, Catherine Anne Harriet, dau. of Revd. W . H. Cotter, M.A., LL.D., Rector of Buttevant. Four acres of the glebe land have been let to the Board of Guardians to build a residence for the dispensary doctor (1904). In 1905, the Church population of Baliyclogh was about 80, and the average Sunday attendance 35. (Smith, vol. i . ) : — " I n 1663, Baliyclogh Vic. vide the Preb. of Kilmaclenine. The rect. is improp.; Barth. Purdon, Esq., impropriator. Glebe, 1 a. i6p. The church plate is as follows, and is in charge of the curate of the > >

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Cup, with inscription:—"G.-W. for ye use of Ballyclough Church. Plate, with inscription : — " F r o m John Longfield, Esq., A.D., 1813.'' There is a silver chalice with no inscription. I noted the following Memorials in the church. Tablet: " To the memory of John Longfield, Lieut. H.M. 89th Regt., eldest son of Richard Longfield, Esq., of Longueville, and only child of Harriette Elizabeth, his first wife, daughter of John McClintock, Esq., of Drumcar, Co. Louth. She died at Florence, 27th April, 1834. He served in the Crimean War. Died on board " G r e a t Britain," steamship, 20th October, 1855. Aged 22 years. Erected by his father and step-mother, Jemima Lucy Longfield." " CA t-dmpA -opocAt "oo mo m-Af cof AID.—Thy words are a lamp unto my feet. Sacred to the memory of Thomas Olden, D.D., M.R.I.A., for thirty years Vicar of this parish. Born 1st March, 1823. Died 29th October iroo. An eminent Irish Scholar, Antiquarian, and Church Historian. He served God in his generation. Erected by a few friends."

* There is no spire on the church. 2 The Rev. E. Sikes became Rector of Ardnageehy, Diocese of Cork, in March, I9°5Glenville is the name of the Rectory. The present curate of Castlemagner Union is the Rev. Pearce Caldwell Brown, B.A. He lives in Baliyclogh Glebe House. He was ordained for this curacy by the Bishop of Cork, December, 1905 ; Priest, 1907.

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" T o the dear memory of Maria Joana, widow of Horace J. Aylward, Esq., and daughter of the late Lt.-Colonel John Gabriel Stedman, Count of the Holy Roman Empire. Born 28th January, 1793. Died at Woodpark, 30th June, 1864. Aged 71 years. I know that my Redeemer liveth. This tablet is erected by her daughters." [Two Crests for Purdon-Coote.] " T o the beloved memory of Charles Purdon Coote, Ballyclough, Co. Cork, who died 20th September, 1893. Aged 46 years. H e lived a useful and honoured life, and was a most loving and dutiful son. This tablet is placed here by his sorrowing mother, Lydia Lucy Lifford. 'Not my will, but Thine be done.'—St. Luke, xxii. 42."

A Lectern, in oak, carved by Miss Dorothea Olden (now Mrs. Cole, wife of Rev. John Harding'Cole, A.B., of Woodview, Innishannon) was given to the church about 1898. On the outside, near south-west side of church, is a small piece of masonry, the remains of old Ballyclogh Church, and let into which is a tablet:— "The burial place of Henry Wrixon, Esq. of Blossomforth, who died March ye 30th, 1778. A ged 73 yr." (Smith, vol. i., page 283) :—On a handsome monument in the churchyard of this place is this inscription :— " H i e juxta proavorum patrisq. cineres, ubi suos, hac vita finita, conquiescere optat, eorum memorise sacrum, marmor hoc sepulchrale posuit, nepos et fidius gratissimus, Johannes Lysaght de Mountnorth armiger. Anno Domini 1746. Hie quoque sita est Catherina Lysaght, nuper uxor prsedicti Johannis. Quae obit quinto die Junii, Anno Domini, 1743." Arms—Three spears in pale, on a chief a lion regardant Motto—" Bella horirda bella." •

The above inscription is written on a table of white marble, between two Corinthian pillars of black marble with an urn placed on top, over a pediment, etc. On the south side of the Church, at the back of a neat canopy seat, on a monumental table, between four Corinthian pillars of black marble, is this inscription : " Here lies the body of Mrs. Catherine Boyle, wife to Henry Boyle, Esq., and daughter of Chidley Coote, of Killester, Esq., who departed this life the 5th of May, 1725, whom it were unpardonable to lay down in silence, and of whom it is difficult to speak with justice, for her just characer will look like flattery, and the least abatement of it be an injury to her memory. In every condition of her life she was a pattern to her sex, and appeared mistress of those peculiar qualities that were requisite to conduct her through it with honour, and never failed to exert them in their proper seasons with the utmost advantage. She was modest without affectation, easy without levity, and reserved without pride. Knew how to stoop without sinking, and to gain people's affections without lessening their regards. She was careful without anxiety, and frugal without parsimony She was a faithful member of the Protestant Church. Her piety was exemplary, her charity universal. She was truly wise, truly virtuous, and truly good. More can scarce be said, yet nothing is said that veracity or modesty should suppress." Arms the top impaled with the Boyle's argent, a chevron betwixt three coots sable.

Under the communion-table is a flag- stone with this inscription :— 1

To the memory of my dearly beloved husband, Colonel Bartholomew Purdon, Esq., who departed this life the 19th of July, 1737, I have inscribed this stone. He was Justice of the ^eace, Member of Parliament, and Lieutenant of the County 39 years, during which time he strictly observed justice, faithfully served his king, and was a patriot to his country.53 Arms A chevron, and in chief a leopard's head. Motto—" Pro aris et focis."

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HISTORICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL NOTES.

The Parochial Records are in local custody. These are in two volumes :—Baptisms, 1795-1875; Marriages, 17951845; Burials, 1795-1875. (Corrected to 1st May, 1896. P.R.O.D.) N O T E . — T h e Anne Purdon, page 136, widow of Robert Coote, who m. secondly, William

Cole of Mallow, was thus mother of John Cole the elder, of Cork, father of John Cole the younger, of Oldwood, Cork, whose son, Thomas Christopher Cole, was father of the Rev. J. H. Cole, A.B., of Woodview, Innishannon, author of Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, published 1903 by Guy & Co., Cork.

Ballydeloughy or Bally lough Parish. Sheet 19, six-inch Ordnance Survey, and Sheet 165, one-inch O.S. Barony of Fermoy. Ballydeloughy, is Irish for "town of the l a k e " (Joyce). Billindangan and Ballinloghie are mentioned in the grant from James I. to David Lord Roche, Viscount Fermoy, on his surrendering- his property to obtain a good title for same. 15 December, 9, James I., A.D. 1611. The proprietor of Ballinloghy Parish before the Rebellion was John Roch, Irish Papist. It consisted of 617 acres, which was granted about 1657 to Sir William Ffenton. (Survey and Distribution Book, circa. 1657. P . R . O . , Irld.) (Lewis, under Ballydeloughy, 1837). It is situated n | miles (E. byN.) from Doneraile, containing 718 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated near the river Funeheon, and on the south of the road from Doneraile to Mitchelstown, comprises 1,200 statute acres, as applotted under the Tithe Act, and valued at ^"1,891 per annum; the soil is good, and limestone exists in abundance. Ballyndangan, the ancient seat of the family of Therry, is now occupied as a farm-house. (Vol. i., p. 133). Mr. James Buckley writes, in 1906:—"Ballylough is not at present locally known by any other n a m e ; and the traveller thither may find himself belated if he inquired for Ballydeloughy. The name means "Homestead of the l a k e " (only one lake). In a paper published in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 3rd ser, vol. iii., p. 568, a sufficiency of evidence has, I think, been advanced to establish that da in such place names is frequently not a numeral but a middle-Irish form off d'o, meaning "of," and pronounced short. " T h e Lake covers an area of close on five Irish acres, and in winter time, especially, forms a very picturesque object in the landscape. It appears (nothwithstanding the name of the townland) that it is only within the memory of people now living that it became entitled to be called a lake. It was formerly commons land, and formed portion of a peaty tract of about eleven Irish acres; but the neighbouring farmers and cottagers dug up and carted away the soil, which was low-lying, and so created this beautiful expanse of water. Some now forgotten rural bard wrote a poem on the occasion, in which he described the meetings and merrymakings of the people and the sports and games held there in the old days. It is now many years since I heard this song sung, but I remember