| KILVINE, a parish, in the barony of CLANMORRIS, county of MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 4- miles (N. W.) from Dunmore, on the road to Ballinrobe ; containing 1925 inhabitants. It comprises 5670 statute acres, principally under tillage. and contains a great quantity of bog and some waste land. The principal seats are Cartown, the residence of J. Sheridan, Esq. ; Killan, of F. French,Esq.; Rockfort, of T. Sheridan, Esq. ; and Oldtown Cottage, of W. Bourke, Esq. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Tuam, and in the patronage of the Archbishop ; the tithes amount to £116. 6. 1-. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union or district of Ballindangan. About 110 children are educated in a private school. |
