. The history of Ireland, from the earliest period to the year 1245, when the Annals of Boyle, which are adopted and embodied as the running text authority, terminate: with a brief essay on the native annalists, and other sources for illustrating Ireland, and full statistical and historical notices of the barony of Boyle. e-house wasbuilt by a grant of £100, and a loan of £300, fromthe late Board of First Fruits, with a further grantof £100 from Lord Lorton; the glebe comprisestwenty acres, but of very indifferent land, and sub-ject to a rent of £8. In the Roman Catholic ar-rangement this pari
. The history of Ireland, from the earliest period to the year 1245, when the Annals of Boyle, which are adopted and embodied as the running text authority, terminate: with a brief essay on the native annalists, and other sources for illustrating Ireland, and full statistical and historical notices of the barony of Boyle. e-house wasbuilt by a grant of £100, and a loan of £300, fromthe late Board of First Fruits, with a further grantof £100 from Lord Lorton; the glebe comprisestwenty acres, but of very indifferent land, and sub-ject to a rent of £8. In the Roman Catholic ar-rangement this parish is popularly styled Crosna,and comprises, with Ardcarne, a portion of Tumna,having two chapels, one at Crosna, and a second atCootchall. TheiC are, within the parish of Ardc^arne,two National Schools at Crosna, one affording edu-cation to 114 boys, and the otlier to nearly the samenumber of girls. There are 86 townlands withinArdcarne, of which 32, comprising about 6,500a.,are the estate of Lord Lorton; 9, containing about3,400a., that of William Mulloy, Esq.; 8, about1,800a., that of Hugh Barton, Esq., &c. The population of this district was laid down, in1821,as5,684persons,increasedintheCensusofl831,to 6,718; the proportion of Roman Catholics to mem-bers of the Established Church, W^i7 appearing to be. THE PARISH OF ARDCARNE. 95 « sixteen to one. The late census accounts tlie total as8,304. The northern portion of the parish is boundedby the Feorish river, separating it from that of Kil-ronan. It has a considerable quantity of reclaimablebog, and an improving system of tillage is beingadopted. Limestone and freestone of the best de-scription for architectural purposes abound, and in-dications of coal have been discovered in Ballyfer-raoyle, but, though shafts were sunk, no further ope-rations have been continued. The Boyle river runsthrough the parish, being crossed by a bridge atKnockvicar, where its banks are adorned with somepleasing scenery. The church of Ardca
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