Britway

BRITWAY, a parish, partly in the barony of KINTALOON, hut chiefly in that of BARRYMORE, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 5½ miles (E. S. E.) from Rathcormac; containing 1098 inhabitants. "It is bounded on the north by the river Bride, and comprises 712 statute acres, of which 3568 are applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £2206 per annum. Of its entire surface there are 646 acres of mountain, capable of great improvement, and 380 acres of marshy land and exhausted bog, the whole of which is reclaimable. The land in cultivation consists of a light shallow soil, and the greater part is under tillage. Ballyvolane, the seat of Capt. Pyne, is a neat residence, situated in a well-wooded demesne.

It is a rectory, in the diocese of Cloyne, and is part of the union of Ahern: the tithes mount to £281. 8. 0¼. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Castlelyons. The male and female schools for Britway and Ahern are near the latter place; and there is a hedge school in this parish, in which are about 50 boys and 20 girls.

from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.