EGLISH

In 1868, the parish of Eglish contained the following places:

"EGLISH, a parish in the barony of Eglish, King's County, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles N.E. of Birr. Five-Alley is its post town. The parish includes Lough Coura, which is 172 feet above the sea-level, and has an island, with ruins. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Meath, value with Fercall, £2,001. The church is ancient. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Drumcullen. There are six day schools in the parish. The residences are Eglish Castle, Woodfield, Dovegrove, and several others."

"EGLISH, a parish, partly in the barony of LOWER-ORMOND, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER, but chiefly in that of EGLISH, or FIRCAL, KING'S county, and province of LEINSTER, 3 miles (N. E.) from Parsonstown, on the road to Tullamore; containing 3290 inhabitants. This parish is six miles in length by four in breadth, and comprises 7722 statute acres there is a great deal of bog, and some limestone for building and burning. Eglish Castle is the residence of Capt. English; Tulliuisky, of Handy Dynelly, Esq., Whigsborough, of R Drought, Esq.; and here is the residence of the Rev. W. Parsons. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Meath, forming part of the union of Fircall; the rectory is impropriate in the Marquess of Downshire. The tithes amount to £148. 12.???, of which £96. 18. 5 is payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the vicar: the glebe comprisc 116a. 2r. 38p., the annual value of which is £99. 8. The church is a very old building;. In the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union or district, comprising also Drumcullin parish, in each of which is a chapel. 

There are six private schools, in which abant 240 children are instructed."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018