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The town of Kinawley in County Fermanagh
is said to have derived its name from St Náile’s
church, most churches were named with words borrowed from
Latin, Cill was the commonost name for church which changed
over time to Kil
Kinawley from Samuel Lewis' Topographicla
directoty of Ireland.
Kinawley Civil Parish, County Cavan, Ireland
KINAWLEY, a parish, partly in the barony of TULLAGHAGH, county
of CAVAN, partly in that of GLENAWLEY, but chiefly in that
of KNOCKNINNY, county of FERMANAGH, and province of ULSTER,
6 miles (N. W.) from Ballyconnell, on the road to Enniskillen;
containing, with the post-town of Swanlinbar, 16,077 inhabitants.
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According to the Ordnance survey it comprises 51,004 statute acres,
of which 15,346½ are in the county of Cavan ; and, including
islands, 35,657½ are in the county of Fermanagh ; of the
latter number, 2895 acres are in Upper Lough Erne, and 645¼
in small loughs. Agriculture is in a good state ; there is a considerable
quantity of bog, and limestone and freestone are abundant. Cuilcagh
mountain, which, according to the Ordnance survey, is 2188 feet
high, is in the Cavan part of the parish. The river Shannon rises
at the base of this mountain from a deep circular gulph, 20 feet
in diameter, and there is another deep gulph about three-quarters
of a mile from this, in which the flowing of water may be heard.
The elevation of the source of the Shannon above Lough Allen is
115 feet, and above the sea 275 feet. Petty sessions are held every
fortnight at Derrilin, where fairs are held on May 27th and Oct.
27th.
The principal seats are Mount Prospect, the residence of Blaney
Winslow, Esq. ; Dresternan, of D. T. Winslow, Esq.; Prospect Hill,
of A. Maguire, Esq. ; and Cloghan, of D. Winslow, Esq.
The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Kilmore,
and in the patronage of the Bishop ; the tithes amount to £369.
4s. 7½d. The glebe-house was erected in 1822, by aid of a
loan of £787 from the late Board of First Fruits. There is
a church at Derrilin, and one at Swanlinbar, which is in a ruinous
state.
In the R. C. divisions the parish forms two unions or districts,
called Kinawley, in which are chapels at Kinawley and Swanlinbar
; and Knockaninny, in which are chapels at Knockaninny, Glassmullen,
and Drumderrig.
There are eight public schools, in which about 850 children are
educated, and 13 private schools, in which are about 670, also seven
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