With the Baronies, Parishes, and Contents in Irish Acres.
The Province ofArmaghcontains Ten Dioceses*.
663 Parishes, 446 Churches.
The Province ofDublincontains Five Dioceses.
658 Parishes, 217 Churches.
The Province ofCashelcontains Eleven Dioceses.
839 Parishes, 254 Churches.
The Province ofTuamcontains Six Dioceses.
276 Parishes, 87 Churches.
CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES.
The Assize Towns are marked with an Asterisk, thus, (*).
Above the Level of the Sea.
ISLE OF MAN
These towers are all standing; there were five others still perfect within a few years.1. Co. Down, atDownpatrick, lately taken down[3], was 66 feet high, 47 in circumference.
These towers are all standing; there were five others still perfect within a few years.
1. Co. Down, atDownpatrick, lately taken down[3], was 66 feet high, 47 in circumference.
2. Co. Dublin, inShip-street, Dublin, destroyed a few years since.3. Co. Cork, atCork, pulled down about fifty years.4. Ditto, atBrigown, not long down.5. Co. Kerry, atArdfert, which fell in 1770.
2. Co. Dublin, inShip-street, Dublin, destroyed a few years since.
3. Co. Cork, atCork, pulled down about fifty years.
4. Ditto, atBrigown, not long down.
5. Co. Kerry, atArdfert, which fell in 1770.
A very ingenious friend remarks[4], that almost all our round towers are divided into stories of different heights; the floors supported in some by projecting stones, in others, joists put in the wall at building, and in many they are placed upon rests. The last are from four to six inches, carried round and taken off the thickness of the wall in the story above; and he very probably conjectures that these rests do not diminish the thickness of the wall as they ascend, because then it would not have been sufficiently strong to bear storms or support the conical cap which was generally solid and heavily constructed. They seem therefore to be swellings in the wall which rather add to its thickness upwards, and this Mr. Cooper confirms by the round tower atLusk, whose wall is three feet thick at top.Casheltower is divided into five stories, with holes for joists.
Fertaghhas five stories and one rest.—Kilcullenhas three stories and one rest.—Kildarehas six stories and projecting stones for each.—Monasterboicehas six stories and projecting stones.—Oughterardhas five stories and projecting stones.—Taghadoehas six stories, the upper has projecting stones, the others rests.—Timahoehas seven stories, the second has projecting stones, the others rests.
The door ofCashel Towerfaces theS.E., those ofKildareandKilkennytheS., and the others vary.
Four small windows were placed at the top ofKells Towerpointing to the four cardinal points.
Kenith Towerstands 124 feet—Drumbo20 feet—Downpatrick48 feet—Kildare90 feet—Kilkenny8 feet—Dromiskin90 feet, from their respective Churches.Ardmore,Castledermot,Cloyne, and otherTowerswere formerly and at present are used for belfries.
Or Explanation of some of those Irish Words which most frequentlyoccur in composition with the names of places.
Engraved for the Scientific Tourist.