1 part occupied nearly the whole of the eastern side, and what remains of it (for it was burned down in 1798 by the insurgents) is now, together with the northern tower, converted to a farm-house. From the terrace in front of the building a fine view opens of Oakport Lough, with the woods round the house. The approach to the hall was, and still is, up a straight inclined plane, the front of which is filled. by a conically topped, gable-like wall, perforated with three Saxon arched portals, the centre for carriages, and the sides for foot-passengers. The ascending avenue leads hence to another Saxon arch, opening into the court south of the hall. The river, where it passes out of the Lough of Oakport, is crossed by an old straight bridge of seven arches, on the off side of which, as sketched in the annexed engraving, is an excellent police barrack, also fitted up for holding the district Petty Sessions. Where the Cootehall estate terminates, at the Shannon, a small village of cabins appears on the Roscommon side, and is called Battle-bridge, the river being here crossed by a six-arched bridge, 150 feet long, and 13 wide. There are various forts in this parish; six on Cootehall; five on Annaghbeg; four on Cloonskeveen; four on Cleagheen; three on Shanballybawn, Lisfarrellboy, Drumsillagh, Tumna, and Dervarry, respectively; two on Brackloon, on Cloonacarrow, on Cloonmaine, on Cuiltyconeen, on Cloonkeen, and on Loughill; and one on each of the following, viz., Cloonfad, Meera, Moigh, Carrigeen, Foxhill, and a remarkably large one on Inchatyra. THE PARISH OF KILL-BRYAN. Kill-bryan, the smallest parish of the Barony, contains 3,852A. OR. 20P., of which more than a fourth is covered with water, a great portion of Lough Ke being included within its bounds; a considerable section of Rockingham demesne is also within its circuit. According to the General Valuation, the total annual value of the land is £2,865 1s. 7d. The rectory is impropriate in the Earl of Kingston, without patronage, while the vicarage forms, as before mentioned, part of the Union of Ardcarne. In the Roman Catholic arrangement it is, as before stated, united with the parish of Boyle. About 110 children are educated in three private schools, to one of which Lord Lorton contributes £14 per annum, and gives a house and garden rent-free. With the exception of Kilteeshan (205A.), which is the estate of Dean French, Lord Lorton is the proprietor of the entire parish. Its population was reported in 1821, as 1,064 persons; increased, in 1831, to 1,349; the comparative enumeration of Roman Catholics to members of the Established Church being, on the latter occasion, laid down as upwards of 12 to 1. The late Census fixes the total number at but 1,114. The chief objects of attraction in the parish, Rockingham demesne and Lough Ke, have been al ready anticipated in the description of that of Boyle, to which they also, to a certain extent, appertain, and it but remains to observe, that there are two forts on the townland of Keelogues, south of Lough Ke, and another on Kilteashan, east of that water, above Knockvicar-bridge. Near the latter is a spot called Bishop's seat, and north of it a holy well, styled Tobber-Patrick; while in the townland of Aghnasurn is a meal, flour, and tuck mill, there are other mills in this neighbourhood, at Ballyfarnon, beyond Lyonstown, and beyond Keadue. THE PARISH OF KILRONAN. The The Ordnance Survey defines its contents as 16,356A. 1R. 17P. present statute measure, of which 1,681A. 2R. 36P. are covered with water. lands have been valued, for local assessment, at £4,779 11s. 1d. per annum. In the ecclesiastical arrangement, this is the only parish of the barony that is not within the diocese of Elphin-it is in that of Ardagh; but, under the operation of the Church Temporalities' Acts, all are now, by union, placed under the same spiritual head in the Established Church. The rectory is impropriate in Mr. Mulloy, of Oakport, who enjoys, however, no patronage in right thereof; the vicarage constitutes a single benefice, to which the Diocesan presents; the rent-charge, £195, being equally divided between the impropriator and the incumbent. The latter has also a glebe of 31A. 3R. 34P., plantation measure (subject to a |