ADREGOOLE, or ADDERGOOLE, a parish, in the
barony of DUNMORE, county of GALWAY, and province
of CONNAUGHT, 4 miles (W.) from Dunmore, on the
river Clare, and on the road from Dunmore to Castlebar;
containing 2842 inhabitants. A constabulary police
force has been stationed here; and petty sessions are
held every alternate week. It is a vicarage, in the
diocese of Tuam, and forms part of the union of Tuam;
the rectory is appropriate partly to the deanery and
partly to the archdeaconry of Tuam. The tithes amount
to £137, 8. 2½., of which £103. 1. l½ is payable to the
dean and archdeacon, and £34. 7. 1. to the incumbent.
At Kilconly there is a chapel of ease. In the R. C.
divisions the parish is the head of a union or district,
comprising also that of Liskeevy; the chapel, a large
slated building recently erected, is situated at Milltown.
There are three pay schools, in which are about 170 boys
and 60 girls.