AGHOLD, or AGH-UAILL, a parish, in the halfbarony
of SHILLELAGH, county of WICKLOW, and province
of LEINSTER, 5 miles (E. by S.) from Tullow; containing
2977 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated
on the south-western boundary of the county, comprises
7978 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act.
The state of agriculture is improving; there is a considerable
quantity of mountain land and bog. The
gentlemen's seats are Munny, the residence of Capt.
A. A. Nickson; the Hall, of A. Haskins, Esq.; and
Killenure, of A. Muntford, Esq. A constabulary police
station has been established here; and petty sessions
are held at Coolkenno every alternate Monday. The
living is a rectory, in the diocese of Leighlin, constituting
the corps of the prebend of Aghold in the cathedral
church of St. Lazerian, Leighlin, and episcopally
united, in 1714, to the impropriate curacies of Mullinacuff,
Crecrim, and Liscoleman, which four parishes form
the union of Aghold, in the patronage of the Bishop.
The tithes amount to £464. 3. 3¾; and the gross tithes
of the union, payable to the incumbent, amount to
£674. 9. 9¼. The church was erected in 1716, and
enlarged by aid of a loan of £350 from the late Board
of First Fruits, in 1814. The glebe-house was built by
a gift of £100 and a loan of £1350 from the same
Board; the glebe comprises 10 acres. In the R. C.
divisions this parish is included in the union or district
of Clonmore; the chapel is at Kilquigan. There are
five schools, of which the parochial school is under the
Trustees of Erasmus Smith's Charity, and another is
aided by the Governors of the Foundling Hospital, and
in which about 160 boys and 120 girls are taught.