BALLINTEMPLE, a parish, in the barony of CLONMAHON,
county of CAVAN, and province of ULSTER,
6¾ miles (S. by W.) from Cavan, containing, with part
of the town of Ballinagh, 4982 inhabitants. This parish
is situated on the road from Virginia to Killyshandra,
and comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, including
54¼ under water, 10,657¾ statute acres, of which
8074 are applotted under the tithe act. It is a vicarage,
in the diocese of Kilmore, and forms part of the union
and corps of the deanery of Kilmore 5 the rectory is impropriate
in the representatives of Richard, Earl of Westmeath.
The tithes amount to £259, of which £104 is
payable to the impropriators, and the remainder to the
vicar. The church was erected in 1821 by aid of a
loan of £1200 from the late Board of First Fruits. The
glebe comprises 103a. 1r. 29p. of profitable land, valued
at £87. 13. 10. per annum. The R. C. parish is co-extensive
with that of the Established Church; there are
three chapels, called respectively the upper and lower
chapels and the chapel of ease. The parochial school
and two others afford instruction to about 180 boys
and 60 girls; and there are also three private pay
schools, in which are about 170 boys and 50 girls. See
BALLINAGH.