BALLYELLIN, a parish, partly in the barony of
ST-MULLINS, but chiefly in that of Idrone East,
county of Carlow, and province of LEINSTER, adjacent
to Graigue and Goresbridge; containing I760 inhabitants.
This parish consists of two detached portions
separated by the parish of Slyguff, one of which contains
five townlands, and the other, two: it is bounded on
the north by the river Barrow, which separates it from
the county of Kilkenny, and over which there is a bridge
at Goresbridge; and comprises 5266 statute acres, of
which 4754 are applotted under the tithe act and valued
at £4052 per annum. Here is a quarry of black marble,
used for tombstones and chimney-pieces. Ballyellin
House is the residence of Walter Blackney, Esq. It is
a rectory, in the diocese of Leighlin, and forms part of
the union of Lorum: the tithes amount to £413, 1. 6½.
The ruins of the church are situated within a burialground
near, the road from Borris to Goresbridge. In
the R. C. divisions it is in the union or district of Bagnalstown
or Dunleckney. On the lands of Clowater are
the ruins of a castle.