DONEIRA, or DONIRY, a parish, in the barony
of LEITRIM, county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT,
5¼ miles (W. N. W.) from Portumna; contain
ing 2348 inhabitants. This parish is bounded on the
west by the Slieve-Baughta mountains, and comprises
3963 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. It
is in the diocese of Clonfert; the rectory is appropriate
partly to the see and partly to the deanery of Clonfert,
and partly with the vicarage forming part of the union
of Tynagh. The tithes amount to £95. 13. 10½., of
which £12.17. 3. is payable to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners,
£4. 12. 3¾. to the dean, and £78. 4. 3¾.
to the incumbent. In the R. C. divisions it forms part
of the union or district of Ballynakill and contains a
chapel.