DONONAUGHTA, a parish, in the barony of
LONGFORD, county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT;
containing, with the post-town of Eyrecourt,
2277 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the river
Shannon, and on the road from Banagher to Loughrea;
and comprises 2423 statute acres, as applotted under
the tithe act: a very small portion is woodland, and
the remainder is principally under tillage. Among the
gentlemen's seats are Eyrecourt Castle, that of J. Eyre,
Esq., to which is attached a chapel of ease, built in 1677
by J. Eyre, Esq.; Eyreville, of T. S. Eyre, Esq.; Prospect,
of C. A. O'Malley, Esq.; and Fahy, of T. Burke, Esq.
It is in the diocese of Clonfert: the rectory is appropriate
to the see, and the vicarage episcopally united, in 1813, to
the vicarages of Meelick, Fahy, Tyrenascragh, Killimorbologue,
Kilquane, and Lusmagh, forming the union
of Dononaughta, in the patronage of the Bishop. The
tithes amount to £71. 10. 9¼., of which £46. 3. 1.
is payable to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and
£25. 7. 8¼. to the vicar; and the tithes of the whole
benefice amount to £299. 15. 4¼, The glebe-house was
built by aid of a gift of £450, and a loan of £200, from
the late Board of First Fruits, in 1822. The church,
a plain building in Eyrecourt, was erected by aid of a
loan of £307 from the same Board, in 1818: the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners have lately granted £354 for
its repair. Divine service is also performed in a schoolhouse
in the parish of Killimorbologue. In the. R. C.
divisions this parish, is united to those of Clonfert and
Meelik, forming the union of Eyrecourt, where the
chapel is situated. A school for boys is supported by
the interest of a bequest of £1000, and a house by the
late Rev. J. Banks, to which Mr. Eyre has given an acre
of land; and there is another school, aided by subscription,
in which together are about 30 boys and 30 girls. See EYRECOURT.