DRUMDOWNEY, or DRUMDOWNA, a parish,
in the barony of ORRERY and KILMORE, county of
CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 3 miles (W. by N.)
from Mallow, near the road to Kanturk; containing
164 inhabitants. This parish, which comprises only 356
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and
valued at £489. 11. 11. per ann. was formerly more
extensive; but the remainder has merged into the ad
joining parish of Buttevant: a considerable portion of
it is occupied by the wood of Drumdowney. The land
is good and chiefly in tillage; limestone is in general
use for manure, and the state of agriculture is improv
ing. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Cloyne, and
forms part of the union of Ballyclough; the rectory is
impropriate in Col. Longfield. The tithes amount to
£58. 10., of which £28. 10. is payable to the impropriator,
and the remainder to the vicar. In the R C.
divisions it forms part of the union or district of Kilbrin,
also called Ballyclough.