KILBEACONTY, or KILYECONTY, a parish, in
the barony of KILTARTAN, county of GALWAY, and
province of CONNAUGHT, 2½ miles (N.N.E.) from Gort,on
the road from that place to Portumna; containing 4544
inhabitants. This parish comprises 6422 statute acres,
and includes Rxissane, the seat of Captain Laluffe; Fort
Hill, of J. Burke, Esq.; and Cluane, of Burke Eyre,
Esq. It is in the diocese of Kilmacduagh; the rectory
is partly appropriate to the archdeaconry, and partly,
with the vicarage, forms a portion of the union and
corps of the deanery of Kilmacduagh. The tithes amount,
to £195, of which £20 is payable to the archdeacon, and
£175 to the dean. The R. C. parish is co-extensive with
that of the Established Church, and has a thatched
chapel. About 120 children are educated in three private
schools.