KILCOMMICK, a parish, partly in the barony of
ABBEYSHRUEL, partly in that of MOYDOW, but chiefly in
that of RATHCLINE, county of LONGFORD, and province
of LEINSTER, 3¼ miles (N. W. by N.) from Ballymahon,
on the road from that place to Longford; containing
3806 inhabitants. It comprises 7171 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £5775 per
annum. There is much bog, also limestone containing
shells and susceptible of a high polish. The Royal
Canal runs through the southern part of the parish:
near Mosstown is a flour-mill. The principal seats are
Mosstown, that of A. J. Kingston, Esq.; Lisglassick,
of J. R. Robinson, Esq.; Ledwithstown, of W. Ledwith,
Esq.; Lislea, of J. C. Bickerstaff, Esq.; and Glanmore,
of Newcomen Armstrong, Esq. Mosstown was
defended by the Newcomens in 1641, but was obliged
to capitulate; it was also garrisoned for King William
by the same family, and was unsuccessfully besieged by
James's forces. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in
the diocese of Ardagh, and patronage of the Archbishop
of Tuam: the tithes amount to £277. The church is
in Kenagh. There is a glebe-house, with a glebe of 173
acres. The R. C. parish is co-extensive with that of the
Established Church, and is called Clough, where there
is a chapel. Divine service is also performed in a private
house. At Kenagh is a Primitive Methodist meeting-
house. About 130 children are educated in two
public schools, to one of which the Countess of Rosse
gives £15 per ann., besides a house and three acres of
land, and to the other £14 per ann.; and about 250
children are taught in five private schools. Several
raths and the ruins of the old church remain, and at
Ballynock and Mosstown are two dilapidated castles.-
See KENAGH.