KILFRUSH, a parish, in the barony of SMALL
COUNTY, county of LIMERICK, and province of MUNSTER,
5 miles (E. by S.) from Bruff, on the road from
Hospital to Galbally; containing 402 inhabitants. It
comprises 1557 statute acres, as applotted under the
tithe act: the soil, which rests on limestone, is generally
good and well cultivated. Kilfrush House is the
residence of J. Gubbins, Esq., and is situated in an
extensive and well-planted demesne, in "which are the
ruins of the church. The parish is in the diocese of
Emly; the rectory is impropriate in the representatives
of the Earl of Arran, and the vicarage forms part of the
union of Aney: the tithes amount to £125. 10. 4., of
which £83. 0. 2. is payable to the impropriators, and
the remainder to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it
is part of the union or district of Hospital.