KILGOBBIN, a parish, in the barony of CORKAGUINEY,
county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER,
7½ miles (W. S. W.) from Tralee, on the Connor Hill road
from that place to Dingle; containing 2378 inhabitants.
It comprises 17,449 statute acres, as applotted under
the tithe act; part of it is well cultivated. Sea-weed is
much used for manure, and there is a fine bank of shellsand
at Bunnavounder. On the side of the mountain of
Cahirconree is a quarry of indifferent slate, and iron is
said to exist at Carraduff: at Bunnow is a large fiourmill.
There is a constabulary police station at Knockglass.
The principal seats are Garryhees, the residence
of F. Fitzgerald, Esq.; Knoekglass, of Mrs. Ray; and
the glebe-house, of the Rev. E. Day. The living is a
rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ardfert and
Aghadoe, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the
tithes amount to £422. The church, for the erection
of which the late Board of First Fruits granted a loan
of £850, in 1825, is a handsome building, with a square
tower surmounted with pinnacles. There is a glebehouse,
for the erection of which the same Board gave
£250 and lent £550, in 1820: the glebe comprises ten
acres. In the R. C. divisions this parish is the head of
a union or district, called Cappaclough, comprising the
parish of Kilgobbin and part of Ballinvohir: the old
chapel at Cappaclough is in ruins, and a new building
has been erected at Camp. At the latter place are the
ruins of an ancient castle. There are four private schools
in the parish. See CAPPACLOUGH.