KILMACLENAN, or KILMACLENY, a parish, in
the barony of ORRERY and KILMORE, county of CORK,
and province of MUNSTER, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Buttevant,
on the road from Liscarrol to Mallow; containing
325 inhabitants. It comprises 1021 statute acres,
as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £1163
per annum. The land is in general good, and is nearly
equally divided between tillage and pasture: the state
of agriculture has latterly been much improved, and a
considerable number of cattle are fattened. Limestone
of superior quality is obtained at a quarry, from which
stones weighing nearly five tons each have been taken;
and yellow ochre is found near the old castle of Kilmaclenan.
Patents exist for three fairs at Kilmaclenan,
which for several years have been held at Ballyclough.
The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Cloyne, being
the corps of the prebend of Kilmaclenan in the cathedral
of Cloyne, and in the gift of the Bishop: the tithes
amount to £92. 6. There is neither church, glebe-house,
nor glebe. In the R. C. divisions this parish forms part
of the union, or district of Kilbrin. The castle of Kilmaclenan,
and the old mansion-house adjoining it, both
now in ruins, are said to have been erected by the family
of Barry; part of the outworks of the castle remain. A
little to the south-east are the ruins of the ancient
church, dedicated to St. Colman.