KILMACREAN, or KILMACRENAN, also called
COMMER, a parish, in the barony of CLARE, county of
GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 4 miles (S. E.)
from Tuam, on the road to Galway; containing 1907
inhabitants. The land is cultivated under an improved
system of agriculture; there is much reclaimable bog
and rocky waste. Here are numerous turloughs, which
are navigable for lighters in the winter months, but are
dry in summer, when they afford excellent pasture and
good training ground for race-horses. Good limestone
is obtained in the parish. The principal seats are Ballinderry,
the residence of J. Nolan, Esq.; Ballybanagher,
of A. Nolan, Esq.; Waterville, of - Cunneys,
Esq.; Currofin, of Pierce Blake, Esq.; Ardstrea, of J.
Browne, Esq.; and Annagh, of J. Bodkin, Esq. It is
a rectory aud vicarage, in the diocese of Tuam, forming
part of the union of Moylough: the tithes amount to
£280. In the R C. divisions it is part of the union or
district called Clare Tuam, or Currofin, and has a chapel
at Currofin, which is a neat stone building. There are
three public schools, in which about 270 children are
educated, and one private school, in which about 30 are
educated. Here are the ruins of Ballinderry castle; of
an old fort, or encampment, with five long, low rooms,
flagged over and communicating with each other by
narrow passages; and of an old church, with a burialground
attached.