KILTRUSTAN, a parish, in the barony and county
of ROSCOMMON, and province of CONNAUGHT, 2¾ miles
(N. N. W.) from Strokestown, on the road to Elphin;
containing 3543 inhabitants. It comprises 4870 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and principally
under an improving system of tillage. There is also a
large quantity of bog, with quarries of excellent limestone,
also limestone gravel and marl, and on the lands
of Tubberpatrick some very fine potters' earth. Lead
ore has been found, but is not worked. The principal
seats are Tubberpatrick, the residence of Mulloy
McDermott, Esq.; Cloneen, of Gilbert Hogg, Esq.; and
Cretta Cottage, of Capt. Dillon. It is a vicarage, in the
diocese of Elphin, forming part of the union of Bumlin;
the rectory forms part of the corps of the prebend of KilKIL
goghlin. The tithes amount to £312. 10., of which
£208. 6. 8. is payable to the vicar, and £104. 3. 4. to
the prebendary. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the
union or district of Strokestown, and has a chapel. It is
in contemplation to build a Presbyterian meeting-house.
About 60 children are educated in a public, and 130 in
three private schools. Here are the remains of a
monastery, the burial-ground of which is still much
used, also of a castle, which belonged to O'Connor Roe;
and a well, dedicated to St. Patrick.