KILVINE, a parish, in the barony of CLANMORRIS,
county of MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 4½ miles
(N. W.) from Dunmore, on the road to Ballinrobe;
containing 1925 inhabitants. It comprises 5670 statute
acres, principally under tillage, and contains a great
quantity of bog and some waste land. The principal
seats are Cartown, the residence of J. Sheridan, Esq.;
Killan, of F.French, Esq.; Rockfort, of T. Sheridan,Esq.;
and Oldtown Cottage, of W. Bourke, Esq. The living
is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Tuam, and
in the patronage of the Archbishop; the tithes amount
to £116. 6. 1¾. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms
part of the union or district of Ballindangan. About
110 children are educated in a private school.