LORUM, a parish, in the barony of IDRONE-EAST,
county of CARLOW, and province of LEINSTER, 3 miles
(S. S. E.) from Leighlin-bridge, on the road from Carlow
to New Ross; containing 1507 inhabitants. It comprises
5428 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe
act, and valued at £5033 per ann.; and contains Corries,
the property of the Rudkin family, and Ballycormac
House, late the residence of the Newton family.
The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Leighlin,
episcopaliy united to the vicarage of Slyguffe and the
rectory of Ballyellin, together constituting the union of
Lorum, in the gift of the Bishop: the rectory is impropriate
in Lord Cloncurry. The tithes amount to
£294. 4. 7¼., of which £196. 3. 1. is payable to the impropriator
and the remainder to the vicar; the tithes of
the entire benefice amount to £609. 4. 7. There is no
glebe-house or glebe. The church, an old building, containing
two modern tombs of the Rudkin family, has
been recently repaired at an expense of £184 defrayed
by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. In the R. C. divisions
the parish forms part of the union or district of
Bagnalstown, and has a chapel at Ballinkellin. The
parochial school was built and is supported by subscription;
and in the national school, which is aided by £10
per ann. from Lord Beresford, about 160 children are
educated: there is also a Sunday school.