BALLYOVEY, a parish, in the barony of CARRA,
county of MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT, 6¼ miles
(N. by W.) from Ballinrobe; containing 4025 inhabitants.
This parish, which is pleasantly situated on the borders of
Loughs Mask and Carra, and on the high road from Castlebar
to Ballinrobe, comprises 19,823 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act. The surface is mountainous,
and there are extensive tracts of bog: the lands now
in cultivation are principally under tillage. The scenery
is boldly varied: in the bosom of the mountains is Tarmiacady,
the summer lodge of Dean Plunket; and Partree,
the seat of J. Lynch, Esq., is beautifully situated on
Lough Carra. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese
of Tuam, partly appropriate to the prebeud of Killabegs
in the cathedral church of St. Mary, Tuam, and
partly included in the union of Burriscarra: the tithes
amount to £162, of which £23. 5. 2¾. is payable to the
prebendary of Killabegs, and the remainder to the
incumbent. There is neither church, glebe-house, nor
glebe. In the R. C. divisions it forms a separate benefice,
called Partree; there are two chapels, one at Partree, a
small thatched building, and theother in the mountains at
Ballybannon, a spacious slated edifice. There are six pay
schools, in which are about 340 children.