BOHILLANE, or BOHOLANE, a parish, in the
barony of IMOKILLY, county of CORK, and province of
MUNSTER, 2¾ miles (E.) from Cloyne; containing 487
inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Ballycotton
to Castlemartyr, and comprises 1848 statute acres,
as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £959
per annum. The land in general is tolerably good, and
the greater part is under an improved system of tillage:
in some places the soil is light, and rests on a substratum
of clay-slate; in others, stiff and compact, occasionally
abounding with springs; and in some, loose
and shivery, absorbing great quantities of moisture. The
living is a rector in the diocese of Cloyne, and in
the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to
£191. 10. 3½. There is no church; the Protestant inhabitants
resort for divine service either to Itermorrough
or Cloyne. The ruins of the old church form a
picturesque object: near them is a glebe of 12a. 2r. 36p.,
but there is no glebe-house. In the R. C. divisions this
parish forms part of the union or district of Ballymacoda
in Kilmacdonough.