CONWALL, a parish, partly in the barony of RAPHOE,
but chiefly in that of KILMACRENAN, county of
DONEGAL, and province of ULSTER; containing, with
the post-town of Letterkenny, 12,978 inhabitants. This
parish is situated on the road from Lifford to Dunfa
naghy, and contains, according to the Ordnance survey,
45,270 statute acres, of which 32,715 are in the barony
of Kilmacrenan; there is much waste land and bog.
Among the seats are Ballymacool, the residence of J.
Boyd, Esq.; and Gortlee, of J. Cochran, Esq. The
living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Raphoe,-and in the patronage of the Provost and Fellows
of Trinity College, Dublin. The tithes amount to
£800. The glebe-house was built in 1816, by aid of a
gift of £100 and a loan of £1500 from the late Board
of First Fruits: the glebe comprises 868 acres, of which
328 are arable. The church, to the repairs of which
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have recently granted
£'273. 11.7., is a small plain structure with a spire, in the
town of Letterkenny. In the R. C. divisions this parish
forms part of the district of Aughnish, and has chapels
at Letterkenny and Glen-Swilly. There are two Presbyterian
meeting-houses in Letterkenny, one in connec
tion with the Synod of Ulster, of the first class, the
other is connected with the Seceding Synod, and is of
the second class. There are also places of worship for
Covenanters and Methodists. The parish school is aided
by £12 per annum from the late Col. Robertson's school
fund, and an annual donation from the rector; and
there are a Presbyterian free school and eight other
public schools in the parish, in all of which about 850
children are taught; also eight Sunday schools. An
abbey existed here so early as the 6th century, and con
tinued at least till the 13th. There are still some ruins
of the old parish church. See LETTERKENNY.