DUNGARVAN, a parish, in the barony of GOWRAN,
county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 3
miles (S.) from Gowran, on the road from Dublin to
Waterford; containing 1784 inhabitants, of which number,
75 are in the hamlet. The parish comprises 9134
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and is a
constabulary police station. The living is a vicarage,
in the diocese of Ossory, and in the patronage of the
Crown; the rectory is impropriate in J. Hamilton Bunbury,
Esq. The tithes amount to £480 of which £320
is paid to the impropriator and £160 to the vicar. The
glebe-house was erected in 1813, by aid of a gift of £400
and a loan of £400 from the late Board of First Fruits:
there is a glebe of 15 acres. The church is a small plain
building, erected by aid of a gift of £800, in 1812, from
the same Board, and lately repaired by the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners, at an expense of £283. In the R. C.
divisions this parish forms part of the union or district
of Gowran, and contains a chapel. The parish
school is supported by the incumbent, and there are
three pay schools, in which about 300 children are
instructed. Here is a very large moat, also the ruins
of a square castle at Neiglam.