KILDECAMOGUE, a parish, partly in the barony
of CARRA, but chiefly in that of GALLEN, county of MAYO,
and province of CONNAUGHT, 5 miles (E. by N.) from
Castlebar, on the road from Ballinrobe to Foxford; containing
3642 inhabitants. The surface is mountainous;
the lands are almost exclusively under tillage, and there
is a moderate proportion of bog. The only residence of
importance is Ballyvay House, that of C. Goodwin, Esq.
A customary market is held on Wednesday, during the
winter only; a fair is held at Keelogues on Sept. 6th,
and fairs are held in the village of Ballyvay on May 29th,
Aug. 17th, and Nov. 14th. The parish is in the diocese of
Tuam, and is a rectory and vicarage, forming part of
the union of Castlebar, and also of the perpetual curacy
of Turlough: the tithes amount to £129.4. 7½. In
the R, C. divisions it is part of the union or district of
Turlough, and has a chapel at Keelogues. There are
two private schools in the parish. On the banks of a
small river which flows from Lough Lanach into Lough
Culleen, at Currawn, are the remains of an ancient
fortress, and at Danganmore are the ruins of another.