KILLAHURLER, or KILMAIN, a parish, in the
barony of ARKLOW, county of WICKLOW, and province
of LEINSTER, 4¼ miles (W.) from Arklow; containing
493 inhabitants. It comprises 3859 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act; and within its limits is
the greater part of the district from which gold was
obtained at the end of the last century, and which is
described in the article on Arklow. It is a curacy,
in the diocese of Dublin and Glendalough, forming
part of the union of Arklow; the rectory is appropriate
to the deanery of Christ-Church, Dublin. The tithes
amount to £83. 1. 6½., of which £55. 7. 8¼. is payable
to the dean, and £27. 13. 10¼. to the curate. In the
R. C. divisions also it forms part of the union or district
of Arklow. Here is an old burial-ground.