KILLOWEN, or KILLOWNEY, a parish, in the
barony of KINNALMEAKY, county of CORK, and province
of MUNSTER, 4 miles (W.) from Bandon, on the road
from that place to Dunmanway; containing 432 inhabitants.
It comprises 1260 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act; the land is generally good, but the
old system of agriculture is pursued, and the heavy
wooden plough is still in use. Mamore is the residence
of S. B. Beamish, Esq. The living is a rectory,
in the diocese of Cork, and in the patronage of Lord
Kinsale: the tithes amount to £140. 12. 9. Divine
service is performed in a house licensed by the bishop.
In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district
of Templemartin. Here is a Sunday school, supported
by the rector. A large mass of white quartz is
called by the peasantry the "holy stone," around which,
according to tradition, the priest formerly assembled
the parishioners for public worship.