KILLYMARD, a parish, in the barony of BANNAGH,
county of DONEGAL, and province of ULSTER, on the
western side of the town of Donegal, from which it is
separated by the river Esk; containing 4798 inhabitants.
It comprises, according to the Ordnance survey
(including a detached portion), 28,230 statute acres, of
which 472¼ are in Lough Esk and 202¼ in smaller
loughs; about 18,000 are barren mountain and waste
land. The principal seats are Lough Esk, the residence
of T. Brooke, Esq., and Rosselongan, of R. Steele, Esq.
The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Raphoe, forming the corps of the prebend of Killymard
in the cathedral of Raphoe, and in the patronage of the
Bishop: the tithes amount to £276. 18. 5½. per ann. The
late Board of First Fruits, in 1830, granted a loan of £800
for the erection of the church, and, in 1816, gave £200
and lent £600 for the erection of the glebe-house,
which has a glebe of 643 statute acres, valued at £205
per annum. The R. C. parish is co-extensive with that
of the Established Church, and has a small chapel.
Here is also a place of worship for Presbyterians of the
Seceding Synod, and one for Wesleyan Methodists.
About 440 children are educated in six public schools,
to one of which Mr. Murray, of Broughton, gives £5
annually; and 20 are educated in a private school.
Here is a fine sulphureous spa of great efficacy in
cutaneous diseases, over which Mr. Murray, its proprietor,
has erected a pump-room, and hot, cold, and
shower-baths.