KILMACLASSAR, a parish, in the barony of BURRISHOOLE,
county of MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT,
4 miles (S. E.) from Newport-Pratt, on the road from
that place to Castlebar; containing 3444 inhabitants.
This parish, of which the surface is very uneven,
comprises 6544 statute acres, as applotted under the
tithe act, and valued at £2357 per annum: it is chiefly
under tillage, and there is a great quantity of bog. Very
good limestone is obtained, and there is a bleach-green.
It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Tuam, forming part
of the union of Aughaval; the rectory is appropriate to
the prebends of Killabegs and Faldown. The tithes
amount to £130, of which £45. 10. is payable to the
prebendaries, and £84. 10. to the vicar. Divine service
is performed in a school house. In the R. C. divisions
it is part of the union or district of Kilmina, and has a
neat chapel, which was built about 1820, at an expense
of £600. About 170 children are educated in two public,
and 70 in one private school.