KILMALOODA, a parish, in the Eastern Division
of the barony of EAST-CARBERY, county of CORK, and
province of MUNSTER, 6¼ miles (S. S. W.) from Bandon,
on the road to Clonakilty; containing 3317 inhabitants.
It comprises 6681 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act, and valued at £4014 per annum,
besides 298 acres at Clongough, which are tithe-free.
The soil is in general light, being based on a substratum
of clay-slate: four-fifths of the land are cultivated under
the old system, and the remainder consists of rough
pasture and furze brakes. Near Monteen and Skeaf
are some veins of copper ore, and at Ballyscarthy is a
large flour-mill. The principal seats are Kilmolodey
House, the residence of Sampson Beamish, Esq.; Skeaf
House, of W. Austin, Esq.; Skeaf, of Mrs. Roberts;
and the glebe-house, of the Rev. T. Walker. The living
is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ross,
and in the patronage of the Rev. T. Walker: the tithes
amount to £675. Here is a glebe-house, for the erection
of which the late Board of First Fruits, in 1813,
gave £100 and lent £1500; the glebe comprises 18
acres. The church, a large and neat edifice with a
lofty square tower, was built in 1795. In the R. C.
divisions the parish forms part of the union or district
of Timoleague, and has a large plain chapel at
Clongough. There is a parochial school, which was
built and is chiefly supported by the rector, in which
about 40 children are educated; also three private
schools in which about 160 are educated, and a Sunday
school under the rector's superintendence. To the west
of the church are the ruins of Monteen castle, built by
the Mc Carthys in 1346; and at Clongough are the
picturesque remains of an abbey. See BALLYMACARTHY.