LACKEEN, a parish, in the barony of ORRERY and
KILMORE, county of CORK, and province of MUNSTER,
1¼ mile (w.) from Churchtown, on the road to Liscarrol;
containing 89 inhabitants. It comprises only the
townlands of Lackeen and Granard, containing 277
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued
at £246. 9.2., as rated for the county cess. The land is
of excellent quality and chiefly in tillage; limestone is
quarried for burning, lime being generally used for
manure, and the state of agriculture has been much
improved. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Cloyne,
forming the corps of the prebend of Lackeen in the cathedral
of Cloyne, and in the patronage of the Bishop;
the tithes amount to £31. The occasional duties are
discharged by the curate of Churchtown. In the R. C.
divisions it is part of the union of Liscarrol. The ruins
of the old church still remain in the burial-ground.