ODOGH, or THREE-CASTLES, a parish, in the
barony of CRANAGH, county of KILKENNY, and province
of LEINSTER, 4½ miles (N. W.) from Kilkenny,
on the road to Freshford and Durrow; containing 1367
inhabitants. This parish, which is intersected by the
river Nore, comprises 4439 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act. The river, over which is a neat
stone bridge, adds much interest to the surrounding
scenery, which is also enlivened by the seat of L. S. Ball,
Esq., called Three Castles, which is situated in a pleasing
demesne; and the Grange, the neat residence of
W. Stannard, Esq. At Mount Eagle is an extensive
distillery, the property of R. O'Donnell, Esq.: a constabulary
police force is stationed in the parish. The
living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, united
by act of council, in 1797, to the vicarages of Donoughmore
and Coolcraheen, and in the alternate patronage
of the Crown and the Bishop: the rectory is impropriate
in the representatives of Sir James Tynte, Bart. The
tithes amount to £300, of which £200 is payable to the
impropriators, and £100 to the vicar. The glebe-house,
towards the erection of which the late Board of First
Fruits contributed a gift of £100, in 1800, is a neat
residence; the glebe comprises 20 acres; the gross income
of the benefice is £370. The church, a neat
building, was erected about the year 1796, and for that
purpose the late Board of First Fruits made a free grant
of £500. In the R. C. divisions the parish is partly in
the union or district of Conahy, but chiefly in that of
Freshford: the chapel, situated on the townland of
Tullow, and called Three Castles, belongs to the latter
union. About 30 children are taught in the parochial
school, which is chiefly supported by the incumbent,
and also by the rector of the adjoining parish of Mayne;
and there are five private schools, in which are about
240 children, and a Sunday school.
O'DORNEY, a parish, in the barony of CLANMAURICE,
county of KERRY, and province of MUNSTER,
7 miles (N. by E.) from Tralee, on the new road to
Listowel; containing 2986 inhabitants. At this place,
otherwise called Kyrie Eleison, an abbey under the invocation
of the Virgin Mary was founded in 1154, for
Cistertian monks. Its possessions, formerly very extensive,
were at the dissolution granted by Hen. VIII.
to Edmond, Lord of Kerry, created Baron O'Dorney in
1537. In 1596, the abbey was granted by Queen Elizabeth
to the Provost and Fellows of Trinity College,
Dublin; and in 1603 the rectory of O'Dorney was
granted by the Queen to Wm. Taaffe, Esq.: it is now
the property of W. Talbot Crosbie, Esq., of Ardfert
Abbey. The parish comprises 10,140 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £5236 per
annum. The living is an impropriate cure, in the diocese
of Ardfert and Aghadoe, and in the patronage of Mr.
Crosbie, who receives the tithes, amounting to £184;
he has appointed a curate, and a church and schoolhouse
are about to be built. In the R. C. divisions the
parish forms part of the union or district of Abbeydorney,
which also comprises the parishes of Kilflyn
and Killaghin, and contains the chapels of Abbeydorney
and Kilflyn. About 200 children are educated
in three private schools. The ruins of the ancient abbey
church are situated near the village of Abbey-dorney,
which see.