TOWAGHTY, a parish, in the barony of CARRA,
county of MAYO, and province of CONNAUGHT, on the
road from Castlebar to Hollymount; containing, with
the post-town of Ballyglass (which see), 1258 inhabitants,
and comprising 3200 statute acres of good land,
with but very little bog. Petty sessions are held at
Ballyglass, which is also a constabulary police station.
Within the parish is Tower-Hill, the beautiful seat of
Major Blake, situated in a noble demesne; the house
stands on an eminence commanding fine views of the
surrounding country and the adjacent mountains of
Partree. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of
Tuam, entirely appropriate to the vicars choral of
St. Patrick's, Dublin; the tithes amount to £60. The
duties are performed by the curate of Balla, in the
church of Drum. In the R. C. divisions it forms part
of the union or district of Ballintobber.