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vi*itr from Limerick and other place*. Kilkee potMMi * 



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nail harbour, and i> a station whence fishing operation* an to some 

 teat carried on. /x-AisrA or Laltinek, population 999, besides 610 

 ia the worknooM, situated at the head of Lisoanor Bay. about 2 mile* 

 S.W. frvni Enuiatymon, i* visited in summer for sea-bathing, forwhi h 

 the neighbouring strand i* well adapted. Near the village are the 

 rain* of Moy Cattle, also the natural curioaitie* called the Puffing- 

 Hole* and the Dropping-well. Lueanor, population 429, i* situated 

 oa the north aid* of Liacanor Bay, about 4 mile* W. from Knni-ty- 

 mon. It pceaeen* a small pier and harlxnir affording valuable shelter 

 to veenl* of amall burden, the rocky character of the coast for some 

 distance giving few opportunities of such a refuge. A fishing trade 

 of some importance i* carried on here, Milttown-.Walbay, population 

 1452, beaide* 1060 inmate* of workhouses, is situated on the road 

 biViuu EnnUtymon and Kilkee, about 8 mile* S.W. by S. from 

 KnnkBtymon, and at the head of a cove of Malbay. It i* favourably 

 situated fur sea-bathing, and has on that account risen into compara- 

 tive importance. Petty sessions are held. There is a dispensary of 

 the Knnutvmon Union. Seven fain are held during the year, jvne- 



opulation 1111, a small market-town, about 7 miles 

 8.K. I'V S. from Ennis, possesses a good local trade. Five fairs are 

 bel.l in the year. Petty sessions are held, and the town is a station 

 of the constabulary force. In the vicinity are several interesting 

 relic* of antiquity. VBrim't Bridge, population 401, situated on 

 the right bank of the Shannon, opposite the village of Montpelier, 

 county Limerick, with which it U connected by the bridge from 

 which the village take* it* designation. The rapid* which at this place 

 made the navigation of the Shannon very difficult, have been deepened, 

 and the span of several of the arches of the bridge has been enlarged. 

 The bridge, which has stood for several centuries, has hi its original 

 construction been strongly built of rubble-stone, though rather roughly 

 put together. Fain are held on July 25th and November 7th. Quin, 

 population 284, situated about 3 miles E. from Clare, is remarkable 

 a* containing the remains of Quin abbey, one of the beat preserved 

 old monastic buildings in Ireland. It wa* erected at the commence- 

 ment of the 16th century. The square tower, the cloisters, and the 

 aide*, are worthy of attention. Six-Mile Bridge, population 762, 

 about 11 mile* S.E. from Ennis, was formerly of some importance, 

 but has now little to attract observation. Quarter and petty sessions 

 are held here. Beaide* an Episcopal church, there are two chapels 

 for Roman Catholic*, a court-house, a market-house, and a dispensary. 

 An annual fair i* held on December 5th. 



Of the 164,555 acre* under cultivation in the county of Clare in 

 1851, which were comprised in 18,419 holding*, 9293 acre* were under 

 wheat, 42,128 oats, 21,080 barley, here, and rye, 7826 peas and 

 bean*, 23,926 potatoes, 11,733 turnips, 2469 mangel-wurzel, carrot*, 

 parsnip*, and cabbage, 318 vetches, rape, and other green crops, 1014 

 flax, and 45,074 meadow and clover. In 1851 on 10,01 S holdings, of 

 which 1619 were tinder 1 acre each, there were 13,087 horses, 8032 

 mule* and awes, 193 head of cattle, 85,512 sheep, 42,314 pigs, 10,983 

 goaU, 238,784 head of poultry ; of which the total value was estimated 

 at 984,78ii The chief trade in the county is in corn and provisions. 

 Bhaef and cattle of excellent quality ore reared in the county. 

 Coarse linen and hosiery are made for home use. 



IHritimt /* Kceletiatticai and Legal Purpotei.The county 

 include* the diocese of Kilfenora, now united with that of Killaloe, 

 the greater part of Killaloe and a portion of Limerick diocese*. The 

 county returns three members to Parliament, two for the county, and 

 one for the borough of Ennis. The assize town is ENNIS. Quarter 

 son* are held in rotation at Ennis, Ennistymon, Killaloe, Kilrush, 

 Six-Mile Bridge, and Tulla. The county infirmary is at Ennis ; there 

 arr fever honpitala at Ennis and Kilrush, ; the district lunatic asylum, 

 to whi'h Clare county may send 18 patients, i* at Limerick. The Poor- 

 Law I 11:01, in w) ,,ty is comprised are those of Bally vaghan; 

 Corrofm; Ki.ni.; Knnistymon; part of Gort; Killadyitert ; Kilrush ; 

 part of Limenck ; part of Bcariff; and Tulla. The county is within 

 the military dirtrirt of Limerick. The head-quarter* of the con- 

 stabulary establishment, comprising 9 district* and 68 stations, 

 and including 421 men, including officer*, are at Enuis. In 

 December 1851 there were 130 National schools in operation in 

 UM eoonty, attended by 17,288 children, of whom 8915 were male* 

 and 6*18 female*. 



(<MMMV fmrrtf 1lf; OlatiHieal Surrey of (Ac County of Clare; 

 Thorn, In* Almanac. Parliamentary ltrp,,m ; MSS. in BrititA 

 Muftim. and Lihrary J Knfal Irith Arademu.) 



CLARE I- .,.,.] 



VKEMOHRIS. county of Mayo, Ireland, a pout and 

 market-town, and the seat of a Poor-Law Daion, in the parish of 

 KilcoJemao and barony of Oaremnrri*, is pleanantly situated in 68* 48' 

 X lat . 8' 67' W. loaf. ; di*tant SO mile* 8.K. from Castlebar by road. 

 Claremorri* i* a clean well-built place, and potMwes an extensive 

 retail trade. It contain* a Dalian church, a Roman Catholic chapel, 

 a dispensary, and a Union workhouse. Quarter Reunions are held in 

 UM town, and patty tttmao* on the eeond Thursday of every month. 

 Fairs are held on May 24th, June 22nd, rVptrmh, r 27th, and Novem- 

 ber 23rd. Adjoining the town is Clan-mount, the seat of Jarne* Browne, 

 Kq, aad in toe neighbourhood is UM ext- nsive demense of Castle 

 Max-garret, the (rat of Lord Oraomore. Clan-morris Poor-Law r.,i..ii 



conipriae* 19 electoral divisions, with an area of 110,788 acres, and a 

 population in I .-SI of 34,666. 



CLAUDE, ST. [JonA. Drpartment of] 



MlI'Kii, pn.].-rly Klavtenliurff ( Klush, KolosvaV), a 

 royal free town and capital of the principality of Transylvania, in 

 Austria, is situated in about 46* 47' N. lat, 28* 32' E. long. ; 72 mile* 

 N N W. from HermannsU.lt. and has about 22,000 inhabitant*. The 

 town (it is said) wa* founded by the Romano, who gave it the name 

 of Claudia, whence it* Latin designation Claudiopolis, In 1178 the 

 town wa* enlarged by a colony of Saxons, who from its locality called 

 it Clnusenburg, from the old word ' Klanse.' which signified a 'mountain 

 defile.' The citadel, which is built on a hill, wa* not erected till 1 T-J i , 

 since which date commodious barracks have been made in it 

 enburg is situated on the river Szamos, in the midst of a romantic 

 valley, surrounded with mountains, and laid out in fields, gardens, 

 and vineyards. It is defended by lofty walls and tower*, and i* 

 divided into the inner town (consisting of an older and more modern 

 quarter), and six suburbs ; the former though of small extent has a very 

 pleasing appearance. It ha* some handsome street* and houses, and 

 a large market-place, 500 pace* long and 360 broad. There are six 

 Roman Catholic churches, the most striking of which is the cathedral, 

 erected in pursuance of a vow by King Sigismund in 1399 ; it is 94 

 pace* long and 34 broad, and contains some fine monuments. The 

 CalvinisU, Lutherans, Greek Catholics, and Unitarians have places of 

 worship in the town. 



Clausenburg contains an academical lyccum, with a public library 

 attached; a Roman Catholic gymnasium; Reformed and Unitarian 

 colleges; a Roman Catholic seminary; several convent*; a normal 

 school ; an orphan asylum, two hospitals, and various other charitable 

 institutions. There is a large national theatre, and several public 

 gardens are hud out around the town. Among the other buildings is 

 the old castle, which is now in ruinn, the town-hall in the market- 

 place, and numerous palaces belonging to the nobility. 



Clausenburg is the seat of the government of Transylvania, of 

 Protestant and Unitarian consistories, of a board of education and 

 other public departments. Being a free town all its civil and other 

 affairs are conducted by its own judges and magistrate*. The popu- 

 lation ia composed of Hungarians, Saxons, Armenians, Greeks, and 

 Jews. The manufactures, which are inconsiderable, are chiefly 

 woollens, earthenware, and paper. Clausenburg is the birth-place 

 of Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary. 



CI/AU8THAL, the largest and most important of the mining 

 towns of the Harz, is situated upon two bleak and naked eminence*, 

 25 miles N.E. from Gottingen, 48 miles S.E. from Hanover, and ha* 

 about 10,000 inhabitant*, including the town of Zelterfrld, which is 

 separated from it only by a rivulet called Zellerbach. It is the aeat 

 of administration for the mining district* of Hanover, and stands at 

 an elevation of 1170 feet above the sea. The streets arc straight and 

 broad, and planted in general with chestnut* and lime-trees, but are 

 very badly paved. The houses are mostly constructed of wood. The 

 town contains two churches, an orphan asylum, a mint, a mining 

 academy, to which a seminary for teaching forest economy is attached, 

 with collections in mineralogy, models of mines and mining machi- 

 nery, &c. ; a gymnasium, manufactories of ironware, yarns, woollens, 

 camlets, 4c. In the immediate vicinity are the richest mines of the 

 Upper Harz, which yield silver, copper, lead, and litharge, and give 

 employment to above 2000 workmen. In the mine called Georg- 

 Wilheim i* one of the deepest shafts in the Harz, reaching (it is said) 

 to a depth of 2000 feet below the level of the Baltic. In the Silber- 

 scgen mine, which is entered by a shaft ITd Tutliums deep, there is 

 a subterranean canal, 2339 fathoms long, by which the ore is con- 

 veyed from some of the shaft*. All the mines are drained by a tunnel 

 cut through the mountain, 6 miles in length, and emerging at the 

 little town of Omnd. The machinery for working the mines, forges, 

 tilt-hammers, and stamping-mill!), is put in motion chiefly by water- 

 power, and all the rain-fall of the neighbourhood is collected into 

 reservoirs, of which there are more than 60, to supply the works 

 of Clausthal and Zellerfeld. 



CLAYS. [Noim>r.K.| 



rll u|;rKY MORTIMER, Shropshire, a market-town and the 



seat of a Poor-Law Union, in tin- parish of Cleobn r an 1 



hundred of Stolteadon, is situated on the little river Rea, in 62 22' 



N. lat, 2* 2S' W. l.mj-. ; dixtant 30 miles S.S.K. fr..ni Sliivwitbtiry, 



ami i:(7 miles N.W. l.y \V. from London. The population of the 



parish in 1861 was 1738. The living U a vicarage in the arch- 



>y of Salop and diocese of Hereford. Cleobury-Mortimer 



' aw Union contains 1 7 parishes and township*, with an area of 



61,900 acres, and a population in 1891 of 8556. 



>iry M"ifimer is so called from having once belonged to the 

 family of Mortimer. A castle erected here by Hugh do Montgomery, 

 was destroyed in the time of Henry II. There ia little trade carried 

 on. The town is lighted with gas. The church is a fine old building 

 in the early English style, with some Norman work about the tower. 

 The chancel is spacious, and the chance! mvh very fine. Tin 

 leyan Methodist* and Roman Catholics hove places of worship. The 

 Free school, founded in 1714 by Sir Lacon Childo, has an annual 

 income of 600/., and contains about 100 boys and 90 girls. In the 

 vicinity of the town i* a paper manufactory. Coal mines employ 



