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Young Gentleman and Lady's Magazine, 1799, 2 

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 &c." To this his portrait is prefixed. 



MAY, ISLE OF, a small island on the east coast 

 of Scotland, at the mouth of the Frith of Forth, 

 lying between East Lothian and Fife. It is about 

 a mile in length and three quarters of a mile in 

 breadth, being precipitous towards the west, but 

 gradually declining to the east, and affording good 

 pasture for sheep. Before 1816, a rude species of 

 light, consisting of a chauffer of coal on the sum- 

 mit of a tower, continued to be burned here, as a 

 warning to mariners, but in that year a commodious 

 light house was completed, capable of accommo- ] 

 dating the families of two keepers. The beacon j 

 resembles a star of the first magnitude, and may be 

 seen at the distance of about seven leagues. It is 

 situated 240 feet above the level of the sea, in 

 lat. 56 12' and long. 2 36' west from London. 



MAYBOLE (originally Minnibole}; a town and 

 parish in the county of Ayr and district of Carrick. 

 The parish is about twelve miles in length and 

 seven in breadth ; it is watered by the rivers Doon 

 and Girvan ; the surface is hilly, but fertile. The 

 town is agreeably situated on rising ground, with a 

 southern exposure, distant from Edinburgh eighty- 

 one miles, from Glasgow forty-four, and from Ayr 

 nine. The streets are narrow, but contain a num- 

 ber of fine old mansions, formerly the winter resi- 

 dences of baronial families. One of the finest of 

 these is the mansion-house of the Cassilis family, 

 usually called " the castle." In one of the apart- 

 ments of this castle was confined for many years 

 the countess of Cassilis, renowned in ballad song 

 as having eloped with the celebrated gipsy Johnny 

 Faa. In the tavern of the "Red Lion" is shown the 



room where Knox and Kennedy, the abbot of Cross- 

 raguel, had a famous public dispute on the merits of 

 the mass. The inhabitants of May bole are chiefly 

 employed in hand-loom weaving for the Glasgow 

 houses. Population of parish in 1841,7027. of 

 which one-half were resident in the burgh. 



MAYNOOTH, a small town in the county of 

 Kildare, Ireland, distant from Dublin fifteen miles 

 W. by N. The royal college of St Patrick, for 

 the education of persons professing the Roman 

 Catholic religion, was founded here in 1795, 

 conformably to an act of parliament then passed. 

 Before its erection, the Roman Catholic priesthood 

 of Ireland were educated in foreign countries, and 

 it was supposed that this might have a tendency to 

 attach the priests to those powers under whom 

 they were trained. To obviate such a contingency 

 the establishment was formed. It consists of two 

 departments, lay arid ecclesiastical. The course of 

 study comprehends humanity, logic, mathematics, 

 divinity, and modern languages. Five years are 

 generally allotted to the attainment of knowledge 

 in these branches of learning, and examinations of 

 the students are held twice in each year. The 

 principal officers are the president, vice-president, 

 dean, bursar, subdean, eleven professors, three lec- 

 turers, and a treasurer. The number of students 

 amounts to 330. The ecclesiastical establishment 

 is supported by annual parliamentary grants. The 

 lay college depends upon subscriptions, and was 

 opened in the year 1802. The building is exten- 

 sive and convenient. It consists of a centre and 

 wings, extending 400 feet in length, and contain- 

 ing a chapel, library, refectory, dormitories, &c. 

 It was erected at an expense of 32,000. May- 

 nooth has also a charter-school for fifty girls. 

 The total population of the town and parish in 1841, 

 was 2129. 



MAYO; a maritime county in the province of 

 Connaught, Ireland, lying between 53 27' and 

 54 19' N. lat. and between 8 31' and 9 20' W 

 long. It extends from east to west seventy-two 

 statute miles, and from north to south fifty-eight. 

 According to Mr Griffith's statement, it consists of 

 1,355,048 acres, of which 871,984 are cultivated, 

 425,124 are bog or irreclaimable mountain, and 

 57,940 are under water. The surface of the county 

 is very diversified. The eastern part contains ex- 

 tensive plains, but the western part is wholly 

 mountainous and covered mostly with bog. The 

 principal mountains are Muilrea in the south, 2733 

 feet high, and Croagh-patrick, on the southern 

 shore of Clew Bay, 2528 feet high. The only 

 navigable river in the county is the Moy, but it 

 possesses a number of lakes and small streams 

 which abound in fish. 



Agriculture is in a less advanced state here than 

 in most other parts of Ireland, but vast herds of 

 cattle are reared upon the extensive mountain pas- 

 tures, and great quantities of flax and oats are 

 raised . the latter for exportation. Here are ex- 

 tensive plains, called in Irish Turlachs, not having 

 any apparent communication with lakes or rivers. 

 In the winter time they are inundated, but in sum- 

 mer become rich and firm pasturage, the waters 

 rising and retreating through the rocky interstices 

 in the bottoms. The prevailing rocks are granite, 

 gneiss, mica slate, quartz, greywacke, porphyry, 

 ironstone, limestone, green serpentine, of a beauti- 

 ful variegation, and quarries of black marble and 

 slate. The slate quarries are well situated for ex- 

 portation, being adjacent to the Killeries harbour. 



