MEMOIR OF THE KILKENNY HUNT. 23 



master nowadays, but it may have worked well then, 

 and it may have been advisable to take only old, 

 steady hounds into certain parts of the country, where 

 hares were abundant or other riot likely. There were 

 then many dcerparks all over the county, and pro- 

 bably not a few gaps in the walls of some of them, 

 entailing a considerable number of outlying deer. On 

 the other hand, Mr. Power may have liked the practice 

 from its allowing him to note carefully the merits of 

 each of his young entry. Be the reason what it may, we 

 may rest assured that it was a good and a sound one. 

 Before making some extracts from his diary, it may 

 not be deemed amiss to give a list of some of his 

 coverts. The names are given as spelt now, in order 

 that readers may be able to identify them. In the 

 district round Kilfane there were Kilfane, Glcncoum, 

 Borleagh wood and gorse, Bishopslough, Cloghila 

 (near Dungarvan village), Dunbell, Gowran, Mount 

 Loftus, Brandon coverts, Grennan, Dangan, Wood- 

 stock, Rock of Inistioge, Laurel Hill, Bolger's woods, 

 Coolhill, Ullard. Above the Dublin road were Kelly- 

 mount, Castlewarrcn, Clara, Ballysalla, Ballyfoyle, 

 Johnswcll, Uskerty, Clogharinka, Leyrath, Jenkins- 

 town. Round Kilkenny, Castle Blunden, Knockroe, 

 Kilfera, Killarcc (near Ballydaniel Hill). In Frcsh- 

 ford country, Uppercourt, Woodsgift, Killoshulan, 

 Kildrina, Clone, Ballyragget, Lowhill, Castlecomer. 

 On Desart side were Desart, Pottlerath, Ballykecffc, 

 Ballintaggert wood. Towards the Ross River were- 

 Annaghs, Brownstown, Coolnahaw, Tor}' Mill, 

 Clonassy, Snowhill, Bishopshall. Round Knock- 

 topher were Kiltorcan, Ballagh (near Coolmccn , 



