8 ANNSGROVE. 



ing up the mountains. Having engaged my- 

 felf to Mr. Oliver, to return from Killarney 

 by his houfe, as he was confined to Limerick 

 by the aflizes, I fhall omit laying any thing of 

 it at prefent. 



September loth, reached Annfgrove, the 

 feat of Richard Aid worth, Efq; to whom I 

 am obliged for the following particulars. 

 Farms about Annfgrove, in the parifh of Caftle 

 Town Roche, rife from 50 acres to 200, a few 

 fmaller. It abounds exceedingly with land job- 

 bers, who have hired large tracts, and re-let 

 them to tenants, and thole to under ones, but 

 gentlemen are getting out of this fyftem now. 

 No graziers here ; the rents are made by til- 

 lage and fheep, and a few dairies ; the foil is 

 all lime-ftone, much fine hazel loam, from 4 

 to 1 8 inches deep. A hill runs through this 

 country, which is wet woodcock clay. It lets 

 in general from 75. to 2 as. plantation acre, 

 average 155. The barony of Orrery in this 

 county (Cork) is as rich as Limerick ; lets 

 from 255. to 35S. an acre. The next in Fer- 

 moy 1.35. Duhallow has much mountains and 

 unimproved; vaft tracts of it heath, but rears 

 at prefent great numbers of young cattle, and 

 many dairies, average rent 73. Condons and 

 Clangibon 155. Imokilly, a very fine corn 

 country. Barrymore, rough, 75. Barrets 

 mountains^ with bog, 45. Mulberry, rough 

 and uncultivated, 45. Kinalea yields more corn 

 than any of them j lets at 143. the Englifh acre. 

 The baronies of Kerrycurihy and Courcy's 

 upon the coall are all high tet, from fituation, 



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