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ably iiicreafe the demand, by lowering the price. There is 

 a mill near Kilkenny, by which the marble is fawed and po- 

 lifhcd, which makes the price of chimney-pieces on the fpot 

 very reafonable. There h a chalybeate ipa at Ballyfpel'lin, 

 near Johnftown, the medical efferfs of which have been often 

 celebrated, and which is much frequeiited. The rivers of 

 this county excel both in utility and beauty. The following 

 poetical account of them by the immortal Spenfer prefents 

 an accurate, concife, and clear account of the origin, ter- 

 mination, and quahties of the three principal ones. 



" And there the three renowned brethren were, 

 Which that great giant Blomius begot 



Of the fan- nymph Rheiifa wand'ring there. 

 One day as Ihe to fhun tlie feafon hot, 

 Under Slewbloome in fhady grove was got, 



Tiiis giant- found her, and by force deflowered; 

 Whereof conceiving flie in time forth brought 



Thefe three fair fons, which being thenceforth poured 



In three great rivers ran, and many countries fcoured. 



The firft the gentle Shure, that making way 



By fweet Clonmell, adorns rich Waterford ; 

 The next the ftubborn Ncwre, whofe waters grey 



By fair Kilkenny and Roffe-ponte board; 



The third, the goodly Barrow, which doth hoard 

 Great heaps of falmon in his deep bofom : 



All which long fundred, do at lall accord 

 To join in one, ere to the fca they come. 

 So flowing all from one-, all one at laft become.'' 



The 5uir, which divides Kilkenny from Waterford, in a 

 winding and majeftic courfe of about i6 miles, conveys 

 along the fouthern border of this county, the trade that 

 paffcs between Waterford, Carrick, and Clonmell. The 

 Barrow fliirts the eatlern borders for about 20 miles, di- 

 viding it from Wexford and part ofCarlow. This river is 

 navigable to the town of Carlow, and thence communicates 

 with the grand canal. The Newre, or Nore, more peculiarly 

 belongs to this county, flowing nearly through its central 

 part, in a winding courfe of not lefs than 36 miles from 

 tlie neighbourhood of Durrow to its junftion with the 

 Barrow, pafliiig by the city of Kilkenny. This laft river 

 receives many tributary flreams, and is navigable for fmall 

 vefTels to Iniltioge. It is unneceifary to enter into a minute 

 detail of the obvious advantages of thefe rivers, both to the 

 external appearance of the country and to the accommoda- 

 tion of the inhabitants. The natural and local advantages 

 of this county tend to promote the interells of agriculture, 

 which flourifh in great perfeftion in diflierent places, and the 

 eafy conveyance by water affords a ready market for all the 

 produftions of the foil. The roads in general are in good 

 repair, and their fituation judicioudy chofen. 



The county town is Kilkenny ; befides, Callan, Iniftioge, 

 Tluimaftown, Gowran, Knocktopher, Graignc Durrow, 

 Cafl;lecomer, and Frefliford, are entitled to the name of 

 townsj though all of them are fmall ones. There are five 

 round towers in this county, namely, at St. Canice, TuUo- 

 herin, Kilree; Fartagli, and Aghaviller. The lall is the 

 moll ruinous. Thefe are all fituated clofe to the churches, 

 and whatever may have been their origin, appear adniir- 

 ably fitted for belfries. Graraig, or Grandifon calUe, is one 

 of the moil confiderable remains of antiquity ; it is fituated 

 on the banks of the river Suir. The whole county is full 

 of callles, having been one of the firll in which the Englilh 

 fettled. It became part of the property of earl Strong- 

 bow, from whom ifdefcendcd to the Marcfchals, earls of 



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Pembroke. Ifabella, one of the daughters and coheirelTes 

 of William, the laft earl, conveyed it to Gilbert Clare, earl of 

 Gloucefter and Hereford. The greater part of it after- 

 wards came into poflefiion cf the Butlers, carls and 

 dukes of Ormond. The lioufes of fome of the abfentecs 

 bear evident marks of decay ; thefe, however, are outweighed 

 by the modern ftrudlures, many of which are ornamented 

 by the tafte of the proprietors. Tighe's Kilkenny ; Beau- 

 fort's Memoirs; Robertfon's Traveller's Guide. 



Kilkenny, a city of Ireland, in the county of the fame 

 name, and province of Leinlter, which, with the borough 

 of St. Canice, forms cue large town, furrounded by a dif- 

 trift, called the county of the city of Kilkenny ; it is de- 

 lightfully fituated on the river Nore, over which are two 

 handfome bridges ; it contains 2870 houfes, and a popula- 

 tion of nearly 16,000. There are nisny large and good build- 

 ings, among which, the moft remarkable are the biftiop's 

 palace, the magnificent caftle of the earl of Ormond, and 

 the celebrated free fchool or college, where many learned 

 men, among whom Swift, Berkeley, and Congreve are con- 

 fpicuous, were educated. The inhabitants of Kilkenny 

 have been long noted for the po'.itenefs of their manners. 

 In this city and its environs abundance of blankets and 

 much coarfe woollen cloth are manufadlured. Kilkenny 

 was formerly reprefented by four members, two for the 

 city, and two for the borough of St. Canice. At prefent 

 it has only one reprefentative. In former times parliaments 

 were often held here, and the famous conftitutions of Kil- 

 kenny, made when Lionel, duke of Clarence, was chief go- 

 vernor, in the reign of Edward III., long conti) ned to be 

 regarded as of the utmoll importance to tlie welfare of the 

 Englifti colony. Kilkenny was alfo the feat of the Catho- 

 lic council during the civil war, that fucceeded the in- 

 furreftion cf 1641. There are but two churches in the 

 city, but there are feveral Roman Catholic chapels, each of 

 which has congregations more numerous than both the 

 churches. Kilkenny is ^j^ miles S.W. from Dublin. 

 N. lat. 52° 38'. W. long. 7 15'. Beaufort. Tighe. 



KiLKEMNY, a town of America, in Grafton county. 

 New Hampfhire, incorporated in 1774, and containing 18 

 inhabitants. 



Kilkenny' Cenl. See Coal, and K11.KT.V sy, fupra. 



Kilkenny Marhk, a fine black marble full ot iheils, 

 and coralloid bodies, and much ufed in chimney-pieces. 

 Sec. See Coralloid Marble, and Kilkenny. 



KILKERRAN Bay, mGeography, aharbourof Ireland, 

 in the county of Galvvav, in that part of it called Connamara ; 

 in it there is good anchorage for vefTels of any burden, but 

 the wild Hate of the country prevents its being of mucii 

 ufe. Its entrance is in N. lat. 53^ jj'. W. long, g" ^o'. 

 Beaufort. M'Kenzie. 



KILKILA, a town of Perfian Armenia ; 26 miles N.W. 

 of Kanja. 



KILL, an Irifli word fignifying a church or cemetery, 

 which is ufed as a prefix to the names of many places in 

 Ireland. There arc two or three villages of this name, one 

 on the great fo\ithern road, about 12 miles from Dublin. 



KILLACK. in Geography, a town »f Perfia, in the 

 province of Mekran, on the coaft of the Arabian fea ; 60 

 miles W. of Tiz. N. lat. zy"-' 27'. E. Fong. 59- 20'. 



KILLALI, a town of Abyfiinia; 100 miles S. of 

 Mme. 



KILLALLA, a fea-port and poft-town of the county 



of Mayo, province of Connaught, Ireland. It is fituated 



on tiic weltern coaft of a bay of that name, opening into 



the Atlantic ocean, and is the fee of a bilhop. There are> 



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