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the wed coaft of Ireland, between the counties of Mayo 

 and Galway. A vaft number of herring bufTes rendezvous 

 here in the fifhing feafon, from all parts of Galway and 

 Mayo. N. lat. jV' 38'. W. lung. 9 46'. 



KILLESANDR A, or Killemiandra, a pofl-town 

 of Ireland, in the county of Cavan, ar}d province of Ulller. 

 It is 61 miles N.W. from Dublin, and 8 miles E.W. from 

 Cavan. 



KILLFENORA, a village of the county of Clar.-, 

 Ireland, which is the feat of a bilhopric, united to Killalloe. 

 It is four miles N.N.E. from Enniitymond, which is its 

 pod-town. 



KILLICRANKY, a village of Perthfhirc, in Scotland, 

 jiear which is a famous road, cut in the fide of a mountain, 

 called " Killicranky Pafs :" on one fide is a lofty mountain, 

 and on the other a precipice of loo yards ; 12 miles N. of 

 Dunkeld. 



KILLIGRAY, a fmall iiland of Scotland, between 



Lewis and North Uift. N. lat. 57^ 4^'. W. long. 7 .V- 



KILLINCHY, a poll-town of Ireland, iUuated on 



Strangford Lough, in the county of Down. It is 92 



Biilcs N. by E. from Dublin. 



KILLINESS Point, a cai-e of Sc-;tland, on the coaft 

 of the county of Wigton, in Luce bay ; 3 miles N. from 

 the iMull of Galloway. 



KILLING. See Ho.micidk and Ml-rdku. 

 KILLINGIA, in Bolnuy. See KyLLlxcaA. 

 KILLINGLY, in Gfogmphy, a town of America, in 

 Windham county, Cunnciftieut, iituatcd in the north-eaftern 

 part of the ftate, bordering on Rhode ifiand, and feparated 

 from Pomfret by Qiiincbaug river; about 18 miles E. of 

 Windham: incorporated in 1 70S, and containing 2279 in- 

 habitants. 



IsJLLINGTON, now S)ikri!UUSe, a mountainous 

 towiifhip of America, in Rutland county, Vermont, having 

 on the W. Medway, N.E. Barnard, S.E Saltafh, a: d con- 

 taining 32 inhabitants. KilHngton peaii is the highell land 

 in Vermont, 34-54 feet above the level of the ocean. 



lOLLlNGTRlNGAN Bay, a bay of Scotland, on 

 the Vv'. coalt of the county of Wigton. N. lat. i;4 58'. 

 -\V. long. 5 12'. 



KILLINGWORTII, a poll-town of America, in 

 Middlefex county, ConneSicut, iituatcd on Long idand 

 Sound ; 9 miles E. of Guilford, from which it is feparated 

 by a llrcam called Hammonallet, the Indian name of the 

 townfhip. It was fettled in 1663, incorporated in 1 703, 

 and contains 2040 inhabitants. 



KILLISTINOES, Indians who originally inhabited a 

 territory N. of Lake Superior, and could fnrnifh 2jo war- 

 riors. They extend to the lake of the Hills, and N. to the 

 Tfl<imo3. According to Mr. Mackenzie, they were originally 

 f lie fame people with the Algcnkuis, or inhabitants of the 

 Atlantic coall. Their manners are defcribed by Mackenzie. 

 See our article Knistenkaux. 



KILLM ACDUAGH, a village of the county of Gal- 

 way, which is an old epifcopal fee, united to Clonfert. It 

 is 2A miles from Gort, where is the parilh church. No- 

 thing but the walls of the cathedral remain, near which are 

 the ruins of a monallery, and of feveral chapels. Thefe, 

 with a large round tower, of very ancient and rude mafonry, 

 denote the former confequence of this wretched village. It 

 is 12 miles N. from Ennis. 



KILLMACTHOMAS, a fair and poft-town of the 

 county of Waterford, on the road from Cappoqnin and 

 Dungarvan to Waterford. It is 83 miles S.S.W. from 

 Dnbhn. 



KILLMALLOCK^ a poa-town of Ireland, wljitU 



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formerly fent members to parliament. Two centuries ago, 

 it was one of the beft built inland towns in Ireland ; the 

 walls of many large hoafes of ftone, and CKcellent workman- 

 fhip, remain to this day, whilll the ruins of the chnrchd* and 

 monalleries, walls and gates, denote its former fplendour, 

 and have procured for it the name of the Balbec of Ireland. 

 It is often mentioned in tlie military hiftory of Ireland, 

 and there is an extenilve dillridl round it called the " Li- 

 bercy ot Kdlmallock." It is now, however, little more than 

 a village ; 4 miles from Charleville, 16 S. from Limerick, 

 and 1 07 A S.W. from Dublin. Beaufort, &c. 



KILLMICHAEL Point, a cape of Ireland, on the 

 W. coall of the county of Wexford, in the Iriili fea. N. 

 lat. 52" 44'. W. long 6" 9'. 



KILLMORE, a village v.-\nch gives name to a bifliopric 

 in Ireland, in the province of Armagh. The bifliopric wa5 

 founded in the ijth century, and in- tlie 15th, changed 

 its ancient name of Brefny, into Killmore. There is°no 

 cathedral, but a fmall parifh church, 3J; miles from Cavan. 

 It is iituatcd in fuur counties, but chiefly in Cavan and' 

 Leitrim. There are 39 pariflies in 30 benefices, and 36 

 churches. 



KILLOS, a name given by the miners of Cornwall to 

 a Hone of the flate kind, found in the mines there. Sec 

 Gkowan. 



KILl^OUGH, m Geography, a village of the county of 

 Down, Ireland, on a bay to which it gives name, on the Irilk 

 fea. Here is a remarkable well, called St. Scordin's well, 

 which is highly eileemed for the extraordinary brightnefs of 

 its water. It is 7 miles S.E. from Clough. 



KILLOW, or CuLj.ow, an Englilh name for a black 

 earth of a very remarkable llrudure, feeming of a n;ixed 

 nature between the marbles, ochres, and clay ; and ufnally 

 containing a large quantity of the matter of the coinniou 

 vitrioUc pyrites or ink-ftone,. which gives it a very fharp 

 unpleafant talle, and makes it, wlicn thrown on the lire 

 emit a Qight blue flame of a fnlphureous fmell, asd call 

 cine to a deep red. It is common in many parts cf En"-- 

 laiid, Wales, and Ireland. It is lighter than ar.y of' the 

 otlier clays, though that is the genus'^to which it liioft pro- 

 perly belongs; and it is of an uneven furface, and fhuttery 

 llrudure. ' 



KILLREA, in Gcographv, a palt-town of Ireland, in 

 the county of Londonderry ; it is (itur.ted near the river 

 Lann, and is 102 miles N. from Dublin. 



KILLRUSH, a poft-town of Ireland, in the county of 

 Clare, and province of Mnnfter. It is fituated upon the 

 river Siiannon, and is a place of foine trade, fome of the 

 merchants of Limerick having agents refidino- here. It is 

 142 miles S.W. from Dublin. 



KILLUC.AN, a poll-town of Ireland, in the county of 

 Weftmeath, and province of Lcinftcr ; it is 28 miles W. by 

 N. from Dnbhn, ' 



KILLWORTH, a poft-town of Ireland, in the county 

 of Cork, Muntler, fituated on the river Fnncheon. It lias 

 gone very much to decay, on account of the neighbourhood 

 o Fermoy ; ,t is loS miles S.W. from Dublin, and i8 

 N.E. from Cork. 



KILLYBEGS, a poft-town of Ireland, in the county 

 of Donegal, which, before the Union, was reprefentcd in 

 parliament. It is fituated on a creek, on the N. fide of 

 Donegal bay, and has an extenfive herring-fifticry ; it is 

 124 mdes N.W. from Dublin, and 13 miles W. from 

 Donegal. 



KILLY-IIOLM, one of the fmaller Orkney idands : 

 about half a mile N. of Eglllha. 



KILLYLEAGII, a poll-town of Ireland, in the county 

 iL of. 



