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ties of Weftmeath and Rofcommon, at which place anio- 
naftery w’as founded by St. Dermond about the begin¬ 
ning- of the 6th century. 
INNISFA'TL (derived from his Bheal, that is, “ the 
ifland of Bheal.”) One of the ancient names of Ireland, fo 
denominated from Beal, the principal object of adoration 
among the ancient inhabitants of the Britifti ifles. In- 
nisfail has been erroneoufly tranflated the Ifland of Dfliny, 
as Bheal was fometimes taken for Fate or Providence. 
IMNISFAL'LEN, an ifland in the lake of Killarney, 
in the county of Kerry and province of Munfter. In it 
are the ruins of a very ancient religious houle, founded 
by St. Finian, the patron faint of thefe parts, and to him 
the cathedral of Aghadoe is alfo dedicated. The remains 
ot this abbey are very extenfive, its fituation romantic 
and retired. Upon the diffolution of religious houfes, the 
poffeflions of this abbey were granted to Captain Robert 
Coilam. The ifland contains about twelve acres, is agree¬ 
ably wooded, and has a number of fruit-trees. St. Finian 
flourilh.ed about the middle of the 6th century ; he was 
iurnamed in Irifh l.obhar ; his father’s name was Conail the 
ion of Efchod ; defcended from Rian the fon of A Hid, king 
of Munfter. There was formerly a chronicle kept in this 
abbey, which is frequently cited by fir J. Ware and other 
antiquaries under the title of the Annals of lnnisfallen. 
They contain a fketch of univerfal hiffory from the cre¬ 
ation of the world to the year 430 or thereabouts, but 
from fhence the annalift has amply enough profecuted the 
affairs of Ireland down to his own times. He lived to 
the year 1215. Sir J. Ware had a copy of them, whereof 
there is an imperfedt tranfcript among the manufcripts of 
the library of Trinity-college, Dublin. They were con¬ 
tinued by another hand to the year 1320. Bifhop Ni- 
cholfon, in his Irifh hiftorical library, informs us, that 
the duke of Chandos had a complete copy of them down 
to 1320 in his poffeffion. Thefe annals tell us, that in 
the year 1180, the abbey, which had at that time all the 
gold and filver and richeft goods of the whole country 
depofited in it, as the place of gi;eateft fecurity, was plun¬ 
dered by Mildwin fon of Daniel O’Donoghoe, as was alfo 
the church of Ardfert, and many perfons were (lain in 
the very cemetery by the M’Cartys ; but God, as it is faid 
in this chronicle, punifned this impiety by the untimely 
end of fome of the authors of it. 
INNISHAN'NON, a town in the county of Cork and 
province of Munfter, 134 miles from Dublin, fituated on 
the river Bandon, and fix miles from Kinfale. The river 
is navigable to Collier’s quay, about half a mile below 
the place. On the weft fide of the town is a ftrong bridge. 
This place was formerly walled, and of lome note, as ap¬ 
pears by the foundations of feveral caftlesand large build¬ 
ings dilcovered in it. The town of Innilhannon, toge¬ 
ther with its ferry, were granted to Philip de Barry by 
Henry V. by letters patent, anno 1412. 
INNISHIR'KAN, an ifland fituated between Cape- 
Clear ifland and Baltimore bay, in the county of Cork 
and province of Munfter. In this ifland flood the cattle 
of Dunelong, poffeffed by the O’Drifcolls, which was fur- 
rendered .after the defeat of the Spaniards to captain 
Hervey on Feb. 23,1602. There was afterwards a regular 
fortification erected on part of the ifland, which was gar- 
rifoned in queen Anne’s time, but it has been for feveral 
years difmantled ; about a mile to the fouth are the re¬ 
mains of an ancient abbey, founded 1460, for Francifcans, 
by Florence O’Drifcoll. This ifland has very good land, 
and is vaftly preferable to that of Cape-Clear ifland. To 
the north-weft of Innifhirkan ifland lies Hare ifland, a 
large fruitful fpot; and near it are four fmall iflands called 
the Schemes : alfo along the coaft, in the following order 
from eaft to welt, are Horfe ifland, containing 100 acres; 
Caftle ifland, containing 119 acres; Long ifland, contain¬ 
ing 316 acres; and welt of all thefe is a fmall fpot called 
Goat ifland. All thefe iflands, together with the adjacent 
coaft, produce large crops of fine Englifh barley. 
iNNISKIL'LING. See Enniskillen, vol. vi. 
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INNTTPOU'R, a town of Bengal: forty-eight miles 
north of Dacca. 
INN'KEEPER, f. One who keeps lodgings and provi- 
fions for the entertainment of travellers.—We were not 
fo inquifitive about the inn as the innkeeper-, and, provided 
our landlord’s principles were found, did not take any 
notice of the ftalenefs of his provifions. Addifon. 
Inns were inltituted for lodging and relief for travel¬ 
lers; and, at common law, any man might ereft and keep 
an inn, or alehoufe, to receive travellers; but now they 
are to be licenfed. See Alehouse, vol. i. p. 259. 
If the keeper of an inn harbours thieves, or perfons of 
fcandalous reputation, or fuffers frequent diforders in his 
houfe; or lets up a new inn in a place where there is no 
manner of need of one, to the hindrance of other ancient 
and well-governed inns ; or keeps it in a fituation wholly 
unfit for luch a purpofe ; he may by the common law be 
indidted and fined. H. P. C. 146. Dalt. 33, 34. 1 Hawk, 
P. C. c. 7.8. 
By the comtniffion of the peace, two juftices (one of 
the quorum ) may inquire of innholders, and of all and An¬ 
gular other perfons who fhall offend in the abufe of 
weights and meafures, or in the fale of .victuals, agaiuft 
the form of the ordinances in that behalf. 
Innkeepers not felling their hay, oats, beans, See. and 
all kinds of victuals for man or beaft, at reafonable prices, 
having refpedl to the price fold in the markets adjoining, 
without taking any thing for litter , they (hall be fined for 
the firft offence, and for the fecond be imprifoned for a 
month, and for the third ftand on the pillory. Rates and 
prices may be fet on all the commodities fold by inn¬ 
keepers ; and, if they extort any unreafonable rates, they 
may be indidted. 2 Cro. 609. Garthew 150. alfo flat. 12 
Edw. II. c. 6. 3 Hen. VIII. c. 8. 
Aftion on the cafe on an implied ajjumpfit will lie againft 
the guelts for things had, where the innkeeper is obliged 
by law to furnith him with meat, drink, Sec. And, when 
a gueft calls for any thing at an inn, the innkeeper may 
juftify detaining the perfon of the gueff, or a horfe, or 
other thing, till he is paid his juft reckoning. Dyer 30. 
Bac. Abr. title Inns. By the cuftom of the realm, if a man 
lies in an inn one night, the innkeeper may detain his 
horle until he is paid for the expences ; but if he gives 
the party credit for that time, and lets him depart with¬ 
out payment, he hath waived the benefit of the cuftom, 
and muft rely on his other agreement, having given credit 
to the perfon. 8 Mod. 172. 
By the cuflom of London and Exeter, if a man commit a 
horle to an innkeeper, and he eat out his price, the inn¬ 
keeper may take him as his own, upon the reafonable ap- 
prailement of four of his neighbours; which was, it feems, 
a cultom arifing from the abundance of a traffic with 
ftrangers, that could not be known to charge them with 
the action. But the innkeeper hath no power to fell the- 
horfe by the general cuftom of the realm. 
A perfon brings his horfe to an inn, and leaves him in 
the liable there; the innkeeper may keep him till the 
owner pay for the keeping ; and, it is faid, if he eat out 
as much as he is worth, the mafter of the inn, after a rea¬ 
fonable appraifement, may fell the horfe and pay himfelf. 
Yelv. 66. But if one brings feveral horfes to an inn, and 
afterwards takes them all away but one ; the innkeeper 
may not fell this horfe for payment of the debt for the 
others, but every horfe is to be fold to fatisfy what is due for 
his own meat. 1 Bulfl , 207, 217. 
If an innkeeper receives a ftage coach, and from time to 
time fuffers the coach and horles to depart without pay¬ 
ment, he gives credit to the owner, and cannot afterwards 
detain the coach and horfes for what was formerly due. 
Sira. 556. 
If an attorney hires a chamber in an inn for a whole 
term, the hoft is not chargeable with any robbery in it, 
becaufe the party is, as it were, a leffee. Mo. 877. Alfo, 
if one comes to an inn, and makes a previous contraft for 
lodging for a fet time, and doth not eat or drink there, 
’ he 
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