Kilkeel, seaport town and par., S. co. Down, 10
miles SE. of AVarrenpoint ry. sta.—par., 47,877 ac.,
pop. 11,691; town, pop. 1452; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks.
Market-day, Wednesday. Kilkeel is an important fish-
ing station, and has a shipbuilding yard. Vessels of
14 ft. draught can reach the pier. There are extensive
corn and flax mills in the neighbourhood.

Kilkeevin, par., W. co. Roscommon, 26,903 ac.,
pop. 7875; contains Castlereagh.

Kilkelly, vil., Kilmovee par., E. co. Mayo, 9 miles
NAV. of Ballyhaunis ry. sta., pop. 292; P.O.

Kilken, Flintshire. See Cilcen.

Kilkenny.—inland co., in SW. of Leinster province,
Ireland; is bounded N. by Queen’s co., E. by cos. Car-
low and Wexford, S. by co. Waterford, and W. by co.
Tipperary; greatest length, N. and S., 45 miles;
greatest breadth, E. and AV., 24 miles ; average breadth,
19 miles; area, 509,732 ac. (3056 water), pop. 99,531, of
whom 94‘6 per cent, are Roman Catholics, 5'0 Episco-
palians, 0'2 Presbyterians, and 0T Methodists. The
greater part of the eo. is hilly, but there is little land
unfit for tillage, or which does not yield good pasture.
(For agricultural statistics, see Appendix.) The river
Nore flows southwards through the middle of the co.,
the Barrow forms the E. boundary for about three-
fourths of its entire length, and the Suir traces the
whole of S. border ; these rivers are navigable for con-
siderable distances. Anthracite coal is worked in the
neighbourhood of Castlecomer ; and near the town of
Kilkenny there are quarries of black and white marble.
Limestone is abundant; manganese, copper, lead, and
potter’s clay also occur. The occupations are chiefly
agricultural. The co. comprises 10 bars.—Callan, Cran-
nagh, Fassadinin, Galmoy, Gowran, Ida, Iverk, Kells,
Knocklopher, and Shillelogher, 140 pars, and parts of
pars., the pari, and mun. bor. of Kilkenny (1 member),
and New Ross (part of) and Callan. For parliamentary
purposes the county is divided into 2 divisions—viz.,
North Kilkenny and South Kilkenny, 1 member for
each division.—2. Kilkenny, pari, and mun. bor., and
capital of co. Kilkenny, on river Nore, 81 miles SAA⁷.
of Dublin by rail—pari, bor., 17,012 ac., pop. 15,278;
mun. bor., 921 ac., pop. 12,299; 4 Banks, 2 news-
papers. Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday. The
Great Southern and Western, and the AVaterford and
Central Inland railways have a joint sta. at Kilkenny.
It is divided into two parts by the rivulet Bregen,
the Irish town and the English town ; the former con-
tains the Protestant cathedral of St Canice, built in
the 13th century, and restored at a cost of over £15,000
during 1865-70. At tbe grammar school Swift, Con-
greve, and Berkeley were educated. The woollen mfr.
is almost extinct, but there is a considerable trade in
corn. On the Nore, 2 miles S., are extensive mills
for the cutting and polishing of black marble. Kil-
kenny Castle, now tbe residence of the Marquis of
Ormond, is situated on the summit of a precipice over-
hanging the river Nore. It was formerly a fortress of
great strength, and was besieged and taken by Crom-
well in 1650. The bor. returns 1 member to Parliament.

Kilkenny, AVest.—bar., co. Westmeath, 31,173 ac.,
pop. 5258.—2. Kilkenny, AVest, par., co. Westmeath,
on Lough Ree, 5 m. NE. of Athlone, 9554 ac., pop. 1931.

Kilkerran.—ancient par. and burying-ground, now
in Campbeltown par., Kintyre, Argyllshire; the burying-
ground is 1 mile SE. of Campbeltown.—2. Kilkerran,
ry. sta., Dailly par., Ayrshire, 4J miles S. of Maybole;
in vicinity are Kilkerran Honse, seat, Kilkerran
Acid AVorks, and Kilkerran Sawmills.

Kllkcrraninore, par., S. co. Cork, 2 miles SW. of
Clonakilty, 6127 ac., pop. 1406.

Kilkerrin, par. and hamlet, N. co. Galway, 8 miles
N. of Mount Bellew Bridge, 20,246 ac., pop. 3194 ; P.O.

Kilkevan, par., co. AVexford. See Kilcavan.

Kilkkampton, par. and vil., Cornwall, 4 miles NE.
of Stratton, 8272 ac. (195 water), pop. 975; P.O., T.o.
Hervey is said to have framed his Meditations in the
churchyard of Kilkhampton.

Kilkieran, par., in co. and 3 miles NE. of Kilkenny,
1105 ac., pop. 121.

Kilkieran Bay, W. co. Galway, between bars. Bally-
nahinch and Moycullen; one of the largest and most
intricate of tbe bays on the coast of Galway.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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