a suit in the Prerogative Court in support of his claim, and the last will was set aside, on the plea of his not being competent, from his state of mind at the time, to make any disposition of his substance by will.

List of Incumbents, as extracted from the First Incum Fruits Records

Rectoria de Listerlinge Walter. Berrice rect. Edwardus Dowdall, curatus, vic. qui supra. Church and chancell good state, no booke.

Thomas Bulkeley, collat. 5° May, 1671, ad rect. eccliæ. pochial. de Listerling in com. Kilkenny et dioc. Ossorien. £5.

Johes. Congreve, cler. collat. fuit 24° die Junij, 1687, ad præbend. de Kilmannagh, £5; rect. de Clonmore, £4, 10s.: Listerling, Kilmacow, als Killmaboy, £5; et vic. de Killmacow als Killmaboy, £4, 10s.; et Listerling, £4, Ir.

Thom. Martin, cler. A. M. collat. fuit 3° die Oct. 1710, ad præb. Kilmanagh, £6, 13s. 4d.; rect. Listerling, £6, Ir.; Killmaboy als Kilmacow, £6; Clonmore, £3; et ad vic. Kilcollum, £6; Listerling Dunkitt, £6; Rosynan, Kilbecan, Killaghy, 53s. 4d.; et Killmaboy als Killmacow, £4, dioc. pro.

Hartstonge Marten, cler. A. M. collat. fuit 7° die mens. Feb. anno Domini 1721, ad seperabil, Rect. de Listerling, Killmaboy, als Killmacow, et Clonmore, et ad seperabil. Vicar. de Listerling præd. Kilbeacon, Rossynan, et Killaghy, et Killmaboy, als Kilmacow, prd. in com. Kilken, et dioc. Ossor. vacant. per spontan. resignat. revdi. Thomæ Marten, cl. in A. M.

bents.

ultim.ibm. incumbent. per pfat. reverend. admod; epum. Ossor.

Revdus. Hugo May, cl. A. M. collat. decimo 8° die mens. Maii, anno dni. 1729, ad rm. et vm. de Killmacow als Killcollin, rect. et vic. de Listerling, rm. de Clonmore, et vic. de Rossynan et Kilbeacon et de Killaghy, in com. Kilkenny, et dioc. Ossor. per rev. admod. in chro. prem. Thom. permissio. dni. Ossor. epum.

William Cockburne, 28 July, 1761, r. et v. Listirling, Kilkenny, £5.

George Saville, 10 Nov. 1763, r. et v. Listerling, Kilkenny, £5.

Thomas Collier, 7 April, 1762, r. et v. Listirling, Kilkenny, £5.

Oliver Wheeler, A. M. instituted 28 August, 1776, v. Listirling, p. Cloncamery, £4.

Joseph Robinson, A. B. instituted 16 May, 1782, r. Listerling, v. Listerling, Kilk. n. t.

James Adam Kerr, vice Jos. Robinson, who held same above 18 years, ob. 1801, collated 16 April, 1801, r. and v. Listerlin, Kilk. n. t.

XII. Suggestions for Improvement, and Means for meliorating the Condition of the People.

Nothing would more tend to improve the face of the country than planting, as it is remarkably bare of trees, and the introduction of better implements of husbandry, those at present used being miserably bad and deficient. If the roads, too, which are in general, as before observed, in a wretched state of neglect, owing principally to there being no resident gentry or proprietors of land to attend to them, were

repaired, it would be of infinite advantage to the inhabitants, by enabling them to convey the produce of their lands to market with greater facility. They should also be encouraged and assisted by their landlords to build better houses, the cabins they reside in being generally of the very worst description; in this respect the present proprietor of the townland of Listerling has set a good example, by inserting a clause in the lease given to his tenants, obliging the head lessees to build twelve slated houses, two stories high, and covenanting to allow a third of the price when completed.

A good schoolmaster should likewise be encouraged, by a liberal salary, to settle in the parish, to attend to the instruction and morals of the children.

APPENDIX.

TOWNLANDS, &c. IN THE PARISH OF LISTErling.

IN THE BARONY OF IDA.

1 Listerling, House, Court or Hall of descent or fall.

2 Ballalogue, Longhtown.

3 Gnilcough, A reedy ground, or ground where reeds grow. 4 Ballycurrin, Hookstown,

5 Rathhora, Border rath or fortress.

6 Brownstown (part)*, obvious meaning.

Ballyneal (part)†, Neil's-town.

8 Brabstown, obvious meaning.

9 Ballyconnaught, Connaght-town.

IN THE BARONY OF KNOCKTOPHER.

10 Ballymagill, Magillstown.

11 Smithstown, obvious meaning.

12 Darbystown, ditto.

13 Ballymartin, Martin's-town.

• The remainder is in the parish of Rosbercon.

† Remainder in the parish of Dysertmoon and union of Rosbercon.

No. X.

PARISH OF

MARMA LANE,

(Diocese and County of Cork.)

BY THE REV. RICHARD LLOYD, CURATE.

1. Name of the Parish, Siluation, Extent, &c.

ries.

MARMALANE is the ancient name of this parish; Name. the modern is Passage. It is situate in the barony Situation. of Kerricurrihy and county and diocese of Cork, five miles east of Cork, four north of Carragaline: being bounded on the north and east by the river BouadaLee; on the west and south by Carragaline and Douglas parishes, and on the south and east by Monkstown. It is divided into two townlands, Pem- Contents. broke and Ardmore, which extend one mile and a quarter east and west, and about one mile south; and contains about 152 acres, statute measure, of arable land; about 332 of pasture, 103 of meadow, and about 10 acres under gardens.

The river Lee, which abounds with salmon, runs River. along the north-east side of Passage; it rises at Googaun-Borra, in the west part of the county of Cork. In this parish there are no mountains: the only Hill. hill is Ardmore, which is arable and pasture. There