DONER AILE [CLOYNF..

DONERAILE. [It is called in "The Book of Lismore," "Dun-air-aill," that is, "the Fortress on the Cfiff. "] Under the Establishment, Doneraile was held with Temple­ roan, since the year 1700. This union comprises the parishes of Templeroan, Doneraile, and Clenore. r8J-i·· May g. HENRY SoMERVILLE is admitted R. Templeroan, and P. C. Doneraile, per cession of Stawell (Brady). Henry 0. B. T. Somerville was fifth son of Thomas T. Somerville, of Drishane, Castletownshend. He was ordained Deacon on 2oth of May, and Priest on rgth December, r83o, both at Cloyne. He was sometime Curate of Kilbrittain, and, I think, of Rathclarin, Corle Mr. Somerville never married. He died on the 10th of May, r867, aged 63 years. r8G7. September. SAMUEL HAYMAN, R. Templeroan, and P. C. Doneraile, per mortem Somerville. Hayman became R. Carrigaline, Cork, in 1872. r872. ALEXANDER JAcKsoN NicHOLSON, R. Doneraile; vice Hayman. On the death of William Johnson, Chancellor of Cloyne, and R. Clenore, in r88g, that parish was joined to Done­ rile. Nicholson became R. St. Nicholas, Cork, in r8go. r8gr. \VrLLIAM HYDE PERROTT, R. Doneraile, vice Nicholson. The church population of the union is about rso. The parish church of Doneraile (St. Mary's) is now the only church in the union, the other two being in ruins. It is prettily situated on the river Awbeg, a tributary of the Blackwater According to the learned Revd. Dr. Olden, the dedica­ tion of this church is "the Nativity of the B. V. M." Templeroan is dedicated to St. Ruadhan (pron. Ruan) of Lorrha, .in Co. Tipperary. He thinks Doneraile must have been a later formed parish. The name does not occur in the "Pipe Roll" of Cloyne; and its not being dedicated to an Irish saint is a further proof. The following inscription is cut upon a stone slab set in the western wall of the tower of Doneraile Church:­ "This Church was first built by the Right Hon. Sr. \\Tilliam St. Leger, the Lord President of Munster, anna Domini