Clare Places: Parishes: Ogonnelloe: Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland, 1845

Ogonnelloe, or O'Gonilloe

A parish in the barony of Lower Tulla, 3¾ miles north by west of Killaloe, Co. Clare, Munster. Length, south by westward, 4 miles; extreme breadth, 3½; area, 9,925 acres, 2 roods, 9 perches,-of which 3,353 acres are in Lough Derg. Pop., in 1831, 2,966; in 1841, 3,162. Houses 497. The limits include the south side of Scariff bay, and the west side of the lower part of Lough Derg, from that bay down to within 2¼ miles of Killaloe. The territorial surface consists, for the most part, of land of a light gravelly soil, tolerably good for tillage; but, to some extent, is either boggy ground, or cold, mountainous upland, but a degree superior to mere wilderness. Knocknalicka, and another height on the western boundary, have altitudes above sea-level of respectively 818 and 1,019 feet; and a height at the Roman Catholic chapel has an altitude of 600 feet. The principal islands in Lough Derg belonging to Ogonnelloe are Cahir Island, Lashog-Rocks, Crow Island, Illaunaskagh, Swan Island, Cormorant Island, and Goat-Island. The chief seat is Tinarana-house; the chief hamlets are Annacarriga and Carnagnoe; and the chief antiquities are the ruins of a castle and of Aghenish-house. The road from Killaloe to Scariff passes through the interior. This parish is a vicarage, and a separate benefice, in the dio. of Killaloe. Vicarial tithe composition, £58 3s. 1d.; glebe, £10 10s. Gross income, £102 19s. 1d.; nett, £73 16s. 7½ d. Patron, the diocesan. The rectorial tithes are divided into two portions, the larger of which is compounded for £78 9s. 2¾d., and appropriated to the sinecure benefice of O’Mullod, while the smaller is compounded for £38 15s. 4d., and appropriated to the economy fund of Killaloe cathedral. The church was built in 1812, by means of a gift of £738 9s. 2¾d. from the late Board of First Fruits. Sittings 100; attendance 45. The Roman Catholic chapel has an attendance of 1,000. In 1834, the Protestants amounted to 128, and the Roman Catholics to 3,056; a Sunday school was usually attended by about 35 children; and 4 pay daily schools had on their books 190 boys and 105 girls.

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland, 1845
Courtesy of Clare Local Studies Project