LISGOOLD, a parish, in the barony of BARRYMORE, county of
CORK, and province of MUNSTER, 6 3/4 miles (S. S. E.) from
Rathcormac, on the road from Midleton to Fermoy; containing 893
inhabitants. It comprises 6981 statute acres, as applotted under the
tithe act, and valued at £4688. 15. per annum: the soil is poor, and
the state of agriculture is rather backward. The beautiful glen of
Bally-Edmond contains some fine plantations, and is traversed by the
river Curra in its course to Midleton Fairs are held at Lisgoold on
May 1st, June 24th, Nov. 1st, and Dec. 21st. The living is a
vicarage, in the diocese of Cloyne, united prior to any existing
record to the rectories and vicarages of Ballintemple and Imphrick,
the rectory of Ballycaraney, and two-thirds of the rectory of
Kilcreden, together constituting the union of Lisgoold and the corps
of the precentorship of the cathedral of Cloyne, in the gift of the
Bishop: the rectory is impropriate in G. Lukey, of Midleton, Esq.
The tithes amount to £201. 15. 6 1/2., of which £118. 14. is payable
to the impropriator, and the remainder to the incumbent; the entire
tithes of the benefice amount to £977. 3. 5 1/2. There is a glebe of
19a. 2r. 23p. The church, towards the erection of which the late
Board of First Fruits contributed £500, was built, in 1788. With the
exception of Lisgoold and Ballycaraney the parishes of the union are
detached at a considerable distance from each other. In the R. C.
divisions Lisgoold gives name to the union or district, which also
comprises the parishes of Ballycaraney, Templeboden, and
Templenecarrigy: the chapel is at Lisgoold.