Parish of Kilmaleery

1. Situation; Name; Old Church; Tobar Malliaraidh (Saint Maleery’s Well) now much frequented on Saturdays, to south of old Church; The Saint’s festival not now celebrated nor his day at all remembered nor his name given in the Calendar; Urlingmore shown as a castle on Down Survey engraved map; Mentioned in College list of castles as Nurlyn, a castle belonging to Moriertagh Maglanchy; Clenagh old Castle, said to have belonged to the family of Mac Mahon; Mr. Standish of Clenagh mentioned in one of Hoare’s poems.