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Union of Kiltullagh, Knockamagh, Becan, Aghamore, and Templetogher in Tuam, by name of Kiltullagh and a new church at Ballinlogh.
Lands conveyed by Jos: Mitchell,
saving to Queen and archbishop.
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XIV. And whereas the parishes of Kiltullagh, Knocamagh, Becan, Aghamore, and Templetogher, in the diocess of Tuam, have been long held together by one incumbent, and are fit to be really united: and whereas all the churches in the said several parishes are ruinous and inconveniently situated: and whereas the incumbent of the said several parishes, together with the parishioners inhabiting therein, have by act of vestry represented and desired that a new church may be built in the market-town of Ballinlogh in the said parish of Kiltullagh, for the greater conveniency of the parishioners of the said several parishes, and his grace the lord archbishop of Tuam has approved thereof: and whereas Joseph Mitchell, esquire, has upon such request and approbation already provided materials towards the building of the said church, and has promised to endow the same with twenty acres near the same for a glebe, and one acre for a mansion-house to be built thereon for the incumbent and his successors, besides one other acre for the church-yard: be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the archbishop of the said diocess, by and with the consent of the patron, incumbent, and the major part of the inhabitants of the said parish, to unite the said parishes; and the said parishes so united to be and continue one parish, to be called and known by the name of the parish of Kiltullagh for ever; and such church when finished, endowed, and consecrated, shall be and be deemed the only parish-church of the said united parishes; and the said archbishop or his successors is hereby enabled to receive a conveyance for the use of the incumbent and his successors for ever from the said Joseph Mitchell of the said lands, notwithstanding any statute of mortmain; saving always to the Queen and the archbishop of Tuam such right as they had before the said union.
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