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A Deſcription of

Names of in the Order they ſtand in the Regiſter.

Kirk Farmyn.

  • Kirk Patrick.
  • Kirk Michaell.
  • Kirk Ballaugh.
  • Kirk Furby.
  • Kirk Bride.
  • Kirk Candras.
  • Kirk Chriſtleſare.
  • Kirk Mahal.
  • Kirk Lennon.
  • Kirk Canton.
  • Kirk Braddon.
  • Kirk Maroan.
  • Kirk Santon.
  • Kirk Merlugh.
  • Kirk Carbra.
  • Kirk Chriſt-Ruſſin.

When Dr. Wilſon, Biſhop of Man, was about publiſhing his ſhort, but exact Account of the Iſland, he ordered all his Parochial Clergy to ſend him a Liſt of the Number of Souls, including Strangers, in their reſpective Pariſhes, which at that Time, amounted to no more than 14,500, tho' through a Miſtake of the Printer, the Number publiſhed, was 15,000; but ſince that, ſo many Iriſh Families have come over and ſettled there, that the Account is greatly encreaſed.