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ticing a Protestant child, was made, about 150 years
since, by a member of the Loftus family; and £100 per
ann. is given by the proprietor of the Drogheda estate to
be distributed in acts of charity, at the discretion of
the incumbent; as also is £3 per annum, late currency,
bequeathed by the late Viscountess Ely.
MONASTERNENAGH.—See MANISTER.
MONASTERORIS.—See CASTROPETRE.
MONEGAY, MOLCHONRIAH, or TEMPLE-NA-
MONA, a parish, in the Glenquin Division of the ba-
rony of UPPER CONNELLO, county of LIMERICK, and
province of MUNSTER, on the road from Limerick to
Tralee; containing, with part of the post-town of New-
castle, 4711 inhabitants. The parish comprises 21,798
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, one-third
of which is arable, producing good crops; about one-
third is meadow and pasture, on which are several ex-
tensive dairy farms; and the remainder is uncultivated
mountain, everywhere affording excellent pasturage
to numerous herds of young cattle and sheep, and
containing also some bog. The lower parts of the pa-
rish are based on limestone, dipping westward beneath
the mountains, which are of the coal formation, namely,
silicious grit and very compact indurated clay, or
clunch, in which five beds of coal are found, but the
two upper seams, that are very thin, only are worked.
The upper stratum, called culm, is chiefly used for burn-
ing lime: iron-stone and fire-clay are abundant and very
good, but neither are worked; and the silicious grit is
only used for making roads. The principal seats are
Glanduff Castle, the residence of Eyre Massy, Esq.;
Woodlawn, of R. Cart, Esq.; Tulliline, of J. J. Furlong,
Esq.; and Mount Plummer, of Brudenell Plummer,
Esq. The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese
of Limerick, forming part of the union of Newcastle;
the tithes amount to £500; the glebe comprises 53
acres of very rich land. The church stands in the town
of Newcastle. The R. C. parish is co-extensive with
that of the Established Church, and is called Rathcahill
and Templeglauntane; it contains two chapels. About
150 children are educated in a school supported by the
Earl of Devon, and in two national schools; and there are
five private schools, in which are about 120 boys and
60 girls. Ruins exist of the church of the Knights Tem-
plars, called Teampul-na-glauntane, in which is a tomb
of the ancient family of Lacy; of another, called Team-
pul-na-Hinghine-bugdhe, or “the Church of the Devout
Daughter;” and of the fine old parish church. There
are also the ruins of several heathen temples, or drui-
dical altars.
MONEMOINTER, or BALLYCLOGHY, a parish,
in the barony of GAULTIER, county of WATERFORD, and
province of MUNSTER, 4 miles (S. S. E.) from Water-
ford; containing 102 inhabitants. This small parish,
also called Monamentra, is situated upon the western
side of the harbour of Waterford. The living is a rec-
tory, in the diocese of Waterford, constituting, with the
rectories of Kilmacomb and Kilmacleague, and parts of
those of Riesk and Kilmeaden, the corps of the chancel-
lorship of Waterford, in the patronage of the Bishop.
The tithes amount to £30; and the gross annual value
of the dignity, tithes and glebes inclusive, is £476. 8. 5.
There are three glebes in the union, comprising 35 sta-
tute acres, with a house or store in Waterford let at a
rent of £31.
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MONEYGALL, a village and post-town, in the
parish of CULLENWAYNE, barony of CLONLISK, KING’S
county, and province of LEINSTER, 6¾ miles (S. W.)
from Roscrea, and 65¾ (S.W. by S.) from Dublin, on the
mail coach road to Limerick; containing 379 inhabit-
ants. It comprises 76 houses, and is situated on the
estate of the Rev. W. Minchin, near the confines of the
county of Tipperary: it has a patent for three fairs during
the year, and is a constabulary police station. It is in
contemplation to hold petty sessions here shortly. Ad-
joining is Greenhills, the residence of the proprietor, a
modern and elegant mansion in a highly ornamented
demesne. Busherstown, originally called Bouchards-
town, is a handsome residence of a branch of the same
family. The church service is performed twice every
Sunday in the school-house, there being no church in
the parish. There is a R. C. chapel, and a dispensary
was established in 1826.
MONEYMORE, a market and post-town, partly in
the parish of DESERTLYN, but chiefly in that of ARD-
TREA, barony of LOUGHINSHOLIN, county of LONDON-
DERRY, and province of ULSTER, 24 miles (S.) from
Coleraine, and 92 (N.) from Dublin, on the road to
Coleraine; containing 1025 inhabitants. This place,
which is one of the oldest post-towns in the country, is
noticed by Pynnar, in his survey of Ireland, as consist-
ing of an ancient castle, which he describes as a fine old
building, and of six good houses of stone and lime,
supplied with water conveyed by pipes to the castle
and to each of the houses from a well near the lime-
stone quarry at Spring Hill. Cormick O’Hagan, a
follower of Sir Phelim O’Nial, took the castle by
stratagem in 1641, and it remained for a long time
in the possession of the insurgents, by whom it was
subsequently destroyed. Sir Phelim, some time after,
rendezvoused his troops at this place, whence he
marched to plunder the house of Lissan, then the
property and residence of Sir Thomas Staples. The
castle which was one of the most perfect in Ireland,
was taken down about the year 1760, to afford room
for a small public-house, and only some portions of
the walls are at present remaining. In lowering the
high street and the hills some years since, some of
the old water pipes were discovered, the wood of which
crumbled into dust, but the iron hoops were in a toler-
ably perfect state and are now in the possession of
Mr. Miller; some more of the pipes were also found in
trenching a field adjoining the spring, proving the accu-
racy of Pynnar’s statement. The town consists of two
principal and five smaller streets, and contains 184
houses, which are very neatly built, and several others
are now in progress of erection. About a quarter of a
mile above it is Spring Hill, the seat of W. L. Conyng-
ham, Esq., a fine mansion more than 200 years old,
pleasantly situated in grounds tastefully arranged and
commanding some finely varied scenery; the demesne
is enriched with some remarkably fine beech, oak, ash,
and fir trees, and close to the house is a remarkably
fine cedar. A very elegant house has been recently
built by Rowley Miller, Esq., agent of the Drapers’
company, and another by J. R. Miller, Esq.; the glebe-
house, built in 1831 by the Hon. and Rev. J. P. Hewitt,
is a very handsome residence; and Desertlyn Cottage,
the residence of J. Smyth, Esq., is pleasantly situated
and the grounds tastefully laid out. There are also, in
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