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MONKSTOWN, or MOUNTOWN, a parish, in the
barony of SKREEN, county of MEATH, and province of
LEINSTER, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Navan; on the
road to Duleek by Black-Lion; containing 429 inhabit-
ants. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath, entirely
impropriate in Mrs. C, Reynell: the tithes amount to
£151. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union
or district of Johnstown. A national school at Wal-
terstown affords instruction to about 50 children.
MONMOHENNOCK, or DUNMANOGUE, a pa-
rish, in the barony of KILKEA and MOONE, county of
KILDARE, and province of LEINSTJER, 3 miles (S. W.)
from Castledermot; with which place the popula-
tion is returned. This parish comprises 2790 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act. It is a rectory
and vicarage, in the diocese of Dublin, forming the corps
of the prebend of Monmohennock, in the cathedral of
St. Patrick’s, and part of the union of Castledermot:
the tithes amount to £200, and the gross annual value of
the prebend is £222.10. In the R. C. divisions it is
part of the union or district of Castledermot: a neat
chapel has lately been erected here. A school has also
lately been built under the National Board, in which
about 60 children are taught. There are very small
remains of the old abbey of Dunmanogue.
MONOMOLIN, or MONOMOLING, a parish, partly
in the barony of BALLAGHKEEN, but chiefly in that of
GOREY, county of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER,
8 miles (S. by W.) from Gorey, on the old road from
that place to Wexford; containing 1986 inhabitants. It
is situated on the river Awen-o-varra, by which it is
partly bounded on the east, and comprises 7743 statute
acres, chiefly under tillage: within its limits is a quarry
of good building stone. The living is a rectory and
perpetual curacy, in the diocese of Ferns: the rectory
forms part of the union of Leskinfere, and the corps of
the treasurership of Ferns; the curacy, formed in 1822,
is in the patronage of the Treasurer. The tithes amount
to £461, of which £401 is payable to the rector, and £60
to the curate; the latter sum being the amount of the
tithes of the townlands of Clone and Curratabbin, with
which the curacy was endowed by the present incum-
bent. The glebe-house was built by aid of a gift of
£450, and a loan of £50 from the late Board of First
Fruits, and, together with a glebe of 26 acres, is attached
to the curacy. The church is a neat modern structure,
towards the erection of which the same Board granted
a loan of £1000; and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
have lately given £154 for its repair. In the R. C.
divisions the parish is partly in the union or district of
Monageer, but chiefly in that of Litter: the chapel is at
Monomolin. About 30 children are educated in the
parochial school, which was established a few years
since by the incumbent and is partly supported by sub-
scription: the master has the school-house and an acre
of land rent-free.
MONSEA, or MOUNTSEA, a parish, in the barony
of LOWER ORMOND, county of TIPPERARY, and province
of MUNSTER, 2¼ miles (N. W.) from Nenagh, on the
road to Dromineer, near the river Shannon; containing
1753 inhabitants. It comprises about 5265 statute acres,
chiefly in tillage; the land is in general good, limestone
abounds, and the state of agriculture is much improved.
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There is a small portion of wet or bottom land. Great
facility for the transport of agricultural and other pro-
duce is afforded by the steam-boats of the Inland Navi-
gation Company, one of whose stations is in the adjoin-
ing parish of Dromineer. The seats are Richmond, the
residence of R. W. Gason, Esq., situated in a handsome
and well-planted demesne; Tullaghmore, of Wm. Finch,
Esq.; the glebe-house, of the Rev. Wm. Cromie; and
Rockfort, the property of J. Wolfe, Esq. It is a rectory
and vicarage, in the diocese of Killaloe, each forming a
distinct benefice, and both in the gift of the Bishop. Of
the tithes, amounting to £415.7. 8½., two-thirds are
payable to the rector, and the remainder to the vicar.
There is a glebe comprising 8a. lr.; and a glebe-house,
erected in 1813, by aid of a gift of £400, and a loan of
£308, from the late Board of First Fruits. The church
is a plain structure with a tower, built in 1799, by aid
of a gift of £500, and repaired in 1818 by a loan of £50
from the same Board. In the R. C. divisions the parish
is the head of a union or district, comprising also the
parishes of Killodiernan and Dromineer, and con-
taining two chapels: that of Monsea is a handsome
modern building, situated at Carrick; the other is in
Killodiernan. About 50 children are educated in a
private school. At Ballyatalla are some vestiges of the
ancient castle of that name.
MOONE, a parish, in the barony of KILKEA and
MOONE, county of KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER,
2 miles (S. by W.) from Ballytore, on the mail coach
road from Dublin to Carlow: the population is returned
with Timolin. This parish comprises 7220 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at
£4234 per annum: the soil is tolerably good and agri-
culture improving; the land is chiefly under tillage,
with some excellent pasture. There are quarries of good
grey stone, used for building. The village consists of
about. 40 houses: here are extensive mills, capable of
grinding 15,000 bags of flour annually, the property of
Ebenezer Shackleton, Esq., who is building an elegant
residence in the Elizabethan style adjoining, Moone.
Abbey, the seat of Benedict A, Yates, Esq., takes its
name from a monastery of the order of St. Francis,
near which it is situated; and on the summit of a neigh-
bouring hill are the remains of a long narrow church,
supposed to have belonged to that establishment. It is
a vicarage, in the diocese of Dublin, forming part of
the union of Timolin; the rectory is appropriate to the
economy fund of the cathedral of St. Patrick, Dublin.
The tithes amount to £378, of which £252 is payable
to the economy fund, and £126 to the vicar. In the
R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of
Castledermot; the chapel is a large cruciform structure
in the village. There are remains of an ancient castle,
supposed to have been built by one of the first English
adventurers, on the bank of the river, above which, one
tower yet standing forms a conspicuous object. Little
of the history of this castle is known. It received con-
siderable injury during the disturbances of 1798; but
part of the building is preserved in a habitable condition
by B. A. Yates, Esq. Near the ruins of the Franciscan
monastery is a very curious ancient stone cross; and
at a short distance, there is an artificial mount, in
which Counsellor Ash was interred, by his own desire,
and which has since been planted and enclosed with a
wall.