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incumbent, and partly by the Ardagh Association, about
70 children are educated; and there are three private
schools, in which are about 150 children. At the base
of Slieve Gouldry are the remains of an ancient castle,
formerly belonging to the O’Ferralls. There is a chaly-
beate spring, but not much used for medicinal pur-
poses.
MOYGLARE, a parish, in the barony of UPPER
DEECE, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 2¼
miles (E.) from Kilcock, on the road to Dunboyne; con-
taining 417 inhabitants. It comprises 4409 statute
acres of good land, chiefly in pasture; and contains
Moyglare, the seat of Chas. Cannon, Esq., a handsome
mansion, situated in an extensive and well-planted
demesne; and Moygaddy, of Thos. Cannon, Esq. The
living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Meath,
and in the patronage of Henry Arabin, Esq., of Dub-
lin: the tithes amount to £215. 9. 10., and the glebe
comprises 4¾ acres, valued at £11. 5. per annum. The
glebe-house was erected in 1815, by aid of a gift of
£400, and a loan of £390, from the late Board of First
Fruits. The church is an ancient plain edifice. In the
R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union or
district of Batterstown, or Kilcloon. Near the church
are some remains of an ancient castle.
MOYLARY, a parish, in the barony of FERRARD,
county of LOUTH, and province of LEINSTER, 1¾ mile
(S. by W.) from Dunleer, on the road from Dublin to
Dundalk; containing 1183 inhabitants. It comprises,
according to the Ordnance survey, 3635¾ statute acres,
chiefly under tillage: the soil is in general light;
there is some marshy bog; and within the limits of
the parish are several quarries of good building stone.
Stone House, the residence of Michael Chester, Esq.,
is situated in a neat demesne. It is a rectory and
perpetual cure, in the diocese of Armagh, the rectory
forming part of the union of Dunleer; the perpetual
cure, erected in 1818, is in the gift of the Incumbent.
The tithes amount to £173.3.1.; and the stipend of
the curate is £105.7.8½. per ann., of which £50 is
payable by the rector of Drumcar, under certain stipu-
lations in Primate Marsh’s will, and the remainder by
the incumbent of Moylary. The glebe, comprising 13¼
acres, is held by the curate, subject to a rent of
£27.13.10. The glebe-house was built in 1820, at
an expense of £507.13. 10½., British, of which £450
Irish was a gift, and £50 a loan from the late Board of
First Fruits. The church is a neat modern structure,
altered and repaired in 1811 by a parochial assessment,
amounting to £300 Irish. In the R. C. divisions the
parish forms part of the union or district of Moylary,
also called the district of Ballymakenny, comprising
this parish and parts of Drumshallon and Ballyma-
kenny, and containing the chapels of Tenure in Moy-
lary and Fieldstown in Drumshallon. Attached to the
former is a school, in which, and in a private school,
about 110 children are educated.
MOYLISKER, or MOLYSKAR, a parish, in the
barony of FARTULLAGH, county of WESTMEATH, and
province of LEINSTER, 3½ miles (S.) from Mullingar,
on the road to Tyrrell’s Pass; containing 255 inhabitants.
It is situated on the eastern shore of Lough Innel, and
comprises 1593¾ statute acres of land, generally good,
and (with the exception of some small moors) either in
tillage or pasture; limestone abounds, and the state of
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agriculture is improving. Near the church is a small
lake, from which the parish takes its name. Petty ses-
sions are held at Moylisker every Wednesday. Among
the seats is Belvedere, the property of Lord Lanesbo-
rough, occupying a beautiful situation on the summit of
a small hill, in the centre of an amphitheatre of other
hills, whence a fine lawn descends to the shore of Lough
Innel, diversified by its islands, and the finely wooded
promontory of Rochfort. Adjoining the latter is Roch-
fort House, the seat of Col. Rochfort, one of the finest
mansions in the county; it is surrounded by a demesne
of great beauty, separated from that of Belvedere by a
large pile of artificial castellated ruins. On a rising
ground behind Rochfort House is Tallyho, the residence
of Mrs. Gerard. The other seats are Annaville, the re-
sidence of Wm, Robinson, Esq.; and Tyrrell’s Town, of
B. Briggs, Esq. The living is a rectory, in the diocese
of Meath, united at a period unknown to the rectories
of Lynn and Carrick, together constituting the union of
Moylisker, in the patronage of the Crown. The tithes
amount to £65, and the gross value of the benefice,
tithes and glebe inclusive, is £366. 3.1. The glebe and
glebe-house are in the parish of Lynn. The church is
an ancient structure: it was enlarged in 1807, at an ex-
pense of £394.3.1., and the Ecclesiastical Commis-
sioners have lately granted £129.11.6. for its repair.
In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union,
or district of Mullingar. The parochial school of about
10 children, at Rathduff, is aided by a small annual pay-
ment from the rector. There are several ancient raths
in the parish, and at Tyrrell’s Town are the remains of
an old castle. Belvedere formerly gave the title of Earl
to the family of Rochfort, which became extinct on the
death of the last earl in 1814.
MOYLOUGH, a parish, partly in the barony of KIL-
LIAN, but chiefly in that of TYAQUIN, county of GAL-
WAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 2 miles (E.) from
Dangan, on the mail coach road from Dublin to Tuam;
containing, with the market-town of Mount-Bellew-
Bridge (which is separately described), 5870 inhabitants.
This parish comprises 17,818 statute acres, of which
some portions are good and profitable land, and others
of very inferior quality; there are large tracts of bog
and waste land, of which the greater part might be
easily reclaimed under a better system of cultivation,
and some portions of low and marshy land, which
might be drained at a comparatively moderate expense.
The state of agriculture, though improving, is still
very defective; limestone abounds and is quarried for
burning into lime, and for building and making roads,
and there arc some ridges of limestone gravel. Con-
siderable quantities of coarse linen are manufactured by
the peasantry. Mount Bellew, the seat of M. D. Bellew,
Esq., is finely situated in a demesne of 600 acres, richly
wooded and embellished with an artificial lake of great
beauty; in the house is a valuable collection of paint-
ings and an extensive library. Windfield, the residence
of J. Lynch, Esq., is a good mansion in a well-wooded
demesne, commanding some fine views. The other
seats are Cooloo, that of E. Browne, Esq.; Summer-
ville, of D. M. Killikelly, Esq.; and Silk Mount, of —
Bodkin, Esq. The village, which is also called New-
town-Bellew, contains about 500 inhabitants: it is
situated nearly in the centre of the parish, and has a
daily post to Castle-BIakeney. Fairs are held on May
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