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MOY
28th, June 21st, Aug. 10th, Oct. 11th, and Nov. 8th,
for cattle and pigs, and for linen, linen-yarn, and wool.
Petty sessions are held once a fortnight at Mount-
Bellew-Bridge; at which place is also held, on the first
Monday in every month, the court for the manor of
Castle Bellew, which was granted by patent to the
Bellew family bearing date the 36th of Chas. II. A
coach from Tuam to Dublin, and a car to Ballinasloe.
pass through the parish daily.
The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese
of Tuam, episcopally united to the rectories and vicar-
ages of Ballinakilly or Aghiart, and Kilmacrean, and to
the vicarage of Kilmoylan, together forming the union
of Moylough, in the patronage of the Archbishop. The
tithes amount to£700: the glebe-house, towards the erec-
tion of which the late Board of First Fruits contributed
a gift of £200 and a loan of £500, is a handsome re-
sidence; and the glebe comprises 15½ acres, valued at
£18. 15. per annum: the gross revenue of the benefice,
including glebe and tithe, is £1287. 5.8. per annum.
The church, a neat edifice with a handsome tower,
was erected in 1808, for which purpose the late Board
of First Fruits advanced a loan of £200. In the R. C.
divisions the parish is the head of a union called also
Aghiart, and comprising also the parishes of Aghiart
and Killascobe; there are three chapels, of which two
are in this parish, one in the village of Moylough, a
handsome edifice, for which a site was given by Mr.
Bellew, who also gave £300 towards its erection; the
other in the demesne of Mount-Bellew, an elegant
edifice with a lofty tower, built by the late Mr. Bellew.
There is an excellent national school for 120 boys at
Mount-Bellew-Bridge, supported by a grant of £10 per
ann. from the new Board of Education and 10 acres of
land given by the late Mr. Bellew to a religious com-
munity, who are the masters: the school was built by
Mr. Bellew. A school for 60 girls has also been built
and is entirely supported by M. D, Bellew, Esq.; and
there are two other schools, supported by payments of
the pupils. There are some Danish raths, and the
ruins of an ancient castle.
MOYLOUGH, a parish, in the barony of DEMIFORE,
county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 3 miles
(S.) from Oldcastle, on the great road from Dublin to
Sligo; containing 2401 inhabitants. It is situated on
the river Inny, which rises here and falls into Lough
Sheelin; and comprises 6937 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act. Agriculture has but little im-
proved: there is scarcely any bog; limestone abounds,
and several quarries are extensively worked. The prin-
cipal seats are Beltrasna, the residence of Jas. O’Reilly,
Esq.; and Upper Crossdrum, of W. Smith Harman,
Esq. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath, forming
part of the union of Loughcrew. The tithes amount to
£184. 12. 3¾. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the
union of Oldcastle: the chapel is a handsome building,
in the later English style, and is embellished with a
painting over the altar; it was erected at an expense
of £1000. A Lancasterian school was founded by Jas.
O’Reilly, Esq., at whose expence the building was
erected: there is also a private school, in which are
about 40 boys and 20 girls. Some of the foundations of
the old church, which anciently belonged to the abbey
of Fore, are discernible; and there are remains of an
ancient castle, of which no historical details are extant.
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MOY
MOYMET, a parish, in the barony of UPPER NAVAN,
county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 2 miles
(N. W.) from Trim, on the road to Kells and Navan;
containing 634 inhabitants. It comprises 3174 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act, consisting of
arable and pasture land of good and middling quality.
There is abundance of limestone, used for building.
Lord Sherborne has lately constructed a good house
here, with which part of an old castle is incorporated;
it is the residence of J. G. Dawson, Esq., his lordship’s
agent. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath,
and in the patronage of the Crown; the tithes amount
to £230. 15. 4½. The glebe-house was erected by aid
of a gift of £400, and a loan of £400, in 1812, from the
late Board of First Fruits; the glebe comprises 10 acres,
valued at £15. 15. per annum. In the R. C. divisions
the parish is the head of a union or district, comprising
the parishes of Moymet, Churchtown, Tullyhanogue,
Rataine, Kilcooly, and Clonmacduff, in which union are
two chapels, in Moymet and Churchtown. About 90
children are educated in a school aided by annual dona;
tions from Lord Sherborne and the rector; the school-
house was given by the Rev. Mr. Tuite, P. P.
MOYNALTY, a post-town and parish, in the barony
of LOWER KELLS, county of MEATH, and province of
LEINSTER, 3½ miles (N.) from Kells, and 35 miles
(N. W.) from Dublin, on the road from Bailieborough
to Dublin, by way of Navan and Kells, and on a branch
of the river Blackwater; containing 5918 inhabitants,
of which number, 220 are in the town. During the
disturbances of 1798, a battle took place at Petersville,
in this parish, between a party of the insurgents and
the king’s troops. The parish comprises 12,131 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act; about one-third
is good land, one-third middling, and the remainder
indifferent; the land is principally under tillage, and
the system of agriculture is improving; there is a small
quantity of bog, and some extensive limestone quarries
are worked both for manure and building. The present
village, which is of recent erection, was, till within the
last few years, composed of cabins; it is now clean
and well-built, and comprises 33 detached houses,
noted for their neatness, with the church at one of its
extremities, and the R. C. chapel at the other: the im-
provement has been effected by J. Farrell, Esq., the pre-
sent proprietor, who has also, by extensive and judicious
plantations, greatly benefited the surrounding country,
and has erected some substantial farm-houses on his
estate. Petty sessions are held once a fortnight. The
principal seats are Moynalty Lodge, the residence of
J. Farrell, Esq.; Kingsfort, of R. Chaloner, Esq.;
Westland, of T. Barnes, Esq.; Cherry Mount, of P.
Smith, Esq.; Walterstown, of R. Kellett, Esq.; Peters-
ville, of T. Tucker, Esq.; Donover, of W. Garnett, Esq.;
Skirk, of J. Rathborne, Esq.; Westland Cottage, of E.
Kellett, Esq.; and the glebe-house, of the Rev. W.
Kellett. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath,
and in the patronage of the Crown; the tithes amount
to £550. The glebe-house, a handsome building, was
erected in 1792, at an expense of £847; the glebe com-
prises 13 acres, valued at £26 per annum. The church
was built in 1819, by aid of a loan of £1000 from the
late Board of First Fruits. The R. C. parish is co-ex-
tensive with that of the Established Church, and con-
tains two chapels; that at Moynalty is a neat stone