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edifice; built in 1824, at an expense of £1000; the other
is a plain building at Newcastle, built about 60 years
since: both have paintings over the altars. There are
four public schools, of which the parochial school is
aided by the rector; one at Newcastle is aided by the
Rev. Mr. Farrelly, P. P.; and the others are national
schools; in these about 370 children are educated.
There are also four private schools, in which are about
230 children; and a dispensary. A castle formerly
stood here, which was the residence of the Farnham
family, but no remains of it are now in existence.
MOYNALVEY, a village, in the parish of KILMORE,
barony of UPPER DEECE, county of WESTMEATH, and
province of LEINSTER; containing 13 dwellings and 76
inhabitants. Here is a R. C. chapel belonging to the
union of Kilmore, a large plain structure, erected by
subscription in 1834.
MOYNE, or MAYNE, a parish, in the barony of
ELIOGARTY, county of TIPPERARY, and province of
MUNSTER, 4½ miles (N. E.) from Thurles; containing
224 inhabitants. It comprises 7172 statute acres,
valued at £6677 per annum. Here is plenty of lime-
stone and a good deal of bog. It is a constabulary
police station. Lisheen, a handsome castellated build-
ing, is the residence of J. Lloyd, Esq.; Fortfield, of
H. Lloyd, Esq.; Killoran, of Solomon Lalor Cambie,
Esq.; and the glebe-house, of the Rev. S. Ferguson.
The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Cashel, united to the rectory and vicarage of Kilclonagh,
and in the patronage of the Archbishop: the tithes
amount to £479.17.6., and of the entire benefice to
£524. 17. 6. The glebe-house was erected by aid of a
loan of £675 from the late Board of First Fruits, in
1820. The church was built in 1815, by aid of a gift
of £800 from the same Board. In the R.C. divisions
the parish is the head of a union or district, comprising
this parish and those of Kilclonagh and Templetuohy,
in which union there are two chapels; that of Moyne
is a very neat building. About 300 children are educated
in two national schools, held in neat thatched houses,
built by subscription, and situated at Mayne and Bou-
labeha; and about 40 in a private school.
MOYNE, a parish, in the barony of BALLINACOR,
county of WICKLOW, and province of LEINSTER; con-
taining 1175 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated
on the confines of the county of Carlow, comprises 8407
statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and was
formed in 1813, by disuniting certain townlands from
the parish of Hacketstown. The only house of import-
ance is Coolballintaggart, the seat of A. Tate, Esq., a
handsome mansion with a front of hewn granite, situated
in a demesne tastefully laid out and commanding some
fine mountain views. The living is a perpetual curacy,
in the diocese of Leighlin, and in the patronage of the
Incumbent of Hacketstown: the tithes amount to
£184.12. 3¾. The glebe-house, towards which the Jate
Board of First Fruits contributed a gift of £450, and
a loan of £50, in 1817, is a neat building; the glebe
comprises nearly 20 acres of arable and pasture land,
including a small portion of bog, and is subject to an
acreable rent. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms
part of the union or district of Hacketstown. About
80 children are taught in a school supported by annual
donations from the Rev. Mr. Wright and the Governors
of the Foundling Hospital; Earl Fitzwilliam gave the
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school-house and 5 roods of land. There is also a
private school, in which are about 40 children.
MOYNOE, a parish, in the barony of TULLA, county
of CLARE, and province of MUNSTER, 8 miles (N. N. W.)
from Killaloe; containing 1268 inhabitants. It is situ-
ated on the confines of the county of Galway, and
extends to within a mile of the town of Scariff; com-
prising about 1940 statute acres of arable land in a
tolerable state of cultivation, exclusively of a large por-
tion of coarse mountain pasture and bog. The only
seat is Moynoe House, the residence of Fitzgibbon
Hinchy, Esq. It is in the diocese of Killaloe; the rec-
tory is appropriate to the economy fund of the cathedral
of Killaloe, and the vicarage forms part of the union of
Inniscalthra: the tithes amount to £83.1. 6½., of which
£46. 3. 1. is payable to the economy fund, and the
remainder to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it is
part of the union or district of Scariff. The ruins of
the old church still remain.
MOYNRATH.—See MOUNTRATH.
MOYNTAGHS, or ARDMORE, a parish, in the
barony of ONEILLAND EAST, county of ARMAGH, and
province of ULSTER, 4 miles (N. W.) from Lurgan, on
the road to Stewartstown, by way of the Bannfoot ferry;
containing 2891 inhabitants. This parish is situated on
the southern shore of Lough Neagh, and is bounded on
the south-west by the river Bann; it comprises, accord-
ing to the Ordnance survey (including islands), 18,098¼
statute acres, of which 12,178 are in Lough Neagh, 305½
in Lough Gullion, and 83 in the Bann. About one-half
of the land is arable, and the remainder bog, which C.
Brownlow, Esq., has attempted to drain and reclaim.
For this purpose he erected a windmill, which was soon
destroyed by a storm, and was replaced by a steam-
engine, which proved ineffectual. An extensive em-
bankment was formed across Lough Gullion, and the
steam-engine long employed in draining it; but all these
efforts were defeated, as the water seemed to return by
subterranean springs. Agricultural pursuits, fishing,
weaving linen, and working the turf bog, are the prin-
cipal employments of the inhabitants. Raughlin, the
seat of J. Forde, Esq., is surrounded by plantations,
gardens, and pleasure-grounds of a luxuriant character,
and commands splendid views of the lake and the coun-
ties of Tyrone, Derry, Antrim, Down, and Armagh:
in the lake is an island, beautifully planted with
fruit-trees and evergreens, the whole forming a beauti-
ful spot in the midst of a boggy and unproductive
tract. On the opposite shore is the glebe-house, the
residence of the Rev. D. W. Macmullen. Moyntaghs was
formerly part of the parish of Seagoe, but in 1765 it
was erected into a separate parish. By charter of Jas. I.,
the rectory was made one of the five parishes consti-
tuting the union of Donaghclony and corps of the arch-
deaconry of the diocese of Dromore, to which it remained
united until 1832, when, by act of council, the union
was dissolved, and it was united and consolidated with
the vicarage, and the living is now a rectory and vicar-
age, in the diocese of Dromore, and in the patronage of
the Bishop. The tithes amount to £54. 2. 6., besides
which, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners grant £71. 2.
out of Primate Boulter’s fund. The glebe-house was
erected by aid of a gift of £415. 7. 8½., and a loan of
£55. 7. 8¼., British currency, from the late Board of
First Fruits, in 1820; the glebe comprises 13 acres,