MUNTERCONNAUGHT, a parish, in the barony of CASTLERAHAN, county of CAVAN, and province of ULSTER, 4 miles (N. by. E.) from Oldcastle, on the road from Kells to Ballyjamesduff; containing 2969 inhabitants.
This parish is on the confines of the county of Meath, and comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 7432¾ statute acres, of which 5828 are applotted under the tithe act, and 965½ are in Lough Ramor.
It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Kilmore, forming part of the union of Lurgan; the tithes amount to £148. The church is a very neat building, erected in 1832, by a gift of £900 from the late Board of Firsts.
In the Roman Catholic divisions it is part of the union of Castlerahan and Munterconnaught; the chapel is a good stone building.
About 140 children are educated in a school aided by subscriptions; and there are three private schools, in which are about 160 children.
Here was anciently an hospital, the endowment of which was granted by Jas. I. to Sir Edward Moore.
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