ANNAGELIFFE, a parish, in the barony of UPPER-LOUGHTEE,
county of CAVAN, and province of ULSTER,
1 mile (N. E. by E.) from Cavan, on the road from
that place to Virginia; containing 4341 inhabitants.
It comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 8260¼
statute acres, of which 5096 are applotted under the
tithe act. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of
Kilmore, forming, with that of Urney, the union of
Urney and Annageliffe, in the patronage of the Bishop;
the rectory is impropriate in the Representatives of
Richard, Earl of Westmeath. The tithes amount to
£217. 16. 11½., of which £62. 2. 2½. is payable to the
impropriator, and £155. 14. 9. to the vicar. In the
R. C. divisions this parish forms part of the union or
district of Urney, or, as it is more commonly called,
Cavan: the chapel is a large building, situated at Stragolla.
There are a parochial school, and a school on the
townland of Curlurgan; also four hedge schools.