MONMOHENNOCK, or DUNMANOGUE, a parish,
in the barony of KILKEA and MOONE, county of
KILDARE, and province of LEINSTER, 3 miles (S. W.)
from Castledermot; with which place the population
is returned. This parish comprises 2790 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act. It is a rectory
and vicarage, in the diocese of Dublin, forming the corps
of the prebend of Monmohennock, in the cathedral of
St. Patrick's, and part of the union of Castledermot:
the tithes amount to £200, and the gross annual value of
the prebend is £222.10. In the R. C. divisions it is
part of the union or district of Castledermot: a neat
chapel has lately been erected here. A school has also
lately been built under the National Board, in which
about 60 children are taught. There are very small
remains of the old abbey of Dunmanogue.