MOYGLARE, a parish, in the barony of UPPER-DEECE, county of MEATH, and province of LEINSTER, 2¼
miles (E.) from Kilcock, on the road to Dunboyne; containing
417 inhabitants. It comprises 4409 statute
acres of good land, chiefly in pasture; and contains
Moyglare, the seat of Chas. Cannon, Esq., a handsome
mansion, situated in an extensive and well-planted
demesne; and Moygaddy, of Thos. Cannon, Esq. The
living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Meath,
and in the patronage of Henry Arabin, Esq., of Dublin:
the tithes amount to £215. 9. 10., and the glebe
comprises 4¾ acres, valued at £11. 5. per annum. The
glebe-house was erected in 1815, by aid of a gift of
£400, and a loan of £390, from the late Board of First
Fruits. The church is an ancient plain edifice. In the
R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union or
district of Batterstown, or Kilcloon. Near the church
are some remains of an ancient castle.