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 veryneat building, erected in
1832, by a gift of £900 from the late Board of First
Fruits. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union of
Castlerahan and Mimterconnaught: 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.