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Moucygold, 3 m. from Cliffoney, N. co. Sligo ; P.O.

Moneymore, small market town with ry. sta., Ard-
trea and Desertlyn pars., S. co. Londonderry, 4 miles
NE. of Cookstown, pop. 588;
P.O., T.o., 1 Bank.
Market-day,
Friday. Moneymore has a good market
for corn and butter. The town is situated on the pro-
perty of the Drapers’ Company, London.

Moneyneaney, 4 miles NAV. of Draperstown, S. co.
Londonderry;
P.O.

Moneynlck, 3 m. from Randalstown, co. Antrim; P.O.

Moucypoiut, headland, 4 miles SE. of Kilrush, S.
co. Clare.

Moueypool Burn, Kirkmabreck par., W. Kirkcud-
bright ; flows 7 m. SAV. to Wigtown Bay at Creetown.

Moncyrea, 4 m. SAV. of Comber, N. co. Down; P.O.

Moneyrod, 3 miles from Randalstown, SW. co.
Antrim;
P.O.

Moneysharvan, 4 miles from Maghera, E. co. Lon-
donderry ;
P.O.

Moneystown, hill, 5 miles N. of Rathdrum, mid. co.
Wicklow, alt. 1272 ft.

Mongolian!, Great, par. and vil., Kent, 2 miles SW.
of Deal, 886 ac., pop. 469 ;
P.O.

Mongcham, Little, par., Kent, adjacent to Great
Mongeham, 1147 ac., pop. 172.

Mongevlin Castle, ruin, 2 miles S. of St Johnstown,
S. co. Donegal.

Mongewell, par., Oxfordshire, on river Thames, 1
mile S. of AVallingford, 1654 ac., pop. 148; contains
Mongewell Honse, seat.

Mongour, hill, Durris par., Kincardineshire, 1232 ft.

Moniaive, vil., Glencairn par., AV. Dumfriesshire, at
confluence of Dalwhat and Craigdarroch AVaters, 7
miles SW. of Thornhill, pop. (including Dunreggan)
699 ;
P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Moniaive is a burgh of barony
under charter of Charles I.

Monfficth, par. and vil. with ry. sta., S. Forfarshire
—par. (containing part of Broughty Ferry), 5952 ac.,
pop. 9521; vil., on Firth of Tay, 2 m. NE. of Broughty
Ferry and 6 m. NE. of Dundee, pop. 1564;
P.O., T.o.;
has a large jute mill and 2 machine works.

Monikie, par. and ry. sta., S. Forfarshire—par.,
8921 ac., pop. 1412; sta., 9| miles SE. of Forfar and
114 miles NE. of Dundee; the Monikie Waterworks
yield part of the water-supply of Dundee.

Monllea, 6 m. N. of Mullingar, co. AVestmeath; P.O.

Moniinall, par. and vil., Fife—par., 6554 ac., pop.
834; vil., 1 mile NE. of Collessie ry. sta. and 54 miles
W. of Cupar.

Monington, par., Pembrokeshire, 3 miles SW. of
Cardigan, 1010 ac., pop. 98.

Monlvea, par. and vil., co. Galway, on river Tiaquin
—par., 21,931 ac., pop. 1953; vil., 6 m. N. of Athenry,
pop. 125 ;
P.O.; adjacent is Monivca Castle, seat.

Monk See also Monck .

Monk Brctton, town, township, and eccl. dist. with
ry. sta., Roystone par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire
—dist., pop. 3962; town and township, 3£ miles NE.
of Barnsley by rail, 2221 ac., pop. 2918;
P.O. ; Monk
Bretton has remains of a Cluniac priory founded in 1157.

Monk Coniston, seat, Hawkshead par., N. Lanca-
shire, 6 miles SAV. of Ambleside. See
Hawkshead
with Monk Coniston, &c.

Monk Frystone, par., township, and vil., E. div.
West-Riding Yorkshire—par.,4254 ac., pop. 1106; town-
ship, 1771 ac., pop. 506; vil., 6 miles NE. of Pontefract;
P.O.; near vil. is Monk Frystone Hall, seat.

Monk Heslcdon, par., township, and vil., Durham,
—par., 6884 ac., pop. 4422; township, 2522 ac., pop.
2421; vil., 5 miles NW. of Hartlepool.

Monk Hopton, 6 miles AV. of Bridgnorth, Shrop-
shire;
P.O. See Monkhopton.

Monk Myre, small loch, Bendochy par., Perthshire,
2 miles SE. of Blairgowrie.

Monk Okehampton, par. and vil., Devon, on river
Okemont, 64 miles N. of Okehampton, 1488 ac., pop.
215; a grange to Tavistock Abbey stood here.

Monk Sherborne (or West Sherborne), par., eccl.
dist., and vil., Hants, 3 miles NW. of Basingstoke—
par., 2985 ac., pop. 473; dist. (partly also in Wootton
St Lawrence par.), pop. 422;
P.O., called Monks Sher-
borne ; had a priory of time of Henry I., the chapel of
which still remains.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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