Moelfre, seat, on river Cothi, Carmarthenshire, 6 miles
N. of Llandilo.—3. Moelfre, hill, Carnarvonshire, 14
mile S. of Penmaenmawr.—4. Moelfre, vil., Llansilin
par., Denbighshire, 74 miles SW. of Chirk; P.O.—5.
Moelfre, hill, Merioneth, 2 miles SE. of Harlech; on
its skirts are numerous tumuli.

Moelwyn (White Mount), Merioneth, 34 miles NW.
of Festiniog, alt. 2529 ft.

Moffat, watering-place, Dumfriesshire, and par.,
partly also in Lanarkshire, on river Annan, 2 miles
NE. of Beattock junction, 64 miles SW. of Edinburgh,
664 miles SE. of Glasgow, and 332 miles NW. of London
by rail—par., 42,972 ac., pop. 2930; town, pop. 2161;
P.O., T.O., 3 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Friday.
Situated near the head of Annandale, on a gentle slope
rising from 340 to 400 ft. above sea-level, the town is
well sheltered on the N. and E. by lofty ridges of hills.
Moffat first became conspicuous as a watering-place in
the latter half of the 18th century, and is now fre-
quented by a great number of visitors in summer.
Moffat AVell is 1J: mile to the NE.; the water, which is
strongly impregnated with sulphur and various salts,
is brought by pipes to the public baths in the town.
There is a large hydropathic establishment in the
vicinity. Moffat became a police burgh in 1864.

Moffat Mills, paperworks, 24 miles E. of Airdrie,
Lanarkshire, on North Calder AVater.

Moifat Water, Moffat par., Dumfriesshire; rises
about 2 miles E. of Loch Skene, and flows 12 miles
SW. to the Annan 2 miles below Moffat.

Mogeely.—par., E. co. Cork, on river Bride, 4 m. S.
of Ballyduff ry. sta., 9708 ac., pop. 1053.-—2. Mogeely,
par. andry. sta., E. co. Cork, 10 m. AV. of Youghal, 6429
ac., pop. 1261; the par. contains part of Castlemartyr.

Mogeeslta, par., E. co. Cork, 3488 ac., pop. 1178;
contains part of Middleton.

Moggerlianger, in co. and 6 miles E. of Bedford; P.O.
See Muggerhanger.

Mo her, Lough, 5 miles S. of Westport, S. co. Mayo.

Mohcr Cliffs, 6 miles NW. of Ennistimon, W. co. .
Clare ; rise 580 ft. sheer out of the sea.

Mohill.—market town, co. Leitrim, and par., partly
also in co. Longford, 5 miles NE. of Dromod ry. sta.—
par., 30,122 ac., pop. 9155; town, pop. 1117; P.O., t.o.,

1 Bank, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Thursday. Mohill
has considerable trade in yarn, corn, and provisions.—
2. Mohill, bar., S. co. Leitrim, 62,904 ac., pop. 18,578.

Moidart, coast district, Ardnamurchan par., SW.
Inverness-shire; P.O. (10 m. from Salen); is 18 m. long,
with a mean breadth of 7 m.; Loch Moidart, sea-loch,
is on the boundary between Argyll and Inverness.

Mole de Gonliot, large rock, between Brechou and
Sark, Channel Islands.

Mole de Moulin, promontory, with natural arch,
Brechou, Channel Islands.

Moigh, seat, co. Longford. See Moygh.

Moilgrove, Pembrokeshire. See Moylgrove.

Moin, The, vast moorland, Durness and Tongue pars.,
N. Sutherland, between Loch Hope and Kyle of Tongue.

Moincoin, vil., co. Kilkenny; P.O. See Mooncoin.

Moins Court, former seat of the bishops of Llandaff,

2 miles SW. of Chepstow, Monmouthshire.

Moira, vil. with ry. sta., in par. and 2| miles SW. of
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire ; has coal mines.

Moira, par. and vil. with ry. sta., NAV. co. Down,
near Lagan river and canal, in SAV. of Belfast—par.,
6092 ac., pop. 2432; vil., pop. 461; P.O., T.o. Moira
gives the title of earl to the Marquis of Hastings.

Moista Sonnd, narrow chasm, on coast of bar. Erris,
NW. co. Mayo, 5 miles NAV. of Balderig.

Molahiffe, par. and ry. sta., mid. co. Kerry, on river
Main, 5 miles NE. of Milltown, 9804 ac., pop. 2275.

Molana Abbey, ruin, on river Blackwater, AV. co.
Waterford, 4 miles N. of Youghal.

Molash, Kent. See Mold ash.

Mold,—parl. bor., par., township, and market town,
Flintshire, in fertile valley on river Alyn, 6 miles S. of
Flint by road, and 13^ miles W. of Chester and 192
NW. of London by rail—par., 18,772 ac., pop. 15,363;
township, 12,838 ac., pop. 13,029 ; parl. bor., 864 ac.,
pop. 5055 ; town, 651 ac., x>op. 4320 ; P.O., T.o., 2 Banks.
Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday. Mold is situ-
ated in a district of great mineral wealth, and in the

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Moel (FoeI), in Welsh names, signifies “ a bare hill.”