Mountnugent

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Mountnugent, historically known as Dalysbridge[1] (Irish: Droichead Uí Dhálaigh), is a village in southern County Cavan, Ireland. It is located on the R194 regional road on the River Inny near Lough Sheelin.

History

The village's more recent name of Mountnugent comes from a local branch of the Nugent family, originally an Anglo-Norman family who were cousins of Hugh de Lacy and large landowners in Meath, Cavan and Westmeath.[2][3][4]

Although the village is in County Cavan, the Roman Catholic parish of Mountnugent (or Kilbride) is in the Diocese of Meath. In the Church of Ireland, Mountnugent, or Kilbride Castlecor, is part of the parish of Castlepollard in the diocese of Meath and Kildare.

The village is in the Cavan-Monaghan constituency in the electoral division of Kilbride. For planning applications or land registration purposes, it is in the barony of Clanmahon.

Facilities

It has one public house (The Bridge Inn), one grocery shop (Smiths), one fuel station (Smiths), two vehicle repair shops (both Smiths), one clothes shop (Magees), two churches (Roman Catholic: St Bridget's; Church of Ireland: St Bride's) and one school. There is also a hotel just outside the village on the shores of Lough Sheelin. An equestrian centre is located three kilometers outside the village. The school has about 100 children and the village population is around 500.

Sport

Fishing is also very prominent in the area. Lough Sheelin, a lake famous for its trout fishing, is just outside Mountnugent. Trout stocks began to decrease in the early 1970s[5] as pollution from various sources including agriculture entered the lake.[6] A marked resurgence of mayfly in recent years has been noted, however, the effects of which can only prove positive given time.[7] A notable change since the decline of the trout population has been the increase in the populations of pike and perch,[8] and the subsequent increase in anglers specialising in these species. Although pike are not valued locally as an edible fish, they are popular with many European visitors.

Mountnugent has an active GAA club.[9]

Transport

Bus Éireann route 187 serves Mountnugent from Monday to Saturday. It provides transport to the neighbouring towns and villages of Oldcastle, Ballyjamesduff, Virginia and Kells. There are two journeys from Mountnugent and three journeys to it each weekday. Subject to road safety the bus will stop to pick up and set down passengers at any safe point along the route.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, by Samuel Lewis (1837)". Retrieved 2012-06-02. 
  2. ↑ "Nugent Family History and Genealogy". Allen L. Nugent. Retrieved 2012-06-02. 
  3. ↑ "Nugents of Farrenconnell". Myles Stoney. Retrieved 2012-06-02. 
  4. ↑ "Nugent of Farren Connell Papers". Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Retrieved 2012-06-02. 
  5. ↑ "Parliamentary Debates: Seanad Éireann - Volume 117 - 11 November, 1987". Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann. Retrieved 2012-06-02. 
  6. ↑ "Lough Sheelin – Nutrient Loadings 1998-2005". The Shannon Regional Fisheries Board. Retrieved 2012-06-02. 
  7. ↑ "Lough Sheelin". Inland Fisheries Ireland. Retrieved 2012-06-02. 
  8. ↑ "Lough Sheelin: Sampling Fish for the Water Framework Directive: Lakes 2008". The Central and Regional Fisheries Boards. Retrieved 2012-06-02. 
  9. ↑ "Mountnugent GAA notes". Hoganstand.com. Retrieved 2012-06-02. 
  10. ↑ http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1334740995-187.pdf

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Coordinates: 53°49′7.15″N 7°15′22.6″W / 53.8186528°N 7.256278°W / 53.8186528; -7.256278

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