Mountnugent

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 a river crossing near Lough Sheelin.

Village street

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.[5]

The village is in the Cavan–Monaghan constituency in the electoral division of Kilbride.[6] For planning applications or land registration purposes, it is in the barony of Clanmahon.

While the river that the village is located on, with its mid-18th century bridge,[7] is sometimes referred to as the Inny, most sources name a river 3 kilometres to the southwest forming the boundary of Meath and Cavan near Ross Castle as the River Inny, rising near Oldcastle, and the river that flows through the village as the Mountnugent stream,[8][9][10][11] rising near Ballyjamesduff.

During the launch of Ireland's new postcode system, Eircode, residents were surprised that Mountnugent was counted as part of County Meath, and that the Irish name was now a literal translation of the English name - "Sliabh an Nuinseannaigh".[12]

Facilities
Former schoolhouse, closed in 1981

It has one public house (The Bridge Inn), one grocery shop (Smiths), one fuel station (Smiths), one vehicle repair shop (Smiths), two churches (Roman Catholic: St Bridget's, built c. 1820;[13] Church of Ireland: St Bride's, built 1804[14]) and one primary school. There is a hairdressers. There is a hotel just outside the village on the shores of Lough Sheelin - Crover House Hotel.[15] An equestrian centre is located three kilometers outside the village. The primary school (Scoil Bhríde) has about 120 children[16] and the village population, including neighbouring townlands, is around 500.

Sport

Fishing is 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[17] as pollution from various sources including agriculture entered the lake.[18] A marked resurgence of mayfly in recent years has been noted.[19]

A notable change since the decline of the trout population has been the increase in the populations of pike and perch,[20] and the subsequent increase in anglers specialising in these species. Mountnugent has a GAA club.[21]

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.[22]

See also

References
  1. "A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, by Samuel Lewis (1837)". Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  2. "Nugent Family History and Genealogy" (PDF). Allen L. Nugent. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  3. "Nugents of Farrenconnell". Myles Stoney. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  4. "Nugent of Farren Connell Papers". Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  5. "Information: Dioceses and parishes". Church of Ireland. Church of Ireland. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  6. Ordnance Survey. "Historic 25-inch Map". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  7. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. "Mountnugent, County Cavan". Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  8. Water Framework Directive Ireland. "Inny Water Management Unit Action Plan" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  9. Dáil Éireann Debates (18 May 1995). "Volume 453: Ballyjamesduff (Cavan) Sewerage Scheme". Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  10. Inland Fisheries Ireland. "Lough Sheelin and its catchment Water Quality Status and Nutrient Loadings 1998-2005". Inland Fisheries Ireland. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  11. Shannon Regional Fisheries Board. "Lough Sheelin Co. Cavan" (PDF). Cavan County Council. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  12. "How to Waste 27 Million Euros" Archived 2015-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, berndlog.com, July 2015; accessed 5 October 2015.
  13. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. "St Brigid's Roman Catholic Church, Mountnugent, County Cavan". Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  14. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. "St Bride's Church of Ireland Church, Mountnugent, County Cavan". Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  15. "Crover House Hotel". Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  16. "Scoil Bhríde". Schooldays.ie. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  17. "Parliamentary Debates: Seanad Éireann - Volume 117". Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann. 11 November 1987. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  18. "Lough Sheelin – Nutrient Loadings 1998-2005" (PDF). The Shannon Regional Fisheries Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  19. "Lough Sheelin". Inland Fisheries Ireland. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  20. "Lough Sheelin: Sampling Fish for the Water Framework Directive: Lakes 2008" (PDF). The Central and Regional Fisheries Boards. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  21. "Mountnugent GAA notes". Hoganstand.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  22. Bus Éireann Route 187 Archived 2012-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, buseireann.ie; accessed 5 October 2015.

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