MONAGHAN CATHEDRAL

From Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)

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MONAGHAN CATHEDRAL.—The county of Monaghan, derived from Muinchan—"the dwelling of the monks," was anciently known as Mac Mahon's country, and that powerful and martial sept retained possession of the territory down to the reign of Elizabeth, when the head of the clan was treacherously taken and legally murdered, and the land converted into shire ground. Monaghan is the principal town, and though it possesses few relics of antiquity, the surrounding district has its full share of temples, raths and towers. It is the residential seat of the Bishop of Clogher; and its cathedral, erected during the incumbency of the late bishop Donnelly, is one of the most imposing of modern ecclesiastical structures in Ireland. Clogher is identical with the Regia of Ptolemy, and was erected into a bishopric in 493 by St. Macartin.

Monaghan Cathedral

Monaghan Cathedral

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