MOONE

"MOONE, a parish in the baronies of East Offaly, Kilkea, Moons, East Narragh, and Reban, county Kildare, province of Leinster, Ireland, 4 miles E. of Athy. Ballytore is its post town. It is 5 miles long by 3 broad. The soil is light and the surface is drained by several feeders to the river Barrow. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Dublin, value with Timolin, £272, in the patronage of the archbishop. The church is in ruins. A friary formerly stood in the village, where are still remains of a very ancient stone cross. Moons Castle, founded at the close of the 12th century by the Anglo-Norman settlers, is still in a tolerable state of repair. Moons Abbey is the principal seat. Fairs are held on 1st May, 19th June, 13th August, and 28th October."

"CASTLE INCH, a ruined castle, in the county of Kildare, Ireland, 3 miles E. of Athy.

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868.  Copyright Colin Hinson ©2018]