MONAGHAN, the capital town of the county of that name, is distant 62 miles from Dublin, and gives title of baron to the family of Blayney. It was anciently called Mainechan. An abbey was founded here in a very early age, of which Moelodius the son of Aedh was abbot. In 1462, a monastery for conventual Franciscans was erected on the site of this abbey, which was granted on the general suppression of monasteries to Edward Withe, and a castle has been since erected on the site by Edward Lord Blayney.