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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"KILBRIDE, (or Castlecorr), a parish in the baronies of Clanmahon and Fore, county Cavan and county Meath, province of Ulster, Ireland, containing the village of Mount-Nugent. Oldcastle is its post town. It is 7 miles long, by 3 broad. The surface consists of a tolerably good soil, and is crossed by the road from Dublin to Enniskillen. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Meath, value £354. The church was erected in 1809, and has subsequently been repaired. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Killeagh. There are one public and four private schools. Castlecorr and Farrenconnell are the principal residences.

"MOUNT-NUGENT, a post-office village in the parish of Kilbride, barony of Clonmahon, county Cavan, province of Ulster, Ireland, 15 miles S.E. of Cavan, and 57 from Dublin. It contains the parish church, a police station, where petty sessions are held, also a dispensary within the Oldcastle Poor-law Union. Fairs are held on 1st May and 1st June."