FAUGHART

In 1868, the parish of Faughart contained the following places:

"FAUGHART, (or Foghart), a parish in the barony of Upper Dundalk, county Louth, province of Leinster, Ireland, 3 miles N.E. of Dundalk, its post town. It lies on the S. side of the Forkhill mountains, and on the road from Dundalk to Armagh. The soil is mostly good. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Armagh, value £150, in the patronage of the primate. The church was erected in 1815 by gift and loan from the late Board of First Fruits. The parish gives name to a Roman Catholic district, and contains a chapel. There is a parish school and police station. Standing near the old boundary of the English pale is a curious Danish fort, surmounted by the remains of some building. It is supposed that hereabouts was the scene of the defeat of the Scotch under Edward Bruce, who was left dead upon the field, in 1318. At Dungooley, an ancient seat of the O'Nials, a nunnery was founded by St. Monenna in 638, also a monastery by St. Bridget, who is alleged to have been born in this parish. Remains of the ancient church of Urney are seen here. Limestone is abundant.

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