ABBEYGORMAGAN, a parish, in the union of Ballinasloe, partly in the barony of Leitrim, but chiefly in that of Longford, county of Galway, and province of Connaught, 8 1/4 miles (W. by N.) from Eyrecourt, on the road to Loughrea; containing 2930 inhabitants. This place, called also Monaster O’Gormagan, or de Via Nova, derives its name from a monastery founded...
ABBEYKNOCKMOY, a parish, in the union of Tuam, partly in the barony of Clare, but chiefly inthat of Tyaquin, county of Galway, and province of Connaught, 7 miles (S. E.) from Tuam, on the roadfrom Newtownbellew to Galway ; containing 2866 inhabitants. This place derives its name from the abbeyof Knockmoy, called by some writers Cnoc Mugha, signifying in the Irish...