Great parish descriptions from the period. The land averages in value about 25 shillings per plantation acre.
Extensive bogs occur along the western border.
Col. Ker, somewhere about half a century ago, greatly improved the Mountain Lodge demesne, made some fine plantations, and reclaimed a great tract of bog. The parish is traversed southward by the road from Monaghan to Dublin. Augnamullen has a rectory and a separate benefice in the dio. of Clogher. Patron, the diocesan. The parish church is old, and was repaired in 1830, by means of parochial assessment, and of a loan of 150 pounds from the late Board of First Fruits.