Moneensauran

Moneensauran (from Irish Moinín Samhradhain, meaning 'Samhradhán's little bog/reclaimed bogland'[1][2]) is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland.

Its chief geographical features are Benbrack Mountain reaching to an altitude of 1,600 feet above sea-level, the Owenmore River (County Cavan), Munter Eolus Lough (Gaelic meaning 'The Descendants of Eolus'), forestry plantations, waterfalls and gravel pits.

[3] Samhradhán, who lived about 1100 A.D., was lord of Tullyhaw and the son of Conchobhar mac Fearghal and is the progenitor of the McGovern (name) clan.

The Tithe Applotment Books of 1827 list the following tithepayers in the townland- Annesley, Magauran, Sheridan.

They produced many Roman Catholic priests through the centuries, including Dr. James Magauran who was bishop of Ardagh from 1815 to 1829.

[22] A rental of the Annesley Estate dated c.1802 lists the tenant of Moneensauran as the aforesaid Rev.