Mohill

Also known as Maothail

Mohill (, meaning "soft ground") is a small town in the south of County Leitrim in Ireland. The town of Carrick-on-Shannon is approximately 16 km (10 miles) away.

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Place details

Locality: Mohill
Region: Connacht
Country: Éire / Ireland
Population: 855
Timezone: Europe/Dublin

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Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.name: Mohill
Settlement.native_name_lang: ga
Settlement.image_skyline: Mohill,_County_Leitrim_-_geograph.ie_-_1817301.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Statue of the blind harpist Turlough O'Carolan in Mohill
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ireland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Ireland
Settlement.blank_name_sec1: Irish Grid Reference
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Connacht
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: County Leitrim
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Barony
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Mohill
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric

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Wikidata facts

Population: 931
Elevation: 82
Official website: www.mohill.com
Image: Mohill, County Leitrim - geograph.ie - 1817301.jpg

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Commons category: Mohill
Irish Grid Reference: N088963
native label: Maothail

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Mohill (, meaning "soft ground") is a small town in the south of County Leitrim in Ireland. The town of Carrick-on-Shannon is approximately 16 km (10 miles) away.

==History== The Justinian plague of Mohill devastated the local population in the 6th century. Mohill, or Maothail Manachain, is named for St. Manachan, who founded the Monastery of Mohill-Manchan here AD. Some sources and folklore say the shrine of Manchan was kept at the Monastery of Mohill-Manchan, before being moved to Lemanaghan in county Offaly for some unrecorded reason. The Monastery was taken over by Augustinians in the 13th century and was later closed in the 16th century, after the time of King Henry VIII. The site of the church is now occupied by a Church of Ireland church and graveyard.