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...
