Mountnugent
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Mountnugent, historically known as Dalysbridge (Irish: Droichead Uí Dhálaigh), is a village in southern County Cavan, in the province of Ulster, Ireland. It is located on the R154 regional road on the River Inny near Lough Sheelin.
Facilities
It hosts one public house (The Bridge Inn), one grocery shop (Smiths), one fuel station (Smiths), two vehicle repair shops (both Smiths), one clothes shop (Magees), two churches and one school. There is also a hotel just outside the village on the shores of Lough Sheelin. Ross House equestrian is over the road and many people come to this establishment. The school has about 100 children and the village population is around 500.
People
Former CTU agent Jack Bauer (famous for his exploits in popular docu-drama “24”) is known to holiday in Mountnugent at least once a year. He enjoys fishing on Lough Sheelin and a quiet drink in the Bridge Inn. When asked by a local why he returns year after year he replied “ After the death of my wife Teri at the hands of Nina Myers in 2002 I needed to get away. Sometimes I wish I could stay for good, every time I go back to America I some always end up in the middle of a terrorist threat!!”
Events
The Mountnugent Festival is held annually every August bank holiday weekend. It is seen as a chance for the free-loving citizens of Mountnugent to get together and participate in many fun activities that bring many to the area for the weekend. The events range from the Kevin O'Reilly fishing cup to many other fun activities. Families with children would be well advised come and enjoy this great festival.During the Mountnugent festival the GAA juvenile boys defend three memorial cups. (1) U13 Somers Cup (2) U14 Tony Murray Cup (3) U16 Connie Kelly Cup
Sport
Every week the local Gaelic Athletic Association club publishes a newsletter that is packed full of information regarding the goings on in the club. Fishing is also very prominent in the area with the famous Lough Sheelin just outside Mountnugent.
Trivia
Mountnugent briefly came to national attention in the 1950s, when the village was plagued by a pack of feral ponies. An annual culling was organised, and the last pony was shot in 1963, 2 days after JFK.
A small bunker exists under the village green, built in the late forties as a bomb shelter. It was never used, and today it is almost entirely filled with ham.
The euro was adopted 3 months earlier in Mountnugent than the rest of Europe, and locals were more aware than most of price hikes when the currency was introduced nationwide. (Smiths?)
The 1972 Ordinance Survey of Ireland contained a misprint which represented the grid containing Mountnugent and parts of the surounding country as a blank square. For the 168 days until this was rectified, Mountnugent was officially a no mans land and not subject to any government or international laws. This period of time is generally not spoken of by locals.
Mountnugent does not support the DVD format, and instead, calls for the research and development of higher quality videotapes.
Local lore has it that in a particularly cold spell in the early 19th century, residents survived by thatching houses with a blend of straw and live goldfinches, the birds providing excellent warmth and insulation. The tradition survives through the local expression, "Finching", meaning to keep warm.
The werewolf clan of Dungimmon Upper have been at war with the vampires of Dungimmon lower for centuries. Like that movie, nightwatch or daywatch. Havent actually seen either of them.
See also
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