placenamesMoneynoe Glebe or Chanterhill
Muine na nEo
An old rectory and its wooded hillside remain distinctive features of this part of Enniskillen.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Muine na nEo · Irish · main form · validated name
- Moneynoe Glebe or Chanterhill · English · main form
Place & story
A parish residence
Enniskillen Cathedral’s history records the construction of a new rectory at Chanterhill during Thomas Smyth’s ministry, from 1772 to 1792. Smyth also served as the town’s provost. [2]
The house in its landscape
The Fermanagh Area Plan of 2007 identified Chanterhill House’s hilltop setting as visually important. It recorded mature vegetation beside the approach avenue, specimen trees on the slope and substantial boundary trees near Loane Drive. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Fermanagh
- Barony
- Tirkennedy
- Civil parish
- Enniskillen
- Coordinates
- 54.35298, -7.61546 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413351 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Moneynoe Glebe or Chanterhill. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- The History Page: Saint Macartin’s Cathedral, outstanding clergymen · Saint Macartin’s Cathedral, Enniskillen
- Fermanagh Area Plan 2007, Part 2, page 119: L38 Chanterhill · Department of the Environment, Planning Service
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2014-11-12. How this page was prepared.