Town of Keenagh
Some 3km towards the north-west of Village Kenagh on the Ballymahon/ Longford road we come across the ruins of Abbeyderg, a 13th century Agustinian Friary. This is in a partially restored state today. There is also a well chronicled architectural gem in Kenagh restored recently. This is the pigeon house or the Dovecote at Mosstown Estate. Nothing of the Mosstown House is left over today. Olive Sharkey, a historian and author has recorded and sketched this for the modern society. She describes it as reminiscent of Scottish Baronial Dovecotes in parts of Fife and Lothian. The interior of the building is really impressive, with its redbrick boxes along the walls which were once home to hundreds of fat pigeons are almost entirely intact. The lower floor of the building was used as an ice-house just like that in Lough Key Forest Park near Boyle. The Clock Tower, erected in 1878 in memory of the King Harman family who were popular landlords of the area, remains still. The lime tree avenue that forms the entrance to Mosstown Estate is still a delightful sight on a crisp morning. Today you find only a shadow of its former glory. Another landmark is the Royal Canal passing by the village.
