monaghan
Fingallian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Irish Muineachán.
Noun
[edit]monaghan
- clowns, inhabitants of the County of Monaghan.
- 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):
- Monaghan,
- Clowns, Inhabitants of the County of Monaghan.
- 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):