Monoʹnia (3 syl.)

Munster.

“Remember the glories of Brien the brav

Though the days of the hero are oʹer,

Though lost to Mononia, and cold in the grave,

He returns to Kinkoʹra [his palace] no more.”

T. Moore: Irish Melodies, No. 1.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.