Moneenroe
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| Moneenroe Irish: An Móinín Rua | |
| County Kilkenny | |
|---|---|
 The Collier Church, Moneenroe | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | S565757 |
| Location: | 52°49’47"N, 7°9’42"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 722 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Castlecomer |
| Dáil constituency: |
Carlow–Kilkenny |
Moneenroe is a village and townland in the north County Kilkenny, found along the N78 road about 13 miles from Kilkenny city. In 2016, Moneenroe's population was counted as 722.
The name of the village is from the Irish An Móinín Rua, meaning 'The little red bog'.[1]
Moneenroe is approximately three miles from Castlecomer and ten miles from Carlow town.
In the past many from Moneenroe worked at the coal mines at Deerpark Mines which closed in the 1960s.
About the village
- Church of Ireland: The Colliery Church
- Roman Catholic: Sacred Heart
Sport
- Gaelic football:
- Railyard Gaelic Football Club, founded in 1943
- Railyard Ladies' Gaelic Football Club
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Moneenroe) |
References
- ↑ An Móinín Rua / Moneenroe: Placenames Database of Ireland