Monageer

Summary

Monageer (Irish: Móin na gCaor),[1] or Monagear, is a small village situated in the centre of County Wexford, in Ireland. It is located a few kilometres roughly northeast of Enniscorthy town.

Monageer
Móin na gCaor (Irish)
Village
Monageer is located in Ireland
Monageer
Monageer
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°31′51″N 6°28′24″W / 52.5308°N 6.4733°W / 52.5308; -6.4733
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyWexford
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Area code053

Monageer village contains a shop, a pub, a primary school, and a Roman Catholic church (with adjoining cemetery).[2] It also contains the local GAA club Monageer Boolavogue which was founded in 1886. An award-winning sensory path and grotto walk was opened in 2018.[citation needed]

People edit

Peter Daly was an Irish Socialist and Republican who fought in the Irish War of Independence as well as serving as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, where he died serving with the International Brigades. Born in Liverpool in 1903, his family returned to Monageer at the end of 1911.[3] There is a memorial in Monageer commemorating his life and struggle.[4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Móin na gCaor/Monagear". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  2. ^ Monageer Church. Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "From Monageer to Spain – The Story of Peter Daly".
  4. ^ "Memorial erected to man who died fighting fascism". WexfordPeople.ie.