Monageer
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Monageer
Móin na gCaor(Irish) | |
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Village | |
  Monageer Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:52°31′51″N6°28′24″W/ 52.5308°N 6.4733°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Wexford |
| Time zone | UTC+0(WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1(IST(WEST)) |
| Area code | 053 |
Monageer(Irish:Móin na gCaor),[1]orMonagear,is a small village situated in the centre ofCounty Wexford,inIreland.It is located a few kilometres roughly northeast ofEnniscorthytown.
Monageer village contains a shop, a pub, a primary school, and aRoman Catholicchurch (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 Dalywas an Irish Socialist and Republican who fought in theIrish War of Independenceas well as serving as a volunteer in theSpanish Civil War,where he died serving with theInternational Brigades.Born inLiverpoolin 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]
- ^"Móin na gCaor/Monagear".Placenames Database of Ireland(logainm.ie).Retrieved19 October2021.
- ^Monageer Church.Archived2011-06-14 at theWayback Machine
- ^"From Monageer to Spain – The Story of Peter Daly".
- ^"Memorial erected to man who died fighting fascism".WexfordPeople.ie.
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