Monageer
Móin na gCaor (Irish) | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Monageer Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°31′51″N 6°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] 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 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
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
References
- ^ "Móin na gCaor/Monagear". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Monageer Church. Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "From Monageer to Spain – The Story of Peter Daly".
- ^ "Memorial erected to man who died fighting fascism". WexfordPeople.ie.