Monamolin or Monamoling is a small rural village in County Wexford

County Wexford

County Wexford is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wexford. In pre-Norman times it was part of the Kingdom of Uí Cheinnselaig, whose capital was at Ferns. Wexford County Council is the local...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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, about 11 km (6.8 mi) south of the town of Gorey

Gorey

Gorey , is a market town in north County Wexford, Ireland, situated beside the main M11 Dublin to Wexford road. The town is also connected to the railway network along the same route. Local newspapers include the Gorey Guardian and Gorey Echo....

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Monamolin (in the parish of the same name), has a population of 661. It is surrounded by Kilmuckridge

Kilmuckridge

Kilmuckridge is a small village in County Wexford in Ireland near the Irish Sea coast which is popular with weekend visitors and holidaymakers. It lies on the R742 regional road south of Gorey....

, Monthoward, Oulart

Oulart

Oulart , is a small village in the southeastern corner of Ireland. It is situated in County Wexford just off the R741 regional road halfway between the towns of Gorey to the north and Wexford to the south.Oulart's population is 197....

, Boolavogue

Boolavogue

Boolavogue, also spelt Boolavoge or Boleyvogue , is a village 5 miles northeast of Enniscorthy in County Wexford, Ireland. It is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns....

, Clologue, Ballycanew

Ballycanew

Ballycanew is a small rural village in Ireland. It is situated in County Wexford, on the R741 regional road south of Gorey. It has a primary school, Saint Enda's National School. There are two churches. St Moling's is part of the and St. Mogue's is part of...

 and Ballygarrett

Ballygarrett

Ballygarrett is a rural village in the southeastern corner of Ireland. It is situated in County Wexford south of Gorey on the R742 regional road. It is twinned with Refugio, Texas....

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Name

In 1685

1685 in Ireland

-Events:* 6 February - James II becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland upon the death of Charles II.-Births:*12 March - George Berkeley, also known as Bishop Berkeley, philosopher and writer ....

 Sir William Petty's map spells it Monemoling (a pronunciation which has survived to the present day). By 1837 the spelling had changed to Monemolin according to Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. In 1851 The Index of Irish Townlands records it as Monomolin. However, Monamolin is the standardised spelling today.

The various English

English language

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 versions of the name all come from the Irish

Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

, Muine Moling. Saint Moling

Saint Moling

Mo Ling was the second Bishop of Ferns in Ireland. The town of Monamolin in County Wexford is named after him, as is the parish church in Ballycanew....

 (d. 696) was a seventh century Irish saint. O'Donaill's Irish-English Dictionary translates muine as "brushwood" or "scrub". Therefore, the name means "the brushwood" or "scrub of Moling".

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland