Monasterevin
Mainistir Eimhín | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 53°08′19″N 7°03′39″W / 53.13867°N 7.06082°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Kildare |
Area | |
• Total | 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi) |
Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 5,307 |
• Density | 1,600/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
Irish Grid Reference | N624102 |
Monasterevin (Irish: Mainistir Eimhín),[3] also Monasterevan, and Mevin is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. The town lies on the River Barrow and the Barrowline, a canal branch of the Grand Canal. In the 20 years between the 2002 and 2022 census, the population of Monasterevin more than doubled, from 2,583 to 5,307 inhabitants.[2] The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.[3]
In late May 2017, Monasterevin made the national news. Local people in the town on a Friday afternoon utilised social media to form a mob and ran a civil servant out of the town.[4][5]
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