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Moneenroe
An Móinín Rua (Irish) | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 52°49′47″N 7°09′42″W / 52.8297°N 7.16165°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | County Kilkenny |
Government | |
• Dáil constituency | Carlow–Kilkenny |
• EU Parliament | South constituency |
Population | 722 |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Area code | +353 |
Moneenroe (from Irish An Móinín Rua, meaning 'the little red bog')[2] is a townland, electoral division and village in north County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the province of Leinster along the N78 road about 21 kilometres (13 mi) from Kilkenny city in the south-east of the island of Ireland. As of 2016[update], the population of Moneenroe was 722.[1]
Moneenroe is approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Castlecomer and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Carlow town. Clogh village is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west.