Monkstown
Baile an Mhanaigh | |
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Village | |
 Glen Road, Monkstown | |
  Monkstown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 51°51′01″N 8°20′02″W / 51.850141°N 8.333967°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Elevation | 30 m (100 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | W767687 |
Monkstown (Irish: Baile an Mhanaigh - 'the town of the monk', formerly anglicised as Ballinvannegh)[1] is a village in County Cork, Ireland, in the old barony of Kerrycurrihy. It lies 14 kilometres southeast of Cork city on the estuary of the River Lee, facing Great Island and looking onto Monkstown Bay. For census purposes, Monkstown is combined with the nearby town of Passage West, and the combined area has a population of approximately 5,800 residents.[2] The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.[1] The Catholic parish of Monkstown includes the nearby villages of Shanbally and Ringaskiddy.[3]
- ^ a b "Monkstown (see archival records)". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ "Settlement Passage West Legal Town And Its Environs (CSO Area Code ST 18019)". Census 2011. Central Statistics Office. April 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Monkstown". Diocese of Cork + Ross. Retrieved 3 July 2024.