Mount Melleray
Cnoc Mheilearaí | |
|---|---|
Townland | |
| Mountmelleray | |
.jpg) Former 19th-century monastery boarding houses, now the Scout Centre, in Mount Melleray | |
  Mount Melleray | |
| Coordinates: 52°11′10″N 7°51′25″W / 52.186°N 7.857°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| County | County Waterford |
| Barony | Coshmore and Coshbride |
| Civil parish | Lismore and Mocollop |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.25 km2 (0.87 sq mi) |
Mount Melleray, also spelled Mountmelleray (Irish: Cnoc Mheilearaí, meaning 'hill of Meilearaí'),[1] is a townland situated in the Knockmealdown Mountains near Cappoquin, County Waterford, Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Lismore and Mocollop in the historical barony of Coshmore and Coshbride.[1][2] The townland, which is 2.25 square kilometres (0.87 sq mi) in area,[2] had a population of 31 people as of the 2011 census.[3] It is home to the Cistercian monastery, Mount Melleray Abbey, and a Scout centre operated by Scouting Ireland.
- ^ a b "Cnoc Mheilearaí / Mountmelleray". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Mountmelleray Townland, Co. Waterford". townlands.ie. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ "CD171 - Waterford Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office.
Population [..] Townlands [..] Mountmelleray, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford [..] 31