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Mooncoin
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| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kilkenny |
| Barony | Iverk |
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| • Type | County Council |
| • Body | Kilkenny CountyCouncil |
| • Dáil constituency | Carlow–Kilkenny |
| • European Parliament | Ireland South |
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Mooncoin (Template:Langx, meaning 'Coyne's Bogland') is an urban area in County Kilkenny, in Ireland.[3] The population was 1,175 in 2016.[2] Historically part of the Gaelic kingdom of Osraige, today it is in the far south of the county of Kilkenny, located in the valley of the River Suir. It is surrounded by the uplands of the Slievenamon and Comeragh Mountains, just 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Waterford City along the N24 national primary road (Waterford to Limerick), and it is 48 kilometres (30 mi) south of Kilkenny.[4]
The village's name derives from an anglicized version of the Irish "Script error: No such module "Lang"." which means "Coyne's Bogland".[4] The song "The Rose of Mooncoin" by poet Watt Murphy has been adopted as the Kilkenny GAA anthem. The village has continually received high scores in the Tidy Towns competition.[5][6][7]
Etymology
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Geography
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1837 | 495 | — |
| 1961 | 507 | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 505 | −0.4% |
| 1971 | 413 | −18.2% |
| 1979 | 684 | +65.6% |
| 1981 | 806 | +17.8% |
| 1986 | 868 | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 810 | −6.7% |
| 1996 | 855 | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 854 | −0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,002 | +17.3% |
| 2016 | 1,175 | +17.3% |
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Mooncoin is situated in the Suir Valley, at the south of County Kilkenny in the province of Leinster in the south-east of Ireland. The linear village, which lacks a traditional village centre, stretches along the N24 national primary road with little development north and south. It is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Waterford City and 48 kilometres (30 mi) south of the county town, Kilkenny. Located in the barony of Iverk, Mooncoin is in the civil parishes of Pollrone, Rathkieran, and Ballytarsney.[3]
The population in the 2011 census was 1,166, of which the majority (776) lived in the electoral division of Pollrone, and the remaining 390 in the Portnascully electoral division.[13] The village includes shops, traditional cottages, large private dwellings, and a parish hall.[4] The main street lies between the two crossroads, the western end includes the church, convent, and school.[4] At the eastern end is a number of buildings in their own grounds, including the two schools.[4] There are two primary schools, one for boys and one for girls, in Mooncoin along with a secondary school. To the north of the village is the Waterford-Limerick railway line.[4]
The continued growth in the population supports a number of businesses.[citation needed] There are two pubs (reduced from three after Howleys closed), three convenience stores, a pharmacy, a bakery, a hairdresser, and two takeaways. There is a 24-hour petrol station on the Waterford road side of the village.[citation needed]
History
Historically part of the Gaelic kingdom of Osraige. Prior to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Coyne Grant and the Grant family were property owners in Pollrone, Dungooly and Ballynabooly.[4][9] Following the construction of a new road, Mooncoin developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.[4]
Mooncoin was the head of a Roman Catholic union or district, comprising the parishes of Rathkyran, Aglishmartin, Portnescully, Poleroan, Clonmore, Ballytarsna, Tubrid, and part of Burnchurch.[12] The parish of Mooncoin has three churches – the main parish church in Mooncoin and two smaller churches in Killinaspick and Carrigeen.
In 1829, the Parish Priest, Rev. Nicholas Carroll, bought the Presentation Sisters a house in the centre of the village. They began teaching, and by 1842, Mooncoin had a girls' school with 200 pupils.[14] Samuel Lewis' (1837) in his Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, described it as "a village and extra-parochial place" and "containing 102 houses and 495 inhabitants".[12] The single cell church of the Assumption is Church was built in 1869, and in 1871 the Convent school was built next to the Church.[4][15]
Culture
Mooncoin in song
Mooncoin has been made famous by the song 'The Rose of Mooncoin', which has been adopted as the Kilkenny GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) anthem by Paddy Grace. This is an apt acknowledgement of the village, as Mooncoin (along with Tullaroan) was one of the leading hurling teams in the country in the early years of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
The song was written in the 1800s by a local schoolteacher and poet named Watt Murphy, who met and gradually fell in love with a local girl called Elizabeth, also known as Molly. Elizabeth was just 20 years old, and Watt was then 56, but the difference in age was of no consequence to either of them. Both were intellectuals, and they would often stroll along the banks of the river Suir, composing and reciting poetry. However, Elizabeth's father, who was the local vicar, did not approve of their relationship, and she was sent away to England. Watt was brokenhearted at the loss of his beloved lady and wrote this song in her memory.
"How sweet 'tis to roam by the sunny Suir stream,
And hear the dove's coo 'neath the morning's sunbeam.
Where the thrush and the robin their sweet notes combine
On the banks of the Suir that flows down by Mooncoin.Flow on, lovely river, flow gently along.
By your waters so sweet sounds the lark's merry song.
On your green banks I'll wander where first I did join
With you, lovely Molly, the Rose of Mooncoin.Oh Molly, dear Molly, it breaks my fond heart,
To know that we two for ever must part
I will think of you, Molly, while sun and moon shines
On the banks of the Suir that flows down by Mooncoin..."
Sport
GAA
Mooncoin have been County Kilkenny Senior Hurling Champions twelve times, 1888, 1900, 1906, 1908, 1913, 1916, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1936 and 1965. They were also Senior County Gaelic football Champions in 1886, beating James Stephens (The Village) in a replay. The most famous and successful GAA player in Mooncoin's history was Richard 'Drug' Walsh (1878–1958). He won 7 all Ireland medals with Kilkenny and famously captained Kilkenny to three all Ireland finals (1907, 1909, 1913). Only two other people in the history of hurling have achieved this same feat: Christy Ring of Cork and Mikey Maher of Tipperary in the 1890s. The club won its first Club All-Ireland hurling title in 2022 after defeating Cork's Ballygiblin in Croke Park.
Football
Mooncoin Celtic Football Club is located in the village.
Notable people
- Rev. James B. Dollard ("Father Dollard") (1872–1946) was a Roman Catholic parish priest and noted poet.[16]
- William Dollard (1789–1851) was the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John in Canada.[17]
- Darren Holden, vocalist, musician and member of The High Kings.
- Walter McDonald (1854–1920), priest, theologian and professor.[citation needed]
- Vicky Phelan (1974–2022), advocate for women's health.
- John Walsh (1830–1898), Bishop of the Archdiocese of Toronto (1888–1898).
See also
References
Footnotes
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kilkenny County Council (2016). "Kilkenny County Council Elected Members". kilkennycoco.ie.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sapmap Area: Settlements Mooncoin". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MOONCOIN" (PDF). Tidy Towns 1997.
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- ^ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. however notes that there is a field called "the Coyn" beside the castle at Watercastle in Durrow, County Laois.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.O'Kelly, Owen (1969). Kilkenny: a history of the county. Kilkenny: Kilkenny Archaeological Society. ISBN 978-0950168708.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Carraig Seac B.Á.C.: NUI, 1939 (1864ls 19L) eag. R.A. Breatnach". tionscnaimh.fng.ie.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Census 2011 – Population Classified by Area" (PDF). Central Statistics Office Ireland. 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Commissioners of Education in Ireland (1842). Reports from Commissioners (Volume XXIII ed.). p. 96.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. Information & images". homepage.eircom.net.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Father Dollard". Digital.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dollard, William", biographi.ca
Sources
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Carrigan, William (1905). The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory. Middle Abbey Street, Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker. ISBN 9785879206463.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fiontar (2008). "Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs of the Government of Ireland.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Government (2003). Placenames (Co. Kilkenny) Order 2003 (PDF). Dublin: Government of Ireland.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lewis, Samuel (1837). A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Lewis.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kilkenny County Council (2003). "Mooncoin Local Area Plan 2003". kilkennycoco.ie.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ordnance Survey Ireland (2016). "Ordnance Survey". osi.ie.
External links
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. Information & images". homepage.eircom.net.
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