Mooncoin
Sign in to saveMooncoin () is an urban area in County Kilkenny, in Ireland. The population was 1,175 in 2016. 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 north of Waterford City along the N24 national primary road (Waterford to Limerick), and it is south of Kilkenny.
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Key facts
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- Village
- Settlement.name
- Mooncoin
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- ga
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- Church at Mooncoin - geograph.org.uk - 1823261.jpg
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- Church at Mooncoin
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- Ireland
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- right
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- Location in Ireland
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- Irish Grid Reference
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- S 503 162
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- Country
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- Ireland
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Kilkenny
- Elevation
- +25
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Church at Mooncoin - geograph.org.uk - 1823261.jpg
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- P7959
- County Kilkenny
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- Culture
- Mooncoin in song
- Sport
- GAA
- Football
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Footnotes
- Sources
- External links
Mooncoin () is an urban area in County Kilkenny, in Ireland. The population was 1,175 in 2016. 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 north of Waterford City along the N24 national primary road (Waterford to Limerick), and it is south of Kilkenny.
The village's name derives from an anglicized version of the Irish "" which means "Coyne's Bogland". 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.