Monamolin or Monamoling () is a small rural village in County Wexford,

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, about south of the town of

Gorey Gorey () is a market town in north County Wexford, Ireland. It is beside the main M11 Dublin to Wexford road. The town is also connected to the railway network along the same route. Local newspapers include the ''Gorey Guardian''. As a growi ...

. Monamolin (in the parish of the same name),''Ire''Atlas database
Retrieved: 2010-09-09. has a population of 661. Villages nearby include

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, Boolavogue,

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and Ballygarrett.

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's map spells it Monemoling (a pronunciation which has survived to the present day). By 1837 the spelling had changed to Monemolin according to Samuel Lewis's ''Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. In 1851 The Index of Irish Townlands records it as Monomolin. However, Monamolin is the standardised spelling today. The various

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

versions of the name all come from the

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

, ''Muine Moling''.

Saint Moling Saint Mo Ling (614–697), also named Moling Luachra, was the second Bishop of Ferns The Bishop of Ferns () is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Ferns in County Wexford, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it r ...

(d. 696) was a seventh-century Irish saint. O'Donaill's Irish-English Dictionary translates ''muine'' as "brushwood" or "scrub". Therefore, the name means "the brushwood" or "scrub of Moling".

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Local services and locations include Court National School, a pub and shop, a Montessori group, Roman Catholic church, Church of Ireland church and

Buffers Alley GAA Buffers Alley is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the villages of Kilmuckridge and Monamolin in County Wexford, Ireland. The club fields teams in Intermediate hurling, Gaelic football and camogie. It competes in Wexford competition ...

club.

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{{County Wexford Towns and villages in County Wexford

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