placenamesMonasterevin
Mainistir Eimhín
The 1846 directory recorded the parish town’s schools alongside its road and canal services.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Mainistir Eimhín · Irish · main form
- Monasterevin · English · main form
Place & story
A school intended as an example
Slater’s 1846 directory describes Monasterevin as both a town and a parish in County Kildare. Its account lists public schools connected with the National Board and the Church Education Society. The latter was also called the Model School because it was intended to serve as an example for other schools in the diocese. The same entry records a dispensary among the town’s charitable institutions. [2]
Calls along the canal
The directory lists fly boats from Mountmellick calling at Monasterevin for Dublin at 10.45 in the morning and 10 at night, passing Rathangan, Robertstown and Sallins. In the opposite direction, boats from Dublin called for Mountmellick at 4 in the morning and 1.30 in the afternoon, via Portarlington. Goods boats separately linked Dublin, Mountmellick and Athy. These are the services advertised in 1846, rather than evidence of present-day passenger routes. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Kildare
- Barony
- Offaly West
- Coordinates
- 53.13415, -7.04351
- Mapped area
- 28.87 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1208 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Monasterevin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Monasterevin — 1846, Slater’s Commercial Directory of Ireland; transcription published 20 November 2007 · Slater’s Commercial Directory of Ireland (1846); compiled and edited by Mario Corrigan and Niamh McCabe, Kildare Local Studies
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-07-23. How this page was prepared.