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Townland

Monkstown

Baile na Manach

Historic maps trace an industrial complex beside the Three Mile Water.

Watercolour and fine ink view over a low park footbridge with weathered top rails and vertical metal bars, surrounded by nettles, grass and woodland.
Illustration, a footbridge in Three Mile Water Park at Monkstown, County Antrim, as photographed in August 2012
Recorded locationMonkstown54.69517° N · 5.91170° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homestead

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • Baile na Manach · Irish · main form
  • Monkstown · English · main form

Place & story

A factory in successive maps

David Kilner’s archaeological report for Newtownabbey Way traces an industrial site at the western end of the proposed riverside path, near Cashel Drive. The 1834 Ordnance Survey map showed printworks with water-storage and supply channels. Later mapping recorded a textile mill, followed by the name Monkstown Weaving Factory. By 1938, the factory was marked disused. The report describes a complex which included mill ponds, a chimney and a gasometer. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Antrim
Civil parish
Carnmoney
Coordinates
54.69517, -5.91170
Mapped area
3.32 km²
Logainm ID
1412069 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

1926 census

This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Monkstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Archaeological Monitoring Report: Newtownabbey Way Phase3, licenceAE/08/50, pp7–13 · David Kilner, Archaeological Development Services Ltd.
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  4. A footbridge in Three Mile Water Park, Monkstown illustration: based on a Footbridge, Monkstown, Newtownabbey by Albert Bridge. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.