Civil parish

Monktown

Baile na Manach

Monktown is a civil parish in Meath. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationMonktown53.61304° N · 6.55936° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

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
Monktown · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Civil parish
County: Meath
Barony: Skreen
Coordinates: 53.61304, -6.55936
Mapped area: 7.59 km²
Logainm ID: 1963 ↗

Sources & further reading

Logainm.ie — Monktown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.