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Monkstown

An earthwork and later field fences meet near Taghmon.

Recorded locationMonkstown53.59122° N · 7.26904° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

  • Monkstown · English · main form

Place & story

Banks and cultivation ridges

A ringfort in northern Monkstown was marked as a fort on the 1837 Ordnance Survey fair plan. The National Monuments Service records a raised area about 24 by 21 metres, with surviving stretches of bank and an outer ditch. A possible entrance lies to the southwest. Field fences forming the boundaries with Taghmon and Glebe intersect or follow its perimeter, while cultivation ridges cross the interior. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Westmeath
Barony
Corkaree
Civil parish
Taghmon
Coordinates
53.59122, -7.26904
Mapped area
2.39 km²
Logainm ID
52091 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

80People recorded
17Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Daly 13
  • Gibbons 10
  • McDonnel 9
  • Doyne 7
  • Stafford 6
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Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Monkstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Monkstown ringfort WM012-077, record uploaded15February2018 · Frank Coyne and Caimin O’Brien, National Monuments Service
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2007-12-10. How this page was prepared.