placenames1901 census
218People recorded
35Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1901 records ↗Monard
An Mhóin Ard
Monard Glen preserves traces of a water-powered ironworking enterprise, with industrial buildings and workers’ houses forming parts of the same landscape.
Recorded locationMonard51.94213° N · 8.51427° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- An Mhóin Ard · Irish · main form · validated name
- Monard · English · main form
Place & story
Making spades and shovels
Abraham Beale established the Monard and Coolowen ironworks enterprise in the late eighteenth century to manufacture spades and shovels. The surviving Coolowen Mill building dates from about 1860. When the architectural inventory surveyed it in 2007, the mill retained its wheel and an adjoining outbuilding contained machinery. Production continued until 1960, giving the site a working history extending well into the twentieth century. [2]
Housing beside the works
The industrial settlement included homes as well as workshops. The inventory dates the former worker’s house at 4 Monard Glen to around 1790. Its balanced three-bay frontage, slate roof and surviving timber fittings show deliberate attention to the appearance of workers’ housing. The two-storey house forms part of the group associated with the ironworks, rather than an isolated rural dwelling. [3]
Two visits to an industrial landscape
Industrial-heritage visitors John and Sue Hopkinson recorded wheels, trip hammers, shears, forges, weirs and workers’ houses during a 1992 visit. Returning in 2008, they found further deterioration in the machinery but restored houses in occupation and some workshops still used. Their comparison documents different fortunes within one complex: industrial equipment decayed while parts of its domestic and workshop fabric found continued use. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Cork
- Civil parish
- Whitechurch
- Coordinates
- 51.94213, -8.51427
- Mapped area
- 3.25 km²
- Logainm ID
- 9676 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
203People recorded
35Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1911 records ↗1926 census
194People recorded
34Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Murphy 28
- O'Sullivan 11
- Sheehan 11
- Walsh 10
- Buckley 8
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Monard. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Coolowen Mill, Monard, record 20906314 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- 4 Monard Glen, former mill worker’s house, record 20906309 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Monard Spade Mill near Blarney, Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland Newsletter 42, p 3 · John and Sue Hopkinson
- 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 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.