Village in Leinster, Ireland
Monageer (Irish: Móin na gCaor),[1] or Monagear, is a small village situated in the centre of County Wexford, in Ireland. It is located a few kilometres roughly northeast of Enniscorthy town.
Monageer village contains a shop, a pub, a primary school, and a Roman Catholic church (with adjoining cemetery).[2] It also contains the local GAA club Monageer Boolavogue which was founded in 1886. An award-winning sensory path and grotto walk was opened in 2018.[citation needed]
People
Peter Daly was an Irish Socialist and Republican who fought in the Irish War of Independence as well as serving as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, where he died serving with the International Brigades. Born in Liverpool in 1903, his family returned to Monageer at the end of 1911.[3] There is a memorial in Monageer commemorating his life and struggle.[4]
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