Waterford Placenames

Placename : Monksland

Administrative Details:

• Barony : Decies-without-Drum

Description:
This was a dependency of the Cistercian Abbey of Inislaunaght (“De Surio�), near Clonmel, to which a grant of some lands in the parish was made by the local Powers. It is probable that an early Irish church preceded the Cistercian establishment. At any rate the more ancient name is lost - though the present name (Fearann na Manach - “Farm of the Monks�), with an antiquity of seven hundred years behind it, has little reason to complain of modernity. The parish is of small extent, though interesting on the grounds of its extensive copper mines and works.

Old Irish Typeface

Parish Location Map:

Townlands:
Ballynagigla, Ballynasissala, Ballyristeen, Ballyvadden, Carrickaready, Kilduane,

Related Resources

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Online Books and Journals
Full-text monographs, journals, and articles of Waterford Interest include useful resources for Affane:

• The Place-Names of Decies by Patrick Power. (Dublin; Cork University Press, 1952)
• Parish Files [Waterford County Library]
• The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1843-44 [Waterford extracts]
• Ordnance Survey Letters [1841] by John O'Donovan
• Irish Tourist Authority Survey [1941-45]

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