Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Monkstown

Monkstown, par. and vil., in co. and 7 miles SE. of Cork, on Cork Harbour - par., 1540 ac., pop. 2472; vil., 2 miles S. of West Passage ry. sta., pop. 381; P.O., T.O.; resorted to for sea-bathing.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cork IrlC
Place: Monkstown

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