Monkstown, County Cork
Monkstown
Baile an Mhanaigh | |
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Village | |
Glen Road, Monkstown | |
| Coordinates: 51°51′01″N 8°20′02″W / 51.850141°N 8.333967°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Elevation | 30 m (100 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | W767687 |
Monkstown (Irish: Baile an Mhanaigh - 'the town of the monk', formerly anglicised as Ballinvannegh) is a village in County Cork, Ireland, in the old barony of Kerrycurrihy. It lies 14 kilometres southeast of Cork city on the estuary of the River Lee, facing Great Island and looking onto Monkstown Bay. For census purposes, Monkstown is combined with the nearby town of Passage West, and the combined area had a population of approximately 6,000 residents at the 2022 census. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. The Catholic parish of Monkstown includes the nearby villages of Shanbally and Ringaskiddy.