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Monea

Monea
Monea RC Church - geograph.org.uk - 748735.jpg
Monea Catholic church
Monea is located in Northern Ireland
Monea
Monea
Monea shown within Northern Ireland
Population 114 (2001 Census)
Irish grid reference H161500
• Belfast 90 miles (140 km)
District
County
Country Northern Ireland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ENNISKILLEN
Postcode district BT93
Dialling code 028, +44 28
EU Parliament Northern Ireland
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Fermanagh
54°23′34″N 7°45′27″W / 54.3927°N 7.7574°W / 54.3927; -7.7574Coordinates: 54°23′34″N 7°45′27″W / 54.3927°N 7.7574°W / 54.3927; -7.7574

Monea (from Irish: Maigh Niadh, meaning "plain of warriors") is a small village and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) northwest of Enniskillen. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 114.

Ulsterbus route 59 provides several journeys a day to/from Enniskillen and Derrygonnelly. There is no Sunday service.

Monea Castle was built about 1618 by Malcolm Hamilton and had a bawn built later, in 1622. It was captured in the Irish Rebellion of 1641 by Rory Maguire but refurbished and used again by the Scottish and English planters. In 1688 it was the home of the Governor of Enniskillen. It remained in use until gutted by fire in the middle of the 18th century.


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