Everything about Mooncoin totally explained
Mooncoin (
Móin Choinn in
Irish) is a
village situated in the far south of
County Kilkenny, in
Ireland, just 10 km from
Waterford City on the main
Waterford to
Limerick road. The village has continually received high scores in the
Tidy Towns competition, and is said to have taken its name from a man by the name of Coin Walsh. The Irish translation of Mooncoin is 'Móin Coin', which means "the bog of Coin" or "Coin's bog" or "Quinns Bog".
Mooncoin in song
Mooncoin has been made famous by the song '
The Rose of Mooncoin', which has been adopted as the
Kilkenny GAA (
Gaelic Athletic Association) anthem by Paddy Grace. This is an apt acknowledgement of the village, as Mooncoin (along with
Tullaroan) was one of the leading
hurling teams in the country in the early years of the
Gaelic Athletic Association.
The song was written in the
1800s by a local schoolteacher and poet named Watt
Murphy, who met and gradually fell in love with a local girl called
Elizabeth, also known as Molly. Elizabeth was just 20 years old, and Watt was then 56, but the difference in age was of no consequence to either of them. Both were
intellectuals, and they'd often stroll along the banks of the
river Suir, composing and reciting poetry. However, Elizabeth's father, who was the local
vicar, didn't approve of their relationship, and she was sent away to
England. Watt was brokenhearted at the loss of his beloved lady, and wrote this song in her memory.
"How sweet 'tis to roam by the sunny Suir stream,
And hear the dove's coo 'neath the morning's sunbeam.
Where the thrush and the robin their sweet notes combine
On the banks of the Suir that flows down by Mooncoin.
Flow on, lovely river, flow gently along.
By your waters so sweet sounds the lark's merry song.
On your green banks I'll wander where first I did join
With you, lovely Molly, the Rose of Mooncoin.
Oh Molly, dear Molly, has the time come at last,
When from you, dear Molly, from you I must part?
But I'll think of you, Molly, while the Summer sun shines
On the banks of the Suir that flows down by Mooncoin...
Parish Of Mooncoin
The
Catholic parish of Mooncoin has 3 churches, the main parish church in Mooncoin, and two smaller churches in
Killinaspick and
Carrigeen.
GAA
Mooncoin have been
County Kilkenny Senior
Hurling Champions twelve times,
1888,
1900,
1906,
1908,
1913,
1916,
1927,
1928,
1929,
1932,
1936 and
1965. they were also Senior County
Gaelic football Champions in
1986 beating
James Stevens (The Village) in a
replay. One of the most famous G.A.A players in Mooncoin is Dean Long. In 1964, he was exiled from the town for illegal, after dark sheep herding and it was also discovered he was running an underground pig fighting ring.
Business in Mooncoin
Whilst referred by some to be a small village, or a
satellite town of
Waterford, the continued growth in the
population supports numerous
businesses.
Further Information
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