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Its population rose 12% from 2016 to 2022. 250 residents make their home in this town in Co. Wexford.
The median sale, €315,000, comes to 5.4 times what the median household here earns. 5% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. A fifth of adults have a degree. Just one in ten residents are 65 or older.
There are no grades for Monamolin: Irish towns need 1,000 residents for them.
The 3 things Monamolin does most differently from other towns.
3 archaeological sites are on the record here too.
4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3% in the median of Irish towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Monamolin.
Within 3 km of Monamolin there is one school. Pupils at the school within 3 km of the town: 107.
| School | Level | Pupils | Ethos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Court N.S. Special classesLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 107 | Catholic |
| Schools within 3 km | Monamolin | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils since 2019/20 | −19% | +5% | +4% |
| In the DEIS scheme | 0% | 44% | 35% |
| Teach through Irish | 0% | 6% | 8% |
Department of Education school lists, 2025/26 (preliminary) · no results are published by school · These schools carry no letter or result: Ireland doesn’t release them school by school.
For a swim, the nearest bathing water is Morriscastle, 8.8 km from Monamolin, rated excellent in 2025. Landslides: none of Monamolin lies in a high-susceptibility zone. Only a handful of its homes, if any, sit low beside water.
| Share of homes | Monamolin | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| In high-radon areas | 0% | 93% | 0% |
| On high landslide susceptibility | 0% | 0.9% | 0% |
EPA radon map, GSI landslide susceptibility and our low-lying homes estimate from OPW LiDAR.
Here July highs average 19.6°C, close to Co. Wexford’s towns (19.8°C) and below Irish towns (19.9°C). Monamolin gets 1,060 mm of rain a year. It is 0.2°C warmer over the year than in 1981–2010.
| Climate, 1991–2020 | Monamolin | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 19.6°C | 19.8°C | 19.9°C |
| Rain a year | 1,060 mm | 1,026 mm | 937 mm |
Met Éireann, 1991–2020 averages.
Ages taken into account, Monamolin counts 132 people in poor health for every 100 predicted. Disability touches 35% of the town’s population.
| Census 2022 | Monamolin | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| With a disability | 35% | 26% | 22% |
| Unpaid carers | 8.4% | 5.6% | 5.4% |
| Good or very good health | 87% | 85% | 88% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.1% | 2.7% | 2% |
CSO, Census 2022 general health, disability and carers · CSO life expectancy by region, 2016 · HSE medical cards, 2024 · TownRatings age-standardised ratios
Social housing holds just over one in ten households, below Co. Wexford’s towns (17%) and Irish towns (13%) alike. Private renters make up nearly a fifth of households.
| Housing | Monamolin | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households owning their home | 69% | 60% | 61% |
| Households in social housing | 11% | 17% | 13% |
| Median sale price | €315K | €250K | €350K |
| Households renting privately | 19% | 22% | 22% |
Property Price Register · CSO residential prices by Eircode area · RTB rents · CSO, Census 2022 tenure · The price is for the postcode area Y25, not the town alone: too few sales inside the town carry a full address.
Woodland covers 0.9% of the land within 1 km, below both Co. Wexford’s towns (6.9%) and Irish towns (2.7%). Green space comes to 4.5 ha for every 1,000 people in Monamolin.
| Outdoors | Monamolin | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland within 1 km | 0.9% | 6.9% | 2.7% |
| Near a park | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| Paths per km² of town | 0.0 km per km² | 0.7 km per km² | 2.1 km per km² |
| Protected nature within 5 km | 0% | 2.1% | 1.8% |
OpenStreetMap parks and paths, NPWS protected sites and the National Trails Register.
Monamolin’s November pattern is steady: afternoons average 11°C, nights 5°C. Today brings about 1 mm of rain and a breeze of up to 33 km/h; the low is 9°C. Of the days after that, Tuesday brings the most rain: about 14 mm.
| Season | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 9°C | 3°C | 290 mm |
| Spring | 13°C | 6°C | 213 mm |
| Summer | 19°C | 11°C | 238 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 8°C | 319 mm |
Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · normals: Met Éireann, 1991–2020
The car carried nearly nine in ten commuters at the census. 5.8% of workers worked mainly from home, below both Co. Wexford’s towns (7.8%) and Irish towns (11%). A trip to work takes 33.4 min on average.
| Census 2022 | Monamolin | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 33.4 min | 25.2 min | 27.6 min |
| Unemployment rate | 7.6% | 15% | 9.2% |
| Trips under 15 minutes | 27% | 44% | 31% |
| In work, 15 to 64 | 66% | 61% | 68% |
CSO, Census 2022 travel to work, work and education · CSO Geographical Profiles of Income 2022 · Live Register · Census day was 3 April 2022, with working from home still common; shares are of those who travelled.
People aged 15 to 24 are 13% of the population. Daily Irish speakers outside school: 0.4%, near Co. Wexford’s towns (0.7%) and lower than Irish towns (1.1%).
50.8% of Monamolin’s residents are women
127 women and 123 men live here; across Ireland, women are 50.6%.
| Monamolin | Co. Wexford | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 21% | 20% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 28% | 29% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 24% |
| 65+ | 10% | 15% | 14% |
| Primary or none | 11% | 13% | 9.7% |
| Lower secondary | 20% | 18% | 14% |
| Leaving Cert | 44% | 40% | 35% |
| Diploma or cert | 5.3% | 6% | 5.8% |
| Degree or higher | 20% | 22% | 36% |
CSO, Census 2022 · Co. Wexford and Ireland: the median of their towns of 2,500+
Wexford County Council runs Monamolin: Ireland has one tier of local government, with no town council below it. Turnout at the last local elections was 52%, close to Co. Wexford’s towns (52%) and above Irish towns (46%). No party holds a majority on Wexford County Council: Independent lead with 11 of 34 seats, short of the 18 needed. 61% of voters cast a ballot at the general election.
| Turnout | Monamolin | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local elections, June 2024 | 52% | 52% | 46% |
| General election, November 2024 | 61% | 62% | 59% |
Department of Housing count sheets, 2024
Beneath and around the town lie 3 recorded archaeological sites. Homes from before 1919 make up 4.3% of the total, below Co. Wexford’s towns (8%) but above Irish towns (3.4%). Monamolin’s built heritage counts 4 inventory entries, each of regional standing.
| Heritage | Monamolin | Co. Wexford | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory buildings per 10,000 residents | 160 | 216 | 48 |
| Archaeological sites on the record | 3 | 28 | 11 |
| Homes built before 1919 | 4.3% | 8% | 3.4% |
NIAH, the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Sites and Monuments Record · CSO, Census 2022 homes by year built
Castles, abbeys, gardens, museums and days out in and near Monamolin. Best known first.
GardenWells House & Gardens2.6 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumFather Murphy Centre3.7 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumBallymore Historic Features4.7 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Monamolin’s built heritage counts 4 inventory entries, each of regional standing. 3 recorded monuments and archaeological sites lie here.
One notable person was born in Monamolin; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
Eileen Gray: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Bill Lacey: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Boundaries: Tailte Éireann, CSO Urban Areas 2022 and Electoral Divisions.
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monamolin | 250 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ferns | 1,317 | 11 | — | B | B | C |
| Courtown | 4,365 | 12 | D | B− | B+ | D |
| Gorey | 11,517 | 14 | D | C | C+ | D |
| Enniscorthy | 12,310 | 16 | D | A− | C− | D |
People: CSO, Census 2022. Distances: centre to centre.
Monamolin had 250 people at the 2022 census, up from 224 in 2016: 11.6% more, against 7.6% in the median of Irish towns.
The median age in Monamolin is 38.1, against 37.6 in the median of Irish towns.
6% mostly work from home, and 27% of journeys take under 15 minutes.
Urban area in Co. Wexford
250 people live in Monamolin, in the area of Wexford County Council. TownRatings uses the CSO’s 2022 Urban Areas as Ireland’s towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a county or a council area, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from Tailte Éireann’s boundaries and the CSO’s Census 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: CSO, Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (CC BY 4.0) · Tailte Éireann, Urban Areas and Electoral Divisions 2022 (CC BY 4.0). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).