Clongeen

Clongeen
Cluain Caoin
Village
St Aidan's church
St Aidan's church
Clongeen is located in Ireland
Clongeen
Clongeen
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°17′49″N 6°46′11″W / 52.29694°N 6.76972°W / 52.29694; -6.76972
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Wexford
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
267

Clongeen (Irish: Cluain Caoin, meaning 'pleasant meadow') is a village and civil parish in County Wexford, Ireland. The village is about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Foulkesmill. The population was 267 at the 2016 census. The village's Catholic church, St Aidan's (or Edan's), was completed in 1839. Clongeen GAA Club competes in hurling, camogie and men's and women's football.

References

  1. 1 2 "Clongeen (Ireland)". City Population. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Cluain Caoin/Clongeen". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Saint Edan's Catholic Church". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH). Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Big day for a great club". New Ross Standard. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2022 – via Irish Independent.