Monasterevin

Monasterevin is a metropolis in County Kildare in Ireland. The town lies on the River Barrow and the Barrowline a canal branch of the Grand Canal. Its populace of four,246 makes it the eleventh biggest metropolis in Kildare. Situated 63 km from Dublin on the R445 avenue, Monasterevin has been relieved of tons through site visitors by way of the opening in 2004 of a phase of the M7 highway bypassing the metropolis at the N7 Dublin to Limerick direction. Monasterevin railway station is on InterCity rail strains for trains from Dublin to the southwest and west. The metropolis is also on Ireland's canal network, linking the Grand Canal and the River Barrow.

Monasterevin is situated at the border of Counties Kildare and Laois. The cities and districts of Rathangan, Kildare, Portarlington and Athy surround the parish. The primary geographical capabilities of the geographical region are the Barrow River, its tributaries, the big bogland and the limestone outcrop of Moore Abbey Hill. More than something else, it's far vicinity that has fashioned the history of Monasterevin.