Moone

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Moone

Coordinates52.97°, -6.82°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Moone is a small village in the south of County Kildare, Ireland. It is 55 km (34 mi) south-west of Dublin city centre. It has only a few hundred inhabitants, a church, a national school, one shop and a small community centre. There is also a pub called the Moone High Cross Inn. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. It is in the historical barony of Kilkea and Moone.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Ernest Shackleton

Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)

Paul Cullen

Irish Catholic cardinal (1803–1878)

Lorcán Ua Tuathail

Roman Catholic Irish archbishop and saint

B

Billy Timmins

Irish politician

Jack Wall

Irish politician

G

Godfrey Timmins

Irish politician (1927-2001)

H

Hugh Kenny

Gaelic football player and manager

John Thomond O'Brien

Irish soldier

J

John Flynn

Irish Gaelic football player

J

John MacKenna

Irish writer

M

Mary Leadbeater

Irish author and diarist (1758-1826)

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Maurice FitzGerald, 6th Duke of Leinster

Irish nobleman

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Mór Ní Tuathail

Irish queen

Jennie Wyse Power

Irish politician, activist, feminist and businesswoman

J.W. Johnston

American actor (1876-1946)

Lydia Shackleton

Irish botanical artist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Kildare

• Timolin
  0.8 mi away
• Ballitore
  2.4 mi away
• Kilkea
  3.8 mi away
• Castledermot
  4.4 mi away
• Ballyroe
  5 mi away
• Narraghmore
  5.2 mi away
• Kilmead
  5.4 mi away
• Athy
  7.1 mi away · pop. 11,035
• Calverstown
  7.5 mi away
• Suncroft
  9.4 mi away
• Kildoon
  9.5 mi away
• Kilberry
  9.8 mi away

Browse all places in Kildare →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Moone

The United Irishmen

Richard Robert Madden · 1857

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Indian-Meal Moth

Plodia interpunctella

Seen 2026-09-15

Forest Bug

Pentatoma rufipes

Seen 2026-09-05

Goldcrest

Regulus regulus

Seen 2026-09-01

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Seen 2026-08-23

Square-spot Rustic

Xestia xanthographa

Seen 2026-08-16

Giant Willow Aphid

Tuberolachnus salignus

Seen 2026-08-15

yellow barklouse

Valenzuela flavidus

Seen 2026-08-15

bittersweet nightshade

Solanum dulcamara

Seen 2026-08-15

Tutsan

Hypericum androsaemum

Seen 2026-08-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).