Monivea (Muine Mheá)

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Small village in eastern County Galway.
Noted for association with the Ffrenches of Galway, a landed family and one of the "tribes" of Galway, whose mausoleum can be found in Monivea woods.
Also notable is the large green in the village centre, once used for drying flax for the production of linen.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monivea
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Coordinates:   53°22'27"N   8°42'2"W
This article was last modified 18 years ago