[2] In going to Dublin in 1844, Monk commenced an association with William Sewell and Robert Singleton at the newly established (1843) High Church Anglican St Columba's College, Rathfarnham.
It was an association which continued when the three men jointly were involved in founding St Peter's College, Radley, in Oxfordshire three years later.
Monk's position at St Columba's was as organist, Precentor and Master of Music, and he was made a Fellow of the college.
There is also an account of Monk having made a kite which was duly decorated with the school emblem and a device reading Sic itur ad astra.
[1] Monk retired after nearly a quarter of a century of service at York Minster and returned to Radley, where he remained for the rest of his life, living in a house in the village.