Moneenroe (from Irish An Móinín Rua, meaning 'the little red bog')[2] is a townland, electoral division and village in north County Kilkenny, Ireland.

It is located in the province of Leinster along the N78 road about 21 kilometres (13 mi) from Kilkenny city in the south-east of the island of Ireland.

[3][4] Móinín Rua means "The little red bog" due to the marshy land in some parts of the townland.

The County Council representatives from the Ballyragget electoral district are Maurice Shortall, Mary Hilda Cavanagh, Pay Millea, Dan Brennan and Catherine Connery.

After the closure of the coal mines in the 1960s, there was mass emigration to the US, Canada, the UK and Australia as people searched for work and a better life than that on the dole.

Over the years there have been many factories which have closed in the locality leaving people to search for work in places such as Kilkenny, Carlow, Portlaoise and Dublin.

The club is undergoing a resurgence of late as many ladies return to wear the famous white and red hoop jersey after winning many back to championship's in its early years Moneenroe is situated on the Dublin to Clonmel Bus Éireann bus route.

Ring a Link is a community based rural transport which operates a route in the Northeast of the county covering Castlecomer, Ballyraggett, Coan, Conahy, Muckalee, Ballyouskill, Clogh and Moneenroe.

[citation needed] Moneenroe was home to Nicholas Boran, a professed communist and union organiser in the Castlecomer mines.