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The stone parapet of the Monasterevin aqueduct, with the Barrow Line canal on the left, the River Barrow below on the right and the lifting bridge in the distance.
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Town Co. Kildare

Monasterevin

Mainistir Eimhín

The “Venice of Ireland”, where the Barrow Line crosses the River Barrow on an aqueduct beside a lifting road bridge, with a canal harbour close to the town centre.

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Bell Harbour

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Harbour · open to all boats

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About this mooring

Max. stay: Up to 5 days at one public mooring with a Combined Mooring and Passage permit

Canal harbour beside the lifting bridge, with quay walls rebuilt in 2023–24; berths and services not yet checked.

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Permit needed: up to 5 days at one public mooring

Every boat on the canals and the Barrow needs a Waterways Ireland permit on display. The yearly Combined Mooring and Passage permit allows up to 5 days at any one public mooring; visiting boats can get a free 31-day permit once a year. Permits from Waterways Ireland

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Call 112 or 999 and ask for the Coast Guard. Both numbers work in Ireland and in Northern Ireland.

About Monasterevin

Monasterevin owes its nickname to its many bridges and channels. The canal arrived in 1786, and in 1826 an aqueduct was built to carry it over the River Barrow, right beside the lifting bridge on the R424. Boats tie up at Bell Harbour, a canal harbour whose quay walls Waterways Ireland rebuilt in 2023–24, a few minutes’ walk from the shops, cafés and pubs; Mooney’s is the pub by the river. Jennifer’s Travels hires out a small barge from the harbour, and the town has a kayaking club. Moore Abbey, a Gothic-style house where the tenor John McCormack lived from 1925 to 1937, stands on the river bank. South of the aqueduct the disused Mountmellick branch leaves to the west, and the 25th lock follows soon after. Anglers come for pike, perch, bream, roach and rudd, and the Barrow Way runs 12 km on to Vicarstown.

Eat & drink

Things to do 5

  • Heritage

    Moore Abbey

    Gothic-style house of the 1760s on the east bank, once seat of the Earls of Drogheda and home of tenor John McCormack; now run by a care foundation, public access not confirmed.

  • Walk

    Barrow Way: Monasterevin to Vicarstown

    Easy 12 km towpath walk south past the old lifting bridge, the 25th lock and the Grattan Aqueduct, with a thatched pub near Fishertown Bridge on the way.

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  • Fishing

    Coarse angling at Monasterevin

    River and canal hold bream, roach, rudd, perch and pike; check local rules and licences before you fish.

Services

  • Slipway

Neighbours by water

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  • Ballyteague Locks ≈ 20 km · ≈ 2 h 45 min By arrangement
  • Lowtown ≈ 24 km · 1 lock · ≈ 3 h 30 min Grand Canal
  • Athy ≈ 24 km · ≈ 3 h 15 min

≈ distances are computed along the water, not along the marked channel. Times are our estimate: 7.5 km/h and 15 minutes a lock. Check the Waterways Ireland marine notices

Also nearby, from OpenStreetMap (23)

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Locks & bridges (6)

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