Mount Melleray

Mount Melleray, also spelled Mountmelleray (Irish: Cnoc Mheilearaí, meaning 'hill of Meilearaí'),^[1] is a townland situated in the Knockmealdown Mountains near Cappoquin, County Waterford, Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Lismore and Mocollop in the historical barony of Coshmore and Coshbride.^[1][2] The townland, which is 2.25 square kilometres (0.87 sq mi) in area,^[2] had a population of 31 people as of the 2011 census.^[3] It is home to the Cistercian monastery, Mount Melleray Abbey, and a Scout centre operated by Scouting Ireland.

Mount Melleray Cnoc Mheilearaí
Townland
Mountmelleray
Former 19th-century monastery boarding houses, now the Scout Centre, in Mount Melleray
Mount Melleray
Coordinates: 52.186°N 7.857°W / 52.186; -7.857
Country	Ireland
County	County Waterford
Barony	Coshmore and Coshbride
Civil parish	Lismore and Mocollop
Area
• Total	2.25 km2 (0.87 sq mi)

Abbey

Main article: Mount Melleray Abbey

The townland is home to Mount Melleray Abbey, a Cistercian monastery, the first such monastery to be built in Ireland after the Reformation. Built in the early 19th century,^[4] it is now home to a community of Trappist monks.^[5]

Scout centre

A Scout centre run by Scouting Ireland, formerly Scouting Ireland (CSI), is also situated at Mount Melleray.^[6] The centre, which was a former monastic boarding house acquired in 1979,^[7] includes a museum documenting the history of Scouting in Ireland. The centre is made up of a small camping field adjoining a large dormitory centre which also contains a climbing wall. Mount Melleray hosted the last Melvin All Ireland Scoutcraft competition of Scouting Ireland (CSI) in 2003. As of September 2020^[update], the centre had been closed for renovations since March 2019.^[7]