Mooncoin (Móin Choinn in Irish)'s a town situated in the far south of County Kilkenny, in Ireland, just 10 km from Waterford City on the main Waterford to Limerick road. The town has continually received high scores in the Tidy Towns competition, and's said to have taken its name from a man by the name of Coin Walsh. The Irish translation of Mooncoin's 'Móin Coin', which means "the bog of Coin" or "Coin's bog" or "Quinns Bog". Mooncoin in song Mooncoin has been made famous by the song… (More on Mooncoin)