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Website. Official website. County Monaghan ( / ˈmɒnəhən / MON-ə-hən; [3] Irish: Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County Council is the local authority for the county.
Monaghan County Council's preferred interpretation is "land of the little hills", a reference to the numerous drumlins in the area. History Early history. The Menapii Celtic tribe are specifically named on Ptolemy's 150 AD map of Ireland, where they located their first colony – Menapia – on the Leinster coast c. 216 BC. They later settled ...
Ireland portal; This is a sortable table of the approximately 1,852 townlands in County Monaghan, Ireland. Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the county. Names marked in bold typeface are towns and villages, and the word Town appears for those entries in the Acres column. Townland list
Carrickmacross ( Irish: Carraig Mhachaire Rois, meaning 'rock of the wooded plain') [4] is a town in County Monaghan, Ireland. The town and environs had a population of 5,032 according to the 2016 census, [1] making it the second-largest town in the county. Carrickmacross is a market town which developed around a castle built by the Earl of ...
Clones ( / ˈkloʊnɪs / KLOH-nis; from Irish Cluain Eois, [7] meaning 'meadow of Eois') is a small town in the west of County Monaghan in Ireland. The area is part of the Border Region in the Republic of Ireland, earmarked for economic development by the Irish Government due to its currently below-average economic situation.
Monaghan County Museum (Irish: Músaem Chontae Mhuineacháin) is a museum which documents the history of County Monaghan. History [ edit ] First opened in 1974, it was the first full-time, professionally staffed, and local authority funded Irish local museum. [1]
Pages in category "Towns and villages in County Monaghan" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Scotstown ( Irish: Baile an Scotaigh) [2] is a village in the townland of Bough ( Irish: An Bhothach, meaning 'place of huts') [3] in north County Monaghan, Ireland. Scotstown is located in the parish of Tydavnet, along the Monaghan Blackwater, Scotstown being the village closest to the river's source. Scotstown is centred in the townland of ...