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County Monaghan is a county in the Republic of Ireland. It is one of three
counties situated in the province of Ulster without being part of Northern
Ireland. The county borders County Tyrone (Northern Ireland) to the north,
County Armagh (NI) to the east, County Louth (Republic of Ireland) to the
southeast, County Meath (ROI) to the south, County Cavan (ROI) to the
southwest and County Fermanagh (NI) to the west. There is a pene-enclave
jutting into Fermanagh in the western area of the county. Monaghan is the
principal town. Other major towns include Carrickmacross, Castleblayney, and
Clones. Ballybay is a
town in County Monaghan. The town is the meeting point for roads going to
Monaghan, Castleblayney, Carrickmacross and Clones. The town grew up from
the congerence of the roads. The town is built beside a large lake, Lough
Major (In Irish "Lough Mór") and the smaller Lough Minor. The Dromore River
also runs through the south of the town, past Pearse Brother's Football
Grounds, and past the Riverdale Hotel.
Carrickmacross, called
Carrick or Cmx by locals, is a town in County Monaghan, Ireland whose
translated name means "The Rock of the Wooded Plain". It had a population of
5,066 (including rural area) according to provisional data from the 2006
census. The town won the prestigious European Entente Florale Silver Medal
Award. It is a market town which developed around a Castle built by the Earl
of Essex in 1630. The Convent of the St. Louis Nuns now stands on the
original castle site.
Castleblayney is a town in
County Monaghan - one of three counties situated in the Republic of Ireland
among the nine forming the historic Province of Ulster. County Monaghan,
together with County Cavan, forms an unofficial "region" within the Province
of Ulster called South Ulster. Often contracted in popular usage to
'Blayney', it is a former market town and, since the partition of Ireland in
1922, a Border town. Its current population is ca. 3000 people, with another
8000 in the suburban and rural environs.
Clones is a small town in
western County Monaghan, in the border area of the Republic of Ireland. The
area is part of the Border, Midlands and Western region. The town had a
population of 2,889 (including rural area) at the 2006 census.
Inniskeen or Inishkeen is a small village in County Monaghan, Republic of
Ireland, close to the County Louth and County Armagh borders.
Magheracloone is a parish in County Monaghan, very close to the
Cavan-Monaghan border. Its name comes from Machaire (na) Cluana which is
Irish for the Pasture Plain. It covers 12,952 statute acres, making it the
biggest parish in south Monaghan. In the land lies numerous natural
resources such as gypsum. During the 1840s the population numbered around
9,000; nowadays it only has a population of around 1800.
Monaghan is a town in the Republic of Ireland, the administrative capital of
County Monaghan. Monaghan's population at the 2006 census stood at 7,811
(including rural area). The centre of the town is made up of four
interconnecting squares: Market Square (or Street), Church Square, The
Diamond, and Old Cross Square. Sited in Market Square is the Market House
(built 1792), now an art gallery. The County Museum, which has won the
Council of Europe Award for its display of history and archaeology, is
located nearby. |