Monaghan

Monaghan
Muineachán (Irish)
Town
Monaghan Courthouse
Coat of arms of Monaghan
Monaghan is located in Ireland
Monaghan
Monaghan
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°14′52″N 06°58′15″W / 54.24778°N 6.97083°W / 54.24778; -6.97083
CountryIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyCounty Monaghan
BaronyMonaghan
Elevation
71 m (233 ft)
Population
 • Urban
7,894
Time zoneUTC±0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode routing key
H18
Telephone area code+353(0)47
Irish Grid ReferenceH666337

Monaghan (/ˈmɒnəhən/ MON-ə-hən;[2] Irish: Muineachán[3] [ˈmˠɪnʲəxaːnˠ]) is the county town of County Monaghan, Ireland. It also provides the name of its civil parish and Monaghan barony.

The population of the town as of the 2022 census was 7,894.[1] The town is on the N2 road from Dublin to Derry and Letterkenny.[4]

Dublin Street, Monaghan
  1. ^ a b "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Monaghan". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Monaghan definition and meaning". Collins English Dictionary. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Muineachán/Monaghan". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  4. ^ Monaghan Health Status Report

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