Emyvale

Emyvale
Scairbh na gCaorach
Village
Emyvale is located in Ireland
Emyvale
Emyvale
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°20′31″N 6°57′31″W / 54.341933°N 6.958546°W / 54.341933; -6.958546
CountryIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyCounty Monaghan
Population701
Irish Grid ReferenceH668338

Emyvale, known before the Plantation of Ulster as Scarnageeragh (Irish: Scairbh na gCaorach, meaning 'shallow ford of the sheep'),[2] is a village and townland in the north of County Monaghan, Ireland. It is on the main Dublin to Derry and Letterkenny road, the N2, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Monaghan and 8 km (5 mi) south of Aughnacloy. Its population is about 700.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Emyvale". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Scairbh na gCaorach/Emyvale". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 18 January 2019.