Monaghan
Muineachán (Irish) | |
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Town | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Monaghan Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°14′52″N 06°58′15″W / 54.24778°N 6.97083°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Monaghan |
| Barony | Monaghan |
| Elevation | 71 m (233 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Urban | 7,894 |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode routing key | H18 |
| Telephone area code | +353(0)47 |
| Irish Grid Reference | H666337 |
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]
- ^ a b "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Monaghan". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "Monaghan definition and meaning". Collins English Dictionary. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Muineachán/Monaghan". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ Monaghan Health Status Report