Clones, County Monaghan

Clones
Cluain Eois
Town
Clones is located in Ireland
Clones
Clones
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°10′59″N 7°14′01″W / 54.183°N 7.2337°W / 54.183; -7.2337
CountryIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyCounty Monaghan
BaronyDartree
Elevation
71 m (233 ft)
Population
 • Total1,680
Eircode routing key
H23
Telephone area code+353(0)47
Irish Grid ReferenceH500257
Websitewww.clones.ie

Clones (/ˈklnɪs/ 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. The town was badly hit economically by the Partition of Ireland in 1921 because of its location on the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The creation of the Irish border deprived it of access to a large part of its economic hinterland for many years. The town had a population of 1,680 at the 2016 census.[1] The town is in a civil parish of the same name.[7]

  1. ^ a b c "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Clones". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. ^ Census for post 1821 figures. Cso.ie. Retrieved on 10 July 2012.
  3. ^ histpop.org Archived 7 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ NISRA – Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency Archived 17 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Nisranew.nisra.gov.uk. Retrieved on 10 July 2012.
  5. ^ Lee, J. J. (1981). "On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses". In Goldstrom, J. M.; Clarkson, L. A. (eds.). Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
  6. ^ Mokyr, Joel; Ó Gráda, Cormac (1984). "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850". The Economic History Review. 37 (4): 473–488. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x. hdl:10197/1406.
  7. ^ a b "Cluain Eois/Clones". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 26 June 2019.