Glaslough

Glaslough
Glasloch
Village
Glaslough village
Glaslough village
Glaslough is located in Ireland
Glaslough
Glaslough
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°19′N 6°54′W / 54.317°N 6.900°W / 54.317; -6.900
CountryIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyMonaghan
Population
 (2016)[1]
453

Glaslough (/ɡlæsˈlɒx/ glas-LOKH; Irish: Glasloch, meaning 'green lake')[2] is a village and townland in the north of County Monaghan, Ireland, on the R185 regional road 3 km (2 mi) south of the border with Northern Ireland and 10 km (6 mi) northeast of Monaghan town. Glaslough won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1978 and again in 2019.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Glasslough". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Glasloch / Glaslough". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Tidy Towns of Ireland: Celebrating 50 years" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Tidy Towns 2019: Glaslough in Co Monaghan wins top prize". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.