Inniskeen

Inishkeen
Inis Caoin
Village
Inniskeen village centre
Inniskeen village centre
Inishkeen is located in Ireland
Inishkeen
Inishkeen
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°00′00″N 6°35′35″W / 54.000°N 6.593°W / 54.000; -6.593
CountryIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyCounty Monaghan
Elevation
57 m (187 ft)
Population273
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Inniskeen, officially Inishkeen (Irish: Inis Caoin, meaning 'peaceful island'),[2][3] is a small village, townland and parish in County Monaghan, Ireland, close to the County Louth and County Armagh borders. The village is located about 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Dundalk, 11 km (7 mi) from Carrickmacross, and 5 km (3 mi) from Crossmaglen. Seven townlands of this Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher parish lie within County Louth.

  1. ^ "Sapmap Area – Settlements – Inniskeen". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Inis Caoin / Inishkeen". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Ordnance Survey Ireland – Online map viewer". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2010.