Scotshouse
Teach an Scotaigh | |
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Village | |
.jpg) Church of the Immaculate Conception, Scotshouse | |
  Scotshouse Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°07′19″N 7°14′56″W / 54.122°N 7.249°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Monaghan |
| Barony | Dartree |
| Elevation | 71 m (233 ft) |
| Population (2016)[1] | 220 |
| Irish Grid Reference | H500257 |
Scotshouse (Irish: Teach an Scotaigh)[2] is a small agricultural village in the parish of Currin in County Monaghan, Ireland. It is roughly three miles east of where the counties of Cavan, Fermanagh and Monaghan meet. Scotshouse is about 7 kilometres (4 mi) from Clones, 18 km (11 mi) from Cavan town and 27 km (17 mi) away from Monaghan town.
Scotshouse is in the townland of Aghnahola (Irish: Achadh na hAbhla, meaning 'field of the apples').[3][4] Finn Bridge, a border crossing on the Finn River, is west of Scotshouse.
- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Scotshouse". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "Teach an Scotaigh / Scotshouse". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "Achadh na hAbhla / Aghnahola". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ Achadh is the Scottish Gaelic for field and the Ulster dialect of Gaelic is close to the Scottish, and NahAlban is Gaelic for Scottish; the more logical name for Scotshouse in Gaelic would be Achadh nahAlban, field of the Scots