Introducing County Monaghan
If you’re one of the few visitors who passes through Monaghan (Muineachán), you’ll immediately notice the rippling landscape’s tiny rounded hills, resembling bubbles in badly pasted wallpaper. Known as drumlins, the bumps are the result of debris left by retreating glaciers during the last Ice Age.
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Unlike much of the province, Monaghan was largely left alone during the Ulster Plantation. After the Cromwellian wars, though, local chieftains were forced to sell their land for a fraction of its true value, or have it seized and redistributed to Cromwell’s soldiers.
Poet Patrick Kavanagh (1905–67) was born in Inniskeen, and the village’s literary resource centre offers an evocative insight into his life and work.
County Monaghan is famed for its lace, and this eye-straining craft continues in Clones and Carrickmacross, centres of the industry since the early 19th century.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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Calling all Monaghan men and women - help me get a bus!
by siasu 10 July 2010
Hi, I've been invited to an artists' retreat in a place called Annamaghkerrig, Newbliss, Co. Monaghan. On their website, they advise…
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RE: Flat Lake Festival
by Farsante 04 September 2008
Okay. I went to the *Flat Lake Festival" just outside Clones in County Monaghan, August 23 and August 24. www.theflatlakefestival.com…
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Flat Lake Festival
by Farsante 09 August 2008
Has anyone been to the Flat Lake Festival in Clones, Co. Monaghan? If so, did you stay in Clones area or come for the day/evening? How…
