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MONAGHAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 686 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MONAGHAN , a See also:

market See also:town and the See also:county town of county Monaghan, See also:Ireland, on the See also:Ulster See also:Canal and the See also:Belfast and See also:Clones See also:line of the See also:Great See also:Northern railway, by which it is 52 M. S.W. by W. of See also:Dublin, Pop (1901), 2932. There is a See also:modern See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral (1862–1892)'for the See also:diocese of See also:Clogher, a See also:convent of the Sisters of St See also:Louis, and a See also:Protestant See also:church (1836), and the public and county buildings include See also:court-See also:house, See also:gaol, workhouse, See also:asylum, See also:hospital and See also:barracks. Educational establishments include a See also:national See also:model school and the See also:college of St Macartan, preparatory for the Roman Catholic priesthood. The town takes its name (Muinechan, the town of monks) from an See also:early monastery. It was incorporated by See also:James I., but was little more than a See also:hamlet until the See also:close of the 18th See also:century. Rossmore See also:Park, the See also:fine See also:demesne of See also:Lord Rossmore, is the most noteworthy of several neighbouring residences. The town is governed by an See also:urban See also:district See also:council.

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