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{{short description|Town in County Monaghan, Ireland}}
{{Other uses|Monaghan (disambiguation)}}
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'''Monaghan''' ({{IPAc-en|'|m|ɒ|n|@|h|@n}} {{respell|MON|ə|hən}};<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/monaghan |title=Monaghan definition and meaning |website=Collins English Dictionary |language=en |access-date=2020-01-04 |archive-date=10 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310052126/https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/monaghan |url-status=live }}</ref> {{Irish place name|Muineachán}}<ref name=logainm>{{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/40866 | title = Muineachán/Monaghan | website = [[Placenames Database of Ireland]] (logainm.ie) | access-date = 13 March 2023}}</ref> {{IPA|ga|ˈmˠɪnʲəxaːnˠ|}}) is the [[county town]] of [[County Monaghan]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It also provides the name of its [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] and [[Monaghan (barony)|Monaghan barony]].

The population of the town as of the [[2022 census of Ireland|2022 census]] was 7,894.<ref name="cso2022"/> The town is on the [[N2 road (Ireland)|N2 road]] from [[Dublin]] to [[Derry]] and [[Letterkenny]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130217224919/http://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/Resources/FactFile/Health_Status_Reports/Monaghan_Health_Status_Report/Population_Numbers/ Monaghan Health Status Report]</ref>
[[File:Dublin Street, Monaghan - geograph.org.uk - 612814.jpg|thumb|Dublin Street, Monaghan]]

==Etymology==
The Irish name ''Muineachán'' derives from a diminutive plural form of the Irish word ''muine'' meaning "brake" (a thickly overgrown area) or sometimes "hillock". The Irish historian and writer [[Patrick Weston Joyce]] interpreted this as "a place full of little hills or brakes".<ref>[[Patrick Weston Joyce|Joyce, Patrick Weston]] (1870), ''Irish Local Names Explained''.</ref> [[Monaghan County Council]]'s preferred interpretation is "land of the little hills", a reference to the numerous [[drumlin]]s in the area.

==History==

===Early history===
The Menapii Celtic tribe are specifically named on [[Ptolemy]]'s 150 AD map of Ireland, where they located their first colony – Menapia – on the Leinster coast {{Circa|216 BC}}. They later settled around Lough Erne, becoming known as the Fir Manach, and giving their name to Fermanagh and Monaghan.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} [[Mongán mac Fiachnai]], a 7th-century King of Ulster, is the protagonist of several legends linking him with [[Manannan mac Lir]]. They spread across Ireland, evolving into historic Irish (also Scottish and Manx) clans.
[[File:St Macartans Cathedral Monaghan Ireland.jpg|thumb|left|The northwestern side of St Macartan's Cathedral in Monaghan.]]
The [[Battle of Clontibret]], fought between the forces of [[Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone|The Earl of Tyrone]], ''An Ó Néill'' (The O'Neill), of [[Tír Eoghain]], and the [[English Crown]], was fought in northern County Monaghan in May 1595. The territory of Monaghan had earlier been wrested from the control of the [[McMahon clans|MacMahon]] sept in 1591, when the leader of the MacMahons was hanged by authority of the Dublin government; this was one of the events that led to the [[Nine Years War (Ireland)|Nine Years War]] and the [[Tudor conquest of Ireland]].

In 1801, Monaghan Town, along with the rest of the Rossmore Estate, became the property of the Westenra family.<ref name="Mulligan">{{cite book |first=Kevin V. |last=Mulligan |title=[[The Buildings of Ireland]]: South Ulster |publisher=[[Yale University Press|Yale]] |location=London |year=2013}}</ref>{{rp|460}} The Rossmore Estate was inherited in August of that year by [[Warner Westenra, 2nd Baron Rossmore]], from his uncle.<ref name=Mulligan/>{{rp|460}} The Westenra family remained as the principal landlords of Monaghan town up into the early twentieth-century. Their '[[ancestral seat]]' was established at [[Rossmore Castle]] (also known as Rossmore Park), a large [[country house]] mainly built in stages during the nineteenth-century on the south-western edge of Monaghan Town.<ref name=Mulligan/>{{rp|483}} The castle was mainly built in the [[Neo-Jacobean architecture|neo-Jacobean]] style of architecture.<ref name=Mulligan/>

[[Image:Rossmore.jpg|thumb|[[Rossmore Castle]], former seat of the Westenra family, [[Baron Rossmore|Barons Rossmore]].<ref name=Mulligan/>{{rp|482–483}}]] The castle stood on the south-western edge of Monaghan town and was abandoned just after the [[Second World War]].<ref name=Mulligan/>{{rp|483}} The ruins of the castle were blown up by [[Monaghan County Council]] in 1974.<ref name=Mulligan/>{{rp|483}}

===Transport===
The [[Ulster Canal]] through Monaghan linking the [[River Blackwater, Northern Ireland|River Blackwater]] at [[Moy, County Tyrone|Moy]] with the [[River Erne]] near [[Clones, County Monaghan|Clones]] was built between 1825 and 1842. By the time it was completed, competition in the form of the [[Ulster Railway]] from Belfast to Clones was already under construction.<ref name="Hajducki">{{cite book |last=Hajducki |first=S. Maxwell |year=1974 |title=A Railway Atlas of Ireland |location=Newton Abbot |publisher=[[David & Charles]] |isbn=0-7153-5167-2 |at=map 9}}</ref> The canal was never a commercial success and was formally abandoned in 1931.

The Ulster Railway linked Monaghan with {{rws|Armagh}} and [[Belfast Great Victoria Street railway station|Belfast]] in 1858 and with the [[Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway]] at Clones in 1863.<ref name=Hajducki/>{{rp|Map 8}} It became part of the [[Great Northern Railway (Ireland)|Great Northern Railway]] in 1876.<ref name=Hajducki/>{{rp|xiii}} The [[partition of Ireland]] in 1922 turned the boundary with [[County Armagh]] into an international frontier, after which trains were routinely delayed by customs inspections. In 1957 the [[Government of Northern Ireland]] made the GNR Board close the line between {{rws|Portadown}} and [[Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border|the border]], giving the GNRB no option but to withdraw passenger services between the border and Clones as well.<ref name=Hajducki/>{{rp|Map 39}} [[CIÉ]] took over the remaining section of line between Clones, Monaghan and [[Glaslough]] in 1958 but withdrew goods services between Monaghan and Glaslough in 1959 and between Clones and Monaghan in 1960, leaving Monaghan with no railway service.<ref name=Hajducki/>{{rp|Map 39}}

===Twentieth century===
In February 1919 the first self-consciously proclaimed [[Soviet (council)|soviet]] in the United Kingdom was established at Monaghan Lunatic Asylum.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kostick |first=Conor |year=1996 |title=Revolution in Ireland: Popular Militancy, 1917–1923 |url=https://archive.org/details/revolutioninirel00kost |url-access=registration |location=London |publisher=[[Pluto Press]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/revolutioninirel00kost/page/70 70]|isbn=9780745311234 }}</ref> This led to the claim by [[Joseph Devlin]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] that "the only successfully conducted institutions in Ireland are the lunatic asylums".<ref>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1919/feb/20/monaghan-lunatic-asylum Hansard] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711231706/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1919/feb/20/monaghan-lunatic-asylum |date=11 July 2009 }}, 20 February 1919, accessed 18 July 2010</ref>

On 17 May 1974 an [[Ulster loyalism|Ulster loyalist]] [[car bomb]] exploded in the Friday evening rush hour, killing seven people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dublinmonaghanbombings.org/may74.html |title=Justice for the Forgotten |website=www.dublinmonaghanbombings.org |access-date=1 December 2016 |archive-date=10 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510125747/http://www.dublinmonaghanbombings.org/may74.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It was detonated outside Greacen's public house on North Road in a car that had been stolen earlier that afternoon in [[Portadown]], [[Northern Ireland]]. The bomb killed Paddy Askin (44), Thomas Campbell (52), Thomas Croarkin (36), Archie Harper (73, died four days later), Jack Travers (28), Peggy White (45) and George Williamson (72).<ref>{{cite web |title=CAIN:Sutton Index of Deaths 1974 |url=https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1974.html |website=CAIN (Conflict Archive on the Internet) |access-date=14 August 2020 |archive-date=26 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226121728/https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1974.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It also injured scores of civilians and caused extensive damage to the fabric of the town with North Road and Mill Street among the areas worst affected. This was one of the few car bombings in the Republic during [[The Troubles]], which were centred on [[Northern Ireland]]; three other bombs exploded on the same day in Dublin in what became known as the [[Dublin and Monaghan bombings]]. The Ulster loyalist paramilitary group [[Ulster Volunteer Force (1966)|Ulster Volunteer Force]] (UVF) claimed responsibility in 1993.

A monument in memory of the victims was unveiled by the eighth [[President of Ireland]] [[Mary McAleese]] on 17 May 2004, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the atrocity. The sandstone and metal column containing seven light wells bearing the names of each of the seven victims of the bombing was designed by Ciaran O'Cearnaigh and stands as a reminder of one of the darkest days in Ireland's modern history.

==Culture==
[[File:Monaghan Leisure Complex - geograph.org.uk - 612796.jpg|thumb|Monaghan Leisure Complex, built in 2005.]]
Monaghan continues to host one of Ireland's most prestigious and established blues festivals,<ref>Monaghan Post, 6 September 2007. "{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090712154802/http://www.monaghanpost.com/2007/09/06/ Who's Behind the Blues?]}}"</ref> the [[Harvest Time Blues]] Festival. It is hosted every September across Monaghan town.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.harvestblues.ie/ |title=www.HarvestBlues.ie |access-date=8 September 2009 |archive-date=4 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804091801/http://www.harvestblues.ie/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Fiddler of Oriel Muineachán Competition (also known as Féile Oriel) first held in 1969 returned in 2009 to celebrate its fortieth anniversary.<ref>[http://www.feileoriel.com/index.html Fiddler of Oriel Muineachán Competition] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710233707/http://www.feileoriel.com/index.html |date=10 July 2011 }}</ref> It is held every May [[Bank Holiday]] weekend.

Founded in 1974, Monaghan County Museum is recognised as one of the leading provincial museums in Ireland, with a prestigious [[Council of Europe]] Award conferred in 1980, among others, to its credit. The museum is located in a mid-Victorian stone building of three stories, formerly two separate town houses, on Hill Street. It aims to acquaint its visitors with the history of [[County Monaghan]] and its people.

The Garage Theatre is an arts facility located on the Monaghan Education Campus. It hosts a wide range of activities including drama, music, dance and film.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Garage Theatre |url=https://www.garagetheatre.com/ |website=The Garage Theatre |access-date=4 July 2020 |archive-date=7 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707024507/https://www.garagetheatre.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The town is home to [[Monaghan United F.C.|Monaghan United Football Club]], formerly of the [[League of Ireland Premier Division]].

==Local government==
[[File:Monaghan Town Council - geograph.org.uk - 2650225.jpg|thumb|[[Monaghan Town Hall]]]]
Local issues are dealt with by the Monaghan Municipal Council which elects six members, all of which are elected as members of Monaghan County Council. The town forms part of the Monaghan ward for local elections for elections to Monaghan County Council and part of the [[Cavan–Monaghan (Dáil constituency)|Cavan–Monaghan constituency]] for elections to [[Dáil Éireann]]. [[Monaghan Town Hall]] is a former bank branch dating from around 1880.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/41303128/monaghan-town-hall-dublin-street-roosky-monaghan-monaghan|title=Monaghan Town Hall, 1 Dublin Street, Roosky, Monaghan, County Monaghan|publisher=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage|access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>

The largest party on the municipal council is [[Sinn Féin]], which holds two of six seats. [[Fine Gael]] and [[Fianna Fáil]] each hold one seat and there are two independent members.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

==Town layout and architecture==
The centre of the town is made up of four interconnecting squares: Market Square (or Street), Church Square, The Diamond and Old Cross Square.
[[File:St Patrick's Monaghan - geograph.org.uk - 167638.jpg|thumb|St. Patrick's [[Church of Ireland]]]]
Dating from the seventeenth century, the oldest remaining architectural feature in Monaghan town is the "Old Cross" – located in Old Cross Square. It is not fully agreed that it is in fact a cross, but may in fact have been a seventeenth-century [[sundial]]. It was originally located in the Diamond, the traditional centre of the town, and was used as a hiring cross and for the attaching of proclamations. It was moved to its present location in 1876 to allow for the construction of the Rossmore Memorial. Two landmark buildings remain from the eighteenth century, Aviemore House (built in 1760) on Mill Street and the "extremely elegant" [[Market House, Monaghan|Market House]] (from 1792) on Market Square.<ref name=Brett>{{cite book |last=Brett |first=C.E.B. |title=Historic Buildings, Groups of Buildings and Areas of Architectural Importance in the Town of Monaghan |location=Belfast |publisher=Ulster Architectural Heritage Society |year=1970}}</ref>{{rp|16}}

Monaghan is notable for the quality of its nineteenth-century architecture, which adds a sense of dignity to the attractive town centre and its environs. Of its Victorian buildings, the [[Monaghan Courthouse]] on Church Square, designed by [[Joseph Welland (architect)|Joseph Welland]] and built in 1830, is the most stately. With its sandstone facade of Doric columns supporting a pediment that bears the royal arms of the House of Hanover, Monaghan Courthouse constitutes an integral part of Church Square.

The Rossmore Memorial in The Diamond was built in 1876 as a memorial to [[Henry Westenra, 4th Baron Rossmore|The 4th Baron Rossmore]], who died after a hunting accident at [[Windsor Castle]] in 1874. This [[Victorian era|Victorian]] monument, described by architectural historian C.E.B. Brett as "formidable and striking"<ref name=Brett/>{{rp|10}} is octagonal in shape, with central marble columns supporting a fountain. Around it, the eight grey columns support the pinnacled superstructure which rises to a dome. The dome is surmounted by a spire supported by yet more columns. The letters of Rossmore (also eight in number) are spaced out around the monument.

[[File:MonaghanCathedral.JPG|thumb|St Macartan's Cathedral]]
The Gothic-Revival [[St Macartan's cathedral, Monaghan|St Macartan's Cathedral]] by [[James Joseph McCarthy]] is recognised as being "one of McCarthy's best works: an excellent example of the High Victorian ecclesiastical style at its best, rich without ever being over-ornate".<ref name=Brett/>{{rp|26}} The building comprises a delicate rose window and an impressive soaring spire and took over thirty years to complete. Construction work began in 1861 and the cathedral was finally dedicated in 1892. Originally the nave was intended to be two bays longer but lack of funds meant that the design was cut back. The Cathedral sits on an imposing site overlooking the town. Occupying a similarly commanding site on the opposite side of the town is [[St Macartan's College]] for boys (from 1840), a 17-bay classical structure with a bell tower and private chapel, by the Newry-born architect [[Thomas Duff (architect)|Thomas Duff]].

[[File:Church Square, Monaghan.jpg|thumb|Church Square, Monaghan]]
Church Square is very much an environment in which the civic pride of Victorian improvers lives on in the satisfying essay in the Ruskinian-Gothic style that is the Bank of Ireland building, as much as in the peaks of St. Patrick's [[Church of Ireland]] and the Dawson Obelisk. One of the most interesting aspects of Monaghan's Victorian architectural heritage, which also includes the former railway station, the Orange Hall on North Road and the Westenra Hotel on the Diamond, is the rounded corners that connect the town's buildings from one street or square to the next. This practice of rounding corners in order to open up panoramic vistas was carried out with unprecedented frequency in the town of Monaghan, and is still reflected today in the edifices of The Diamond, Church Square and Mill Street, helping to secure Monaghan's status as one of Ulster's more attractive large towns.

==Economy==
The town is a centre for the timber-frame house building industry with [[Kingspan Group|Kingspan]] Century being the largest of its kind in Europe. It is also the centre of a thriving agri business most notable of which is the mushroom industry. Engineering also features in the region with both Moffett<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mauricemoffettengineering.com/aboutus.cfm |title=Maurice Moffett Ltd. |access-date=5 October 2010 |archive-date=29 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929194341/http://www.mauricemoffettengineering.com/aboutus.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref> and Combilift<ref>[http://www.combilift.com/En/ABOUTUS.aspx Combilift Inc.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025124227/http://www.combilift.com/En/ABOUTUS.aspx |date=25 October 2012 }}</ref> major participants in the [[materials handling]] market.

There is a campaign to boost tourism by reopening the [[Ulster Canal]] in a scheme which would eventually allow boats to travel from towns in [[Northern Ireland]], such as [[Newry]], by way of Monaghan to places as far south as [[Limerick]], as well as [[Dublin]].

Monaghan once had a thriving furniture manufacturing industry. Since 1990, this has diminished greatly under global competition. However, manufacturers such as Rossmore Furniture (which took its name from [[Rossmore Forest Park]], situated just outside the town) continue to operate from the town.

==Education==
The town has four primary schools:{{fact|date=March 2025}}
* [[Gaelscoil Ultain]]
* Monaghan Model School
* St. Louis Girls' National School
* Scoil Mhuire Muineachan - St. Mary's Boys' School<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.1867.ie/Failte/ |title=Scoil Mhuire Muineachan|publisher=Scoil Mhuire Muineachan |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref>

There are five secondary schools in the area:{{fact|date=March 2025}}
* St. Louis Secondary School
* [[St Macartan's College]]
* Monaghan Collegiate School
* Coláiste Oiriall
* Beech Hill College

== Transport ==
Public transport operator [[Bus Éireann]] routes 32 (Dublin/Letterkenny),<ref>{{Cite web |title=32-1669936108.pdf |url=https://www.buseireann.ie/timetables/32-1669936108.pdf |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=Bus Éireann |format=PDF}}</ref> 65 ([[Galway]]/[[Athlone]]/Monaghan),<ref>{{Cite web |title=3445.pdf |url=https://www.buseireann.ie/timetable/3445.pdf |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=Bus Éireann |format=PDF}}</ref> 162 (Monaghan/[[Dundalk]]),<ref>{{Cite web |title=875.pdf |url=https://buseireann.ie/timetable/875.pdf |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=Bus Éireann |format=PDF}}</ref> 175 (Monaghan/[[Cootehill]]/[[Cavan]]),<ref>{{Cite web |title=3032.pdf |url=https://www.buseireann.ie/timetable/3032.pdf |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=Bus Éireann |format=PDF}}</ref> 182 ([[Drogheda]]/[[Collon]]/[[Ardee]]/Monaghan)<ref>{{Cite web |title=2122.pdf |url=https://www.buseireann.ie/timetable/2122.pdf |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=Bus Éireann |format=PDF}}</ref> all service the town.

Several [[TFI Local Link]] services also serve the town. These include routes M1 ([[Knockatallon]] to Monaghan Institute via Monaghan Town Centre),<ref>{{Cite web |title=M1-Timetable-August-2023-web.pdf |url=https://www.locallinkcm.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/M1-Timetable-August-2023-web.pdf |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=Local Link Cavan-Monaghan |format=PDF}}</ref> M2 ([[Ballybay]] – Monaghan Institute via [[Monaghan Hospital]]),<ref>{{Cite web |title=M2-Timetable-August-2023-web.pdf |url=https://www.locallinkcm.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/M2-Timetable-August-2023-web.pdf |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=Local Link Cavan-Monaghan |format=PDF}}</ref> M3 (Mullan Village to Latlorcan via Monaghan Town),<ref>{{Cite web |title=M3-Timetable-August-2023-web.pdf |url=https://www.locallinkcm.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/M3-Timetable-August-2023-web.pdf |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=Local Link Cavan-Monaghan |format=PDF}}</ref> and 176 (Cavan Town to Monaghan Town).<ref>{{Cite web |title=176-Timetable-June-22-web.pdf |url=https://www.locallinkcm.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/176-Timetable-June-22-web.pdf |access-date=25 August 2023 |website=Local Link Cavan-Monaghan |format=PDF}}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{See also|Category:People from Monaghan (town)}}
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*[[Jonathan Douglas]], footballer<ref>{{Soccerbase|23151|Jonathan Douglas|access-date=4 June 2025}}</ref>
*[[The Right Honourable|The Rt Hon.]] [[Charles Gavan Duffy (Australian politician)|Sir Charles Gavan Duffy]], politician and co-founder of ''[[The Nation (Irish newspaper)|The Nation]]'', subsequently the eighth [[Premier of Victoria]],  was born at 10 Dublin Street.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/41303129/birthplace-of-charles-gavin-duffy-dublin-street-roosky-monaghan-county-monaghan |title=Birthplace of Charles Gavin Duffy, Dublin Street, ROOSKY, Monaghan, MONAGHAN |website=Buildings of Ireland |access-date=10 June 2021 |archive-date=17 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517230327/https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/41303129/birthplace-of-charles-gavin-duffy-dublin-street-roosky-monaghan-county-monaghan |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Jim Lynagh]], Republican who was a [[volunteer (Irish republican)|volunteer]] in the [[Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade|East Tyrone Brigade]] of the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]]
*[[Juan MacKenna]], hero of the [[Chilean War of Independence]]<ref>Brett, C.E.B. "Historic Buildings, Groups of Buildings and Areas of Architectural Importance in the Town of Monaghan". Belfast, Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 1973, p. 28.</ref>
*[[Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin]], politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD |url=https://sinnfein.ie/contents/14980 |publisher=[[Sinn Féin]] |access-date=4 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523064428/https://sinnfein.ie/contents/14980 |archive-date=23 May 2015}}</ref>
*[[Mary Reid (activist)|Mary Reid]] (1953–2003), activist, socialist and poet
*[[Nathaniel Walter Swan]] (1834–1884), Australian writer, was born in Monaghan.<ref name=sWAN>{{Cite Australasia|wstitle= Swan, Nathaniel Walter |page= 451 |year=1892}} </ref>
*[[William Temple (VC)|William Temple]], recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]{{Citation needed|date=June 2021|reason=Your explanation here}}
*[[William Whitla|Sir William Whitla]], politician and physician<ref name="ums">{{cite web |url=http://www.ums.ac.uk/whitla_w.html |title=Ulster Medical Society: William Whitla |access-date=11 June 2021 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511042943/https://ums.ac.uk/whitla_w.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Alexander Williams RHA|Alexander Williams]], artist<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Audrey |date=2009 |title=Williams, Alexander |url=https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a9046 |access-date=11 June 2021 |website=Dictionary of Irish Biography – Cambridge University Press |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128044927/https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a9046 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Sister city==
Monaghan is twinned with [[Miramichi, New Brunswick]].{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Young Memorial Masonic Hall, 72 Glaslough St., Monaghan, Ireland.jpg|Entrance detail of Masonic Hall, 1989
File:Glaslough Street, Monaghan, Ireland.jpg|Glaslough Street, 1989, looking west
File:Glaslough Street, Monaghan, Ireland-2.jpg|Glaslough Street, 1989, looking east
File:OrangeHall-NorthRoad-MonaghanIreland.jpg|Orange Hall, North Road, 1989
File:Monaghan Railway Station - geograph.org.uk - 2653061.jpg|[[Monaghan railway station]]
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland]]
*[[Market Houses in the Republic of Ireland]]
*[[Monaghan United F.C.]], a local football team

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Monaghan}}
{{wikivoyage}}
*[http://www.monaghan.ie/ Monaghan County Council Homepage]
*[http://archiseek.com/tag/monaghan/ Architecture of Monaghan]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040409135636/http://www.monaghantourism.com/monaghan.asp Tourism information]

{{County Monaghan}}

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[[Category:Monaghan (town)| ]]
[[Category:County towns in the Republic of Ireland]]
[[Category:Towns and villages in County Monaghan]]
[[Category:Civil parishes of County Monaghan]]
[[Category:Former urban districts in the Republic of Ireland]]
[[Category:Former boroughs in the Republic of Ireland]]