Land Area: 500 sq. miles County Capital: Monaghan Town Main Towns: Castleblaney, Carrickmacross, Clones, Monaghan Main Industries: Agriculture, animal feed manufacturing, audio speaker manufacturing, beer/spirit/ wine importing and wholesaling, chicken processing, cold storage distribution, dairy produce manufacturing, duck processing, egg production, food production, frozen ready meals manufacturing, furniture manu- facturing, meat deboning and vacuum packaging, mushroom processing and marketing, poultry processing, provender milling, PVC tiles and floor covering, retailing, tank container manufacturing, timber frame house manufacturing, tourism, towel manuf- acturing, truck mounted fork life manufacturing Read More

The name Monaghan (Hotels, Monaghan, Ireland) is derived from the Irish-Gaelic word, Muineachan, meaning place of the small thicket hills. The ancient territorial order of Ireland finds present day Monaghan as once belonging to the Kingdom of Oriel, also referred to as McMahons country, after the leading clan. The McMahons and their confederate clans remained in control even after the Norman conquest of Ireland. Rule of Monaghan was transferred over to the British in 1589. Scottish and English settlers were moved in. Co. Monaghan This ... Read More

Carrickmacross is a wonderful market town. It is developed around a Castle built by the Earl of Essex in 1630. This town had own the prestigious European Entente Florale Silver Medal Award. The Convent of St. Louis Nuns now stands on the original castle site. The Nuns were largely responsible for the revival of lace-making skills in the region. Lace Co-operative has been instrumental in keeping the tradition alive today. The lace is available at The Gallery Centre where demonstrations of ... Read More