Cloontuskert
Village in County Roscommon, Ireland
Village in Connacht, Ireland
Cloontuskert Cluain Tuaiscirt | |
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Village | |
The R371 regional road south of Cloontuskert | |
53°42′0″N 8°00′44″W / 53.70000°N 8.01222°W / 53.70000; -8.01222 | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Connacht |
County | County Roscommon |
Barony | Ballintober South |
Population (2022)[1] | 179 |
Cloontuskert (Irish: Cluain Tuaiscirt)[2] is a village, townland and civil parish in County Roscommon, Ireland. The village is on the R371 road, about 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Lanesborough. The population was 179 at the 2022 census.[1] The village mainly developed, beginning in 1953, as housing for Bord na Móna employees working on the surrounding boglands.[3]
Notable people
- Anne McLoughlin (born c. 1960), Irish aid worker and hostage[4]
References
- ^ a b "Census Interactive Map – Towns: Cloontuskert". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Cluain Tuaiscirt/Cloontuskert". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Cloontuskert Tidy Towns". Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "The Parish of Clontuskert - Glimpses into its Past - Some Notable People" (PDF). clontuskert.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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Places in County Roscommon
County town: Roscommon
Townlands
- Aghnasurn
- Ardcarn
- Arigna
- Athleague
- Ballinlough
- Ballintober
- Ballyfarnon
- Ballyforan
- Ballyleague
- Bellanagare
- Brideswell
- Castlecoote
- Castleplunket
- Cloonbonniffe
- Cloonfad
- Cloontuskert
- Cootehall
- Cornafulla
- Cortober
- Croghan
- Curraghboy
- Drum
- Dysart
- Four Roads
- Frenchpark
- Fuerty
- Keadue
- Killukin
- Kilteevan
- Kiltoom
- Knockvicar
- Knockcroghery
- Lecarrow
- Lisacul
- Loughglinn
- Old Town
- Portrun
- Rahara
- Roosky
- Taghmaconnell
- Tarmonbarry
- Tulsk
- List of townlands of County Roscommon
- Category:Mountains and hills of County Roscommon
- Category:Rivers of County Roscommon
- Category:Geography of County Roscommon
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