Carrickmacross
| Carrickmacross Carraig Mhachaire Rois |
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| Coordinates: | 53 ° 59 ′ N , 6 ° 43 ′ W | |||
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| Province: | Ulster | |||
| County: | Monaghan | |||
| Height: | 44 m above sea level NHN | |||
| Residents: | 2,000 (2006) | |||
Carrickmacross ( Irish : Carraig Mhachaire Rois; German about: "The rock in the wooded plain") is a town in County Monaghan in the east of the Republic of Ireland .
The place
Carrickmacross is a small market town in the south of County Monaghan, near Counties Louth and Cavan and on the border with Northern Ireland , which developed around a castle built in 1630 by an Earl of Essex , now defunct. In the 2006 census , including the rural area, 5066 residents were counted, of which around 2000 live in the town itself. There are three primary and three secondary schools each in Carrickmacross. There is a town partnership with Carhaix-Plouguer in Brittany .
traffic
Carrickmacross is about 18 km northwest of Ardee on the N2 national road from Dublin to Monaghan Town . Dundalk on Ireland's east coast is about 20 km away as the crow flies. The place has not been connected to rail traffic in Ireland since 1960.
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