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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Monaghan

St Macartan's Cathedral, Monaghan, Ireland by Whoisjohngalt
St Macartan's Cathedral, Monaghan, Ireland, © 2018, Whoisjohngalt
COUNTY MONAGHAN

Irish Name: Muineachán
Nickname: The Drumlin County
Motto: Dúthracht agus Dícheall (Diligence and Best Endeavour)
County Town: Monaghan
Province: Ulster
Region: Border

Tartan: The County Monaghan tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in red, dark green, brown, and bright gold. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the house of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Monaghan Tartan

County Monaghan Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Connolly, Duffy, Hughes, Kelly, MacCabe, MacKenna, MacMahon, Maguire, Martin, Murphy, Quinn, Smith, Woods

(Irish Emigrants):
Bowes, Callan, Carroll, Cassidy, Connolly, Duffy, Faulkner, Martin, McGuinness, McKenna, McMahon, Moore, O'Brien, Trainor, Ward

Next page: Munster Province

References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Monaghan tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) St Macartan's Cathedral, Monaghan, Ireland, 2018, Whoisjohngalt, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 4.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
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Location map of County Monaghan
Location of County Monaghan
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