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Monaghan: Monaghan, the capital town of the county, is 14 miles south west of Armagh City. It is in the parish and barony of Monaghan. The town is also the cathedral town of Clogher Diocese. Felim Mac Mahon founded a friary for Conventual Franciscans in 1462 near the Diamond. The Market House in the town was built for General Robert Cunningham in 1792. Cunningham later became 1st Baron Rossmore. Sir Charles Gavan Duffy (1816-1903), founder and editor of the Nation newspaper and a leader of the Young Ireland Movement and who became Prime Minister of Victoria was born in Dublin Street in Monaghan town.
Clones: Is a small town that is 12 miles South West of Monaghan town. The site of a 6th century monastery founded by St. Tighearnach is marked by a round tower in a graveyard on the south side of the town. There are suggestions that the was a pre Christian settlement in Clones. A small part of Clones is in the Barony of Monaghan and part is in Dartree but most is in the barony of Clankelly, in Fermanagh and the town is in the parish of Monaghan.
Emyvale: Is a small town about 6 miles N. of Monaghan town. It is in the parish of Donagh and in the barony of Trough. The town is also known as Scarnageeragh which is Irish for 'Shallow ford of the sheep'.
Carrickmacross: is approx 12 miles west of Dundalk. It is a small market town in the barony of Farney and in the parish of Magheross. The town is famous for its hand made lace industry, which was established in 1820. A steepled Protestant church in the town dates back to 1779.
Castleblayney: A small town which is 15 miles S.E. of Monaghan. The town is in the parish of Muckno and in the barony of Cremorne. The town is named after Sir Edward Blayney, who was governor of the county under King James I. Sir Edward built a small castle herein the 17th century, but no trace of the building survives today. Suggestions point that the site of the castle is near the 18th century mansion close to the nearby Muckno Lake, in the townland of Onomy. The Irish name of the town is 'Baile na Lorgain' which means 'town of the low long ridge'.
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