Scotshouse Explained

Scotshouse
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Coordinates:54.122°N -7.249°W
Blank Name Sec1:Irish Grid Reference
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:71
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ulster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:County Monaghan
Subdivision Type3:Barony
Subdivision Name3:Dartree
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population:220

Scotshouse [2] is a small agricultural village in the parish of Currin in County Monaghan, Ireland. It is roughly three miles east of where the counties of Cavan, Fermanagh and Monaghan meet. Scotshouse is about 7km (04miles) from Clones, from Cavan town and away from Monaghan town.

Scotshouse is in the townland of Aghnahola .[3] [4] Finn Bridge, a border crossing on the Finn River, is west of Scotshouse.

Churches

There are two churches in Scotshouse; St. Andrew's Church (Church of Ireland) and the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic).

The former, St. Andrew's Church, celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2010.[5] It contains a memorial stained glass window for those who died in the First World War and a memorial plaque to Ernest Waldron King, an assistant purser with the White Star Line who died when the Titanic sank. The church and its graveyard are both protected regional structures (reference numbers 41401610 and 41401615, respectively).[6]

The Church of the Immaculate Conception, built in 1924, is a gable-fronted structure of Romanesque appearance. The church has a stained glass window and a carved plaque with a Celtic cross motif.[7] It is a protected regional structure (reference numbers 41401608).

People

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sapmap Area - Settlements - Scotshouse . Central Statistics Office . Census 2016 . April 2016 . 19 February 2020 .
  2. Web site: Teach an Scotaigh / Scotshouse . Irish Placenames Commission . logainm.ie . 19 February 2020.
  3. Web site: Achadh na hAbhla / Aghnahola . Irish Placenames Commission . logainm.ie . 19 February 2020 .
  4. Achadh is the Scottish Gaelic for field and the Ulster dialect of Gaelic is close to the Scottish, and NahAlban is Gaelic for Scottish; the more logical name for Scotshouse in Gaelic would be Achadh nahAlban, field of the Scots
  5. Web site: "Currin 200" - St Andrew's Church, Scotshouse (Clogher). Church of Ireland. 18 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Appendix 5 - Record of Protected Structures in Monaghan County Council Area. monaghan.ie. Monaghan County Council. 18 August 2017.
  7. Web site: Church of the Immaculate Conception, Scotshouse, County Monaghan. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. buildingsofireland.ie. 18 August 2017. En.
  8. Web site: Seanad Éireann debate - Vol. 184 No. 18 - Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy . oireachtas.ie . 11 October 2006 . 19 February 2020 .