Monksland
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Monksland
Fearann na Manach | |
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Townland | |
Coordinates: 53°25′21″N 7°59′53″W / 53.4226°N 7.9981°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Connacht |
County | County Roscommon |
Dáil Éireann | Roscommon–Galway |
Area | |
• Total | 5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Monksland (Irish: Fearann na Manach)[2] is a townland and suburb of Athlone.[1] The townland lies in County Roscommon to the west of the River Shannon, on the border between the provinces of Connacht and Leinster.
Developments in the largely residential suburban area have included a supermarket, a medical centre, other retail space and a business park (Monksland Business Park).[3] As of the 2011 census, the townland of Monksland had a population of 3,306 people.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Monksland Townland, Co. Roscommon". townlands.ie. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Fearann na Manach / Monksland". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Huge €3.6m funding boost for Monksland enterprise hub". westmeathindependent.ie. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "CD168 - Roscommon Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
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