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22-811: McQuaide is a surname of Irish origin, from the County Monaghan and other surrounding areas in Ulster . It originated as a variation of McCaul , and similar spellings include McQuade and McQuaid . Notable people with the surname include: Franklin McQuaide (1887–1954), American police chief Jake McQuaide (born 1987), American football player See also [ edit ] McCaul McQuade McQuaid Camp McQuaide , former United States Army camp in California [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

44-567: A group comprising ten local farmers set about forming the County Monaghan-based Lough Egish dairy co-operative which was, until the 1980s, independently known as Lough Egish Co-operative and Dairy Society. Lough Egish later merged with the County Cavan -based Killeshandra Co-op Creameries in an effort to consolidate the movement's ambitions of becoming the largest milk processing unit in the north midlands region by rationalising

66-485: A municipal district: Ballybay – Clones , Carrickmacross – Castleblayney , and Monaghan . The towns of Ballybay, Carrickmacross, Castleblayney, Clones and Monaghan were formerly represented by nine-member town councils which dealt with local matters such as the provision of utilities and housing. These were abolished in 2014 under the Local Government Reform Act 2014 . For elections to Dáil Éireann ,

88-416: A number of national and international brands including Agro Merchants,  Cooltrim Oil Co Ltd, Gaffey Motors, Glanbia, Lakeland Dairies, Lavelle Hardware, Malones, Platinum Tanks, Rangeland Foods and SFS Steel Formed Sections. [3] 54°04′01″N 6°48′00″W  /  54.067°N 6.800°W  / 54.067; -6.800 This article related to the geography of County Monaghan , Ireland

110-540: Is twinned with the following places: Lough Egish Lough Egish ( Irish : Loch Éigis , meaning 'lake of the learned man') is a rural area in County Monaghan , Ireland , [1] which takes its name from the local lake, Lough Egish. It is situated approximately midway between Ballybay , Castleblayney and Carrickmacross . In 1901, after the Cooperative movement was formed in Ireland by Sir Horace Plunkett , [2]

132-662: Is a border crossing point over the River Finn to County Fermanagh. It is close to Scotshouse . Lead used to be mined in County Monaghan. Mines included Annaglogh Lead Mines and Lisdrumgormley Lead Mines . In 1585, the English Lord Deputy of Ireland , Sir John Perrot , visited the area and met the Irish chieftains . They requested that Ulster be divided into counties and land in the kingdom of Airgíalla be apportioned to

154-454: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles County Monaghan County Monaghan ( / ˈ m ɒ n ə h ən / MON -ə-hən ; Irish : Contae Mhuineacháin ) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region . It is named after the town of Monaghan . Monaghan County Council

176-512: Is represented by works in the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland and the Ulster Museum . County Monaghan was also the home county of the Irish writer Sir Shane Leslie (1885–1971), 3rd Baronet of Glaslough , who lived at Castle Leslie in the north-east corner of the county. A Catholic convert, Irish nationalist and first cousin of Sir Winston Churchill , Prime Minister of

198-684: Is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 65,288 according to the 2022 census. The county has existed since 1585 when the Mac Mathghamhna rulers of Airgíalla agreed to join the Kingdom of Ireland . Following the 20th-century Irish War of Independence and the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty , Monaghan was one of three Ulster counties to join the Irish Free State rather than Northern Ireland . County Monaghan

220-718: Is the fifth smallest of the Republic's 26 counties by area, and the fourth smallest by population. It is the smallest of Ulster's nine counties in terms of population. Notable mountains include Slieve Beagh (on the Tyrone and Fermanagh borders), Mullyash Mountain and Coolberrin Hill (214 m, 702 ft). Lakes include Lough Avaghon , Dromore Lough , Drumlona Lough , Lough Egish , Emy Lough, Lough Fea, Inner Lough (in Dartrey Forest ), Muckno Lough and White Lough . Notable rivers include

242-689: The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway at Clones in 1863. It became part of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) in 1876. The partition of Ireland in 1922 turned the boundary with County Armagh into an international frontier, after which trains were routinely delayed by customs inspections. In 1957, the Government of Northern Ireland made the GNR Board close the line between Portadown and Armagh , and all lines between Armagh and County Monaghan. This left

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264-853: The River Fane (along the Louth border), the River Glyde (along the Louth and Meath borders), the Ulster Blackwater (along the Tyrone border) and the Dromore River (along the Cavan border, linking Cootehill to Ballybay ). Monaghan has a number of forests, including Rossmore Forest and Dartrey Forest . Managed by Coillte since 1988, the majority of trees are conifers . Due to a long history of intensive farming and recent intensive forestry practices, only small pockets of native woodland remain. The Finn Bridge

286-413: The surname McQuaide . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=McQuaide&oldid=1115343776 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

308-460: The GNR Board with no option but to withdraw passenger services between Armagh and Clones as well. CIÉ took over the remaining section of line between Clones, Monaghan and Glaslough in 1958, but withdrew goods services between Monaghan and Glaslough in 1959 and between Clones and Monaghan in 1960, leaving Monaghan with no railway service. At the 2019 local election , County Monaghan was divided into three local electoral areas , each of formed

330-526: The Gothic-Revival St Patrick's Church of Ireland Church, Monaghan Town, and St Macartan's Catholic Cathedral, Monaghan Town, by James Joseph McCarthy (1817–1882). Agriculture is a significant part of the County Monaghan economy, employing about 12% of the population in 2011 (compared with 5% nationally). The county is the main source of egg supplies in the Republic of Ireland . County Monaghan

352-651: The United Kingdom , Leslie became an important literary figure in the early 1900s. He was a close friend of many politicians and writers of the day including the American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940), who dedicated his second novel, The Beautiful and Damned , to Leslie. Monaghan County Museum is recognised as one of the leading provincial museums in Ireland, with a Council of Europe Award (1980), among others, to its credit. Located in Hill Street, Monaghan Town,

374-474: The capacity for milk production to form a new company called Lakeland Dairies . The other major milk processing co-operative in the region Bailieboro Co Op was a later addition to the Lakelands Dairies, making the group one of the largest and most successful milk processing companies in Ireland. There is a DVD about Lough Egish; its name is A Trip To Loch Egish . Lough Egish and surrounding areas host

396-524: The county is part of the constituency of Cavan–Monaghan which elects five TDs . In the 2011 general election , there was a voter turnout of 72.7%. For elections to the European Parliament , the county is part of the Midlands–North-West constituency. County Monaghan is the birthplace of the poet and writer Patrick Kavanagh , who based much of his work in the county. Kavanagh is one of

418-617: The hands of the native chieftains. In the Irish Rebellion of 1641 , the McMahons and their allies joined the general rebellion of Irish Catholics . Following their defeat, some colonisation of the county took place by Scottish and English families. County Monaghan is traversed by the derelict Ulster Canal . However, Waterways Ireland are embarking on a scheme to reopen the canal from Lough Erne into Clones . The Ulster Railway linked Monaghan with Armagh and Belfast in 1858 and with

440-483: The local chiefs. A commission was established to accomplish this and County Monaghan came into being. The county was subdivided into five baronies : Farney , Cremorne, Dartrey , and Monaghan controlled by MacMahon and Truagh by McKenna . After the defeat of the rebellion of The Earl of Tyrone and the Ulster chieftains in 1603, the county was not planted like the other counties of Ulster. The lands were instead left in

462-598: The most significant figures in 20th-century Irish poetry . The poems "Stony Grey Soil" and "Shancoduff" refer to the county. County Monaghan has produced several successful artists. Chief among these is George Collie (1904–75), who was born in Carrickmacross and trained at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art . He was a prolific exhibitor at the Royal Hibernian Academy throughout his lifetime and

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484-605: The museum aims to reflect the history of County Monaghan and its people in all its richness and diversity. The best of the county's architecture developed in the Georgian and Victorian periods and ranges from the dignified public spaces of Church Square and The Diamond in Monaghan Town to the great country houses of Lough Fea, Carrickmacross; Hilton Park, Clones and Castle Leslie, Glaslough. Significant ecclesiastical buildings include St Joseph's Catholic Church in Carrickmacross ;

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