Cloontuskert

Village in County Roscommon, Ireland

Village in Connacht, Ireland
Cloontuskert
Cluain Tuaiscirt
Village
The R371 regional road south of Cloontuskert
The R371 regional road south of Cloontuskert
53°42′0″N 8°00′44″W / 53.70000°N 8.01222°W / 53.70000; -8.01222
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Roscommon
BaronyBallintober South
Population
 (2016)[1]
171

Cloontuskert (Irish: Cluain Tuaiscirt)[2] is a village, townland and civil parish in County Roscommon, Ireland. The village is on the R371 road, about 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Lanesborough. Known as "Clontuskert" for census purposes, the population was 171 at the 2016 census.[1] The village mainly developed, beginning in 1953, as housing for Bord na Móna employees working on the surrounding boglands.[3]

Notable people

  • Anne McLoughlin (born c. 1960), Irish aid worker and hostage[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sapmap Area: Settlements Clontuskert". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Cluain Tuaiscirt/Cloontuskert". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Cloontuskert Tidy Towns". Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  4. ^ "The Parish of Clontuskert - Glimpses into its Past - Some Notable People" (PDF). clontuskert.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.


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