Village in Connacht, Ireland
| Cloontuskert Cluain Tuaiscirt | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1900281.jpg) The R371 regional road south of Cloontuskert | |
  CloontuskertLocation in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°42′0″N 8°00′44″W / 53.70000°N 8.01222°W / 53.70000; -8.01222 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Roscommon |
| Barony | Ballintober South |
| Population | 179 |
Cloontuskert (Irish: Cluain Tuaiscirt) 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. The population was 179 at the 2022 census. The village mainly developed, beginning in 1953, as housing for Bord na Móna employees working on the surrounding boglands.
Notable people
- Anne McLoughlin (born c. 1960), Irish aid worker and hostage
References
- ^ "Census Interactive Map – Towns: Cloontuskert". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- "Cluain Tuaiscirt/Cloontuskert". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- "Cloontuskert Tidy Towns". Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- "The Parish of Clontuskert - Glimpses into its Past - Some Notable People" (PDF). clontuskert.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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