Carrickmacross

Carrickmacross is a town in . With a population of 5700 in 2022, it's the county's second-largest town and is best-known for its lace-making. The name is from Irish Carraig Mhachaire Rois, "rock of the wooded plain".
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  • Type: Town with 5,750 residents
  • Description: town in County Monaghan, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Magheross” and “カリックマクロス”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Mannan Castle.

Archaeological site
Photo: Kieran Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a motte-and-bailey and National… is situated 4 km north of Carrickmacross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Magheracloone.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 6 km southwest of Carrickmacross.

Carrickmacross

Latitude
53.977° or 53° 58′ 37″ north
Longitude
-6.7194° or 6° 43′ 10″ west
Population
5,750
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
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Open location code
9C5MX7GJ+R6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4380804889
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2965733
Wiki­data ID
Q1002776
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Carrickmacross” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Carrickmacross”
  • Basque: “Carrickmacross”
  • Breton: “Carraig Mhacaire Rois”
  • Breton: “Carraig Mhachaire Rois”
  • Bulgarian: “Карикмакрос”
  • Catalan: “Carrickmacross”
  • Cebuano: “Carrickmacross”
  • Danish: “Carrickmacross”
  • Dutch: “Carrickmacross”
  • French: “Carrickmacross”
  • German: “Carrickmacross”
  • Hebrew: “קריקמקרוס”
  • Indonesian: “Carrickmacross”
  • Irish: “Carraig Mhachaire Rois”
  • Italian: “Carrickmacross”
  • Japanese: “カリクマクロス”
  • Lithuanian: “Karikmakrosas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Carrickmacross”
  • Polish: “Carrickmacross”
  • Russian: “Каррикмакросс”
  • Serbian: “Карикмакрос”
  • Silesian: “Carrickmacross”
  • Slovak: “Carrickmacross”
  • Slovenian: “Carrickmacross”
  • Spanish: “Carrickmacross”
  • Swedish: “Carrickmacross”
  • Urdu: “کیرکمیکراس”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Carrickmacross Industrial Estate and Nafarty.

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