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Cloontuskert

*Cluain Tuaiscirt*
Cloontuskert Cluain Tuaiscirt
Village
	The R371 regional road south of Cloontuskert
	Cloontuskert Location in Ireland
	Coordinates: 53°42′0″N 8°00′44″W / 53.70000°N 8.01222°W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Roscommon
Barony	Ballintober South
Population (2022)	179

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. The population was 179 at the 2022 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

^ ^a ^b "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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[cso2022-1] "Census Interactive Map – Towns: Cloontuskert". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[logainm-2] "Cluain Tuaiscirt/Cloontuskert". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[CTT-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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