Scotshouse

Scotshouse (Irish: Teach an Scotaigh[2] is a small agricultural village about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the border town of Clones, in County Monaghan, Ireland. It is close to the border with both County Cavan and County Fermanagh. Cavan town is 18 km (11 mi) away and Monaghan town is 27 km (17 mi) away from Scotshouse.

Scotshouse Teach an Scotaigh
Village
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Scotshouse
Scotshouse Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54.122°N 7.249°W
Country	Ireland
Province	Ulster
County	County Monaghan
Elevation	71 m (233 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]	220
Irish Grid Reference	H500257

Scotshouse lies in the townland of Aghnahola (Irish: Achadh na hAbhla, meaning "fort of the apples").[3][4] Finn Bridge, a border crossing between the Republic and Northern Ireland, lies near Scotshouse.

History

The village derives its name from Willie Scot, an English soldier in Cromwell's army in the early seventeenth century. He used his home to sell hardware products; when locals were asked where they were going they would reply "Scot's house". This house was located in the townland of Aghnahola, behind the current Church of Ireland parochial house.

Churches

There are two churches in Scotshouse; St. Andrew's Church (Church of Ireland) and the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic).

The former, St. Andrew's Church, celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2010.[5] It contains a memorial stained glass window for those who died in the First World War and a memorial plaque to Ernest Waldron King, an assistant purser with the White Star Line who died when the Titanic sank. The church and its graveyard are both protected regional structures (reference numbers 41401610 and 41401615, respectively).[6]

The Church of the Immaculate Conception, built in 1924, is a gable-fronted structure of Romanesque appearance. The church has a stained glass window and a carved plaque with a Celtic cross motif.[7] It is a protected regional structure (reference numbers 41401608).[6]

Notable people

• Thomas Fitzpatrick (1918–2006), former chairman of the Dáil[8]
• Hugh MacMahon (1660–1737), Archbishop of Armagh
• Éamonn Ó Ciardha, lecturer in University of Ulster in Magee Campus, Derry City
• Séamus P. Ó Mórdha (1915–2005), professor of Irish in St Patrick's College, Dublin

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Scotshouse". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
2. "Teach an Scotaigh / Scotshouse". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
3. "Achadh na hAbhla / Aghnahola". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
4. Achadh is the Scottish Gaelic for field and the Ulster dialect of Gaelic is close to the Scottish, and NahAlban is Gaelic for Scottish; the more logical name for Scotshouse in Gaelic would be Achadh nahAlban, field of the Scots
5. ""Currin 200" - St Andrew's Church, Scotshouse (Clogher)". Church of Ireland. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
6. "Appendix 5 - Record of Protected Structures in Monaghan County Council Area" (PDF). monaghan.ie. Monaghan County Council. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
7. "Church of the Immaculate Conception, Scotshouse, County Monaghan". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
8. "Seanad Éireann debate - Vol. 184 No. 18 - Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy". oireachtas.ie. 11 October 2006. Retrieved 19 February 2020.