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County Monaghan
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<p> <a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=County_Monaghan¶ms=54.244_N_7.04_W_region:IE-MN_type:adm1st_scale:200000">54°14′38″N 7°02′24″W / 54.244°N 7.040°W / 54.244; -7.040</a> </p> <p>County Monaghan is a <a href="/facts/Counties_of_Ireland/dBcfyr7N">county</a> in Ireland. It is in the <a href="/facts/Provinces_of_Ireland/QFmhUC1W">province</a> of <a href="/facts/Ulster/K1cCQJBV">Ulster</a> and is part of <a href="/facts/Border_Region/MJFWzua4">Border</a> strategic planning area of the <a href="/facts/Northern_and_Western_Region/tPTLgvTM">Northern and Western Region</a>. It is named after the town of <a href="/facts/Monaghan/58986Jv6">Monaghan</a>. <a href="/facts/Monaghan_County_Council/ggYzCYsI">Monaghan County Council</a> is the <a href="/facts/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland/f6G1vkDv">local authority</a> for the county. The population of the county was 65,288, according to the 2022 census. </p><p>The county has existed since 1585 when the <a href="/facts/Mac_Mathghamhna/fjPJrlqq">Mac Mathghamhna</a> rulers of <a href="/facts/Airg%C3%ADalla/uszEA2Am">Airgíalla</a> agreed to join the <a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Ireland/bQ5PhuTB">Kingdom of Ireland</a>. Following the 20th-century <a href="/facts/Irish_War_of_Independence/mSVqcAEp">Irish War of Independence</a> and the signing of the <a href="/facts/Anglo-Irish_Treaty/dGD5nVa3">Anglo-Irish Treaty</a>, Monaghan was one of three Ulster counties to join the <a href="/facts/Irish_Free_State/rjjaevUC">Irish Free State</a> rather than <a href="/facts/Northern_Ireland/Jmr0NRyl">Northern Ireland</a>. </p>