Emyvale, known before the Plantation of Ulster as Scarnageeragh (), is a village and townland in the north of County Monaghan, Ireland. It is on the main Dublin to Derry and Letterkenny road, the N2, about north of Monaghan and south of Aughnacloy. Its population is about 700.
History
In 1959, a Bronze Age tomb was discovered which proved that there was a settlement at the site of the village more than 3,000 years ago. Unfortunately for historians, the urn and other artifacts found were inadvertently destroyed during excavation of the tomb.
The name Scairbh na gCaorach (the Irish language name for Emyvale) means 'shallow ford of the sheep',
- Thomas Taggart, American politician
References
See also
- List of towns and villages in Ireland.