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词条 Scotshouse
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  1. History

  2. Churches in Scotshouse

  3. Notable people from Scotshouse

  4. See also

  5. References

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Scotshouse ({{Irish place name|Achadh na hAbhla|Fort of the Apples}}) (Achadh is the Scottish Gealic for field and the Ulster dialect of Gaelic is close to the Scottish. NahAlban is Gaelic for Scottish. The more logical name for Scotshouse in Gaelic would be Achadh nahAlban, field of the Scots. is a small agricultural village about {{convert|7|km|mi}} away 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 {{Cvt|18|km}} away and Monaghan town is {{Cvt|27|km}} away from Scotshouse.

Scotshouse is a small village of approximately forty-five houses. Since 2005, around seventy-five houses have been built in the same townland where Willie Scot resided.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}

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.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}

Churches in Scotshouse

  • St. Andrew's Church - the church celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2010.[2] 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).[3]
  • Church of the Immaculate Conception - built in 1924, it is a gable-fronted structure of Romanesque appearance. The church has a stained glass window and a carved plaque with a Celtic cross motif.[4] It is a protected regional structure (reference numbers 41401608).[3]

Notable people from Scotshouse

  • Thomas Fitzpatrick, former chairman of the Dáil
  • Hugh MacMahon, Archbishop of Armagh, 1715–1737
  • Éamonn Ó Ciardha, lecturer in University of Ulster in Magee Campus, Derry City
  • Seamus P. O'Mordha, Professor of Irish in St Patrick's College, Dublin

See also

  • List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. ^http://www.clones.ie/General+Info{{dead link|date=August 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web|title="Currin 200" - St Andrew's Church, Scotshouse (Clogher)|url=https://www.ireland.anglican.org/news/3300/currin-200-st-andrews-church|website=Church of Ireland|accessdate=18 August 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Appendix 5 - Record of Protected Structures in Monaghan County Council Area|url=https://monaghan.ie/planning/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/11/Appendices.pdf|website=monaghan.ie|publisher=Monaghan County Council|accessdate=18 August 2017}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=County Sligo Search Results: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO®no=41401633|website=www.buildingsofireland.ie|accessdate=18 August 2017|language=En}}
{{County Monaghan}}

1 : Towns and villages in County Monaghan

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