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.
