Editing Monaghan (section)

{{short description|Town in County Monaghan, Ireland}}
{{Other uses|Monaghan (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=April 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
|settlement_type        = Town
|name                   = Monaghan
|native_name            = {{native name|ga|Muineachán}}
|image_skyline          = Monaghan Court House - geograph.org.uk - 167640.jpg
|image_caption          = [[Monaghan Courthouse]]
| image_shield          = Coat of arms of Monaghan town.png
| shield_size           = 125px 
|pushpin_map            = Ireland
|pushpin_label_position = right
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Ireland
|coordinates            = {{Coord|54|14|52|N|06|58|15|W|region:IE|display=inline,title}}
|blank_name_sec1        = Irish Grid Reference
|blank_info_sec1        = {{iem4ibx|H666337}}
|subdivision_type       = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name       = Ireland
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Ulster]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[County Monaghan]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Barony (Ireland)|Barony]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Monaghan (barony)|Monaghan]]
|unit_pref              = Metric
|elevation_m            = 71
|population_as_of       = [[2022 census of Ireland|2022]]
|population_urban       = 7,894
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=cso2022>{{cite web | url = https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C04160V04929&guid=e8c6a576-7c65-4db1-9964-20ceb00cefec | title = Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Monaghan | work = Census 2022 | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]]| access-date = 26 September 2023}}</ref>
|website                =
|area_code_type         = [[Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland|Telephone area code]]
|area_code = +353(0)47
|postal_code_type       = [[Eircode]] routing key
|postal_code            = H18 	
|timezone               = [[Western European Time|WET]]
|utc_offset             = ±0
|timezone_DST           = [[Irish Standard Time|IST]]
|utc_offset_DST         = +1
}}
'''Monaghan''' ({{IPAc-en|'|m|ɒ|n|@|h|@n}} {{respell|MON|ə|hən}};<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/monaghan |title=Monaghan definition and meaning |website=Collins English Dictionary |language=en |access-date=2020-01-04 |archive-date=10 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310052126/https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/monaghan |url-status=live }}</ref> {{Irish place name|Muineachán}}<ref name=logainm>{{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/40866 | title = Muineachán/Monaghan | website = [[Placenames Database of Ireland]] (logainm.ie) | access-date = 13 March 2023}}</ref> {{IPA|ga|ˈmˠɪnʲəxaːnˠ|}}) is the [[county town]] of [[County Monaghan]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It also provides the name of its [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] and [[Monaghan (barony)|Monaghan barony]].

The population of the town as of the [[2022 census of Ireland|2022 census]] was 7,894.<ref name="cso2022"/> The town is on the [[N2 road (Ireland)|N2 road]] from [[Dublin]] to [[Derry]] and [[Letterkenny]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130217224919/http://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/Resources/FactFile/Health_Status_Reports/Monaghan_Health_Status_Report/Population_Numbers/ Monaghan Health Status Report]</ref>
[[File:Dublin Street, Monaghan - geograph.org.uk - 612814.jpg|thumb|Dublin Street, Monaghan]]