Market House, Monaghan

Name: Market House
Address: Monaghan, Ireland

#4 among attractions in Monaghan

Museum, Art museum

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Facts and practical information

The Market House, in Monaghan, Ireland, was designed by Colonel William Hayes of Avondale, Rathdrum, County Wicklow, and stands in the middle of Market Square. Completed in 1792, the building is of five bays in length with the centre three arches projected with a secondary pediment. The outer bays contain blank windows. The ends of the Market House have large rusticated arches flanked by round headed niches. Above all the arches are inset panels with festoons while the blank windows and niches have medallions. At the eastern end the pediment contains a carved Conygham coat of arms. ()

Coordinates: 54°14'51"N, 6°58'20"W

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Monaghan Ireland

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Market House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Macartan's Cathedral, Rossmore Forest Park, Monaghan County Museum, Castle Leslie.

0.6 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Macartan's Cathedral, Monaghan
17 min walk • St Macartan's Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher in Ireland. It is located in the townland of Latlurcan, Monaghan town in the ecclesiastical parish of Monaghan and Rackwallace.
1.8 miSW
Park
Rossmore Forest Park
46 min walk • Rossmore Forest Park is a national forest park located in County Monaghan in Ireland run by the Irish States forestry organisation, Coillte.
~120 ftNW
Specialty museum, Museum
Monaghan County Museum, Monaghan
1 min walk • Monaghan County Museum is a museum which documents the history of County Monaghan.
5.6 miNE
Reportedly haunted, Forts and castles
Castle Leslie, Glaslough
143 min walk • Castle Leslie, also known as Glaslough House is home to an Irish branch of Clan Leslie, is located on the 4 km² Castle Leslie Estate adjacent to the village of Glaslough, 11 km northeast of Monaghan town in County Monaghan, Ireland.
5.4 miSW
Archaeological site
Cairnbaine
138 min walk • Cairnbaine, also called Tiredigan Court Tomb, is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Monaghan, Ireland.
4.4 miNW
Village
Scotstown
112 min walk • Scotstown is a village in the townland of Bough in north County Monaghan, Ireland. Scotstown is located in the parish of Tydavnet, along the Monaghan Blackwater, Scotstown being the village closest to the river's source.
1 miS
Sport, Sport venue
Gortakeegan
26 min walk • Gortakeegan is an association football venue in the Republic of Ireland based in Monaghan. It has been the home ground of former League of Ireland club Monaghan United since 1988.