Cloontuskert () is a village,

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...

and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

County Roscommon "Steadfast Irish heart" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Roscommon.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Connacht , subdi ...

, Ireland. The village is on the R371 road, about north-west of Lanesborough. Known as "Clontuskert" for census purposes, the population was 171 at the 2016 census. The village mainly developed, beginning in 1953, as housing for

Bord na Móna Bord na Móna (; English: "The Peat Board"), is a semi-state company in Ireland, created in 1946 by the Turf Development Act 1946. The company began developing the peatlands of Ireland with the aim to provide economic benefit for Irish Midland c ...

employees working on the surrounding boglands.

Notable people

* Anne McLoughlin (born c. 1960), Irish aid worker and hostage

References

Towns and villages in County Roscommon Townlands of County Roscommon Civil parishes of County Roscommon {{Roscommon-geo-stub