Doohamlet ( ; ), is a village and

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 orig ...

on the

Castleblayney Castleblayney (; ) is a town in County Monaghan, Ireland. The town had a population of 3,607 as of the 2016 census. Castleblayney is near the border with County Armagh in Northern Ireland, and lies on the N2 road from Dublin to Derry and Let ...

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Ballybay Ballybay () is a town and civil parish in County Monaghan, Ireland. The town is centred on the crossroads of the R183 and R162 regional roads. Geography The town is the meeting point for roads going to Monaghan, Castleblayney, Carrickmac ...

road in

County Monaghan County Monaghan ( ; ga, Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County C ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. It is part of a wider parish of

Clontibret Clontibret () is a village and parish in County Monaghan, Ireland. The village population in the 2016 census was 172. Clontibret is also a parish in both Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland traditions. The territory of the parish also includes ...

in the diocese of

Clogher Clogher () is a village and civil parish in the border area of south County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Blackwater, 5.8 miles from the border crossing to County Monaghan. It stands on the townlands of Clogher Demesne and ...

. Doohamlet village is located approximately three miles from the N2 Dublin-Derry route on the

R183 road The R183 road is a regional road in the Republic of Ireland, linking Clones to Castleblayney in County Monaghan. The route is long. Route West to east, the route starts as the A34 in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, on the western edge o ...

. The wider district comprises around thirty townlands. Doohamlet has its own GAA club, founded in 1906, and football grounds opened in 1984. It also has a church dedicated to The Blessed Virgin and All Saints, opened in May 1861 and completed in 1882. The church was sometimes referred to as the 'Bog Chapel' due it being on the site of a penal day Mass hut or ''bothog'', the last known such Mass site in the Catholic diocese of Clogher. The adjoining cemetery dates from the 1920s. There is a

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called All Saints National School, opened on its present site in 1994. A Childcare facility is also adjoining the school. There are three housing estates in the village: Cois Cill, Cois Carraig and Cois Locha, these date from the 2000s. Doohamlet was the birthplace of

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, member of Dáil Éireann for the constituency of Monaghan 1923-1927. He was a Cumann na nGaedheal TD.

Transport

Bus Éireann route 162 serves Doohamlet on schooldays linking it to

Newbliss Newbliss (), historically known as Lisdaragh (), is a village and townland in County Monaghan, Ireland. The village is located where the R183 and R189 regional roads intersect. Transport Rail services do not serve Newbliss, as Newbliss railw ...

Clones Clone or Clones or Cloning or Cloned or The Clone may refer to: Places * Clones, County Fermanagh * Clones, County Monaghan, a town in Ireland Biology * Clone (B-cell), a lymphocyte clone, the massive presence of which may indicate a pathologi ...

and

Monaghan Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Ireland. It also provides the name of its civil parish and barony. The population of the town as of the 2016 census was 7,678. The town is on the N2 road from Dublin to Derry and Lette ...

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{{County Monaghan Towns and villages in County Monaghan Townlands of County Monaghan