Smithborough

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{{Infobox settlement

|settlement_type = Village

|name = Smithborough

|native_name = {{Native name|ga|Na Mullaí|paren=omit}}

|image_skyline = Smithborough, Co Monaghan - geograph.org.uk - 2005819.jpg

|image_caption = Post office on Smithborough's main street

|pushpin_map = Ireland

|pushpin_label_position = right

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland

|coordinates = {{coord|54|13|18|N|7|05|50|W|region:IE_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Ireland

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Ulster

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = County Monaghan

|subdivision_type3 = Barony

|subdivision_name3 = Monaghan

|unit_pref = Metric

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|population_as_of = 2016

|population = 395

|population_footnotes = {{cite web | url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=F6A1B997-8A67-41E8-A694-D86180174EF0 | publisher = Central Statistics Office | work = Census 2016 | title = Sapmap Area - Settlements - Smithborough | date = April 2016 | accessdate = 19 February 2020 }}

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Smithborough or Smithboro ({{Irish place name|Na Mullaí}}){{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/40629.aspx | publisher = Irish Placenames Commission | website = logainm.ie | title = Na Mullaí / Smithborough | accessdate = 19 February 2020 }} is a village in County Monaghan, Ireland. It is within the townlands of Mullaghduff and Mullaghbrack. It is roughly midway between Monaghan Town and Clones on the N54. Nearby villages within 6–7 km (3 or 4 miles away) are Threemilehouse, Scotstown, Ballinode, and Newbliss all within County Monaghan and Roslea in County Fermanagh. The local football team is Éire Óg, who wear blue with a gold band.

Railways

The Ulster Railway opened Smithborough railway station on 2 March 1863.{{cite web |title=Smithborough | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2012-04-29}} In 1876 the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) was formed. The station and line was closed on 14 October 1957.

See also

References

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