Monaghan

A placename:

Proper noun

  1. A placename:
    • The overkingdom of Airgialla comprising Armagh, Monaghan, parts of Louth, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, had ceased to be when the Book of Rights was compiled. - 1922, John Ryan, Ireland from A.D. 800 to A.D. 1600, Browne and...

    1. A county of Ireland.

    2. A town in County Monaghan, Ireland (Irish grid ref H 6733).

    3. A township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States.

  2. An Irish surname.

Origin

Borrowed from Irish Muineachán. The surname derives from an anglicization of Irish Ó Manacháin.

Forms

Monaghans

Related

Monahan

Derived

Otonabee-South Monaghan