Cloontuskert
Village in County Roscommon, Ireland
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Cloontuskert (Irish: Cluain Tuaiscirt)[2] is a village, townland and civil parish in County Roscommon, Ireland. The village is on the R371 road, about 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Lanesborough. The population was 179 at the 2022 census.[1] The village mainly developed, beginning in 1953, as housing for Bord na Móna employees working on the surrounding boglands.[3]
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Cloontuskert
Cluain Tuaiscirt | |
|---|---|
Village | |
The R371 regional road south of Cloontuskert | |
  Cloontuskert Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°42′0″N 8°00′44″W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Roscommon |
| Barony | Ballintober South |
| Population | |
• Total | 179 |
Notable people
- Anne McLoughlin (born c. 1960), Irish aid worker and hostage[4]
