Annyalla

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title: "Annyalla" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["townlands-of-county-monaghan", "towns-and-villages-in-county-monaghan"] description: "Village in County Monaghan, Ireland" topic_path: "general/townlands-of-county-monaghan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annyalla" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in County Monaghan, Ireland ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
settlement_type	Village
name	Annyalla
native_name	ga
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Ulster
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	County Monaghan
subdivision_type3	Barony
subdivision_name3	Cremorne
population_total	205
population_as_of	2022
population_footnotes
unit_pref	Metric
image_skyline	St. Michaels Church, Annyalla, Co. Monaghan (geograph 2452129).jpg
caption	St Michaels Church
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|settlement_type = Village |name = Annyalla |native_name = ga |pushpin_map = Ireland |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland |coordinates = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Ireland |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Ulster |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = County Monaghan |subdivision_type3 = Barony |subdivision_name3 = Cremorne |population_total = 205 |population_as_of = 2022 |population_footnotes = |unit_pref = Metric |image_skyline= St. Michaels Church, Annyalla, Co. Monaghan (geograph 2452129).jpg |caption = St Michaels Church Annyalla or Annayalla () is a small village and townland situated in the east of County Monaghan in Ireland between Castleblayney and Clontibret. As of the 2022 census, Annyalla had a population of 205. The village is located within the historical barony of Cremorne.

Geography

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Monaghan_GAA_Training_Centre,_Cloghan,_Co.Monaghan-geograph.org.uk-_2452047.jpg" caption="Monaghan GAA's training centre, at Cloghan, is approximately 1km from Annyalla"] ::

Annyalla townland is part of the civil parish of Clontibret. Originally located on the main N2 road from Dublin to Derry and Letterkenny, Annyalla was by-passed in 2007. The Monaghan Gaelic Athletic Association training and development centre is located in nearby Cloghan townland.

History

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ring fort, lime kiln and megalithic monument sites in the townlands of Annayalla and Cloghan.

The main feature of the village is St Michael's Church, a Catholic place of worship built between 1922 and 1927. It was designed by the architect W.A. Scott and completed under the supervision of R.M. Butler of University College, Dublin (UCD). Annyalla's national school building, now disused, was opened in 1929.

During the War of Independence, the area was the scene of several events involving the local 2nd Monaghan Brigade 5th Northern Division IRA Battalion. For example, on 25 May 1921, a member of the Black and Tans was wounded in an ambush in which the IRA unit seized a number of weapons.

Annyalla was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) for the first time in the 2016 census, at which time it had a population of 228 people. By 2022, it had a population of 205.

References

References

1. "Eanaigh Gheala / Annayalla". Placenames Database of Ireland.
2. "Annayalla (Ireland) Census Town".
3. "Barony of Cremorne, Co. Monaghan".
4. (5 November 2007). "N2 Castleblayney bypass opens".
5. (1986). "Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan". Government Stationery Office.
6. Carvlle, Gary. (2002). "In Faith and Hope: The Story of St Michael's Church Annyalla and the parish of Clontibret". Castle Printing.
7. "Saint Michael's Church, Monaghan". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
8. "Co. Monaghan, Annyalla, Church of St Michael (RC)". Irish Architectural Archive.
9. "Annyalla National School, Annyalla, Monaghan". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
10. "Military Archives Ireland - A55 - 2nd Monaghan Brigade 5th Northern Division".
11. "Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement". Central Statistics Office.
12. (April 2016). "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Annayalla". Central Statistics Office.

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