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| | Monaghan County Directory, 1862 |
 | | The population in 1841 was 200,407; 191,301 in the rural, and 9,141 in the civic district, and in 1861 the total population of the county was 126,340, being a decrease of 74,067. |
 | | The occupations are almost wholly agricultural; spade husbandry is much practised; the main crops are, oats, barley, potatoes, and flax; which latter, from its improved culture, is vastly increasing, both in quantity and in value; the culture of wheat and of green crops is increasing; the linen manufacture is reviving. |
 | | The principal towns are Monaghan, Clones, Castleblayney, Carrickmacross, and Ballibay; population in 1861, 3,797, 2,388, 1,820, 2,045, and 1,652. |
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