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Emyvale (Irish: Scairbh na gCaorach, meaning crossing of the sheep) is a village located in the North of County Monaghan, Ireland. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. County Monaghan ('mɔnəhən Irish: Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world It is situated upon the Main Dublin/Derry Road (N2) about 10 km north of Monaghan Town and 8 km south of Aughnacloy and is the home of a thriving village community of about 500. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Monaghan (Muineachán is a town in Ireland, the administrative capital of County Monaghan. Aughnacloy ( is a Village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

History

In 1959, a Bronze Age tomb was discovered here placing the village at over 3000 years old. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced Metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use included techniques for For the New York prison see The Tombs. A Tomb is a repository for the remains of the dead. Unfortunately for historians, the urn and other artifacts found were inadvertently destroyed when the tomb was being excavated. An urn is a Vase, ordinarily covered and without handles that usually has a narrowed neck above a footed Pedestal.

The name 'Scairbh na gCaorach' (the Irish language name for Emyvale) means 'crossing of the sheep', referring to a low (and easily traversable) point in the Mountain Water river on which Emyvale is situate. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. The name is thought to have come from the Ui Meith tribe, the village's first inhabitants. Scairbh na gCaorach was abbreviated to "Scarna" in the early part of the 19th Century (indeed a local hostelry bears this name), although this fell out of common usage, and village is now referred to by its English language name; Emyvale.

In the 8th century, the McKenna Clan arrived, and by the 12th century they had established an independent túath or kingdom in North Monaghan, which would last for the next 450 years. Túath (plural túatha) is an Old Irish word often translated as "people tribe or nation"

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