In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Smithborough like this:
SMITHSBOROUGH, a village, in the parish of CLONES, barony and county of MONAGHAN, and province of ULSTER, 5 miles (W. S. W.) from Monaghan (to which it has a penny post), on the road to Clones; containing 244 inhabitants. This place is called after a gentleman named Smith, who here established monthly fairs, in the latter part of the last century, only one of which, that held on Whit-Monday for black cattle, is now kept up. ...
The village consists of 58 houses, and contains a meeting-house for Presbyterians in connection with the Seceding Synod, a modern structure; and a dispensary. It is a constabulary police station; and there is a school of about 60 children.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Smithborough, in and County Monaghan | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/27686
Date accessed: 02nd June 2024
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