Scotshouse (Irish: Teach an Scotaigh, "house of the Scot") is a small agricultural village in the parish of Currin, about seven kilometres from Clones and 27 kilometres from Monaghan town. It sits three miles east of where Cavan, Fermanagh, and Monaghan meet — a border place in the deepest sense.
The village has two churches — St. Andrew's Church (Church of Ireland) and the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic). St. Andrew's celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2010. It contains a memorial stained glass window for those who died in the First World War and a memorial plaque to Ernest Waldron King, an assistant purser with the White Star Line who died when the Titanic sank.
Finn Bridge, a border crossing on the Finn River, lies west of the village. The landscape is drumlin at its most quiet.
The reason to come back. The things every local will eventually tell you about, usually after the second pint.
Wear waterproofs. Bring a sandwich. Tell someone where you're going if it's the mountain.
There is no bad time. There are different times.
The landscape greens.
Settled weather.
The light is particular.
The roads are grey and wet.
Clones is 7 km. Monaghan is 30 minutes.
Limited local services.