Monksland

Monksland (Irish: Fearann na Manach)^[2] is a townland and suburb of Athlone.^[1] The townland lies in County Roscommon to the west of the River Shannon, on the border between the provinces of Connacht and Leinster.

Monksland Fearann na Manach
Townland
Monksland Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°25′21″N 7°59′53″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Roscommon
Dáil Éireann	Roscommon–Galway
Area [1]
• Total	5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Developments in the largely residential suburban area have included a supermarket, a medical centre, other retail space and a business park (Monksland Business Park).^[3] As of the 2011 census, the townland of Monksland had a population of 3,306 people.^[4]