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Corlat Corr Leacht | |
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  Corlat Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:54°18′22″N7°08′00″W / 54.306058°N 7.133217°W /54.306058; -7.133217 | |
| Country |  Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Monaghan |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Corlat (Irish:Corr Leacht) orCorlatt is atownland in the north ofCounty Monaghan inIreland, being located in theparish ofTydavnet. TheChurch of Ireland parish church is located in the village ofTydavnet itself. Corlat is often referred to as part ofKnockatallon, which is an adjacent townland. Corlat is situated entirely on foothills of theSliabh Beagh mountains.[1]
It is the location of one of the threeCatholicchapels in the parish, erected in 1887, was the last of the three to be erected, and the only one not to have acemetery. The chapel here is known locally asKnockatallon Chapel, taking its name from a larger neighbouring townland to the south, but is officially called St. Joseph's Church.
On 1 April 1990, a monument toProvisional Irish Republican Army volunteerSéamus McElwaine was erected in Corlat.[2]
Corlat has been somewhat revived in the late 1990s with the building of The Sliabh Beagh Hotel and Tourism Centre, on the site of the original Lady of Fatima Community Hall. It was officially opened on 29 November 2001 by thenTaoiseachBertie Ahern. The centre is used to help drive tourism to the region, and also provides a staging point for many local walking routes, including theSliabh Beagh Way.[1]
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