Threemilehouse or Three Mile House is a village in County Monaghan

County Monaghan

County Monaghan is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County Council is the local authority for the county...

, Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. It is roughly mid-way between Monaghan

Monaghan

Monaghan is the county town of County Monaghan in Ireland. Its population at the 2006 census stood at 7,811 . The town is located on the main road, the N2 road, from Dublin north to both Derry and Letterkenny.-Toponym:...

 and Newbliss

Newbliss

Newbliss , historically known as Lisdaragh , is a village and townland in County Monaghan, Ireland. It is located where the R183 and R189 regional roads intersect...

 on the R189

R189 road

The R189 road is a regional road in Ireland, linking Clones Town to Castleblayney in County Monaghan. The route is long.File:NewblissNorth.JPG|thumb|left|400px|Direction sign approaching the R183 in Newbliss...

. The nearest village is Smithborough

Smithborough

Smithborough or Smithboro is a village in County Monaghan, Ireland. It is within the townlands of Mullaghduff and Mullaghbrack. It is roughly mid-way between Monaghan Town and Clones on the N54. Nearby villages within 6-7 km are Threemilehouse, Scotstown, Ballinode, and Newbliss all within County...

. It lies mostly within the townlands of Cabragh, Drumguill and Kilnaclay in the parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

 of Kilmore & Drumsnat. Saint Mary's church and primary school on the hill overlook the village. Threemilehouse has one of the oldest graveyards in the country, Drumsnat, which dates to 600 AD.

History

There was once a monastery founded by St. Molua at nearby Drumsnat. Drumsnat (Drom Sneachta) means the ‘Ridge of Snow’ and, according to tradition, this hill was covered by a mid summer snowfall in answer to the saint’s prayers for a site for a church. The Church of Ireland cemetery also marks the last resting place of Emily and Mary Wilde, the half-sisters of Oscar Wilde, who died following a fire at the nearby Drumaconnor House in 1871

Sport

Threemilehouse has a Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

(GAA) football club, Sean Mac Diarmada, who wear yellow and white.