Clogher
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Coordinates: 54°25′00″N 7°12′00″W / 54.416667°N 7.2°W
| Clogher | |
| Irish: Clochar | |
  Clogher shown within Northern Ireland |
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| Population | 308 (2001) |
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| Irish grid reference | |
| - Belfast | 59 miles |
| District | Dungannon and South Tyrone |
| County | County Tyrone |
| Constituent country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CLOGHER |
| Postcode district | BT76 |
| Dialling code | 028, +44 28 |
| Police | Northern Ireland |
| Fire | Northern Ireland |
| Ambulance | Northern Ireland |
| European Parliament | Northern Ireland |
| UK Parliament | Fermanagh and South Tyrone |
| List of places: UK • Northern Ireland • Tyrone | |
Clogher (Irish: Clochar) is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, situated on the River Blackwater, 18 miles (29 km) south of Omagh. Although home to a Church of Ireland cathedral, by population it is a village. The United Kingdom Census of 2001 recorded a population of 309. It lies within the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area.
Clogher is a place-name which means something to do with or made of stone. In this case it must refer to stone building at the royal ring-fort or cathedral. No early stonework is visible today, but archaeologists found a building which had already tumbled into rubble by the 5th century. Clogher is said to have been the location of a gold pagan idol named Cermand Cestach[citation needed].
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[edit] Religion
Clogher is also the name of a diocese within both the Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic diocesan structures. The diocesan areas of both roughly correspond, taking in most of counties Fermanagh and Monaghan, a large part of south Tyrone and small portions of counties Donegal, Leitrim and Cavan. The Church of Ireland diocese has two cathedrals: St MacCartan's in Clogher and St MacCartan's in Enniskillen. The Roman Catholic diocesan cathedral is in Monaghan.
[edit] Transport
Clogher railway station (on the narrow gauge Clogher Valley Railway) opened on 2 May 1887, but finally closed on 1 January 1942.[1]
[edit] Sport
- Clogher Éire Óg is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.
[edit] People
- The novelist William Carleton was born in the nearby townland of Prillisk on Shrove Tuesday, 20 February 1794.
- Some biographers of Jonathan Swift have claimed that Swift married Esther Johnson, known as Stella, in the deanery garden at Clogher in 1716.[2]
- Brigadier Juan MacKenna an Irishman, Chilean military officer and hero of the Chilean War of Independence. He is considered to have been the creator of the Corps of Military Engineers of the Chilean Army.
- Professional soccer player Dermot McCaffrey is from Clogher and lived his childhood years there. Dermot currently plays for Falkirk FC in the Scottish Premier League
- Retailer Timothy Eaton was born in Clogher in 1834.
[edit] Education
[edit] See also
- Abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland (County Tyrone)
- List of villages in Northern Ireland
- List of towns in Northern Ireland
- Market houses in Northern Ireland
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Clogher station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved on 2007-09-16.
- ^ 1911 Encyclopedia
