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Clogherhead ({{Irish place name|Ceann Chlochair, meaning rocky headland)^[2]}} is a fishing village in County Louth, Ireland. Located in a natural bay on the East Coast it is bordered by the villages of Annagassan to the north and Termonfeckin to the south. With an administrative population per the 2011 Census of 3026, it is in the townlands of Clogher and Callystown, about {{convert|12|km|0|abbr=on}} northeast of Drogheda. As a seaside village its main industries are fishing and farming, and there has been an RNLI lifeboat stationed in the village for over 100 years. The current boat is a Mersey class lifeboat, the RNLB Doris Bleasedale, and is beach-launched.{{fact|date=September 2017}}

Name

Historically, the village was known simply as Clogher (Clochair) or Killclogher (Cill Chlochair)^[3]^[4] while the headland was called Clogher Head. Today the headland remains Clogher Head, the village is called Clogherhead and the townland they are in is called Clogher.

The headland has a walking trail from the village along steep sea cliffs to the nearby harbour of Port Oriel (Port Oirialla). At low tide it is also possible to walk the beach as far as the Boyne Estuary.{{fact|date=November 2018}} From the headland and at the harbour there are views of Ireland's east coast from the Mourne and Cooley Mountains in the north as far south as Lambay Island and the Rockabill Lighthouse.{{fact|date=September 2017}}

The headland is also the site of the Red Mans Cave, where Cromwellian soldiers are reputed to have put to death a number of Catholic Priests during the time of the Cromwellian Wars of 1649.{{fact|date=September 2017}}

Public transport

Bus Éireann route 189 serves Clogherhead, linking it to Drogheda. Most buses operate via Termonfeckin and Baltray though a few go via Grangebellew and Ballymakenny.^[5] Drogheda railway station is approximately 13 km distant.

Economy

Clogherhead is a tourist destination, and the village has a sandy Blue Flag beach^[6] which extends from near the lifeboat station and on to the Boyne estuary.

The Seafood Rocks festival, a successor to the former Clogherhead Prawn Festival,^[7] attracts crowds to the village to partake in the weekend of family oriented events.{{fact|date=November 2018}}

Port Oriel is a fishing port with a large fleet, and the also harbour provides a platform for onshore sea fishing for anglers.{{fact|date=November 2018}}

Oriel Sea Salt and Oriel Sea Minerals are produced at Clogherhead, and have protected designation of origin.

Amenities

The village has two main beaches. Port Beach in the center of the village is a Blue Flag beach with the Neptune watersports centre which is run by the local Council. The centre is the location for Celtic Adventures which provides schools and groups with a range of sports and training services including watersports, archery and climbing. In addition it is the location for the local RNLI lifeboat station which houses a Mersey class lifeboat, the Doris Bleasdale. The other beach is on the north of the village and is known as the 'Big Strand'. Both have bathing facilities with a lifeguard on duty at the village beach during summer months.

There are two public houses in the village, Sharkey's Lounge & Bar and Levin's Bar, with accommodating and music at weekends.{{fact|date=September 2017}} The village also has a number of restaurants.

Film location

Education

Callystown National School (a Catholic School under the Trusteeship of the Archbishop of Armagh) has been in "official" existence since 1832.{{fact|date=September 2017}} It is located on the north side of the village with access through the estate of John Kirk Park.^[12] It now has over 300 pupils and has been extended a number of times to cater for the population growth in the village and an influx of pupils from the surrounding areas.

Music

Notable people

Sport

As well as fishing and watersports, the local GAA – Dreadnots Gaelic Football Club have had three senior players in the Louth County team: Pádraig Rath, Anthony Williams and James Califf. The club reached the Louth senior championship finals in 2012 and 2014 losing to St Patrick's on both occasions.^[14]^[15]

Links golf courses nearby include Seapoint Golf Club located at Termonfeckin, and County Louth Golf Club (which hosted the Irish Open in 2004 and again in May 2009) located at Baltray. There is also a Pitch and putt course.{{fact|date=September 2017}} Walshestown clay-pigeon shooting club is near Clogherhead at Murray's Cross.{{fact|date=July 2018}}

See also

References

1. ^http://cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/documents/census2011vol1andprofile1/Table%205.pdf
2. ^
3. ^CLOGHER, or KILCLOGHER in Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)
4. ^Placenames Database of Ireland (see archival records)
5. ^http://buseireann.ie/news.php?id=1395&month=Nov
6. ^Clogherhead beach regains Blue Flag status (retrieved 5 June 2009)
7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.clogherheadprawnfestival.ie/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-06-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016052240/http://www.clogherheadprawnfestival.ie/ |archivedate=16 October 2010 |df=dmy-all }}
8. ^Movie Locations in Ireland
9. ^Locals get in character
10. ^{{IMDb title | id=0118972 | title=The Devil's Own}}
11. ^[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047919/ Captain Lightfoot] at the Internet Movie Database
12. ^Historyof Callystown National School {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070115211622/http://www.callystownnationalschool.ie/web2.htm |date=15 January 2007 }}
13. ^www.callystownnationalschool.ie and source podcast 9
14. ^http://hoganstand.com/Louth/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=157244
15. ^http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/oconnor-helps-st-pats-over-the-line-289092.html