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Clogherhead
Ceann Chlochair— Village — Beach at Clogherhead
Location in Ireland
ClogherheadCoordinates: 53°47′31″N 6°14′17″W / 53.792°N 6.238°WCoordinates: 53°47′31″N 6°14′17″W / 53.792°N 6.238°W Country Ireland Province Leinster County County Louth Population (2006)[1] - Urban 1,558 Irish Grid Reference O157840 
Clogherhead Beach in Autumn
Clogherhead (Irish: Ceann Chlochair) is a fishing village in County Louth, Ireland. It is in the townlands of Clogher and Callystown, about 12 km (7 mi) northeast of Drogheda. 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 unique in Ireland being beach-launched. Clogherhead has one of the finest piers in Ireland. The new pier is open after over €2 million investment.
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Name
Historically, the village was known simply as Clogher (Clochair) or Killclogher (Cill Chlochair)[2][3] 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 picturesque harbour is called Port Oriel (Port Oirialla).
Economy
- Clogherhead is a popular tourist destination. The village is also notable for its sandy Blue Flag beach[4] which extends from near the lifeboat station and on to the Boyne estuary.
- Port Oriel is a fishing port.
- Port Oriel is also being used as a base for the construction of the offshore Oriel Wind Farm[5].
Film location
Clogherhead has been used as a film location[6] for:
- Perrier's Bounty (in production 2008), starring Cillian Murphy, Jim Broadbent and Brendan Gleeson [7]
- The Devil's Own (Columbia Pictures, 1997) starring Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt[8]
- Captain Lightfoot (Universal Studios, 1955) starring Rock Hudson and Barbara Rush [9]
Education
Callystown National School
Callystown National School has been in "official" existence since 1832. It has an interesting history [10]. It now has over 300 pupils and has recently been extended.
Music
- Songs featuring this town include "Is Clogherhead Like it Used to Be".(see www.callystownnationalschool.i.e. and source podcast 9)
Notable people
- Albert Cashier (otherwise Jennie Irene Hodgers) - born in Clogherhead he/she was a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
- At some point before his final incarceration, Saint Oliver Plunket took refuge in a church that once stood in the townland of Killartry in the parish of Clogherhead.
Sport
Dreadnots GFC are currently Louth Intermediate Champions having beaten Na Piarsaigh by a single point in the final held in Ardee on October 5.
- Golf - links courses nearby:
- Seapoint Golf Club located at Termonfeckin
- County Louth Golf Club (which hosted the Irish Open in 2004 and again in May 2009) located at Baltray.
- Pitch and putt
- Port Oriel
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Port sign & plaque
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Pier, Port Oriel
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Vessel used in the construction of the offshore Oriel Wind Farm
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Fishermen's Co-op Auction Hall
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Queen of the sea memorial to those lost at sea
- Clogher Head Lifeboat
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Lifeboat - bow
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Lifeboat - stern
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Twin Caterpillar engines
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Clogher Head shown on lifeboat positioning system
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Lifeboat Station
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Celebrating 100 years of the Lifeboat Station
See also
External links
- Callystown National School
- Clogherhead Development Group
- Clogherhead Coast Guard
- Clogherhead Prawn Festival
References
- ^ "Census 2006 – Volume 1 – Population Classified by Area" (PDF). Central Statistics Office Census 2006 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. April 2007. http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/census2006_volume_1_pop_classified_by_area.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
- ^ CLOGHER, or KILCLOGHER in Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland (see archival records)
- ^ Clogherhead beach regains Blue Flag status (retrieved 5 June 2009)
- ^ Offshore Oriel Wind Farm project
- ^ Movie Locations in Ireland
- ^ Locals get in character
- ^ The Devil's Own at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Captain Lightfoot at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Historyof Callystown National School
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Categories:- Untranslated Irish place names
- Towns and villages in County Louth
- Headlands of County Louth
- Irish Sea
- Ports and harbours of the Republic of Ireland
- Wind farms in the Republic of Ireland
- Offshore wind farms
- Beaches of the Republic of Ireland
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