Aughnacliffe Explained
| Aughnacliffe |
| Native Name: | Irish: Achadh na Cloiche |
| Native Name Lang: | ga |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Leinster |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | County Longford |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population: | 177 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 53.8468°N -7.6046°W |
Aughnacliffe, officially Aghnacliff ,[2] is a village in County Longford, Ireland. It is located close to Lough Gowna and the border with County Cavan.
The village, and the townland in which it is located, take their name from the Aughnacliffe Dolmen, a portal tomb which is located nearby.[3] There are a number of other megalithic sites in the area, and Sonnagh fort (a ringfort or rath) lies approximately south of the village.[3] The local Roman Catholic Church is dedicated to St. Columcille and was built in 1834.[4] St. Thomas's Church Of Ireland church, in the neighbouring townland of Rathmore, was built in 1829.[5] [6] The local GAA club is Colmcille GFC.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: Sapmap Area - Settlements - Aughnacliffe . Central Statistics Office . Census 2016 . April 2016 . 31 January 2020 . 24 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210924192650/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=0D49F794-FD86-4D6F-A589-B042F65175A7#SAPMAP_T1_100 . dead .
- Web site: Aughnacliffe / Achadh na Cloiche . Irish Placenames Commission . logainm.ie . 31 January 2020 .
- Web site: Towns & Villages - Aughnacliffe . Longford County Council . longford.ie . 31 January 2020 . The dolmen in Aughnacliffe gives the townland its name "The Field of the Stones" .
- Web site: St. Columkille's Roman Catholic Church, Aghnacliff, County Longford . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 31 January 2020 .
- Web site: St. Thomas Church Of Ireland, Rathmore (granard By.), County Longford . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . buildingsofireland.ie . 31 January 2020 .
- Web site: Co. Longford, Aughnacliffe, Church Of St Thomas (CI, Parish Of Columbkille . Irish Architectural Archive . Dictionary of Irish Architects . 31 January 2020 .
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