Clogherhead

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Clogherhead Ceann Chlochair
Location
Statistics
Province:	Leinster
County:	County Louth
Population (2002)	906

See also: Clogher (disambiguation)

Clogherhead (Irish: Ceann Chlochair) is a fishing village in County Louth, on the east coast of Ireland 12 km. from 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.

Contents 1 Name 2 Economy 3 Film location 4 Education 4.1 Callystown National School 5 Music 6 People 7 Sport 8 See also 9 External links 10 References

[edit] Name

In the nineteenth century the village was known simply as Clogher or Kilclogher^[1] while the headland was called Clogher Head. Today the village is called Clogherhead while the headland remains Clogher Head. The picturesque harbour is called Port Oriel (Irish: Poirt Oirialla) .

[edit] Economy

• Clogherhead is a popular tourist destination. The village is also notable for its sandy beach 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^[2].

Port Oriel

Port sign & plaque

Pier, Port Oriel

Vessel used in the construction of the offshore Oriel Wind Farm

Fishermen's Co-op Auction Hall

Coast Guard

Queen of the sea memorial to those lost at sea

Clogher Head Lifeboat

Lifeboat - bow

Lifeboat - stern

Twin Caterpillar engines

Clogher Head shown on lifeboat positioning system

Lifeboat Station

Celebrating 100 years of the Lifeboat Station

[edit] Film location

Clogherhead was used as a film location^[3] for:

• The Devil's Own (Columbia Pictures, 1997) starring Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt^[4]
• Captain Lightfoot (Universal Studios, 1955) starring Rock Hudson and Barbara Rush ^[5]

[edit] Education

[edit] Callystown National School

Callystown National School has been in "official" existence since 1832. It has an interesting history ^[6]. It now has over 460 pupils and has recently been extended.

[edit] Music

• Songs featuring this town include "Is Clogherhead Like it Used to Be".

[edit] 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.

[edit] Sport

• Fishing
• GAA - Dreadnots Gaelic Football Club
• Golf - links courses nearby:
  • Seapoint Golf Club located at Termonfeckin
  • County Louth Golf Club (which hosted the Irish Open in 2004) located at Baltray.
• Pitch and putt

[edit] See also

• List of towns in the Republic of Ireland
• List of RNLI stations
• Wind power in the European Union

[edit] External links

• Callystown National School
• Clogherhead Development Group
• Clogherhead Coast Guard

[edit] References

Coordinates: 53°48′N, 6°14′W