Aughnacloy, Tyrone
| Aughnacloy | |
| Tyrone | |
|---|---|
 Aughnacloy | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | H665521 |
| Location: | 54°24’49"N, 6°58’29"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,045 (2011) |
| Post town: | Aughnacloy |
| Postcode: | BT69 |
| Dialling code: | 028 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Mid-Ulster |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Fermanagh & South Tyrone |
Aughnacloy, sometimes spelt Auchnacloy is a village in Tyrone. Close to the border with County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland, the village is about twelve miles southwest of Dungannon, and four miles southeast of Ballygawley.
The name of the village is from the Gaelic Achadh na Cloiche, meaning "Field of the stone".[1] It is in the Barony of Dungannon Lower The 2011 Census recorded a population of 1,045.
History
Much of the town was built in the 18th Century by Acheson Moore, the local landlord. Because he backed the Jacobite cause, he planted his estate in the shape of a thistle and planned out the town on the edge of it.[2] Unable to rename it "Mooretown", he had to settle for naming the main street "Moore Street", and the side streets Sydney, Lettice, and Henrietta (now Ravella Road), after his three wives. The thistle is still visible from the air.[3]
Aughnacloy served as an important staging post on the road to Londonderry.[4] However, lacking large-scale industry, it started to wane in the late 19th century.
Sport
- Gaelic sports: Aghaloo O'Neills GAA
- Golf: Aughnacloy Golf Club (one of the founder clubs of the Golfing Union of Ireland in 1890; reformed in 1994 and currently based at Lissenderry just outside the village)
- Horse racing: Aughnacloy Races
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References
- ↑ Aughnacloy - Placenames NI
- ↑ Campbell, Thomas: 'A philosophical survey of the south of Ireland, : in a series of letters to John Watkinson, M.D' (1778) pages 35–36
- ↑ Anne Given: 'A Little-Known Curiosity in County Tyrone': Archaeology Ireland, 1988; Volume 2, issue 1; pages 12-14
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel (1837). A topographical dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & Co.. pp. 95–96. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_3MQ_AAAAcAAJ/page/94/mode/2up. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
