Augher
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| Augher shown within Northern Ireland | |
| Population | 399 (2001 Census) |
| • Belfast | 58 miles (103 km) |
| • Dublin | 99 miles (160 km) |
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| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | AUGHER |
| Postcode district | BT77 |
| Dialling code | 028, +44 28 |
| EU Parliament | Northern Ireland |
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Augher (from Irish: Eochair meaning "edge/border") is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Dungannon, on the A4 Dungannon to Enniskillen road, halfway between Ballygawley and Clogher. It is situated in the historic barony of Clogher and the civil parish of Clogher. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 399. The town gives its name to the local Gaelic Football Club.
The historic core of the village developed in linear form along Main Street and is intersected by the A4 road. Augher is a busy community in the Clogher Valley. In the village is the quaint old station house for the Clogher Valley Railway, which has since been converted to a coffee house. Once a year the famous Clogher Valley Show is held which displays the high quality farm produce of this very rural area. 'Clogher Valley Cheese', which is locally made is one of the region's food specialities. On the outskirts of the village is Fr.Hackett Park, home to Augher St.Macartan's GFC.
By the time of the Nine Years' War Augher was important enough to be used as a garrison town by the forces of Lord Mountjoy, Elizabth I's, Lord Deputy of Ireland, to disrupt the army of the Earl of Tyrone.
In 1613, after the war and as part of the Plantation of Ulster an area of 315 acres (127.5 ha) around Augher was given to Sir Thomas Ridgway who had been the Treasurer at War for Ireland. The land grant was strict about what the Undertaker i.e. Ridgway, could do with the land in terms of who had to be settled there and what provisions had to be given to the settlers. Ridgway was successful in developing the town that within two years it awarded a borough charter by James I.
By 1630 the ownership of Augher had passed to Sir James Erskine and during the Irish Rebellion of 1641 the castle was successfully defended against rebel attack. In retalisation the rebels massacred all the English inhabitants in the area.
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