Augher

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Augher is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, about 28 kilometres southwest of Dungannon on the A4 Dungannon to Enniskillen road. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 399 people. It lies within the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council area.

Augher is a busy community in the Clogher Valley. In the village is the interesting parish church and the quaint old station house for the Clogher Valley Railway, which has since been converted to a coffee house. The historic core of the village developed in linear form along Main Street and is intersected by the A4 road. 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.

Contents 1 Places of interest 2 Transport 3 Education 4 References 5 External links 6 See also

[edit] Places of interest

• To the west of Augher is Spur Royal Castle, a typical plantation castle. It was built in 1615 on the site of an older fortress and was burnt in 1689 but restored and extended in 1832. The building now is a romantic castle overlooking a tree-edged lake. The River Blackwater, on which the village is built, and the lakes of Dunroe and Fymore amid the hills to the south of Augher make this a good fishing area.

• Just outside Augher on the Hill of Knockmany stands the famous cairn of Queen Anya, reputed to be over 2000 years old.

• St Patrick's Chair, another ancient site, set in Altadavin, is reputed to have mystical powers.

[edit] Transport

Augher Railway Station was opened shortly after the Clogher Valley Railway opened in 1887. It is a red brick single storey building built by James Harvey of Enniskillen. The railway closed on New Year’s Day 1942 and the station now forms part of Rosamunde’s Coffee Shoppe.

[edit] Education

• Augher Central Primary School
• St. Brigid's Primary School
• St. Patrick's Primary School

[edit] References

• NI Neighbourhood Information System
• A Flavour of Tyrone
• Augher Railway Station
• Dungannon & South Tyrone Area Plan 2010

[edit] External links

• Lewis's Topographical Dictionary, 1842
• Spur Royal/Augher Castle

[edit] See also

• List of villages in Northern Ireland
• List of towns in Northern Ireland