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Clogher is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, situated on the River Blackwater in the Dungannon district 25 miles south of Omagh. Although home to a Church of Ireland Cathedral, by population it is a small town. The novelist William Carleton was born in the nearby townland of Prillisk on Shrove Tuesday, 20th February 1794. This article is about County Tyrone. ... Northern Ireland is one of four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ... In geography, a blackwater river has water-colour ranging from clear tea to coffee. ... Dungannon (Dún Geanainn in Irish) is a town in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... Omagh (Irish Gaelic, An Ómaigh) is the county town (and largest town) of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. ... A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy (such as the Roman Catholic Church or the Anglican churches), which serves as the central church of a bishopric. ... William Carleton (February 20, 1794 - January 30, 1869) was an Irish novelist. ... A townland is the lowest-level geographical unit of land used in Ireland, smaller than a Parish or County. ... In the Christian calendar, Shrove Tuesday is the English name for the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which in turn marks the beginning of Lent. ... February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...


Clogher is also the name of a diocese within both the Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic diocesan structures. The diocesan areas of both roughly correspond, taking in most of Counties Fermanagh and Monaghan, a large part of South Tyrone and small portions of Counties Donegal, Leitrim and Cavan. The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion, operating both in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... County Fermanagh (Fear Manach in Irish) is often referred to as Northern Irelands Lake District. ... Monaghan (Muineachán in Irish) is a town in the Republic of Ireland, the administrative capital of County Monaghan. ... This article is about County Tyrone. ... Donegal (Dún na nGall in Irish) is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. ... Leitrim (Irish: Liatroim) is one of the counties in the west of Ireland and is part of the province Connacht. ... Cavan (Irish: An Cabhán) is a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster. ...


The Church of Ireland Diocese has two Cathedrals, St Macartan's in Clogher, and St Macartin's in Enniskillen. Enniskillen (Inis Ceithleann in Irish) is the county town of Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. ...


The Roman Catholic Diocesan Cathedral is in Monaghan. Monaghan (Muineachán in Irish) is a town in the Republic of Ireland, the administrative capital of County Monaghan. ...


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Clogher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (157 words)
Clogher is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, situated on the River Blackwater in the Dungannon district 18 miles south of Omagh.
The novelist William Carleton was born in the nearby townland of Prillisk on Shrove Tuesday, 20th February 1794.
Clogher is also the name of a diocese within both the Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic diocesan structures.
Ulster, Diocese of Clogher, and Monaghan (945 words)
Clogher is a town and parish in County Tyrone in the Diocese of Clogher.
Clogher Diocese is in the the ecclesiastical province of Armagh.
Monaghan houses the cathedral of the Roman Catholic diocese of Clogher.
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