Clogh, County Kilkenny facts for kids
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Clogh
An Chloch
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Village
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Thatched building in Clogh
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 Clogh
Location in Ireland
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| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kilkenny |
| Population
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344 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | S5627678602 |
Clogh (Irish: An Chloch) is a village, and namesake of an electoral district in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is also a townland in the civil parish of Castlecomer in the ancient barony of Fassadinin.
Clogh is situated on the R426 road near Castlecomer.
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History
In 1837 it lay along the road from Castlecomer on the road to Athy. It containing 116 houses and 582 inhabitants. Most people were employed in the neighbouring collieries. It had a constabulary police station. In 1837, the district of Clogh comprised parts of the parishes of Castlecomer and Rathaspeck. The Roman Catholic chapel for the district was in Clogh.
Clogh townland is in the parish of Castlecomer and the barony of Fassadining. The name Clogh comes from Gaeilge Cloch, as it is believed that the natives threw stones at Saint Patrick when he arrived in the area to spread Catholicism.
Village
As of the 2006 census, by the Central Statistics Office, the town's population, including Chatsworth, was 351. This was a 9.7% change since 2002.
Demographic changes
As of the 2006 census, by the Central Statistics Office, the town's population, including Chatsworth, was 351. This was a 9.7% change since 2002. As of the 2016 census, the population was 344.
Clogh was once a densely populated rural area, mostly due to the employment given in the many coal mines around the area. Coalmining began in the 1640s by Christopher Wandesforde, the coal produced was a high grade anthracite with low sulphur content. Situated in the Leinster Coal – fields which spread into counties Laois and Carlow, by the late 1800s seven or eight mines existed, and in Deerpark mines opened in the 1920s and at its peak employed 600 people, when the mines closed in 1969 it was a blow to the communities of North Kilkenny. The housing at that time is best described as of the bohawn type – low thatched houses with little ventilation, only three survive to this day.
Many coal-mining families emigrated to Heckscherville, Pennsylvania during and after the Great Famine of 1845–1851. The Payne brothers who ran the coal pits came to the area of North Kilkenny and Laois to get miners for their mines. They provided transportation, employment and homes to those who agreed to move. The graveyard at St.Kierans in Heckscherville have some of these families interred. Many of their descendants travel to Ireland to find information on their families.
See also
In Spanish: Clogh - Chatsworth para niños
