Clogh, County Kilkenny

Clogh An Chloch
—  Town  —
Clogh Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°51′37″N 7°09′46″W / 52.86035°N 7.16281°W / 52.86035; -7.16281Coordinates: 52°51′37″N 7°09′46″W / 52.86035°N 7.16281°W / 52.86035; -7.16281
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Kilkenny
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference	S5627678602
Website	kilkenny.ie

Clogh (Irish: An Chloch) is a village,^[1] a townland,^[2] and electoral district^[3] in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

Clogh on the R426 road near Castlecomer.

History

In 1837 it lay along the road from Castlecomer on the road to Athy.^[1] It containing 116 houses and 582 inhabitants. Most people were employed in the neighbouring collieries.^[1] It had a constabulary police station.^[1] In 1837, the district of Clough comprised parts of the parishes of Castlecomer and Rathaspeck.^[1] The Roman Catholic chapel for the district was in Clough.^[1]

Clogh townland is in the parish of Castlecomer and the barony of Fassadining.^[1]

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.^[4]

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Lewis 1837
2. ^ logainm 2010 - Clogh (townland, Kilkenny)
3. ^ logainm 2010 - Clogh (electoral district)
4. ^ Census 2006 - Table 12. Alphabetical list of Towns with their population, 2002 and 2006

Further reading

• Census (2006), 2006 Census of Ireland, Central Statistics Office (Ireland), http://www.cso.ie/releasespublications/pr_pop.htm 
• Agriculture (2002), 2002 Agriculture Census - Kilkenny, Central Statistics Office (Ireland), http://www.cso.ie/px/pxcoa2000/Database/Census%20of%20Agriculture%202000/Kilkenny/Kilkenny.asp 
• Lewis, Samuel (1837), "Clough, a village", A Topgrahical Dictionary of Ireland, Volume 1, London: Samuel Lewis & Co. 87, Aldergate Street., http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/C/Clough-Fassadining-Kilkenny.php 
• logainm (2010), "Irish placenames database" (in English and Irish), logainm.ie (Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs), http://www.logainm.ie/?uiLang=en, retrieved 30 September 2010