ERRIGAL TROUGH

In 1868, the parish of Errigal Trough contained the following places:

"ERRIGAL TROUGH, a parish partly in the barony of Trough, county Monaghan, and partly in Clogher, county Tyrone, province of Ulster, Ireland, 2 miles S.E. of Augher. Aughnacloy is its post town. It is situated on the river Blackwater, near Errigal Kerogue. The surface is mountainous and boggy. Leughmore lies on the N. W. boundary, and the road from Dublin to Londonderry traverses the interior. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Clogher, value £160, in the patronage of the bishop. There is a very old church still standing, but in 1835 J. C. Moutray built and endowed a very handsome cruciform church in the later English style. There are also a chapel-of-ease, three united Roman Catholic chapels, three Sunday and eight day schools in the parish. Fort Singleton is the principal residence. Altadawin, in the Tyrone section of the parish, is a curious valley, 150 feet in depth. Within it rises a kind of natural platform, upon which stand two large rocks in the form of an altar and chair. Tradition points to this spot as the place where St. Patrick first called together his disciples. It is also alleged to have been the residence of a prince of the O'Nial family. Limestone and sandstone are found in abundance."

"AUGHADERRY, a hamlet in the parish of Errigal Trough, barony of Trough, in the county of Monaghan, province of Ulster, Ireland, not far from the village of Aughnacloy."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018