Augher
Sign in to saveAugher (from meaning "edge/border") is a small village in south County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies just 6 miles to the border with County Monaghan and is 16 miles south of Dungannon. It is situated in the historic barony of Clogher and the civil parish of Clogher. The 2021 census recorded a population of 391.
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- Locality
- Augher
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- County Tyrone
- Population
- 399
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
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- Augher
- postal code
- BT77
- historic county
- County Tyrone
- native label
- Eochair
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Augher (from meaning "edge/border") is a small village in south County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies just 6 miles to the border with County Monaghan and is 16 miles south of Dungannon. It is situated in the historic barony of Clogher and the civil parish of Clogher. The 2021 census recorded a population of 391.
==Historical== By the time of the Nine Years' War Augher was important enough to be used as a garrison town by the forces of Lord Mountjoy, Elizabeth I's Lord Deputy of Ireland, to disrupt the army of the Earl of Tyrone.
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