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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 554 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CLOGHER , a See also:

market See also:village of Co. See also:Tyrone, See also:Ireland, in the See also:south See also:parliamentary See also:division, on the Clogher Valley See also:light railway. Pop. (1901) 225. It gives name to dioceses of the See also:Church of Ireland and the See also:Roman See also:Catholic Church, but the seat of the Roman Catholic See also:bishop is at See also:Monaghan, with the See also:cathedral. The See also:Protestant cathedral, dedicated to St Macartin, See also:dates from the 18th and See also:early loth See also:century, but St Macartin (c. 500) was a See also:disciple of St See also:Patrick, and it is said that St Patrick himself founded a bishopric here. The name is derived from the Irish See also:clock, a See also:pillar See also:stone, such as were worshipped and regarded as oracles in many parts of See also:pagan Ireland; the stone was preserved as See also:late as the 15th century in the cathedral, and identity is even now claimed for a stone which lies near the church.

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