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    1. Clogher, Five-Mile-Town and Tedavnet
    2. Jane Lyons
    3. The following is extracted from Slaters Directory for 1880 and because these parts of County Tyrone andCounty Monaghan are so close together I am sending it to both lists. Names from this section of the Directoy will follow. Jane Clogher, Five-Mile-Town and Tedavnet Slater's Directory 1880 Clogher is a small market town, the head of a Diocese and formerly a parliamentary borough, in the barony and parish of it's name, county of Tyrone, 98 miles n.n.w. from Dublin, 9 w. from Aughnacloy and 9 from Fintona, and is a station on the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway. The town is situated on the road from Aughnacloy to Enniskillen, on the banks of the Blackwater. This ancient Episcopal city, now only a village in appearance, is said to have derived it's name from a stone covered with gold, the 'clogh-ór, or the 'golden stone', which in Pagan times, is reported to have made oracular responses; and there is still a very ancient stone lying on the south side of the catherdral tower, which many believe to be the real clogh-or. The Episcopal palace is a large and handsome edifice, close to the cathedral, on the south side of the town, and consists of a centre and two wings; it is entered by an elegant portico, supported by lofty fluted columns. The erection of the palace was commenced by Lord Beresford, Primate of Armagh, while Bishop of Clogher, and completed by Lord R. P. Tottenham in 1823. The Cathedral dedicated to Saint Macartin, and from time immemorial the parish chuch, is a large and handsome crucible structure, with a lofty square tower, rising from the west front. There are several elegant monuments, besides which the interior is handsomely fitted up. A Roman Catholic Church and a Presbyterian Meetinghouse are the other places of worship. A Union Workhouse and a Dispensary are the principal charities. A court of petty sessions is held every second Tuesday monthly. The market is held on the first Saturday of every month; annual fair is July 26th. Clogher parish contained in 1861, 12,008 inhabitants and in 1871, 11,047, and the town (or city) 242 of the latter number. Five-Mile-Town, or Blessingbourn, is a small market town in the parish and barony of Clogher, county of Tyrone about 7 miles w by s from Clogher, situated on the county lines of Fermanagh county and surrounded by an extremely fertile country. The palce possesses no particular branch of trade; it is however certainly improving, and can boast a very superior hotel and posting establishment. The places of worship are a neat Protestant Episcopal Church, a Presbyterian Meetinghouse, a Primitive Methodist Chapel and a Roman catholic Church. A court of petty sessions is held on the last Thursday monthly. The market is on a Friday. Fairs : 2nd January, 6th February, 5th March, 2nd April, 7th May, 4th June, 2nd July, 3rd September, 1st October, 5th November and 3rd December. Population in 1861, 616 and in 1871, 635. Tedavnet is a small village in the parish of the same names and situated about 8 miles from Monaghan and 7 from Clogher. There is a Roman Catholic Church here, also a National School and a Constabulary Station.

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