Agher
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Agher is a crossroads hamlet in County Meath
, Ireland
. It is located 3 km (1.9 mi) southwest of Summerhill
.
The only retail outlet in Agher is the local Post Office.
Agher is well known throughout county Meath for its famous soccer club
The poet, political writer, and clergyman Jonathan Swift
(1667–1745) was rector of the Church of Ireland Church at Agher. The adjoining cemetery contains the graves of the Winter family who provided the land on which the Church was built in 1802. Members of the O'Higgins family
who were descended from the Barons of Ballynary
in County Sligo and of whom Bernardo O'Higgins
of Chile
was a kinsman are also buried in Agher Cemetery.
County Meath
County Meath is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Mide . Meath County Council is the local authority for the county...
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. It is located 3 km (1.9 mi) southwest of Summerhill
Summerhill, County Meath
Summerhill is a village in County Meath, Ireland. It is located at the intersection of the R156 and R158 regional roads. The Irish version of the town's name means "Lynch's Hill", and it was the ancestral home of the Norman-Irish Lynch family, whence came the Galway merchant family of the same...
.
The only retail outlet in Agher is the local Post Office.
Agher is well known throughout county Meath for its famous soccer club
The poet, political writer, and clergyman Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and cleric who became Dean of St...
(1667–1745) was rector of the Church of Ireland Church at Agher. The adjoining cemetery contains the graves of the Winter family who provided the land on which the Church was built in 1802. Members of the O'Higgins family
O'Higgins Family
O'Higgins is an Irish noble family descended from Sheán Duff O'Higgins , Baron of Ballynary who was married to a daughter of the Royal family of O'Conor at Ballintuber Castle in Connacht. Shean Duff O'Higgins himself claimed descent from King Niall of Tara...
who were descended from the Barons of Ballynary
Ballynary
Ballynary is the name of a townland on the eastern shore of Lough Arrow in the southern corner of County Sligo in Ireland. Ballynary was the ancestral seat of the O'Higgins family for 700 years, until they were forced off their lands in 1654 by Oliver Cromwell...
in County Sligo and of whom Bernardo O'Higgins
Bernardo O'Higgins
Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme was a Chilean independence leader who, together with José de San Martín, freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile , he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder...
of Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
was a kinsman are also buried in Agher Cemetery.
See also
- List of towns and villages in Ireland