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Aclare
Áth an Chláir | |
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Village | |
.jpg) Shop and post office in Aclare | |
  Aclare Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°02′10″N 8°53′56″W / 54.036°N 8.899°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Sligo |
| Elevation | 53 m (174 ft) |
| Irish Grid Reference | G410097 |
Aclare (Irish: Áth an Chláir, meaning 'ford of the plain')[1] is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It lies within both the civil and Catholic parish of Kilmactigue.[1][2] Aclare village is situated on the Inagh (also spelt "Eignagh") river, a tributary of the River Moy.[3]
History
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Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort and enclosure sites in the townlands of Carns, Lislea and Kilmacteige.[4]
Belclare Castle (Irish: Béal an Chláir, meaning 'mouth of the plain'), a ruined castle near the village in Belcare townland, is historically associated with the O'Hara clan.[4][5] The castle is located about half a mile west of Kilmactigue Chapel and was originally built in the 15th century.[citation needed]
The Annals of Ulster and Annals of the Four Masters record that, in 1512, Belclare Castle and Aclare were the site of a battle between the O'Donnells of Donegal and the McWilliam Bourkes of Connacht.[3][6][7]
Transport
[edit]Bus Éireann route 479 links Aclare with Sligo via Tourlestrane, Coolaney and Collooney.[8]
Notable people
[edit]- Tommy Fleming, singer, was born in Aclare[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Áth an Chláir/Aclare". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ↑ "Kilmactigue Parish". kilmactigueparish.com. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
Aclare village is the main built-up area of our rural parish
- 1 2 "The return of the native to a Sligo village". westernpeople.ie. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- 1 2 Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. 2005. ISBN 0755719425.
- ↑ Mason, William Shaw (1816). A Statistical Account, Or Parochial Survey of Ireland, Volume 2. J. Cumming and N. Mahon. pp. 358–359.
- ↑ History of Sligo (PDF), p. 149 – via archive.org,
The third castle, that of Belclare [..] fell in the course of time into the hands of the Burkes, between whom and O'Donnell there was a spirited contest for its possession in 1512† [..] †Annals of the Four Masters, 1512
- ↑ Annals of the Four Masters - Annal M1511, retrieved 12 November 2025 – via celt.ucc.ie,
war also broke out between O'Donnell and Mac William Burke [..] he [Mac William Burke] marched with all his forces, and surrounded the castle of Bel-an-Chlair, in which O'Donnell had left his warders; but when O'Donnell heard that Mac William was besieging the town, he returned vigorously and expeditiously
- ↑ "Route 479: Serving Aclare to Sligo via Coolaney". Bus Éireann. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ "Ten minutes with... Tommy Fleming". The Irish Post. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
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