Aughnacliffe, officially Aghnacliff (), is a village in

County Longford County Longford ( gle, Contae an Longfoirt) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Longford. Longford County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 46,6 ...

, Ireland. It is located close to

Lough Gowna Lough Gowna () is a fresh water lake which is the uppermost lake on the River Erne. It is located on the border between County Longford and County Cavan, with the largest part of the lake being in County Longford. Lough Gowna is a moraine-damme ...

and the border with

County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ...

. The village, and the

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...

in which it is located, take their name from the Aughnacliffe Dolmen, a portal tomb which is located nearby. There are a number of other megalithic sites in the area, and

Sonnagh fort Sonnagh fort is a ringfort (rath) and National Monument located in County Longford, Ireland. Location Sonnagh fort is located about west of Lough Gowna and north-northeast of Ballinalee. It stands in a commanding place overlooking the ...

ringfort Ringforts, ring forts or ring fortresses are circular fortified settlements that were mostly built during the Bronze Age up to about the year 1000. They are found in Northern Europe, especially in Ireland. There are also many in South Wales ...

or rath) lies approximately south of the village. The local Roman Catholic Church is dedicated to

St. Columcille Columba or Colmcille; gd, Calum Cille; gv, Colum Keeilley; non, Kolban or at least partly reinterpreted as (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is toda ...

and was built in 1834. St. Thomas's Church Of Ireland church, in the neighbouring townland of Rathmore, was built in 1829. The local GAA club is

Colmcille GFC Colmcille Gaelic Football Club is a Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club based in Aughnacliffe, County Longford, Ireland. History Colmcille GFC is named for Saint Colmcille (or Saint Columba) (AD 521–597) who founded Inchmore mo ...

References

Towns and villages in County Longford {{Longford-geo-stub