Clogh () is a small rural village in

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the s ...

. Many local residents refer to the village as "Clough", and this is regarded as the proper spelling. It is situated on the R772 regional road in

County Wexford County Wexford ( ga, Contae Loch Garman) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was based on the historic Gaelic territory of Hy Kinsella (''Uí C ...

southwest of Gorey. Until it was bypassed in July 2007 the village was situated on the N11 national primary route from

Wexford Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 ...

Town to

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. There is a memorial to the

Battle of Tubberneering The Battle of Tubberneering (also Tuberneering or Toberanierin) was a battle of the Wexford Rebellion fought on 4 June 1798 between Crown forces and United Irish insurgents, at Tubberneering (modern townlands of Toberanierin North and Toberani ...

in the village. St. Luke's church (

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), just north of the village, was built in 1831.

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

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