Aclare

Aclare
Áth an Chláir
Village
Shop and post office in Aclare
Shop and post office in Aclare
Aclare is located in Ireland
Aclare
Aclare
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°02′10″N 8°53′56″W / 54.036°N 8.899°W / 54.036; -8.899
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Sligo
Elevation
53 m (174 ft)
Irish Grid ReferenceG410097

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

Kilmactigue Church, near Aclare, was built in 1898

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

Bus Éireann route 479, which operates on Fridays only, links Aclare with Sligo via Tourlestrane, Coolaney and Collooney.[8]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Áth an Chláir/Aclare". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Kilmactigue Parish". kilmactigueparish.com. Retrieved 12 November 2025. Aclare village is the main built-up area of our rural parish
  3. ^ a b "The return of the native to a Sligo village". westernpeople.ie. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  4. ^ a b Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. 2005. ISBN 0755719425.
  5. ^ Mason, William Shaw (1816). A Statistical Account, Or Parochial Survey of Ireland, Volume 2. J. Cumming and N. Mahon. pp. 358–359.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ 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
  8. ^ "Route 427 Timetable" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  9. ^ "Ten minutes with... Tommy Fleming". The Irish Post. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2025.


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