convent of mercy on the Ballagh road, Clogher. ). Demography 19th-century population The population of the village decreased during the 19th century: 2011 Census On Census Day (27 March 2011) the usually resident population of Clogher Settlement was 717 accounting for 0.04% of the NI total. Of these: 97.63% were from the white (including Irish Traveller) ethnic group; 54.67% belong to or were brought up in the Catholic religion and 42.96% belong to or were brought up in a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' religion; and 42.12% indicated that they had a British national identity, 28.87% had an Irish national identity and 27.62% had a Northern Irish national identity. Respondents could indicate more than one national identity On Census Day 27 March 2011, in Clogher Settlement, of the population aged 3 years old and over: 15.81% had some knowledge of Irish; 3.66% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots; and 7.61% did not have English as their first language. People The novelist William Carleton was born in the nearby townland of Prolusk (spelt Prillisk on his gravestone) in 1794. James Graham Fair, one of the 'Bonanza Kings' and U.S. Senator from Nevada was born in the town in 1831. Keith Farmer (1987–2022), motorcycle racer. Percy Jocelyn, Anglican bishop of Clogher, was deposed in 1822 for homosexual practices. Football player Dermot McCaffrey of Dungannon Swifts grew up in Clogher. Joseph B. O'Hagan (1826–1878), Jesuit priest Roisin Walsh, Dublin's first Chief Librarian, was born in Lisnamaghery, Clogher, in 1889. See also Abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland (County Tyrone) List of civil parishes of County Tyrone References External links Clogher Historical Society Clogher Town 1837 Clogher Townland Names Clogher Valley Landscape Villages in County Tyrone Civil parishes of County Tyrone Civil parishes of County Fermanagh