Eochair

Eochair means the brink or edge in Irish, deriving from Proto-Celtic roots meaning to turn or curve—a fitting name for this borderland settlement. Augher's recorded history begins with the Plantation of Ulster in 1613, when Sir Thomas Ridgway received 315 acres of land following the Nine Years' War. Within two years, King James I granted the settlement a borough charter, establishing it as a si...