Economy
- Clogherhead is a popular tourist destination. The village is also notable for its sandy Blue Flag beach which extends from near the lifeboat station and on to the Boyne estuary. The beach boasts excellent water sports conditions which are catered for year round and prove extremely popular during the summer months.
- The last two years have seen the revival of the popular Clogherhead Prawn Festival which attracts significant crowds to the village to partake in the weekend of varied and family oriented events.
- Port Oriel is a fishing port boasting one of the largest fleets in the country.
- Port Oriel is also being used as a base for the construction of the offshore Oriel Wind Farm.
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“War. Fighting. Men ... every man in the whole realm is in the army.... Every man in uniform ... An economy entirely geared to war ... but there is not much war ... hardly any fighting ... yet every man a soldier from birth till death ... Men ... all men for fighting ... but no war, no wars to fight ... what is it, what does it mean?””
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