Togher
Togher is a large parish in County Louth, Ireland. It is the largest parish in the Armagh diocese. It is a rural coastal parish of 19,500 acres (79 km²) approximately. It is situated about half way between Drogheda and Dundalk on the East Coast of Louth and has approximately 5 miles (8 km) of beautiful coastline stretching from its border with Clogherhead Parish at the Skinore River in the south to Annagassan bridge in the north, where it adjoins the Parish of Darver. It's inland boundaries are the Parishes of Kilsaran, Dunleer and Clogherhead. Togher, is an amalgamation of six medieval parishes (Clonmore, Port, Dysart, Dunany, Salterstown and Drumcar) and to the present day the ruins of these six parish Churches stand within the confines of the six well-kept graveyards.
The name is derived from the Gaelic word "tochar", meaning a causeway.