[1] Cloghan is home to a car dealership,[4] and has a number of shops including a butchers, a hairdressers/beautician, a Spar store and a service station.

[6] The Catholic church in Cloghan, also named for St. Mary, was built c. 1860.

[7] It is in Cloghan & Banagher parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise.

[citation needed] Belmont and Cloghan railway station opened on 29 May 1884, closed for passenger traffic on 24 February 1947, and finally closed altogether on 1 January 1963.

[9] St. Rynagh's GAA club are based in Cloghan and play their games at the local sports field.