Tullaroan

Village in Leinster, Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tullaroan (Irish: Tulach Ruáin, meaning 'Rowan's hill')[1] is a village in the western part of County Kilkenny in the Slieveardagh Hills near the Tipperary border. Tullaroan is also the name of the local civil parish.

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Tullaroan
Tulach Ruáin
Village
Tullaroan is located in Ireland
Tullaroan
Tullaroan
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°39′44″N 7°26′18″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Kilkenny
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
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Sport

Tullaroan GAA are the most successful Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Kilkenny, having won the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship title twenty times, and have been finalists on eleven occasions.[citation needed]

Culture

The most common surnames in Tullaroan in 1849-50 were Grace, Maher, Kelly, Walsh, Dunne, Connors, Dowling, Kavanagh, Fogarty and Comerford.[2]

Geography

The village is 13 km west of Kilkenny city.

Civil parishes adjoining Tullaroan parish include Ballingarry (Slieveardagh) in County Tipperary and in County Kilkenny Ballinamara, Ballycallan, Ballylarkin, Killahy (Crannagh), Kilmanagh, Tubbridbritain.[2]

Notable people

See also

Courtstown Castle

References

Further reading

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