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Coulter (surname)

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Map of Gaelic Ireland showing Ulidia (kingdom) circa 900 A.D.

Coulter is a surname of ancient Gael royals. The O’Coulter (I. O’Coltarain) chiefs ruled Dal Coirb in the portion of Gaelic Ireland's Ulidia (kingdom) that is now the Barony (Ireland) of Castlereagh.[1] Ulidia kingdom was the last patrimony of the Ulaid nation.

Notable people

Lt. Gen. John B. Coulter, thrice recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)

Fictional characters:

  • Marisa Coulter, character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy

Places

See also

References

  1. ^ John O'Hart, Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, 5th edition, in two volumes, originally published in Dublin in 1892, reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1976, Vol. 1, p. 819