Tullaroan
Tullaroan
Tulach Ruáin | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Kilkenny |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Website | www |
Tullaroan (Irish: Tulach Ruáin, meaning 'Rowan's hill') is a village on the west side of County Kilkenny in the Slieveardagh Hills near the Tipperary border. Tullaroan is also the name of the local civil parish.
Sport
Tullaroan GAA are the most successful Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in County Kilkenny, having won the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship title twenty times in 1887, 1889, 1895, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1907, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1948, 1958 and 1994. Tullaroan have also been finalists on eleven occasions 1905, 1906, 1913, 1916, 1936, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1954 and 1992.
Culture
The most common surnames in Tullaroan in 1849-50 were Grace, Maher, Kelly, Walsh, Dunne, Connors, Dowling, Kavanagh, Fogarty and Comerford.[1]
Geography
Civil parishes adjoining Tullaroan parish include Ballingarry (Slieveardagh) in County Tipperary and in County Kilkenny Ballinamara, Ballycallan, Ballylarkin, Killahy (Crannagh), Kilmanagh, Tubbridbritain. [1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Tullaroan - Irish Times, Irish Ancestors.
