Tullig, County Clare
Tullig Túllaig | |
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Village | |
Tullig Location in Ireland | |
Coordinates: 52°36′54″N 9°46′55″W / 52.614882°N 9.781845°WCoordinates: 52°36′54″N 9°46′55″W / 52.614882°N 9.781845°W | |
Country |
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Province | Munster |
County | County Clare |
Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Tullig (Irish: Túllaig, meaning "a hill")[1] is a townland and small village located in the Loop Head peninsula in County Clare, Ireland.
It was described in the 1845 Parliamentary Gazetteer as:
“ | A village in the parish of Kilballyowen, barony of Moyarta, Co. Clare, Munster. It is situated amidst a bleak district of country, about a mile from the nearest part of the coast, 3 miles west-north-west of Carrigaholt, and 6¼ south-west of Kilkee. Area, 8 acres. Pop., in 1841, 269. Houses 50. | ” |
The village was virtually destroyed by the Great Famine (Ireland).[3]
References
- ↑ www.askaboutireland.ie
- ↑ The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland, 1845
- ↑ Clare History and Society. Templeogue, Dunblin 6: Geography Publications. ISBN 978-0-906602-393. p. 243
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