Tullig, County Clare

Tullig
Túllaig
Village
Tullig

Location in Ireland

Coordinates: 52°36′54″N 9°46′55″W / 52.614882°N 9.781845°W / 52.614882; -9.781845Coordinates: 52°36′54″N 9°46′55″W / 52.614882°N 9.781845°W / 52.614882; -9.781845
Country  Ireland
Province Munster
County County Clare
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
  Summer (DST) IST (WEST) (UTC-1)

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 Gazeteer 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.

[2]

The village was virtually destroyed by the Great Famine (Ireland).[3]

References

  1. www.askaboutireland.ie
  2. The Parliamentary Gazeteer of Ireland, 1845
  3. Clare History and Society. Templeogue, Dunblin 6: Geography Publications. ISBN 978-0-906602-393. p. 243
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