Tullyhogue

Tullyhogue
Irish: Tulaigh Óg[1]

Halfway Bar in Tullyhogue
 Tullyhogue shown within Northern Ireland
DistrictCookstown
CountyCounty Tyrone
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district BT80
Dialling code 028
EU Parliament Northern Ireland
UK ParliamentMid Ulster
NI AssemblyMid Ulster
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Tyrone

Coordinates: 54°36′22″N 6°43′26″W / 54.606°N 6.724°W / 54.606; -6.724

Tullyhogue, also called Tullaghoge[1] or Tullahoge[2][3] (from Irish Tulach Óc[4], meaning "hill of youth"[5]), is a small village and townland[6] in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is within the civil parish of Desertcreat and is about three kilometres south of Cookstown.

Nearby Tullyhogue Fort was the crowning place of the kings of Ulster until the Flight of the Earls in 1607.

References

  1. 1 2 Placenames Database of Ireland
  2. Cookstown District Council minutes (8 April 2008)
  3. The Development of the Irish Language: Part 5, Culture Northern Ireland
  4. Byrne, F.J. (2001) [1973]. Irish Kings and High-Kings (2nd ed.). Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 27. ISBN 9781851821969.
  5. , "Tullyhogue Fort". Triskelle. Retrieved 2007-12-01. Triskelle uses the variant spelling Telach Oc
  6. Placenames NI
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