County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the City status in Ir ...
in the
Slieveardagh Hills
The Slieveardagh Hills are a low range of hills on the County Tipperary - County Kilkenny, Kilkenny border, mainly in the Tipperary Barony (Ireland), barony of Slievardagh. The highest point is Clomantagh HillTipperary border. Tullaroan is also the name of the local civil parish.
Sport
Tullaroan GAA
Tullaroan is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the village of Tullaroan in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The club was founded in 1884 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling. Tullaroan is the most successful club in the hi ...
are the most successful
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...
club in
County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the City status in Ir ...
, having won the
Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the St Canice's Credit Union Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny SHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of ...
title twenty times, and have been finalists on eleven occasions.
Culture
The most common surnames in Tullaroan in 1849-50 were
Grace
Grace may refer to:
Places United States
* Grace, Idaho, a city
* Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois
* Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office
* Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an uni ...
Kelly
Kelly may refer to:
Art and entertainment
* ''Kelly'' (Kelly Price album), 2011
* ''Kelly'' (Andrea Faustini album)
* ''Kelly'' (musical), by Mark Charlap, 1965
* "Kelly" (song), by Kelly Rowland, 2018
* ''Kelly'' (film), Canada, 1981
* ...
,
Walsh
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People and fictional characters
* Walsh (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters
Places Australia
* Mount Walsh, Mount Walsh National Park
Canada
* Fort Walsh, one of the first Royal Canadian Mounted ...
,
Dunne
Dunne or Dunn is an Irish surname, derived from the Irish ''Ó Duinn'' and ''Ó Doinn'', meaning "dark" or "brown."
The name Dunne in Ireland is derived from the Ó Duinn and the Ó Doinn Gaelic septs who were based in County Laois, County Mea ...
Fogarty
Fogarty is a surname of Irish origin. The name Fogarty in Ireland is derived from the native Irish Ó Fogartaigh Sept who were located in County Tipperary where the name is still very prevalent to this very day.
According to historian C. Thoma ...
and
Comerford
Comerford, Commerford, Comberford or Quemerford is an Irish surname, of English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
People
;Comerford
* Andy Comerford (born 1972), Irish hurling manager and player
* Ann Comerford, Irish camogie playe ...
.Tullaroan -
Irish Times
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, Irish Ancestors.
Geography
Civil parishes adjoining Tullaroan parish include Ballingarry (Slieveardagh) in
County Tipperary
County Tipperary () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary (tow ...
and in
County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the City status in Ir ...
Tullaroan Church
Tullaroan Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
Location
Tullaroan Church is located immediately south of Tullaroan, on the east bank of a tributary of the Munster River.
Church
Tullaroan Parish Churc ...