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Tulla is a parish in County Clare, Ireland, and part of the Ceantar na Lochanna grouping of parishes within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. As of 2021, the co-parish priest is Brendan Quinlivan. [1] The main church of the parish is the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Tulla, built in 1832-1837. The building was renovated in 1971 ...
Born in Tulla, Threecastles, Rochford was the second of three children born to Michael Rochford (born 1852), a journeyman tailor, and Catherine "Kate" White (born 1845). After his primary education at Clinstown and Ballydaniel, Rochford followed in his father's footsteps by also becoming a tailor.
Threecastles Castle is a rectangular three-storey tower house, with a stair turret projecting from the north east corner. [2] [3] The walls are four to five feet thick, and are faced with cut granite.
The Three Castles was a former medieval lordship, comprising the fortifications of Grosmont, Skenfrith and White Castle in Monmouthshire, Wales.The castles were established by the Normans in the wake of their conquest of England in 1066, to protect the route from Wales to Hereford.
Tulla (Irish: An Tulach, meaning 'the hillock') [2] is a market town in County Clare, Ireland. It is situated in the east of the county, on the R462 and near its junction with the R352 , 18 km from Ennis .
The parish is in the barony of Tulla. It is 20 miles (32 km) from Ennis and 87 miles (140 km) from Dublin. The name is said to be a corrupt form of Kill-da-Lua, and to be derived from the foundation of an abbey by St. Lua or Molua in the 6th century. The town is on the west bank of the Shannon near the falls of Killaloe, about a mile from Lough ...
From Mrs Maher, Tulla, Threecastles, County Kilkenny, aged 87: [128] One day a lady visitor came to Kilkenny Castle and brought with her three fat mice. The owner of the Castle never noticed anything until the place was full of mice. There were mice everywhere. They advertised for cats. Soon the castle was full of cats.
As of 1837 there was the ruins of an old church at Ballybrohan, and the ruins of Cahir castle on a small island about 100 yards (91 m) from the shore. [ 2 ] Townlands are Aughinish, Ballybran, Ballybroghan, Ballyheefy, Ballyhurly, Ballylaghnan, Ballynagleragh, Bealkelly (Eyre), Bealkelly (Purdon), Caher, Carrowcore, Carrowena, Carrowgar ...