Tullyhogue
| Tullyhogue | |
|---|---|
) Halfway Bar in Tullyhogue | |
)  Location within Northern Ireland | |
| District |
|
| County | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | COOKSTOWN |
| Postcode district | BT80 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
| UK Parliament | |
| NI Assembly | |
Tullyhogue, also called Tullaghoge[1] or Tullahoge[2][3] (from Irish Tulach Óc[4] '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 two miles or 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
- Cookstown Area Plan 2010
- ^ a b Placenames Database of Ireland
- ^ Cookstown District Council minutes Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (8 April 2008)
- ^ The Development of the Irish Language: Part 5, Culture Northern Ireland
- ^ Byrne, F.J. (2001) [1973]. Irish Kings and High-Kings (2nd ed.). Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 27. ISBN 9781851821969.
- ^ "Tullyhogue Fort". Triskelle. Retrieved 1 December 2007. Triskelle uses the variant spelling Telach Oc
- ^ Placenames NI Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
External links
This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia® - the free encyclopedia created and edited by its online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of Wikipedia® encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information, please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.