Clonoulty

Clonoulty (Irish: Cluain Ultaigh, meaning "the meadow of the Ulster men") is a small village and a civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is one of nine civil parishes in the barony of Kilnamanagh Lower. It is also half of the ecclesiastical parish of Clonoulty-Rossmore in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.Location and facilities Clonoulty may also refer to a slightly larger area which forms one half of the Clonoulty-Rossmore GAA club.↵It is situated on the R661 road, 15 km southwest of Thurles and 22 km northeast of Tipperary town. It has a primary school and a Post Office. A Sheela na Gig from Clonoulty Castle/Church is now on view in GPA Bolton Library, Cashel.

Location and facilities

Clonoulty may also refer to a slightly larger area which forms one half of the Clonoulty-Rossmore GAA club. It is situated on the R661 road, 15 km southwest of Thurles and 22 km northeast of Tipperary town. It has a primary school and a Post Office. A Sheela na Gig from Clonoulty Castle/Church is now on view in GPA Bolton Library, Cashel.

McNulty

McNulty (MacNulty) is an Irish surname historically associated with County Donegal in northwest Ireland and, possibly, with the moniker Ultach, an agnomen (additional surname) used by some of Gaelic Ireland's MacDunleavy or MacDonlevy (dynasty) royals in its earlier Gaelic language form. The surname denotes that its bearer is of the ancient Irish Ulaid race (singl. Ultaigh). In alternate spelling, Ulaid may be encountered as Ulaidh or Uladh. It is pronounced in Gaelic language "Ully" and has been corrupted in English to "ulty".

The surname is derived from an anglicized contraction of the original Irish patronymic Mac (descended)an Ultaigh or confusion of the Irish "Mac an Ultaigh" (male) and "Nic an Ultaigh" (female) surname. Variant spellings include McNaulty, its variations McNalty and, rarely, O'Nalty, Nolty, McNult, the more primitive Anglicizations McAnulty, McEnulty and McKnulty and others.

In County Clare and its adjacent County Tipperary in the southwest of the Republic of Ireland, the toponymics Connoulty and Kinoulty are encountered. Clonoulty (Irish language "Cluain Ultaigh", meaning "the meadow of the Ulsterman" or Ultaigh) is a civil parish in south County Tipperary. Some sources consider the surnames Connoulty and Kinoulty to be variant Anglicizations of the Irish language Mac and Nic an Ultaigh surname.