Tullyhogue

Tullyhogue

Tullyhogue

Human settlement in Northern Ireland

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.

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

References

  • Cookstown Area Plan 2010
  1. [1]
    Placenames Database of Ireland
  2. [2]
    Cookstown District Council minutes Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (8 April 2008)
  3. [3]
    The Development of the Irish Language: Part 5, Culture Northern Ireland
  4. [4]
    Byrne, F.J. (2001) [1973]. Irish Kings and High-Kings (2nd ed.). Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 27. ISBN 9781851821969.
  5. [5]
    "Tullyhogue Fort". Triskelle. Retrieved 1 December 2007. Triskelle uses the variant spelling Telach Oc
  6. [6]
    Placenames NI Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
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