Coordinates: 52°36′54″N 9°46′55″W / 52.614882°N 9.781845°W / 52.614882; -9.781845

Tullig, County Clare

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Tullig
Túllaig
Village
Tullig is located in Ireland
Tullig
Tullig
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°36′54″N 9°46′55″W / 52.614882°N 9.781845°W / 52.614882; -9.781845
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Clare
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Tullig (Irish: Túllaig, meaning 'a hill')[1] is a townland and small village located in the Loop Head peninsula in County Clare, Ireland.

It was described in the 1845 Parliamentary Gazetteer as:

A village in the parish of Kilballyowen, barony of Moyarta, County Clare, Munster. It is situated amidst a bleak district of country, about a mile from the nearest part of the coast, 3 miles west-north-west of Carrigaholt, and 6¼ south-west of Kilkee. Area, 8 acres. Pop., in 1841, 269. Houses 50.[2]

The village was virtually destroyed during the Great Famine.[3]

References

  1. ^ www.askaboutireland.ie
  2. ^ The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland, 1845
  3. ^ Clare History and Society. Templeogue, Dunblin 6: Geography Publications. ISBN 978-0-906602-393.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) p. 243