BROWSE
townland
Carn Tulach
genitive: Charn Tulach
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Carntullagh
(English)

Glossary

English cairn, pile of rocks
tulach, tulaigh
English hillock

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    cairn of (the) hillock
    tulach — foirm den ghinideach uatha de tulach (féach A Dictionary of the Irish Language, www.dil.ie)

  • English

    cairn of (the) hillock
    tulach — a genitive singular form of tulach (see A Dictionary of the Irish Language, www.dil.ie)

Centrepoint

54.1571, -7.95402latitude, longitude
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Historical references

ˌk′aːrən ˈtolə
duine céanna; /ən/ = /n/ siollach
Áit.
ˌʧaːrən ˈtolə
duine céanna; /ən/ = /n/ siollach
Áit.
Nóta
Nóta
DG
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman Carn-Tulach = Hill Carn. … The Yellow River forms its southern boundary. "
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory: Mass-rock (site). ‘Cloghasaggart.’ At the bottom of an exposed face of rock outcrop which is at the top of the SW-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge overlooking Lough Allen. A fissure in the rock outcrop is where priests sheltered during the Penal era,, but there is no evidence of a mass-rock (196-7). "
Nóta
1655
Cornetullagh
DS
1659
Cornetullagh
Cen. Leathanach: 567
1660c
Carnetullagh
BSD Leathanach: 68
1685
Cor[]tehille
Hib. Del.
1817
Carniltagh[]
Larkin
1834?
Cornatullagh
TAB Leathanach: (60:16/9) 145
1836
Carntullagh
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Carntullagh
BS:AL
1836
Cornetullagh
S&V:AL
1836
"Carn tullach, [An dara 'l' scriosta]"
hill of the carn, or heap of stones'
OD:AL
1836
Carntullagh
OD:AL

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