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Turtulla, Thurles
Turtulla is a townland in the civil parish of Thurles, County Tipperary. It is a little over 34 acres in extent. Just across the river, there is another, much larger, townland of the same name which belongs to Fertiana Fertiana is a civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is part of the historical barony of Eliogarty. It has 3,397 statute acres divided into seven townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small ge ... civil parish. Turtulla (Thurles) contains an island in the River Suir, at the northern end of which there used to be a flour mill. References {{coord missing, County Tipperary Townlands of County Tipperary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townland
A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origin, pre-dating the Norman invasion, and most have names of Irish origin. However, some townland names and boundaries come from Norman manors, plantation divisions, or later creations of the Ordnance Survey.Connolly, S. J., ''The Oxford Companion to Irish History, page 577. Oxford University Press, 2002. ''Maxwell, Ian, ''How to Trace Your Irish Ancestors'', page 16. howtobooks, 2009. The total number of inhabited townlands in Ireland was 60,679 in 1911. The total number recognised by the Irish Place Names database as of 2014 was 61,098, including uninhabited townlands, mainly small islands. Background In Ireland a townland is generally the smallest administrative division of land, though a few large townlands are further divided into h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Parishes In Ireland
Civil parishes () are units of territory in the island of Ireland that have their origins in old Gaelic territorial divisions. They were adopted by the Anglo-Norman Lordship of Ireland and then by the Elizabethan Kingdom of Ireland, and were formalised as land divisions at the time of the Plantations of Ireland. They no longer correspond to the boundaries of Roman Catholic or Church of Ireland parishes, which are generally larger. Their use as administrative units was gradually replaced by Poor_law_union#Ireland, Poor Law Divisions in the 19th century, although they were not formally abolished. Today they are still sometimes used for legal purposes, such as to locate property in deeds of property registered between 1833 and 1946. Origins The Irish parish was based on the Gaelic territorial unit called a ''túath'' or ''Trícha cét''. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman barons retained the ''tuath'', later renamed a parish or manor, as a un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurles (civil Parish)
Thurles is a civil parish in the barony of Eliogarty in County Tipperary. Church of Ireland parish Like all civil parishes in Ireland, this civil parish is derived from, and co-extensive with, a pre-existing parish of the Church of Ireland. Townlands The parish is divided into 46 townlands, However, the map on this web page is a little inaccurate, because it shows the wrong townland of Turtulla as belonging to the parish - there are actually two neighbouring townlands of this name, one in Thurles civil parish and one which belongs to Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Tipperary
County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland. It is Ireland's largest inland county and shares a border with 8 counties, more than any other. The population of the county was 159,553 at the 2016 census. The largest towns are Clonmel, Nenagh and Thurles. Tipperary County Council is the local authority for the county. In 1838, County Tipperary was divided into two ridings, North and South. From 1899 until 2014, they had their own county councils. They were unified under the Local Government Reform Act 2014, which came into effect following the 2014 local elections on 3 June 2014. Geography Tipperary is the sixth-largest of the 32 counties by area and the 12th largest by population. It is the third-largest of Munster's 6 counties by both size and popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turtulla, Fertiana
Turtulla is a townland in the civil parish of Fertiana, County Tipperary. It is a little over 790 acres in extent and is bounded on its northern edge by the River Suir, which separates it from another, much smaller, townland of the same name, which belongs to Thurles civil parish. Turtulla House The townland house, ''Turtulla House'', is now the clubhouse of Thurles Golf Club. The house and 218 acres were offered for sale in the ''Tipperary Star'' newspaper in February 1944 and were bought, for £6,100, on behalf of the club by a local solicitor, P. J. O'Meara. A map of the area drawn in 1755 shows a house on the site. Previous owners of the house included members of the Nicholson, Bailey and Maher families. Daniel O'Connell stayed in the house as the guest of the Mahers, when he addressed a "monster meeting" on a hill at nearby Knockroe on the outskirts of Thurles.William Nolan, Thomas G. McGrathTipperary: History and Society : Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fertiana
Fertiana is a civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is part of the historical barony of Eliogarty. It has 3,397 statute acres divided into seven townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...s: * Turtulla * Cabragh * Cloghmartin * Clohoge * Fertiana * Galbertstown Lower * Galbertstown Upper References {{coord missing, County Tipperary Fertiana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
