Tullaroan () is a village in the western part of

County Kilkenny County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the cou ...

in the

Slieveardagh Hills The Slieveardagh Hills are a low range of hills on the County Tipperary - Kilkenny border, mainly in the Tipperary barony of Slievardagh. The highest point is Clomantagh Hill

near the County Tipperary, Tipperary border. Tullaroan is also the name of the local civil parish.

Sport

Tullaroan GAA Tullaroan is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the village of Tullaroan in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The club was founded in 1884 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling. Tullaroan is the most successful club in the h ...

are the most successful

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club in

, having won the

Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship The Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the St Canice's Credit Union Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny SHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of ...

title twenty times, and have been finalists on eleven occasions.

Culture

The most common surnames in Tullaroan in 1849-50 were

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, Connors, Dowling, Kavanagh,

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and

Comerford Comerford, Commerford, Comberford or Quemerford is an Irish surname, of English origin. Notable people with the surname include: People ;Comerford * Andy Comerford (born 1972), Irish hurling manager and player * Ann Comerford, Irish camogie playe ...

.Tullaroan
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Geography

Civil parishes adjoining Tullaroan parish include Ballingarry (Slieveardagh) in

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 th ...

and in

Ballinamara, Ballycallan, Ballylarkin, Killahy (Crannagh), Kilmanagh, Tubbridbritain.

References

External links

Tullaroan GAA Club
{{Authority control Towns and villages in County Kilkenny

Sport

Culture

Geography

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