People and Places of Galway

Standard Name:

Tullira Castle

Irish Form of Name:

Tul' Eidhre

Translation:

[Tullira means] hill of the heir

Civil Parish:

Ardrahan
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:

Tullira Castle John Martin, Esq., Proprietor

Description:

There is an old Irish Castle here in good preservation inhabited by Mr. Martins Domestics and also a good house built by Mr. Martin’s Ancestors attached to the West side of the old castle. This new house is the seat of John Martin, Esq. whose ancestors were in possession of this old castle since the year 1408 and who came to Ireland with Earl Strongbow from a County Shropshire in England. Spacious gardens, Hot Houses, Green Houses with various kinds of fruits..

Situation:

In the townland of Tullira, parish of Ardrahan, Barony of Dunkellin and County Galway, one mile South of Ardrahan village.

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:

Tul, a hill; the root-word of a number of derivatives, such as Tulach, Tullagh, Tully, Tullig, Tolly, Tulla, Tullaghan, &c, all meaning hill or hillock. Tul is often made Tula.

What is a townland?:

A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169

Townland:

Tullira Castle is in Tullira townland.

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
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This link is not a link to the townland that you are currently researching; however, if you follow this link, you will see a search box near the top of the page which you can use to search for your townland.

Having followed this link, you will see several expandable links - each link has a plus sign on its left - on the top left of the page. Expand 'Base Information and Mapping'. Now it is possible to select the maps that you wish to view by clicking on the checkbox that is on the left of each map; this list includes the original Ordnance Survey maps.

You can select more than one map and you can use a slider to make one map more transparent than another. This allows you to view what features were present or absent at different points in time.
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Tullira Castle

Information from the National Monuments Service.
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Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service

Information from the Landed Estates Database.
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The following is a list of those houses in this townland which are discussed in the Landed Estates Database.

Tullira

Information about Tullira Castle

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Townland Information

Information From Maps

Information From The Landed Estates Database