Tullig
Túllaig | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 52°36′54″N 9°46′55″W / 52.614882°N 9.781845°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | County Clare |
Time zone | UTC+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]
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