Tulla Lower
Tulla Lower | |
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Coordinates: 52°45′31″N 8°37′33″W / 52.758737°N 8.625855°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | Clare |
Tulla Lower (or Tullagh Lower) is a barony in County Clare, Ireland. This ancient geographical division of land is in turn divided into eight civil parishes.
Legal context
Baronies were created after the
Location
Tulla Lower lies in the south-east of County Clare. As late as 1831, it was united with Tulla Upper as a single barony.
The barony is bounded to the east by Lough Derg and the River Shannon which separates it from the counties of Tipperary and Tipperary. Within the county of Clare, it is bounded by the baronies of Bunratty Lower (to the south-west), Bunratty Lower (to the west), Bunratty Upper (to the north-west) and by Tulla Upper (to the north). The narrow waters of Lough Cullaunyheeda separates the barony from its neighbour, Bunratty Upper.
It covers 78,381 acres (31,720 ha) of which 5,416 acres (2,192 ha) are water.[1]
Terrain
Much of the barony is moorish upland, but the lands along the Shannon and in the south are good farmland. The highest points are Glennagalliagh, in the parish of Killaloe, at 1,746 feet (532 m) and Cragnamurragh, on the border of the parishes of Killokennedy and O'Brien's Bridge, at 1,729 feet (527 m). The loughs (lakes) of Bridget, Derrynone, Kilglory, Cullaunyheeda and Castle lie on the boundary of the baronry, and the loughs of Doon, Aroher, Clonlea, and Cloonbrick are in the interior.[1]
Parishes and settlements
The barony contains the
References
Citations
Sources
- "Barony of Tulla or Tullagh Lower". Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland. 1845. Retrieved 9 March 2014.