Turlough, County Mayo
Turlough
Turlach | |
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Village | |
 Round tower and church at Turlough | |
  Turlough Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°53′00″N 9°13′00″W / 53.8833333°N 9.2166667°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Mayo |
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
| • Total | 299 |
Turlough, (
Museum of Country Life (part of the National Museum of Ireland), and for its well-preserved and unusually squat round tower
, built between 900 and 1200.
Turlough is also the name of the encompassing
í.FitzGerald family
In the eighteenth century it was the home of a branch of the FitzGerald family, distant cousins to the
duelling, he was hanged for conspiracy to murder
his father's attorney in 1786.
Facilities
Turlough's facilities include a pub ('The Turlough Inn'), a shop, a hair salon, and a lifestyle and garden centre with a restaurant a short distance away. Turlough is also home to a branch of the National Museum of Ireland, the 'Museum of Country Life'.
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Turlough.
- ^ "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Turlough". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Turlough". Placenames Database of Ireland. Logainm.ie. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
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53°52′59.9694″N 9°13′6.3402″W / 53.883324833°N 9.218427833°W