Information about Tulla

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Tulla
Irish Form of Name:
Tulaigh
Translation:
a hill
Civil Parish:
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Tulla
Tulaigh
Tulla B. S. Sketch
Description:
A barony bounded on the East by Lough Derg and the River Shannon which separates it from the County Tipperary on the N.E. by the Barony of Leitrim in the County Galway.
Situation:
In the East side of the County Clare, 3 miles W. S.W. of Mount Shannon.

Information From Joyce's Place Names

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.