People and Places of Galway

Standard Name:

Kiltullagh Lough

Irish Form of Name:

Cill Tullach

Translation:

church of the hill

Civil Parish:

Kilkerrin
View all place names in this civil parish.

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

Kiltullagh Lough
Kiltullagh Inhabitants
Kiltullagh Inq. Temp. Jac. I

Comment:

See townland

Description:

This lough presents nothing remarkable nor is there any detail of it in the present work.

Situation:

Kiltullagh Lough is situated in the N. portion of this parish on the boundary between the townlands of Creggaan, Kiltullagh, Lehurick and Moanagormly in this parish, and is apportioned to each.

Translation according to P. W. Joyce:

Kill alone is the name of more than a score of places in various counties: in most cases it stands for cill, a church: but in some it is for coill, a wood.

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:

Kiltullagh Lough is in Creggaun 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.

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Kiltullagh Lough

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

Information about Kiltullagh Lough

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Information From Joyce's Place Names

Townland Information

Information From Maps