Cullen, County Tipperary

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Cullen
Cuilleann
Village
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Sign at Cullen national school with old Irish name Cuileann Ó gCuanach, "Cullen of the Cooneys"
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Cullen
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°30′46″N8°16′33″W / 52.5127°N 8.2758°W / 52.5127; -8.2758
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County County Tipperary
Elevation
129 m (423 ft)
Population
 (2016) [1]
289
 (Cullen Electoral Division)
Time zone UTC±0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode
E34
Telephone area code 062
Irish Grid Reference R812401

Cullen (Irish : Cuilleann) is a rural village in County Tipperary, Ireland. [2] The centre of the village is located at a junction of two roads in south Tipperary. These roads lead to Monard, Lattin, the "Rocky Road" and Oola respectively.

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Name

The village was traditionally believed to have taken its name from the holly (Irish cuileann), although an Irish legend claimed that Fionn Mac Cumhail killed a hero named Cuileann, son of Morna at this site in the 3rd century AD. [3] [4] Another possible derivation is cuilleann, "steep unbroken slope;" the village is dominated by a sloping road. [5] [6]

Amenities

Cullen is home to two public houses (pubs), a cemetery and a Roman Catholic church. This church is dedicated to Saint Patrick and was built c. 1845. [7] [8]

Cullen–Lattin soccer pitch is the venue for the Cullen–Lattin soccer team. It is called this because the villages of Cullen and Lattin (approx. 4 miles from Cullen) are joined as one parish in the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.

Sport

The Gaelic Athletic Association affiliations of the joint parish is concentrated in the village of Lattin; the team called Lattin–Cullen (to differentiate with the soccer team Cullen–Lattin).

Cullen is also part of the shooting club known as "E.L.C.O. Gun Club" (Emly, Lattin, Cullen, Oola Gun club). This gun club is open for membership to residents and former residents of the lands within the E.L.C.O. area.[ citation needed ]

Archaeology

Longstone Rath and the Golden Bog of Cullen are nearby historic sites.

People

Nicky English, the former Tipperary hurler and manager, was born and raised in Cullen, living in what was a small shop run by his parents.

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References

  1. ↑ "Sapmap Area - Electoral Division - Cullen". Census 2016. CSO. April 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Cuilleann / Cullen". Placenames Database of Ireland. Dublin City University. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. ↑ O'Clery, Michael (31 August 1851). "Annala Rioghachta Eireann ; Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters from the Earliest Period to the Year 1616". Hodges and Smith – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Joyce, Patrick Weston (31 August 1871). "The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places". McGlashan & Gill – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "The Beauty, Magic, and Mystery of Slieve Gullion – Sliabh gCuillinn". 13 February 2021.
  6. ↑ Mills, David (20 October 2011). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. OUP Oxford. ISBN   978-0-19-960908-6 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Cullen, Tipperary South". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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