Dualla, County Tipperary

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Dualla
Dumha Aille
Village
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Boherlahan-Dualla tourist sign in Dualla village
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Dualla
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°32′28″N7°48′57″W / 52.541111°N 7.815833°W / 52.541111; -7.815833
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County County Tipperary
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
  Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Dualla (Irish : Dumha Aille) is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located near Cashel on the R691 road. Its modern name derives from the Irish Dumha Aille, meaning 'mound of the cliff'. Dualla National School began educating pupils in May 1861 and officially opened a new school in June 2012.This is also home of Cillian nash he got 2 detentions in a week in school for wacthing Kieran Donoghy highlights [1]

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(There is a local 'Big House' known as Dually and the settlement is marked as Dually [2] on roadmaps. However all local signage refers to the place as Dualla; as do the local council and residents).

Sport

The local GAA team is Boherlahan–Dualla GAA.

Events

The village hosts an annual agricultural event, the Dualla Show, every August. The show attracts thousands of visitors and includes a tractor-pulling contest. Another show held locally is the Dualla Thrashing. [3]

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Dualla tractor pulling

People

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References

  1. "About School". Dualla National School. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  2. "Placenames Database of Ireland". Dublin City University. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  3. "Dualla Show" . Retrieved 20 January 2022.