Tullow
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Tullow is a town in County Carlow
, Ireland
. It is located on the River Slaney
where the N81
road
intersects with the R762
.
, who was captured near Tullow and executed in the Market Square on 2 July. There is a small museum with information about this period and other local history.
, Borstal Boy
that mentions Tullow: "Littlewood was twenty and married. We thought he was as old as the Hills of Tullow."
connected to the Irish railway network
, on a branch line from Naas
in County Kildare
. Tullow railway station opened on 1 June 1886, closed for passenger and goods traffic in 1947 and finally closed on 1 April 1959.
is one of Europe's largest independent exploration and production companies with worldwide operations.
County Carlow
County Carlow is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Carlow, which lies on the River Barrow. Carlow County Council is the local authority for the county...
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. It is located on the River Slaney
River Slaney
The Slaney is a river in the southeast of Ireland. It rises on Lugnaquilla Mountain in the western Wicklow Mountains and flows west and then south through counties Wicklow, Carlow and Wexford, before entering St George's Channel in the Irish Sea at Wexford town...
where the N81
N81 road
The N81 road is a national secondary road in Ireland, connecting the gates of Trinity College, Dublin to Tullow, County Carlow, north to south. The N81 continues past Tullow for another 8 km to terminate at the village of Closh, County Carlow, where it intersects the N80. The N81 is long...
road
Roads in Ireland
The island of Ireland, comprising Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, has an extensive network of tens of thousands of kilometres of public roads, usually surfaced. These roads have been developed and modernised over centuries, from trackways suitable only for walkers and horses, to...
intersects with the R762
R762 road
The R762 road is a regional road in County Wicklow, Ireland, which connects the R761 at Greystones to the N11 national primary road.The route runs east via Rathdown Road, turns south through the town as Church Road before turning west as Mill Road...
.
History
There is a statue of Father John Murphy, one of the leaders of the 1798 RebellionIrish Rebellion of 1798
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 , also known as the United Irishmen Rebellion , was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against British rule in Ireland...
, who was captured near Tullow and executed in the Market Square on 2 July. There is a small museum with information about this period and other local history.
Gaelic Sports
Saint Patrick's are the GAA club in Tullow who currently compete in the Carlow Senior Football Championship and have been crowned champions on ten occasions. They also compete in the Carlow Intermediate Hurling Championship.Soccer
Parkville United who play at Hawkins Lane Tullow compete in the Carlow premier division.Literature
There is quote in Brendan Behan'sBrendan Behan
Brendan Francis Behan was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. He was also an Irish republican and a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army.-Early life:...
, Borstal Boy
Borstal Boy
Borstal Boy is an autobiographical 1958 book by Brendan Behan. The story depicts a young, fervently idealistic Behan who loses his naïveté over the three years of his sentence to a juvenile borstal, softening his radical Republican stance and warming to his fellow British prisoners...
that mentions Tullow: "Littlewood was twenty and married. We thought he was as old as the Hills of Tullow."
Transport
The town was at one timeHistory of rail transport in Ireland
The history of rail transport in Ireland began only a decade later than that of Great Britain. By its peak in 1920, Ireland counted 5,500 route kilometers...
connected to the Irish railway network
Rail transport in Ireland
Rail services in Ireland are provided by Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland and by Northern Ireland Railways in Northern Ireland.Most routes in the Republic radiate from Dublin...
, on a branch line from Naas
Naas
Naas is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland. With a population of just over twenty thousand, it is also the largest town in the county. Naas is a major commuter suburb, with many people residing there and working in Dublin...
in County Kildare
County Kildare
County Kildare is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county...
. Tullow railway station opened on 1 June 1886, closed for passenger and goods traffic in 1947 and finally closed on 1 April 1959.
People
- Irish literary critic Denis DonoghueDenis DonoghueDenis Donoghue is an Irish literary critic. He is currently the Henry James Chair of English and American Letters at New York University....
was born in Tullow. - Bishop Daniel DelanyDaniel DelanyDaniel Delany was the Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin. He was born on the first of two sons into a farming family in January 1747...
, Bishop of Kildare and LeighlinBishop of Kildare and LeighlinThe Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, one of the suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Dublin. The episcopal title takes its name from the towns of Kildare and Old Leighlin in the province of Leinster, Ireland.The see is...
, founded the Brigidine SistersBrigidine SistersThe Brigidine Sisters are a global Roman Catholic congregation, founded by Bishop Daniel Delany in Ireland on February 1, 1807...
in 1807 and the Patrician BrothersPatrician BrothersThe Patrician Brothers, or Brothers of Saint Patrick, are a Roman Catholic congregation for the religious and literary education of youth and the instruction of the faithful in Christian piety.-History:This Brotherhood was founded by the Right Rev. Dr...
in 1808, organisations that exist today. - Sean O'BrienSean O'Brien (rugby player)Sean Kevin O'Brien is an Irish professional rugby union player from Carlow, Ireland. He plays provincial rugby for Leinster and club rugby for Clontarf RFC....
, professional rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player for LeinsterLeinster RugbyLeinster Rugby, usually referred to simply as Leinster, is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Dublin, representing the Irish province of Leinster, that competes in the RaboDirect Pro 12 and also competes in the Heineken Cup...
and IrelandIreland national rugby union teamThe Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
is from Ardristan, Tullow and played for local teams - Tullow CS and Tullow RFCTullow RFCTullow RFC is an Irish rugby team based in Tullow, Leinster. They play in Division One of the Leinster League.-History:The club was originally founded in 1928, but had trouble finding its feet over the course of the following thirty-odd years...
Weather
A local weather station operates in Tullow, which records all local weather and provides a 5 day local forecast, this is a free service and can be found on Carlow Weather.com. Tullow recorded the lowest tempature in 2010 at -17.7c.Business
Tullow OilTullow Oil
Tullow Oil plc is a global oil and gas exploration company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It has interests in over 85 licences across 23 countries and in 2010 produced 58,100 barrels of oil equivalent per day...
is one of Europe's largest independent exploration and production companies with worldwide operations.
See also
- List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Carlow)
- List of towns and villages in Ireland
- Market Houses in IrelandMarket Houses in the Republic of IrelandMarket houses are a notable feature of many Irish towns with varying styles of architecture, size and ornamentation making for a most interesting feature of the streetscape. Originally there were three, four or even five bays on the ground floor which were an open arcade. An upper floor was...