County Carlow · Leinster
Tullow
An Tulach
'the hillock'
The story
Fully Tulach Ó bhFéidhlim, the hillock of the Uí Fhéidhlim. Father John Murphy of Boolavogue, one of the leaders of the 1798 rising in Wexford, was taken and executed here, and the town has a statue of him in the square.
Worth seeing nearby
- Browneshill dolmen · A capstone of some 100 tonnes, the heaviest in Europe, raised by farmers without wheels or metal. Nobody is sure how.
All of these are pinned on the Hidden Ireland map.
All towns and cities → · Know Tullow better? Add to the story.