Tullow
Sign in to saveTullow (; ), formerly Tullowphelim (), is a market town in County Carlow, Ireland. It is located on the River Slaney where the N81 road intersects with the R725. , the population was 5,138. Tullowphelim is the name of both a townland and civil parish in which Tullow lies.
Key facts
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- Town
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- Tullow
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- ga
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- Tullow, County Carlow.JPG
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- N81 crossing the River Slaney in the centre of Tullow
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- Ireland
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- right
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- Location in Ireland
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- Irish Grid Reference
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- Metric
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- 95
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- Country
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- Ireland
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- Province
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- Leinster
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- County Carlow
- Settlement.population_total
- 5138
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Tullow (; ), formerly Tullowphelim (), is a market town in County Carlow, Ireland. It is located on the River Slaney where the N81 road intersects with the R725. , the population was 5,138. Tullowphelim is the name of both a townland and civil parish in which Tullow lies.
==History== Anglo-Norman landowner Hugh de Lacy built a castle in Tullow at the site of a crossing on the river Slaney. The castle was captured by Oliver Cromwell in 1650. There are no extant remains of the castle and the circumstances of its demolition are uncertain. The castle may have been pulled down during the reign of Queen Anne and the stones used in the construction of a barracks in the town.