placenamesTullahought
Tulchacht
Lewis recorded a substantial quarry workforce near Kilmacoliver in 1837.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Tulchacht · Irish · main form · validated name
- Tullahought · English · main form
Place & story
Workings 120 feet deep
The Ormond Quarry near Kilmacoliver employed about 150 people when Samuel Lewis described Tullahought parish in 1837. Its slate workings had reached a depth of 120 feet. Lewis reported sales across Kilkenny and adjoining counties, comparing the slate’s colour and lightness favourably with Welsh products. He gave no annual output figure, despite describing production as considerable. [2]
A parish beside a county boundary
Lewis placed Tullahought along the small river he called the Lingam, separating Kilkenny from Tipperary. He described slaty argillite beneath the parish and identified a Catholic chapel at Kilmacoliver within the Killamery district. His account connects the quarry with a specific local settlement and geological setting, without establishing the quarry’s opening or closure dates. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Tullahought. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tullahought — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.