placenamesTullyallen
Tulaigh Álainn
Lewis’s 1837 account places farming and education within the parish’s connections to Drogheda.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Tulaigh Álainn · Irish · main form · validated name
- Tullyallen · English · main form
Place & story
Farms and linen for Drogheda
Lewis described Tullyallen’s land as fertile and wholly under tillage, with improvements in agricultural practice. Coarse linen was woven in the village for the Drogheda market. These two activities linked the parish’s rural production with the nearby town’s trading economy. [2]
Schools supported by the Balfours
Four public schools taught about 300 children in the 1837 account. One at Townley Hall was maintained by Mr Balfour and another by the Misses Balfour. The figures and named patrons preserve a parish-wide educational network beyond the village’s cluster of roughly forty houses. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Tullyallen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tullyallen — 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.