placenamesTullaghorton
Tulach Artáin
Lewis recorded an abandoned mining venture at Castle-Grace.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Tulach Artáin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Tullaghorton · English · main form
Place & story
The discontinued mine
In 1837 Samuel Lewis recorded a silver mine on Castle-Grace townland in Tullaghorton parish. It had operated briefly about forty years earlier before being abandoned, although the ore had been considered valuable. His account identifies a short-lived extractive venture alongside the parish’s better documented agricultural and milling activity. The reported value of the ore does not establish that the mine proved commercially successful. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Iffa and Offa West
- Coordinates
- 52.27291, -7.96230
- Mapped area
- 27.57 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2346 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Tullaghorton. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tullaghorton, 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.