placenamesTullyfern
Tulaigh Fhearna
Lewis recorded household linen work alongside coastal reclamation near Milford.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Tulaigh Fhearna · Irish · main form
- Tullyfern · English · main form
Place & story
Work and the tidal shore
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Tullyfern, which he called Tully or Tullaferne, records inhabitants weaving linen in their own homes. He also reported that about 100 acres had recently been reclaimed from the sea at Mulroy Bay. Vessels could approach to within half a mile of Milford. His description places domestic manufacture and newly reclaimed land alongside a navigable coastal inlet, rather than treating the parish solely as a farming district. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Donegal
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Coordinates
- 55.06858, -7.66974 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 66.66 km²
- Logainm ID
- 818 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Tullyfern. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tully or Tullaferne: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-07-20. How this page was prepared.