Tullyhogue
| Tullyhogue | |
| Irish: Tulaigh Óg[1] | |
 Halfway Bar in Tullyhogue |
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| District | Cookstown |
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| County | County Tyrone |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | BT80 |
| Dialling code | 028 |
| EU Parliament | Northern Ireland |
| UK Parliament | Mid Ulster |
| NI Assembly | Mid Ulster |
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Coordinates: 54°36′22″N 6°43′26″W / 54.606°N 6.724°W
Tullyhogue, also called Tullaghoge[1] or Tullahoge[2][3] (from Irish Tulach Óc[4], meaning "hill of youth"[5]), is a small village and townland[6] in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is within the civil parish of Desertcreat and is about three kilometres south of Cookstown.
Nearby Tullyhogue Fort was the crowning place of the kings of Ulster until the Flight of the Earls in 1607.
References
- Cookstown Area Plan 2010
- 1 2 Placenames Database of Ireland
- ↑ Cookstown District Council minutes (8 April 2008)
- ↑ The Development of the Irish Language: Part 5, Culture Northern Ireland
- ↑ Byrne, F.J. (2001) [1973]. Irish Kings and High-Kings (2nd ed.). Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 27. ISBN 9781851821969.
- ↑ , "Tullyhogue Fort". Triskelle. Retrieved 2007-12-01. Triskelle uses the variant spelling Telach Oc
- ↑ Placenames NI
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