School: Tulla (B.)
- Location:
- Tulla, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Maonaigh
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0589, Page 169](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0589%2FCBES_0589_169.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0589, Page 169
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Tulla (B.)
- XML Page 169
- XML “Saint Mochulla of Tulla”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- The word Tulla - in Irish Tulach - means a round hill. It is recorded that previous to the coming of Saint Mochulla that the Hill was known by the name -Druim Riasc- " the ridge of the marshes." There are marsh lands to the South, west and north of the Hill.Within two hundred years after the coming of Saint Patrick - about the year 620 - Saint Mochulla came to the Tulach to preach the Gospel. St Mochulla was of noble birth being the son of Dichuille (Diciuil) of the race of Mog-ruth, son of Fergus. He is supposed to have studied under Saint Ailbe of Emly.When coming to Tulla he was led by a tame hind. Crossing the mountain known as Flagmount to the East of Lough Graney (Loc Gréine) he is said(continues on next page)