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County
  
County Down

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

EU Parliament
  
Northern Ireland

Dialling code
  
028

Country
  
Northern Ireland

Postcode district
  
BT63

Local time
  
Sunday 10:48 AM

Tullylish

Weather
  
9°C, Wind NE at 8 km/h, 73% Humidity

Tullylish (from Irish: Tulaigh Lis, meaning "hillock of the fort") is a small village, townland (of 513 acres) and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits on the River Bann, along the main road between the towns of Banbridge and Portadown. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 105 people. It lies within the civil parish of Tullylish and Banbridge District. In the 2013 all Ireland final Tullylish beat crossmaglen 5-12 1-7.

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History

The village owes its origin to the siting of an early monastery on a hill overlooking the River Bann to the east of the present Church of Ireland church. There were once many mills in the Tullylish area, all along the riverbanks.

People

  • John Butler Yeats (artist and writer, 1839–1922), father of William Butler Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats, was brought up in Tullylish at Vicarage Farm, Lawrencetown.
  • Jeremy Irons (actor), The BBC series "Who do you think you are?" revealed that Jeremy Irons family originated from Tullylish Parish, Gilford.
  • Sport

    Lawrencetown is home to Tullylish G.A.A club, which was originally known as 'St.Patrick's G.A.A Club' when it was formed in July 1944.

    Tullylish Running Club: Formed in 2017 by Shauna Corbett

    Civil parish of Tullylish

    The civil parish is mainly within the historic barony of Iveagh Lower, Upper Half with one townland (Tullyrain) in the barony of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half. It also contains the villages of Gilford, Lawrencetown and Bleary.

    Townlands

    The civil parish contains the following townlands:

    References

    Tullylish Wikipedia