Loughcullen
Near the town of Kilmacow, Loughcullen is name of the local area. Located in the civil parish Kilcolumb in the barony of Ida, just 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from Waterford City it is close to the County Waterford border.
Loughcullen is notable in the region for being very supportive of the Kilkenny Cats hurling team. On match days and particularly when Kilkenny is participating in the All Ireland, Loughcullen is transformed into Amber and Black, the colours of the hurling team.
History
Lough Cullen Co-operative Agriculture and Dairy Society (C.D.S) was set up in 1904. Loughcullen consists generally of land owned by farms in neighbouring Big Wood. Loughcullen used to be the site for the Loughcullen Creamery which served all local farmers however the creamery has closed and is now a supplier to local agricultural workers.
See also
Notes
- ^ "Holly Lake". dúchas.ie.
- ^ "Loch Cuilinn/Lough Cullen". logainm.ie (in Irish).
- ^ (Kelly 1885, p. 91)
- ^ (Joyce 1883, p. 119)
- ^ (Cooperation 1925, p. 371)
- ^ (Irish Agricultural Organisation Society 1918, p. 397)
References
- Irish Agricultural Organisation Society (1918). Report 1918. Dublin: Irish Agricultural Organisation Society. p. 50,60,72.
- Kelly, T. (1885). The History of Ireland: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. p. 91.
- Joyce, Patrick Weston (1883). The geography of the counties of Ireland. p. 119.
- Cooperation (1925). Year Book of Agricultural Co-operation. Plunkett Foundation for Co-operative Studies. p. 371.
Further reading
- The Creamery Journal. Iliffe. 1904.
- "The Irish Homestead". 17 (27–53). 1 January 1910: 698.
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(help) - IAOS, Irish Agricultural Organisation Society (1962). "Annual Report - Irish Agricultural Organisation Society". Irish Agricultural Organisation Society. p. 64.
- Farrell, Anne (2014). Kilkenny Folk Tales. The History Press. ISBN 9780750958271.
- Commonwealth Shipping Committee (1914). Report (Volume 80 ed.). H.M. Stationery Office. p. 211.
- Dáil, Ireland Oireachtas (1950). Parliamentary debates; official report (Volume 122 ed.). Irish Free State. p. 783.
- Joyce, Patrick Weston (1898). Atlas and History of Ireland: A Comprehensive Description of Each County. Murphy. p. xl.
- Joyce, Patrick Weston; Sullivan, Alexander Martin (1902). A Comprehensive Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland [and] General History. Ireland: Murphy & McCarthy. p. xxx.
- Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1909). Sessional papers. Inventory control record 1. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. pp. 636, 682.
- Fullarton, A. (1846). The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and Compiled with a Special Reference to the Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication as Existing in 1843-44; Illustrated by a Series of Maps, and Other Plates; and Presenting the Results, in Detail, of the Census of 1841, Compared with that of 1831 (Volume 4 ed.). A. Fullarton.
- Meenan, James Francis; Webb, David Allardice (1957). A view of Ireland: twelve essays on different aspects of Irish life and the Irish countryside. Published for the British Association for the Advancement of Science by the Local Executive Committee.
- IAOS, Irish Agricultural Organisation Society (1939). Annual Report - Irish Agricultural Organisation Society. Irish Agricultural Organisation Society. p. 152.
- Carpenter, George Herbert; Praeger, Robert Lloyd (1899). Irish Naturalist. Eason & Son, Limited. pp. 10–12.
External links
- "Loch Cuilinn/Lough Cullen". logainm.ie (in Irish).
- "Holly Lake". dúchas.ie.