Tullycorbet
Tullycorbet is a civil parish in the centre of Co. Monaghan, Ireland north of the town of Ballybay,[1] in the north of the Ballybay-Clones Municipal District and immediately south of the boundary to the Monaghan Municipal District. At the 2005 census it had 727 Catholic households with a Catholic population of 2,153. There are approximately 85 families of other faith traditions. The Catholic parish of Tullycorbet is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher.
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Tradition links the parish to St. Patrick. Tullycorbet, which means "The Hill of the Chariot" (Tulach-Carbait) was named after the steep hill at Terrygeely (Tír Mhic Caollaí), where St. Patrick’s chariot allegedly broke down on his journey through the kingdom of Oriel.[2] It was probably on the same hill that the first church was built, on the site of a ringed fort. From earliest times St. Patrick was recognised as the patron saint. A Roman letter of 1415 mentions the church of St. Patrick at Tullycorbet.
It is marked on a survey map of 1591 as Tempell Tolagh-Corbet.
References
- Nesbitt, David (1999). Full circle: a story of Ballybay Presbyterians. Cahans Publications. ISBN 9780953622603. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- Rushe, Denis Carolan (1895). Historical Sketches of Monaghan: From the Earliest Records to the Fenian Movement. J. Duffy. p. 51. Retrieved 28 June 2017.