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Tullow
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Tullow, a small
farming town is located in the River Slaney Valley in the midst of
rich, fertile, agricultural land. It is the main town in the east of
county Carlow and is a centre for anglers fishing the Slaney and
other nearby rivers. In the market square stands a statue of Father
John Murphy, the insurgent leader, who was captured near Tullow and
executed in the Market Square on 2 July 1798.
Tullow is also the ancestral home of the famous Wolseley family.
Frederick York Wolseley gave his name to the Wolseley car. It is
known locally as the granite town because of its magnificent stone
approach roads as well as its granite public buildings.
Tullow offers angling enthusiasts wonderful fishing on some of the
most delightful stretches of waterways in Ireland. Tullow with its
two rivers the Slaney and the Barrow are renowned as a game and
coarse angling river for many species of fish.
The Mount Wolseley Golf Club near Tullow is a mature parkland course
opened in 1995, with picturesque lakes filled with wildlife and
fish. Water comes into play on eleven of the 18 holes. The Bent
grass greens are generous in size but are strategically framed by
bunkers.
The town is conveniently placed for exploring the beauty spots of
south Wicklow and north Wexford. as well as those of Carlow itself. |
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