Uachtar Thíre

Uachtar Thíre ("upper land") was the territorial seat of the O'Mulloy chieftains in medieval Gaelic Ireland. The English name Cootehall derives from the Coote family, who acquired the estate during the 1641 Irish Rebellion. The area was originally known as Urtaheera or O'Mulloy's Hall, held by William O'Mulloy, styled "the Great O'Mulloy," in the early seventeenth century. During the Irish Rebe...