An Tulaigh Thirim

The name Tullaherin derives from the Irish An Tulaigh Thirim, meaning 'the dry hill', as validated by logainm.ie, the official Irish placenames database. The element 'tulaigh' denotes a small hill or mound, while 'thirim' means dry. A 19th-century source quoted on Wikipedia notes the etymological debate: the name was historically supposed to signify 'the height of Kieran' due to the church's de...