Tullyhogue Fort

Tullaghoge Fort:
Home of the O’Neills

By Cathal Coyle, Contributor
June / July 2017

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A memorial stone and plaque were unveiled to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Hugh O’Neill. ℘℘℘ The re-opening of Tullaghoge Fort last June has brought one of Ireland’s most notable landmarks back into the public domain. Also known as Tulach Óg, meaning “Hill of the Youth,” it is located in the townland of Ballymully Glebe on the main Stewartstown to Cookstown road … [Read more...] about Tullaghoge Fort:
Home of the O’Neills

December 8, 1831

James Hoban, the Kilkenny born architect who designed the U.S. White house, died on this day in 1831. Hoban worked in Ireland as a wheelright and carpenter until his early twenties, when he was given an advanced student placement at the Dublin Society’s Drawing School. He excelled in his studies and became an apprentice under Cork architect Thomas Ivory. After the American Revolutionary War, he immigrated to Philadelphia and established his own architecture firm. In July 1792 he was named winner of the design competition for the White house in the new capitol of Washington, D.C. He rebuilt the South Portico following the 1814 fire.

Tullaghoge Fort:
Home of the O’Neills

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