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Cultra

Cúl Trá

Cultra Manor and the Ulster Folk Museum connect the Kennedy family’s home with the preservation of Ulster’s everyday heritage.

Watercolour and fine ink illustration of Meenagarragh Cottier's House at the Ulster Folk Museum, Cultra, County Down.
Meenagarragh Cottier's House, relocated from County Tyrone to the Ulster Folk Museum at Cultra in 1974.
Recorded locationCultra54.64807° N · 5.79986° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie

The name

trástrand, beach

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • Cúl Trá · Irish · main form
  • Cultra · English · main form

Place & story

The Kennedy home

Built in 1902, Cultra Manor served as the home of Sir Robert and Lady Kennedy and their four daughters. The house now stands within the Ulster Folk Museum grounds. Its restored rooms include the Kennedy Room, drawing room and dining room, used for meetings and events. [2] [3]

Preserving voices and buildings

The Ulster Folk Museum opened in 1964. Its language and dialect archive developed from that opening, with curator G. B. Adams collecting and studying Irish, Ulster Scots and regional English. The museum’s building archives record the original locations, residents and transfer to Cultra of more than fifty vernacular buildings, including Duncrun Cottier’s House and Gilford Cinema. [4] [5]

Geographic information

Place type
Population centre
County
Down
Civil parish
Holywood
Coordinates
54.64807, -5.79986 (approximate)
Logainm ID
120015 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Cultra. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Cultra Manor Tour · Ulster Folk Museum
  3. Cultra Manor · National Museums NI
  4. Ulster Language and Dialect Archive · National Museums NI
  5. Special Collections: Museum Building Archives · National Museums NI
  6. Meenagarragh Cottier's House at the Ulster Folk Museum, Cultra, County Down illustration: based on a Meenagarragh Cottier's House, Cultra by Kenneth Allen. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-10-08. How this page was prepared.