placenamesTullintrain
Tulaigh an Tréin
A musician’s recollections link the local pipe band with players from Manor Cunningham.
The name
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
- Tulaigh an Tréin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Tullintrain · English · main form
Place & story
Recruiting across the border
Piping Today’s interview with Gordon Carson records a period of cooperation between Tullintrain and Manor Cunningham. In the winter of 1994, Tullintrain was seeking players for its Grade 3 band. Five pipers from Manor Cunningham joined them for the following season. Carson later moved into Grade 1 competition with McNeilstown, describing that experience as an important part of his musical training. [2]
A telephone at the post office
An official parliamentary answer on 3 July 1930 listed Tullintrain among rural post offices provided with telephones between 1 April 1929 and 31 May 1930. It gives a date range for the new service rather than a precise installation day. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Derry
- Barony
- Tirkeeran
- Civil parish
- Cumber Upper
- Within
- Tullintrain
- Coordinates
- 54.88064, -7.14299 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1413345 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Tullintrain. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Band Profile: Manor Cunningham — Piping Today, issue 56, pages 37–38 · John Slavin
- Telephone Service, Northern Ireland — House of Commons, 3 July 1930 · UK Parliament; Postmaster-General Hastings Lees-Smith
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-12-06. How this page was prepared.