Tournafulla

Infobox Irish Place
name = Tournafulla
gaeilge = Tuar na Fola
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north coord = 52.367490
west coord = 9.147300
irish grid = R205240
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county = County Limerick
rural pop = 1,500
census yr = 2006
province = Munster
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Tournafulla ("Tuar na Fola" in Irish) is a village in the South west of County Limerick, Ireland, situated near the towns Abbeyfeale and Newcastle West, South of Templeglantine and west of Kileedy.

Tournafulla is a long single street Village. It has a RC Church and one Pub, A GAA Field.
*Locally: Its biggest claim is that it is the longest village in Ireland and the third longest linear village in Europe. There is no official record of this.

The three counties of Limerick, Cork and Kerry converge at a point in the parish of Tournafulla/Mountcollins. A plaque has been placed at the River Feale to mark this point. Within a few miles of the parish are the villages of Rockchapel, County Cork, and Brosna, County Kerry, which is the Converging Point of the three counties.

The Irish for Tournafulla is Tuar na Fola that translates as the "Animal Enclosure of the Blood". This is in reference to a battle where blood was spilled. Tournafulla is surrounded by hills to the north and the Mullaghareirk Mountains to the south. Woods covered most of Tournafulla until the 17th century.

Wind Turbines

Airtricity installed 18 turbines, 27 MW wind farm in Tournafulla County Limerick which was installed in two phases between 2006 and 2008.

Phase one consists of a 5 turbine, 7.5 MW wind farm which will provide power for over 4,500 homes, mitigating around 20,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per annum.

Phase two consists of a further 13 turbines which will provide power for over 10,000 homes, mitigating around 44,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per annum.

[http://www.airtricity.com/ireland/our_community/wind_farm_open_days/tornafulla_wind_farm_open/ Open Day]

On Saturday 14-June-2008, Tournafulla Wind Farm had an open day for the Public. The Public got to visit the wind farm and discover how wind turbines work.

BBQ and entertainment at the nearby Devon Inn Hotel Templeglantine with shuttle buses to/from Tournafulla wind farm every 15 minutes. Entertainment included face painters, competitions, balloon modellers, bouncy castle and much more…

Wind Farm Installation

* See Video on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9lzNAvRG9I Tournafulla Wind Farms]

ee also

* List of towns in the Republic of Ireland
*http://www.limerickdioceseheritage.org/Tournafulla.htm

References

* [http://www.airtricity.com/ireland/media_center/news/news_archive/tournafulla_parish/ Airtricity Wind Farms]