Edmund Hogan concludes from primary sources that it "seems to extend from
Arklow to the Liffey, and to be coextensive with [the]
diocese of Glendaloch". The
Slíghe Chualann ["Cualu Way"] was a major road to
Tara which crossed the Liffey at ["Ford of Hurdles"], beside the later site of
Dublin city. Henry Morris suggested, based on a story in a
law tract, that the ["men of Cualu"] had originally lived further north, in
Brega around Tara, until displaced by the
Ciannachta after the
battle of Crionna. Among the
kings of Leinster were
Cellach Cualann (died 715) and
Crimthann mac Áedo (died 633) who the
Annals of Tigernach say was "of Cualu". "Tuathal son of Cremthann, king of Cualu" died in 778. In the
Lebor Gabála Érenn, Cualu was a son of
Breogán, as were the founders of three territories further north: Brega,
Muirtheimhne, and
Cuailgne. The legendary
Medb Lethderg was daughter of Conan, king of Cualu. As early as 1946,
T. F. O'Rahilly had also suggested a possible connection between the two. The "ale of Cuala" was the prerogative in various texts of either the
High King of Ireland or the king of Leinster. In Norman times, "Fera Cualann", anglicised
Fercullen, was a smaller territory than ancient Cualu, encompassing the north Wicklow Mountains and ruled by the
O'Toole family, which later became the
manor of
Powerscourt. The Irish name for
Great Sugar Loaf mountain is
Ó Cualann ["peak of Cualu"]. During the
Gaelic revival, was revived by the
Gaelic League as a name for south Dublin–north Wicklow.
Cuala CLG is a
Gaelic Athletic Association club based in
Dalkey.
Ceoltóirí Chualann was a 1960s
Irish traditional music ensemble named by
Seán Ó Riada after its home area. ==References==