Cualu

Cualu or Cuala (genitive C[h]ualann) was a territory in Gaelic Ireland south of the River Liffey encompassing the Wicklow Mountains.

[2] The Slíghe Chualann ["Cualu Way"] was a major road to Tara which crossed the Liffey at Áth Cliath ["Ford of Hurdles"], beside the later site of Dublin city.

Henry Morris suggested, based on a story in a law tract,[3] that the Fir Chualann ["men of Cualu"] had originally lived further north, in Brega around Tara, until displaced by the Ciannachta after the battle of Crionna.

[11] 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.

Ceoltóirí Chualann was a 1960s Irish traditional music ensemble named by Seán Ó Riada after its home area.