Tinnahinch (barony)
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Tinnahinch
Tigh na hInse (Irish) | |
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| Barony map of Queen's County, 1900; Tinnahinch is pink, in the northwest. Barony map of Queen's County, 1900; Tinnahinch is pink, in the northwest. | |
| Sovereign state | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Laois |
| Area | |
• Total | 219.29 km2 (84.67 sq mi) |
Tinnahinch (Irish: Tigh na hInse[1]) is a barony in County Laois (formerly called Queen's County or County Leix), in Ireland.
History
The southern part of Tinnahinch was called Gailine, and it is mentioned in the topographical poem Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh (Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín, d. 1420):
| Early Modern Irish version | English version[2] |
"Over Uí Riagain of heavy routs, |
List of settlements
Settlements in Tinnahinch barony:
References
- ↑ "Tigh na hInse/Tinnahinch". Logainm.ie.
- ↑ "The Topographical Poems of John O'Dubhagain and Giolla-na-naomh O'Huidhrin: Edited in the original Irish from MSS. in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, with translation, notes, and introductory dissertations, by John O'Donovan". A. Thom. 8 July 1862 – via Google Books.
