Tinnahinch (barony)

Tinnahinch
Tigh na hInse (Irish)
Barony
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 stateIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyLaois
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]

Ar Uíbh Riagáin na ruag ttrom
gasraidh mhear mhuidheas comhlonn;
Ó Duinn, taoiseach na toghla,
cuing na ccraoiseach ccathordha.

"Over Uí Riagain of heavy routs,
a vigorous tribe who fought in battle,
is O'Duinn, chief of demolition,
Hero of the golden battle-spears."

List of settlements

Settlements in Tinnahinch barony:

References

  1. ^ "Tigh na hInse/Tinnahinch". Logainm.ie.
  2. ^ "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.