Tinnahinch (barony)

Tinnahinch (Irish: Tigh na hInse[1]) is a barony in County Laois (formerly called Queen's County or County Leix), Republic of Ireland.

Tinnahinch Tigh na hInse (Irish)
Barony
Barony map of Queen's County, 1900; Tinnahinch is pink, in the northwest.
Sovereign state	Republic of Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	Laois
Area
• Total	219.29 km^2 (84.67 sq mi)

History

Slievemargy The southern part was called Gailine, and is mentioned in the topographical poem Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh (Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín, d. 1420):

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 conquer in battle, is O'Duinn, chief of demolitionm Hero of the golden battle-spears.")[2]

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Tinnahinch barony:

• Clonaslee
• Mountmellick
• Rosenallis

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.