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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. | |
| 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.
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, |
Settlements in Tinnahinch barony:
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Giolla na Naomh O hUidhrin, Irish historian and poet, died 1420.
Triallam timcheall na Fodla is medieval Irish-language poetic manuscript about topography.
Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh is a medieval Gaelic-Irish topographical text, composed by Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín.
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