Portnahinch
Portnahinch
Port na hInse (Irish) | |
|---|---|
 Forest road near Emo | |
 Barony map of Queen's County, 1900; Portnahinch is yellow, in the northeast. | |
| Sovereign state | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Laois |
| Area | |
| • Total | 145.02 km2 (55.99 sq mi) |
Portnahinch or Portnehinch (Irish: Port na hInse[1] is a barony in County Laois (formerly called Queen's County or County Leix), Ireland.[2][3][4]
Etymology
[edit]The barony is named after the townland of Portnahinch (Port na hInse; "port of the island").[5][6]
Geography
[edit]Portnahinch is located in the northeastern part of County Laois.[7]
History
[edit]Portnahinch formed part of the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe.[8][9][10]
List of settlements
[edit]Below is a list of settlements in Portnahinch barony:
References
[edit]- ^ "Port na hInse/Portnahinch". Logainm.ie.
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- ^ Kennedy, Líam; Clarkson, L. A. (12 July 1999). Mapping the great Irish famine: a survey of the Famine Decades. Four Courts Press – via Internet Archive.
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- ^ Nicholls, Kenneth William (12 July 1983). "The O Doyne (Ó Duinn) Manuscript: Documents Relating to the Family of O Doyne (Ó Duinn) from Archbishop Marsh's Library, Dublin, MS Z.4.2.19". Stationery Office for the Irish Manuscripts Commission – via Google Books.
- ^ "ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS: SEVENTEEN VOLUMES". 12 July 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Mason, William Shaw; Peel, Robert (12 July 2018). "Bibliotheca Hibernicana: Or a Descriptive Catalogue of a Select Irish Library, Collected for The Right Hon. Robert Peel". W. Folds – via Google Books.
- ^ MASON, William Shaw (12 July 2018). "Survey, Valuation and Census of the Barony of Portnehinch, Compiled in the Year 1819" – via Google Books.
- ^ Joyce, Patrick Weston; Sullivan, Alexander Martin (12 July 2018). "A Comprehensive Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland [and] General History". Murphy & McCarthy – via Google Books.
- ^ "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. 12 July 1862 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Portnehinch barony - Google Search". www.google.ie.
