Portnahinch Explained

Portnahinch
Native Name:Port na hInse (Irish)
Settlement Type:Barony
Subdivision Type:Sovereign state
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Leinster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Laois
Area Total Km2:145.02
Area Total Sq Mi:55.99

Portnahinch or Portnehinch ([1] is a barony in County Laois (formerly called Queen's County or County Leix), Ireland.[2] [3] [4]

Etymology

The barony is named after the townland of Portnahinch (Port na hInse; "port of the island").[5] [6]

Geography

Portnahinch is located in the northeastern part of County Laois.[7]

History

Portnahinch formed part of the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe.[8] [9] [10]

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Portnahinch barony:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Port na hInse/Portnahinch. Logainm.ie.
  2. Vthttps://www.google.ie/search?rlz=1C1PRFE_enIE801IE801&biw=728&bih=610&tbm=bks&ei=BY5HW4HJBsbjkgXq-L3QBQ&q=Portnehinch+barony&oq=Portnehinch+barony&gs_l=psy-ab.3...10623.12037.0.12183.3.3.0.0.0.0.81.211.3.3.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.ITQeyqpfygc
  3. Book: Mapping the great Irish famine: a survey of the Famine Decades. registration. Portnahinch.. Líam. Kennedy. L. A.. Clarkson. 12 July 1999. Four Courts Press. Internet Archive.
  4. Web site: 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. Kenneth William. Nicholls. 12 July 1983. Stationery Office for the Irish Manuscripts Commission. Google Books.
  5. Web site: ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS: SEVENTEEN VOLUMES. 12 July 2018. Google Books.
  6. Web site: Bibliotheca Hibernicana: Or a Descriptive Catalogue of a Select Irish Library, Collected for The Right Hon. Robert Peel. William Shaw. Mason. Robert. Peel. 12 July 2018. W. Folds. Google Books.
  7. Web site: Survey, Valuation and Census of the Barony of Portnehinch, Compiled in the Year 1819. William Shaw. MASON. 12 July 2018. Google Books.
  8. Web site: A Comprehensive Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland [and] General History]. Patrick Weston. Joyce. Alexander Martin. Sullivan. 12 July 2018. Murphy & McCarthy. Google Books.
  9. Web site: 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. 12 July 1862. A. Thom.. Google Books.
  10. Web site: Portnehinch barony - Google Search. www.google.ie.

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