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Portnahinch
Port na hInse (Irish)
Forest road near Emo
Forest road near Emo
Barony map of Queen's County, 1900; Portnahinch is yellow, in the northeast.
Barony map of Queen's County, 1900; Portnahinch is yellow, in the northeast.
Sovereign stateIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyLaois
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

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

Geography

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

History

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

List of settlements

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Below is a list of settlements in Portnahinch barony:

References

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  1. ^ "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. ^ 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. Portnahinch.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS: SEVENTEEN VOLUMES". 12 July 2018 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ MASON, William Shaw (12 July 2018). "Survey, Valuation and Census of the Barony of Portnehinch, Compiled in the Year 1819" – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Joyce, Patrick Weston; Sullivan, Alexander Martin (12 July 2018). "A Comprehensive Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland [and] General History". Murphy & McCarthy – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Portnehinch barony - Google Search". www.google.ie.