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School: Tinnahinch, Mountmellick (roll number 9892)

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Tinnahinch, Co. Laois
Teacher:
S. Ní Bhradáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0825, Page 004

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    Tinnahinch is a fairly big townland. Long ago in the townland there was a castle from which the townland got its name. The castle was built on an island as the patch of land on which it was built was surrounded by the River Barrow.People by the name of Dunne,lived in the castle. In the place where the castle was,now stands a farmhouse. There is a quaint well near where the farmhouse is,and the people of the castle got water in it. There are many of these particular wells with cone shaped roofs in this
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Tinnahinch, Co. Laois
    Collector
    Catherine Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tinnahinch, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mr Joseph Dooley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tinnahinch, Co. Laois