Portnahinch or Portnehinch ( is a
barony Barony may refer to:
* Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron
* Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron
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in
County Laois
County Laois ( ; ) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medieval kingdom. Hist ...
(formerly called ''Queen's County'' or ''County Leix''),
Ireland
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Etymology
The barony is named after the townland of Portnahinch (''Port na hInse''; "port of the island").
Geography
Portnahinch is located in the northeastern part of County Laois.
History
Portnahinch formed part of the ancient
Kingdom of Uí Failghe
The kingdom of Uí Fháilghe, (early spelling) or (modern spelling), () was a Gaelic-Irish kingdom which existed to 1550, the name of which (though not the territory) is preserved in the name of County Offaly (), Ireland.
County Offaly was ...
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List of settlements
Below is a list of settlements in Portnahinch barony:
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Ballybrittas
Ballybrittas (, IPA: �bˠalʲəˈbʲɾʲɪt̪ˠaːʃ is a small village in the northeast of County Laois, Ireland situated on the R445 about 5 km SW of Monasterevin, County Kildare. Formerly on the N7 Dublin - Limerick road, the village i ...
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Emo
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Mountmellick
Mountmellick or Mountmellic () is a town in the north of County Laois, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is on the N80 road (Ireland), N80 road, 6 km north of Portlaoise. The town is within Mountmellick (parish), Mountmellick Roman Catholic p ...
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Portarlington
References
{{County Laois
Baronies of County Laois