Tinryland

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Tinryland
Irish: Tigh an Raoilinn
County Carlow
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Staplestown Church at Tinryland
Location
Grid reference: S742723
Location: 52°47’50"N, 6°53’43"W
Data
Local Government
Website: www.tinryland.ie

Tinryland is a village in County Carlow, three miles south of Carlow town. It is within the townland of Tinriland (historically Tinrilan).[1]

History

Evidence of Stone Age farmers was found at the ancient burial site in Linkardstown in 1943. The find consisted of a Polygonal stone chamber paved with stones that sloped upwards and inwards. Inside was found the remains of a single human, along with some pottery.

Linkardstown Church and Graveyard is now in ruins, but the old stone font used in the church and which dates from the 18th century now stands in the grounds of the modern St Joseph's Church, Tinryland.

Ballyloo Castle, only a fragment of which remains, was home to the Kavanagh family and was built by Art Óg Kavanagh of Pulmonty, King of Leinster who died in 1417. This castle was the centre for the Kavanaghs of Ballyloo until the arrival of Cromwell 200 years later.

Sport

  • Gaelic sports: Tinryland GFC, a Gaelic football club established in 1888.

Outside links

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