Tinnahinch

92 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tinnahinch, from 280 m² to 5,902,216 m² (590.22 ha, 1,458.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 45 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Tinnahinch in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 29 Oct 2024Conditional

  retain (A) the dwelling house as constructed including a single storey side extension and changes to elevations (B) a detached shed/fuel store, and all alterations and associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460648

• 6 Apr 2022Conditional

  construct an extension to rear of cottage consisting of bedroom/laundry room/ensuite as well as renovation works to existing cottage

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 22203

• 5 Apr 2022N/a

  construct 1 no. bedroom / laundry room / en suite, renovation of existing cottage

  Permission · Laois County Council, 22195

• 10 Mar 2022N/a

  develop as follows: renovate existing cottage: 1 no. bedroom / laundry room / en-suite

  Permission · Laois County Council, 22128

• 17 Apr 2019Conditional

  construct a dwelling house, garage, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 1929

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
• Special Area of Conservation: Slieve Bloom Mountains SAC 000412
• Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA 004160
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains 000412

Recorded monuments

• LA003-012001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Almost circular area (diam. c. 76m E-W) situated close to hill top and defined by much degraded bank of earth and stone. Possibly remains of large cashel. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA003-012003 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on end of small ridge NNW and downslope from ringfort (LA003-012001-), circular area (int. diam. c. 55m N-S) rising towards centre and defined by fosse and remains of external bank at N. Possible causewayed entrance at NNW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA003-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on S face of E-W valley; a circular area (max. diam. c. 28m) defined by a bank (H 2-2.5m); no evidence of a fosse. Possible entrance at NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA003-023002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  1553 Map of Leix and Offaly has the words 'Bawn Regan' written across the present townland of Tinnahinch near the Barrow. Tinnahinch Castle is mentioned in the 1637 inquistion taken at Maryboro (Portlaoise) when Charles Dunne is described as being posessed of the 'Castle of Tinnahinchie, the hall, the chambers at the end of the hall, the stone wall of a hall which joineth to the castle, the kitchen, the brewhouse, the back-house, the stables, the porter's lodgings and all the houses within the bawn; the two gardens, the four orchards, the park and the meadow on the south syde of the castle, the myll and all the houses on the easte side of ye river of the Barrow in the towne and fields of Tinnahinchie in the territory of Iregan (Crosdaile 1959, 12). Unlocated castle within the townland of Tinnahinch. This castle continued to be the chief seat of the O'Dunne's until it was attacked by Colonel Hewson in 1653. Down Survey (1654-7) map shows the town and castle of Tinnahinch, Sir William petty mentions three towns in his survey, these were the towns of Mountmellick, Tinnahinch and Castlebrack. Site was located during field work in the area, site consists of a short low stretch of sandstone wall (H 1.5m; L approx. 10m) with base batter visible located at edge of ravine overlooking stream immediately to the NE, this stretch of wall was poined out by the landowner as the remains of Tinnahinch Castle. The wall runs parallel to the river and there is a natural spring well with dry stone wall surround to the NE of the castle. A 19th century outhouse has been built on top of the castle wall and no other remains of the castle survives, cobblestone farmyard and outhouses appear to have been built on site of castle. Castle was stregically located on an island at the junction between two rivers in an upland region. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA003-028 Graveyard
  Description

  No surface remains visible of graveyard that is depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map as 'Site of Grave Yd.'. Not indicated on subsequent editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 July 2018

• LA006-005 Enclosure
  Description

  Not marked on any edition of OS 6-inch map, located from aerial photographs (GSI, N 203-4; ACAP 738-9) and situated on mountain top. Large circular enclosure (max.diam. 36m) defined by a bank (Wth 5.5m, H c. 0.6m). Possible entrance (Wth 3.3m) at NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA007-001 Earthwork
  Description

  Shown as a circular mound or platform (diam. c. 25m) on 1841 and 1888 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. No visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tinnahinch.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tinnahinch.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Tinnahinch with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Tinnahinch · Tigh na hInse

Area

11,797,548 m² (1,179.75 ha, 2,915.24 acres)

Civil parish

Rearymore, and its townlands

Barony

Tinnahinch

Electoral division

Tinnahinch, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Tinnahinch electoral division: 175 people in 67 households; 82% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynalug, Birchwood, Bordowin, Clarahill, Cones, Derry, Drumnabehy, Glenbarrow, Glendineoregan, Kyle, Monicknew, Rathcoffey

Placenames

Tinnahinch on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.