Tinryland

Infobox Irish Place
name = Tinryland
gaeilge = Tigh an Raoireann
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north coord = 52.797154
west coord = 6.895161
irish grid = S742723
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elevation = 57 m
province = Leinster
county = County Carlow
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web = www.tinryland.ie
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Tinryland (Irish place name|Tigh an Raoireann|House of Raoire) is a village in County Carlow in Ireland, lying less than 5 km south of Carlow town.

History

Settlement developed in the Tinryland area about 3700-3400 BC. These people were the first farming type people of the Neolithic Period (New Stone Age) and probably the first people to settle in the area.

Evidence of these people 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 baptismal font used in the church and which dates from the 1700s 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 Kavanagh's of Ballyloo until the arrival of Cromwell 200 years later.

Another item of historical significance is the ancient cross site of the Monastery of St. Willibrord of Luxembourg in "Clonmelsh", who studied in the area for 12 years.

Famous descendants

In nearby "Clonmelsh Church Graveyard" are buried the ancestors of Walt Disney and members of the Butler family.

Pierce Butler of "Garryhundon" was one of the architects of the American Constitution and was one of its signatories in Philadelphia in 1788. He went on to represent South Carolina at George Washington's Presidential Inauguration. He went on to become advisor to three consecutive presidents and turned down a nomination to run for the Vice-Presidency before his death in 1822.

The 1798 Commemoration Stone was erected on the main approach road to the village on the 200th anniversary of the uprising in 1998. The monument was built in honour of the locals who fought and died in the insurrection and at the battle of Carlow in May 1798.

ee also

* List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

External links

* [http://www.tinryland.ie/ Information about Tinryland]