placenamesTynagh
Tíne
Duniry’s association with a medieval manuscript and a recorded appeal for recreation land at Spring Garden connect learning and community life within this Galway division.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Tíne · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Tynagh · English · main form
Place & story
The Great Book of Duniry
An Leabhar Breac, held by the Royal Irish Academy, is also known as the Great Book of Duniry. The manuscript catalogue connects its origins with the Mac Aedhagáin law school in north Tipperary; it was subsequently kept at Duniry. Members of the Duniry family added dated marginal entries between 1554 and 1601. Later it passed to the convent of Cenél Féichin. The original scribe cannot be securely identified: a traditional family attribution is less certain than the manuscript’s later local ownership. [2]
An appeal for recreation land
Galway County Council Archives’ guide records a letter from Tynagh ratepayers and athletic clubs in the Portumna Rural District Council minutes for 1910–11. The writers sought a recreation ground during the sale of the adjoining Spring Garden estate. They identified land beside the public road, about 200 yards from town, already used for sport and other recreation. They hoped a secured ground would accommodate local athletes and visiting teams. The recorded request establishes their proposal, rather than proving that the council acquired the site. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Tynagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Royal Irish Academy MS23P16: An Leabhar Breac, catalogue and provenance · Royal Irish Academy; Irish Script on Screen, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
- For The Record: The Archives of Galway’s Rural District Councils (2014), page117, Portumna minutes1910–11 · Patria McWalter, Galway County Council Archives
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.