Is fothrach de túrtheach meánaoise é Tigh na Coille i bparóiste Chúil Bheannchair, i mBarúntacht Phort na hInse, Contae Laoise, Éire.

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Tugann roinnt foinsí le tuiscint go mbaineann an túrtheach ceithre stór ó lár an 15ú haois agus gur thóg Eoin Carragh Mac Dónaill é, ar shuíomh chaisleáin níos luaithe.[1] Dátaíonn foinsí eile an struchtúr go dtí an 16ú haois, ag tabhairt faoi deara go bhféadfadh sé a bheith faoi úinéireacht mhuintir Uí Chonchúir sular tháinig sé ina shuíochán ag Clann Dhónaill.[2][3] Bhí baint aige le teaghlach Mhic Dhónaill ar feadh tamaill, agus ba é an mac Dónaill deiridh a bhí i seilbh Tigh na Coille ná Séamus Mac Dónaill, ónar gabhadh an láthair tar éis dó a bheith ina ról in Éirí Amach na hÉireann 1641.[2] Chuaigh an túrtheach in olcas ina dhiaidh sin, agus rinneadh roinnt oibreacha struchtúracha chun an fothrach a chosaint sa 19ú haois.[2]

Tógadh an túrtheach d'aolchloch thar cheithre stór, le toisí suas le 10 méadar faoi 11.8 méadar.[3]

Bhí figiúr síle na gcíoch snoite ar dtús ar ursain fuinneoige aolchloiche ar an dara hurlár an fhoirgnimh; baineadh é sna céadta bliain ina dhiaidh sin.[4]

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

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  • Erasmus Burrowes, Bart. (1854). "Tighearna Coille". Ulster Journal of Archaeology II. 
  1. Guth. “Tribe of Charles - aka The MacDonnells of Leinster”. macdonnellofleinster.org. MacDonnell Of Leinster Association. Cartlannaíodh an bunleathanach ar 17 May 2008.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 FitzGerald (1904). "The Macdonnells of Tinnakill Castle". Journal of the Kildare Archaeological and Historical Society 4 (3): 205–215, 433. “That the Castle of Tinnakill was not built by the Mac-Donnells is proved by a County Kildare Exchequer Inquisition (No. 11 of Edward VI) taken in Naas in 1551, which found that when Owen mac Morish O'Connor, of Tinnakill, rebelled in 1548, he was in possession of “one ancient ruinous Castle in Tinekille” ; and as his ancestors were seated there for centuries” 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Archaeological Inventory of County Laois" (1995). Dublin Stationery Office. “LA008-001001- [..] Castle [..] Tinnakill (Portnahinch By.) [..] four-storey high tower house (max. dims 10m NE-SW, 11.80m NW-SE, wall T 2.35m) built of roughly coursed limestone. Punch-dressed limestone blocks with finely dressed margins used as quoins and in windows and doorway indicating a late sixteenth or early seventeenth century date [..] Sheela-na-gig (LA008-001002-) said to have come from here”  Earráid leis an lua: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Sweetman+" defined multiple times with different content
  4. Tinnakill Castle, Co. Laois”. irelands-sheelanagigs.org. Dáta rochtana: 1 July 2020.