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Leyny (Irish: Luíne), also
Leyney, is a
barony in
County Sligo, Ireland. It
corresponds to the
ancient túath of Luíghne.
Leyny consists of
these civil...
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parish of the same name. The
diocese was co-extensive with the
barony of
Leyney (Luighne). In the
parish is the
former Church of
Ireland Cathedral of St...
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founder of Achonry. He is said to have been born in the
barony of
Leyney, in present-day
County Sligo. In the 17th century, John
Colgan compiled...
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barony of Gallen,
County Mayo),
Luighne Connacht and
Corann (baronies of
Leyney and Corann,
County Sligo) in
Gaelic Ireland. The
first Mac
Dolan was Dobhailen's...
- Ruad son of Aed
Brefnech and
carried great plunder back to O'Connor at
Leyney. Soon
after they were
forced to flee when
Ruaidri lead an army
against them...
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twenty thousand to a man. They came to Mayo and
Balla and p****ed
through Leyney,
which they
plundered on all sides, to Achonry; and from
there they sent...
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twenty thousand to a man. They came to Mayo and
Balla and p****ed
through Leyney,
which they
plundered on all sides, to Achonry; and from
there they sent...
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Kells in what is now
County Meath.The
baronies of Lune in Meath, and
Leyney in Sligo, were
called after them.
According to
Lambert McKenna (pp.xvi-xvii):...
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barony of Gallen,
County Mayo),
Luighne Connacht and
Corann (baronies of
Leyney and Corann,
County Sligo) in
Gaelic Ireland. Two
kings of the Corca, Dobhailen...
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prominent well into the
seventeenth century. The
baronies of
Gallen in Mayo and
Leyney in Sligo,
along with
Corrand and
Coolavin in the
Curlew Mountains, lloming...
