Timolin (Irish: Tigh Mo Linne, meaning 'Moling's house'[1]) is a village in the south of County Kildare, Ireland. It is located off the R448 road, the former N9 road (now by-passed by the M9 motorway) about 80 km (50 mi) south of Dublin. It is a small village, with less than a hundred inhabitants, one shop and two pubs. It is located close to the Moone High Cross Inn.[2] The closest village to Timolin is Moone, less than 1 kilometre to the south. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.[3]
Public transport
editThe village is served by bus route 880 operated by Kildare & South Dublin Local Link. There are several buses each day including Sunday linking the village to Castledermot, Carlow and Naas as well as villages in the area.[4]
History
editDuring the Irish Confederate Wars of the 1640s Timolin was the scene of a notorious massacre. A stronghouse in the village, in which many civilians were sheltering, was attacked by an army under Ormonde. After it had been captured around 200 civilians were killed.[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ A. D. Mills, 2003, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press
- ^ County Kildare: Moone
- ^ "Tigh Moling/Timolin". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Locals Encouraged to Use New Bus Route Serving Villages from Castledermot to Kilcullen". 14 August 2015.
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