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Castleleiny
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Castleiney, officially Castleleiny (), is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is one half of the Roman Catholic parish of Loughmore-Castleiney. It lies within the barony of Eliogarty and is approximately 5 km from Templemore and 7 km from Loughmore. The village is connected to Templemore via the R433, R502 and L3205 roads.
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Castleiney, officially Castleleiny (), is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is one half of the Roman Catholic parish of Loughmore-Castleiney. It lies within the barony of Eliogarty and is approximately 5 km from Templemore and 7 km from Loughmore. The village is connected to Templemore via the R433, R502 and L3205 roads.
==History and name== The village and townland of Castleiney, officially Castleleiny and historically "Castlelyny", derives from the Irish or "castle of Laighnigh". In Irish Names of Places (published in 1913), Patrick Weston Joyce suggests that this refers to the "castle of the Lynagh or Leinsterman".
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