Buiríos Uí Chéin

Buiríos Uí Chéin means 'the burgage of the O'Keans,' a fortified settlement associated with the Kean family of Tipperary. The place-name echoes the Cianacht, the early medieval Gaelic people whose descendants, the O'Carrolls of Ely, held sway during the Norman invasion. The O'Kennedys, another prominent family, built tower houses in surrounding townlands. Following the Cromwellian Plantation (1...