Note 1 — KILBARRON CASTLE, COUNTY OF DONEGAL.
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Tinnscra, in the original—a reward, portion, or dowery—it being the custom among the Irish as among the Eastern nations, that the husband should make a present to his wife’s father, or to herself, upon his marriage. As Byron says—
“Though this seems odd ’Tis true; the reason is, that the bashaw Must make a present to his sire-in-law.”