In the Season 4 Episode 9 of "Younger" the female bartender, Clare O'Brien (played by actress Phoebe Dynevor) reveals that Tinahely is her home town.

During the medieval period an ancient church was built at Preban near Tinahely, believed to be founded by St. Aidan of Ferns.

A holy well in Preban is dedicated to him though it was not listed on ordnance survey maps, being remembered only through oral tradition among the Catholic population.

The church was erected in 1843 when it replaced another structure located in the adjacent townland of Whitefield which had been burned down on 11 November 1798 by Yeomen soldiers in reprisal for local activity during the 1798 Rebellion.

In the Jubilee Year 2000, parishioners erected a carved commemorative limestone marker on the site of the original church, in the present Whitefield Cemetery, setting out the above history.

There is a walking route along the line of a former railway which leads from Tinahely to Tomnafinnoge Oak Wood in the nearby town of Shillelagh.

[12] The Wicklow Way bus service serves Tinahely on a daily basis (must be booked in advance) and links with Dublin trains at Rathdrum railway station.

[13] Bus Éireann route 132 (Rosslare Europort - Dublin) serves Tinahely on Thursdays once in each direction linking to Baltinglass, Tallaght, Carnew and Wexford.