Maryborough East or East Maryborough[1] (Irish: Port Laoise Thoir[2]) is a barony in County Laois (formerly called Queen's County or County Leix), Ireland.[3][4][5]
Maryborough East
Port Laoise Thoir (Irish) | |
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Dunamase, in the eastern part of Maryborough East | |
Barony map of Queen's County, 1900; Maryborough East is blue, in the centre. | |
Sovereign state | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | Laois |
Area | |
• Total | 101.82 km2 (39.31 sq mi) |
Etymology
editMaryborough is the former name of the town of Portlaoise, established in 1548 and named after Queen Mary I; it was given its current name in 1929.[citation needed]
Geography
editMaryborough East is located in central County Laois.
History
editMaryborough East and West were in the Middle Ages the land of the Cinel Crimthann, an Irish clan with the surname Ó Duibh (Duffy or O'Diff).[6]
It is referred to in the topographical poem Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh (Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín, d. 1420):
Fa Dún Mascc as mín fuinn, |
Under Dun Masc of smooth land, |
Maryborough was originally a single barony; it was divided into East and West before 1807.
List of settlements
editBelow is a list of settlements in Maryborough East barony:
References
edit- ^ Gorton, John (9 July 2018). "A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland: Compiled from Local Information, and the Most Recent and Official Authorities". Chapman and Hall – via Google Books.
- ^ "Port Laoise Thoir/Maryborough East". Logainm.ie.
- ^ Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Duffy – via Internet Archive.
Maryborough East.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and Compiled with a Special Reference to the Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication as Existing in 1843-44; Illustrated by a Series of Maps, and Other Plates; and Presenting the Results, in Detail, of the Census of 1841, Compared with that of 1831". A. Fullarton. 9 July 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and Compiled with a Special Reference to the Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication as Existing in 1843-44; Illustrated by a Series of Maps, and Other Plates; and Presenting the Results, in Detail, of the Census of 1841, Compared with that of 1831". A. Fullarton. 9 July 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Sloinne". www.sloinne.ie.