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Though the early fort and its surrounding settlement had been known by a number of names, such as Governor, Port Laois, Campa and Fort Protector, the new town was named Maryborough (IPA [ˈmarbrə]) and the county was named Queen's County in Mary's honour. In about 1556, Portlaoise acquired its first parish church—Old St Peter's—situated to ...
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 ] Etymology
Portlaoise (previously Maryborough) is the main town of the county. Loígis was the subject of two organised plantations or colonisations by the Kingdom of England in 1556 and 1607. During the first plantation, Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex attempted to dispossess the ruling O'Moore clan, who had been engaging in costly raids on The Pale ...
Portlaoise Prison (Irish: Príosún Phort Laoise) is a maximum security prison in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland.Until 1929 it was called the Maryborough Gaol. [1] It should not be confused with the Midlands Prison, which is a newer, medium security prison directly beside it; or with Dunamaise Arts Centre, which was the original Maryborough Gaol built c. 1789.
The Settlement of Laois and Offaly Act 1556 (3 & 4 Phil. & Mar. c. 2 (I)) was an Act of the Parliament of Ireland passed in 1556 which resulted in the creation of Queen's County and King's County in the midlands of Ireland, and the establishment of two shire towns at Maryborough and Philipstown (), named in honour of Queen Mary I and King Phillip II. [1]
Named after Portlaoise, formerly named Maryborough: Laois: Maryborough West: Port Laoise Thiar [i 15] Divided by 1807 [44] 41,914 Named after Portlaoise, formerly named Maryborough: Laois: Portnahinch or Portnehinch [16] Port na hInse [i 15] By 1672: 35,835 Named after Portnahinch, a landing-ground on the River Barrow. Laois
The new county towns were named Philipstown (now Daingean) and Maryborough (now Portlaoise). An act, the Counties of Leix and Offaly Act 1556 (3 & 4 Phil. & Mar. c. 2 (I)), was passed "whereby the King and Queen's Majesties, and the Heires and Successors of the Queen, be entitled to the Counties of Leix, Slewmarge, Irry, Glinmaliry, and Offaily ...
Maryborough: Queen's County: Ireland: 1556 Named for Queen Mary I and founded as part of the Plantation of Laois and Offaly, an effort to replace the native Irish population of the region with English settlers. Today the town is known as Portlaoise and the county is County Laois. Milledgeville Georgia (U.S. state) United States: 1807