Laois: History & Society

Abbeyleix acres Áed AFM s.a. Anglo-Norman annals Archaeological army attack Ballinakill Barnaby barony base Brian Butler Carlow Castletown Cennétig Cerball Cerball's church Corpus geneal Cosby County Laois Dáil death Diarmait Dublin Dunamase Dunrally Durrow earl early election Eliz English excavation Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Fitzpatrick gable Gaelic granted Henry Ibid Ireland Irish James John Kildare Kilkenny Killeshin king Laigin Laígis Lalor land landscape Laois-Offaly later Leix Loígis Loígse London longphort lord deputy lordship Lugaid MacGiollapadraig Máel Sechnaill Maryborough medieval midlands Mo Chua monastery motte Mountrath Munnu Munster ninth century O'Brien O'Connor O'Dempsey O'Hanlon O'Higgins O'Mores Offaly Ormond Osraige Ossory parish Patrick period plantation Plate political portal Portarlington Portlaoise Queen's County raid Rathdowney record recte Réta river Barrow Rodulf Romanesque settlement settlers Slieve Bloom storey Stradbally surviving tenants territory Timahoe town Uí Dúnlainge Uí Néill Upper Ossory Viking William