Maryborough East

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), Republic of Ireland.[3][4][5]

Maryborough East Port Laoise Thoir (Irish)
Barony
Dunamase, in the eastern part of Maryborough East
Barony map of Queen's County, 1900; Maryborough East is blue, in the centre.
Sovereign state	Republic of Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	Laois
Area
• Total	101.82 km^2 (39.31 sq mi)

Etymology

Maryborough is the former name of the town of Port Laoise, established in 1548 and named after Queen Mary I; it was given its current name in 1929.

Geography

Maryborough East is located in central County Laois.

History

Maryborough 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,
O'Duib for Chenel cCrioṁṫainn,
Triath an tíre fa ṫoraḋ,
Iath as míne measrogaḋ.

("Under Dun Masc of smooth land, O'Duibh is over Cinel-Criomthainn, Lord of the territory which is under fruit, Land of smoothest mast-fruit.")

Maryborough was originally a single barony; it was divided into East and West before 1807.

List of settlements

Below is a list of settlements in Maryborough East barony:

• Port Laoise

References

1. 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.
2. "Port Laoise Thoir/Maryborough East". Logainm.ie.
3. Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Duffy – via Internet Archive. Maryborough East.
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. "Sloinne". www.sloinne.ie.