Maryborough West

Maryborough West

*Port Laoise Thiar* (Irish)
Maryborough West Port Laoise Thiar (Irish)
Barony
	Barony map of Queen's County, 1900; Maryborough West is orange, in the centre.
Sovereign state	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	Laois
Area
• Total	169.62 km2 (65.49 sq mi)
• Water	0.105 km2 (0.04 sq mi)

Maryborough West or West Maryborough^[1] (Irish: Port Laoise Thiar^[2]) is a barony in County Laois (formerly called Queen's County or County Leix), Ireland.^[3]^[4]

Etymology

Maryborough 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

Maryborough West is located in west-central County Laois, with the River Nore flowing through its southern part. Lough Ballyfin is the only lake of any size.^[5]

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]

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 West barony:

Abbeyleix (northern part)
Ballyfin
Kilbricken (eastern part)
Mountrath
Shanahoe

References

^ Lewis, Samuel (10 July 2018). "A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland". Lewis – via Google Books.
^ "Port Laoise Thiar/Maryborough West". Logainm.ie.
^ "CLONENAGH, a parish". www.libraryireland.com.
^ "The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: PRIMATICCIO". C. Knight. 10 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 1814-45". A. Fullarton and Company. 10 July 2018 – via Google Books.
^ "Sloinne". www.sloinne.ie.

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[1] Lewis, Samuel (10 July 2018). "A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland". Lewis – via Google Books.

[2] "Port Laoise Thiar/Maryborough West". Logainm.ie.

[3] "CLONENAGH, a parish". www.libraryireland.com.

[4] "The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: PRIMATICCIO". C. Knight. 10 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 1814-45". A. Fullarton and Company. 10 July 2018 – via Google Books.

[6] "Sloinne". www.sloinne.ie.

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v t e Places in County Laois
County town: Portlaoise
Towns	Abbeyleix Ballylinan Mountmellick Mountrath Portarlington Portlaoise
Villages and Townlands	Aghaboe Arless Ballacolla Ballaghmore Ballickmoyler Ballinakill Ballybrittas Ballybrophy Ballyfin Ballyhide Ballyhuppahane Ballyroan Barrowhouse Borris-in-Ossory Castletown Clonaghadoo Clonaslee Crettyard Cullohill Coolrain Donaghmore Durrow Emo Errill Jamestown Kilbricken Killenard Killeshin Middlemount New Inn Newtown Raheen Rathdowney Rosenallis Shanahoe Sletty Spink Stradbally The Swan Timahoe Vicarstown
Landforms	Arderin Baunreaghcong Bog of Allen Castlecomer Plateau Castleconor Garraunbaun Slieve Bloom Mountains
List of townlands in County Laois Category:Mountains and hills of County Laois Category:Rivers of County Laois Category:Geography of County Laois