Portlaoise
Town
Location:
Portlaoise,
Co. Laois
Portlaoise |
| A great fort, the Fort
Protector, was built here in 1547 to guard the english settlers
from the irish and as a garrison which served to oust the warlike
local O'Moore clan. In the regin on Mary Tudor (1553-8) the O'Moore's
were dispossessed and sent to Co. Kerry, and replaced by the english.
The town was renmamed Marybouragh and the county Queen's County
until 1920. Little remains of the original fortification. Today
portlaoise is the county town and an ideal place to explore the
area. |
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