Laois
County Laois is located in the province of Leinster in the Republic of Ireland. Laois was the subject of two colonisations by English settlers, one in the 15th century and one in the 17th century. Neither colonisation was successful due to the lack of tenants and because of continuous raids by the O’Moores.
Later, the county became home to a community of French Huguenots in the 1690s, who settled in Ireland after their service to William of Orange in the Williamite war in Ireland.
County Laois has a population of approximately 67,000 people.
Places of interest include the Slieve Bloom Mountains, Castle Durrow and Stradbally House.
Famous people from Laois include John Shaw (US Naval Officer born 1773), Kevin O’Higgins (Irish Free State Minister for Justice born 1892) and Poet-Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis born 1904).
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