Laois takes its name from the ancient territory of Uí Laoighis, ‘the people of Lugaid Laígsech’, ruled for generations by the O’Moore clan from their stronghold on the Rock of Dunamase.
Contae Laoise · The O’Moore County · Leinster
Laois takes its name from the ancient territory of Uí Laoighis, ‘the people of Lugaid Laígsech’, ruled for generations by the O’Moore clan from their stronghold on the Rock of Dunamase.
This is a county that fought two plantations and outlasted both — Rory O’Moore’s rising of 1641 struck one of the first blows of the wars that would remake Ireland, from a county that never gave up its name easily.
