- and of the
minor kingdom that the
Loígis chieftains ruled until 1608.
County Laois derives its name from
Loígis,
although the
present county encomp****es...
- Queen's
County from 1556 to 1922. The
modern county takes its name from
Loígis, a
medieval kingdom. Historically, it has also been
known as
County Leix...
- Cairney, the O'Nolans in
Ireland were one of the
chiefly families of the
Loígis tribe who in turn came from the
Cruthin tribe who were the
first Celts to...
- O'More was a
nobleman from
Loígis who
fought against the
English in Leinster. The O'Mores had been
expelled from much of
Loígis four
decades prior, as it...
- Cairney, the O'Mores in
Ireland were one of the
chiefly families of the
Loígis tribe who in turn came from the
Cruthin tribe who were the
first Celts to...
-
colonists in the
plantation of the Queen's
County (the
ancient kingdom of
Loígis,
modern County Laois) and the King's
County (the
ancient kingdom of Uí Failghe...
- king in Mide, took
hostages from
Dermot MacMurrough,
evicted the
kings of
Loígis, Uí
Failghe and Osraige, all of whom fled to Connacht. He then
subdued all...
-
later claim in
their genealogies to be na fír Ulaid, "the true Ulaid". The
Loígis, who gave
their name to
County Laois in Leinster, and the
Sogain of Leinster...
- was in the
Diocese of
Connor and Dromore.
There is also
evidence for the
Loígis in
Leinster and the Cíarraige in
Munster who also
belong to this
group and...
- Acts of
Union 1800
Gaelic conquests Tuadhmhumhain (1543) Uí
Echach (1543)
Loígis (1543)
Clanricarde (1544) Uí
Failghe (1550) Uí Díarmata (1574)
Clann Aodha...
