Leix

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Leix is a historic region in Ireland, roughly corresponding to modern County Laois, known for its role in Gaelic Irish history and resistance to English rule.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Leix canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic region ⓘ
region of Ireland ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Gaelic Irish ⓘ
O’More clan ⓘ
linked to: O'More clan
associatedWithPerson Conall O’More ⓘ
Rory O’More ⓘ
borderedBy Carlow ⓘ
Galway (historically, via Ossory frontiers) ⓘ
linked to: County Galway

Kildare ⓘ
Kilkenny ⓘ
Offaly ⓘ
Tipperary ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
followedBy County Laois ⓘ
Queen’s County ⓘ
linked to: Queen's County
governedBy O’More lords ⓘ
linked to: O'More dynasty
hasCapital Portlaoise ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent Laois-Offaly plantation (1550s) ⓘ
O’More rebellions ⓘ
hasVariantName Laoighis ⓘ
Laois ⓘ
Leix (Queen’s County) ⓘ
historicalNameOf County Laois ⓘ
historicalPeriod Gaelic Ireland ⓘ
involvedIn Plantations of Laois and Offaly ⓘ
Tudor conquest of Ireland ⓘ
knownFor Gaelic Irish history ⓘ
clan-based Gaelic lordship ⓘ
resistance to English rule ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
locatedIn County Laois ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Province of Leinster ⓘ
linked to: Leinster
partOf Kingdom of Ireland (under English rule) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Ireland

Leinster ⓘ
precededBy Kingdom of Ossory ⓘ
religionHistoricallyPracticed Church of Ireland ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
resisted English crown authority ⓘ
Tudor administration ⓘ
linked to: Tudor government
roughlyCorrespondsTo County Laois ⓘ
subjectOf Gaelic Irish annals ⓘ
linked to: Irish annals

Tudor state papers ⓘ
timePeriod early modern period ⓘ
late medieval period ⓘ

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