Fort Protector - Laois education Centre
Fort Protector - Laois education Centre
Fort Protector - Laois education Centre
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Cromwellian Rule<br />
• During Cromwell’s reign in Ireland, Maryborough<br />
was taken and the fort was demolished by the<br />
Cromwellian forces under Colonels Hewson and<br />
Reynolds.<br />
• It was out of the ashes of this devastation of the fort<br />
that the town of Maryborough arose and became a<br />
market town and the administrative centre of the<br />
area.<br />
• The town was the seat of the Queen’s County<br />
Assizes and the HQs of the County Constabulary<br />
force.<br />
• In 1922 the town was renamed Portlaoise.
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