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• The O’Moores of <strong>Laois</strong> and O’Connors of Offaly had terrorised the English settlers of the Pale and extorted black rents from them following the failure of the Silken Thomas rebellion. When in 1547 they rose in rebellion again, military expeditions were dispatched under St. Leger (and later Bellingham) to subdue them. • The military campaign was successful. Giolla Patrick O Moore and Brian o Connor were defeated and brought under arrest to England. There, their lives were spared but their lands confiscated. The fort of <strong>Laois</strong>, from which the town is named, began in 1547-48.
Portlaoise • A historic town founded over four hundred years ago to advance the English colonisation of Ireland. • Nowadays many of its historic remains lie concealed from the thousands of people who pass through it every week. • The relative dearth of easily visible historical remains is partly due to the violence of Portlaoise’s early history, but also to the rapid growth and expansion of the town in recent years.
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