Ancestors from Laois
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Edward Tynan
Laois
DOB: 1st January 1819
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Patrick Governey
Laois
DOB: 1st January 1825
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Jeremiah Meares
Laois
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James Thomas Rourke
Offerlane (Laois)
DOB: 1st January 1785
Buildings from Laois
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Castletown church
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Anngrove abbey near Mountrath
St. Laserian's R.C. Church & Graveyard
Ruins of the Dysartgallen Church & Graveyard
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Roman Catholic Churches 1801-1840; Martin Dillon family
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A Wistful Eye - The Tragedy of a Titanic Shipwright
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We Were Rich and We Didn t Know It: A Memoir of My Irish Boyhood
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The Transplantation of the Seven Clans of Laois to Kerry
Laois
20th October 2022