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 | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic region
ⓘ
region of Ireland ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup |
Gaelic Irish
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
O’More clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Conall O’More
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rory O’More NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Carlow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Galway (historically, via Ossory frontiers) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kildare NERFINISHED ⓘ Kilkenny NERFINISHED ⓘ Offaly NERFINISHED ⓘ Tipperary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
County Laois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queen’s County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | O’More lords NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Portlaoise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEvent |
Laois-Offaly plantation (1550s)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
O’More rebellions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariantName |
Laoighis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laois NERFINISHED ⓘ Leix (Queen’s County) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalNameOf | County Laois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Gaelic Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Plantations of Laois and Offaly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tudor conquest of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Gaelic Irish history
ⓘ
clan-based Gaelic lordship ⓘ resistance to English rule ⓘ |
| languageHistoricallySpoken |
English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
County Laois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Leinster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kingdom of Ireland (under English rule)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leinster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Kingdom of Ossory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionHistoricallyPracticed |
Church of Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| resisted |
English crown authority
ⓘ
Tudor administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roughlyCorrespondsTo | County Laois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Gaelic Irish annals
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tudor state papers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early modern period
ⓘ
late medieval period ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.