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Queen's County

British  

noun

  1. the former name of Laois

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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On June 6, he ran his colt in Aqueduct’s Queen’s County Handicap despite a 132- pound impost.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Mr. Laird resigned his seat in the Local Legislature, and offered himself as a candidate for the House of Commons for the electoral district of Queen's County.

From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by Dent, John Charles

Ricardo eventually sat for Portarlington in Queen's County.

From Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1810-1823 by Ricardo, David

The river divides the town, and is the boundary here between Kildare and the Queen's County.

From The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway by Praeger, Robert Lloyd

Before I stop, I must tell you about a curious 'presentiment' which happened with regard to a man I got from the Queen's County.

From True Irish Ghost Stories by Seymour, St. John D. (St. John Drelincourt)

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