Leix
Americannoun
noun
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“The amount was very insignificant and we wanted to focus on meaningful investments that benefit the members of the SMRS,” Leix said.
From Reuters ● Mar. 7, 2018
Leix and a portion of Offaly were called Queen's County, in compliment to the queen, the remainder King's County, in compliment to Philip.
From The Story of Ireland by Emily Lawless
In 1548 O'Connor and O'More were expelled from Offaly and Leix, and their territory usurped by an Englishman, named Francis Bryan.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
Sir John Bagenall, ex-governor of Leix and Offaly, recalled the fact that he had lost heavily, and had been obliged to escape to France for resisting papal supremacy.
From History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 2 by James MacCaffrey
During the whole of the reign of Edward VI fighting had gone on in Leix and Offaly with great loss of life and at enormous expense to the English Government.
From Is Ulster Right? by Anonymous
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