Maryborough East
{{Short description|Barony in County Laois, Ireland}}
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{{Use Irish English|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Maryborough East
| native_name = Port Laoise Thoir (Irish)
| settlement_type = Barony
| image_skyline = Castle_of_Dunamase_im_Abendlicht_03.jpg
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| image_caption =Dunamase, in the eastern part of Maryborough East
| image_map =Baronies of Laois.jpg
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| map_caption = Barony map of Queen's County, 1900; Maryborough East is blue, in the centre.
| subdivision_type = Sovereign state
| subdivision_name = Ireland
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Leinster
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Laois
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| area_total_km2 =101.82
| area_total_sq_mi =39.31
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Maryborough East or East Maryborough{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5BCAAAAYAAJ&q=%22East+Maryborough+%22&pg=PA402|title=A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland: Compiled from Local Information, and the Most Recent and Official Authorities|first=John|last=Gorton|date=9 July 2018|publisher=Chapman and Hall|via=Google Books}} ({{Langx|ga|Port Laoise Thoir}}{{cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/ga/123|title=Port Laoise Thoir/Maryborough East|website=Logainm.ie}}) is a barony in County Laois (formerly called Queen's County or County Leix), Ireland.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/livesofirishsain09ohanuoft|quote=Maryborough East.|title=Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons|publisher=Duffy|via=Internet Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=estAAAAAYAAJ&q=%22East+Maryborough+%22+barony|title=The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and Compiled with a Special Reference to the Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication as Existing in 1843-44; Illustrated by a Series of Maps, and Other Plates; and Presenting the Results, in Detail, of the Census of 1841, Compared with that of 1831|date=9 July 2018|publisher=A. Fullarton|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=estAAAAAYAAJ&q=%22East+Maryborough+%22+|title=The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and Compiled with a Special Reference to the Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication as Existing in 1843-44; Illustrated by a Series of Maps, and Other Plates; and Presenting the Results, in Detail, of the Census of 1841, Compared with that of 1831|date=9 July 2018|publisher=A. Fullarton|via=Google Books}}
Etymology
Maryborough is the former name of the town of Portlaoise, established in 1548 and named after Queen Mary I; it was given its current name in 1929.{{fact|date=December 2020}}
Geography
Maryborough East is located in central County Laois.
History
Maryborough East and West were in the Middle Ages the land of the Cinel Crimthann, an Irish clan with the surname Ó Duibh (Duffy or O'Diff).{{cite web|url=https://www.sloinne.ie/surname/en/odiff/|title=Sloinne|website=www.sloinne.ie}}
It is referred to in the topographical poem Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh (Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín, d. 1420):
{{Verse translation|Fa Dún Mascc as mín fuinn,
O'Duib for Chenel cCrioṁṫainn,
Triath an tíre fa ṫoraḋ,
Iath as míne measrogaḋ.|Under Dun Masc of smooth land,
O'Duibh is over Cinel-Criomthainn,
Lord of the territory which is under fruit,
Land of smoothest mast-fruit.|lang1=ga}}
Maryborough was originally a single barony; it was divided into East and West before 1807.
List of settlements
Below is a list of settlements in Maryborough East barony: