Maryborough East
Maryborough East or East Maryborough () is a barony in County Laois (formerly called "Queen's County" or "County Leix"), Republic of Ireland. 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. 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). It is referred to in the topographical poem "Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn  óigh" (Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín, d. 1420): <poem>"Fa Dún Mascc as mín fuinn," "O'Duib for Chenel cCrioṁṫainn," "Triath an tíre fa ṫoraḋ," "Iath as míne measrogaḋ."</poem> 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: