Antiquities of Laois

County Laois is one of the richest counties in Ireland for antiquities and has been bestowed with a rich tapestry of history that spans over four millennia. Laois began as being part of the Kingdom of Osraighe, to the Lordship of Leix, and from the creation of Queen's County, to finally returning to its ancient name of County Laois after the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922. The earliest and only written records of pre-Christian County Laois come from the Greek historian, Ptolemy, w...