Laois Heritage Journal
Issue 11 now available in All Books, Bookmark Portlaoise, or by emailing the society.
Back issues may also be available so please email requests.
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Laois Heritage Journal Issue 1 – 11 Index
Compiled with thanks to Mary Lalor (2024 Issue 11 edited by Regina Dunne)
| Name | Article Title | Volume No. | Year |
| Aird, Mary | Industry and the Town | 6 | 2012 |
| Bennett, James | Hockey and Cricket in Maryborough, 1932-1934 | 11 | 2024 |
| Bergin, Tony | Queen’s County before the Great Famine 1839-’44 | 5 | 2010 |
| Sir Francis Rush and County Laois | 9 | 2018 | |
| Pike-of-Rushall Church Bicentenary | 9 | 2018 | |
| Booth, Chris | Emo Court and the story of Damer’s Gold | 8 | 2016 |
| Emo – How did it get its name? | 8 | 2016 | |
| The Book of Leinster – a Laois Provenance | 9 | 2018 | |
| Bradley, Gordon | Timogue Church | 1 | 2003 |
| Brennan, Louis | 1960s – a personal recollection | 9 | 2018 |
| Laois County Council – looking back at the 1960s | 9 | 2018 | |
| Bruce, James P. | “To the past we can never return” The radical message of James Fintan Lalor | 10 | 2022 |
| Ui Chollatain, Regina | P.H. Pearse – influenced by writings of JFL | 3 | 2006 |
| Carolan, Thomas | My First Year as the new Laois Heritage Officer | 11 | 2024 |
| Casey, Catherine | Laois Heritage Office update | 2 | 2004 |
| Laois Heritage Office update | 3 | 2006 | |
| Laois Heritage Forum projects: | 4 | 2008 | |
| Bringing heritage to heart of life in Laois | 6 | 2012 | |
| Laois Heritage Office update | 7 | 2014 | |
| Conservation projects carried out in Laois in 2021 | 10 | 2022 | |
| Casey, Catherine and Dermott Mulligan | Co-Operation between County Councils | 10 | 2022 |
| Casey, Catherine and Sinead Holland | Extensive Ronnie Mathews Collection Acquired by Laois County Council | 10 | 2022 |
| Colclough, John | Brockley Park – probably the finest house in Ireland | 10 | 2022 |
| Connell, Mairead | Foundations in Farmleigh Francis Bacon and Abbeyleix | 10 | 2022 |
| Coogan, Margot | The Pikeman’s Dog | 6 | 2012 |
| Fr. Benjamin Joseph Braughall | 8 | 2016 | |
| Corcoran, Margaret | Mountmellick CYMS Cinema | 3 | 2006 |
| Cox, Tom | Yvo deVesci, The Accidental Architect | 5 | 2010 |
| Deegan, James | Admin. of a Country Estate – Cosby Papers (1558-1955) | 2 | 2004 |
| The Market House – a glimpse of Stradbally in 1899 | 6 | 2012 | |
| Delaney, Dominic | The Excavation and Conservation of Coolbanagher | 1 | 2003 |
| Delany, Paul | The Electric Cinema | 11 | 2024 |
| Delaney, Tony | Shanahoe’s famous literary son, John Keegan | 3 | 2006 |
| Dempsey, James | The 2016 O’Dempsey Clan Gathering | 8 | 2016 |
| Dowling, Mick | The Gregory Stone | 1 | 2003 |
| Ní Dhuinn, Bernadette | Cumann na mBan – the Laois connection | 11 | 2024 |
| Dunne, Bridie | Mountmellick Lace | 2 | 2004 |
| Dunne, John | When is a Square not a Square? | 7 | 2014 |
| Ulysses in Laois | 7 | 2014 | |
| Merchants and Tradespeople of 19th century Maryborough | 8 | 2016 | |
| Tangled up in Cootes | 9 | 2018 | |
| The Battle of the Papers | 9 | 2018 | |
| The Rampart Field | 10 | 2022 | |
| The Black Bull, The Bull Family and The Coliseum | 11 | 2024 | |
| TB and The Queen’s County Sanatorium | 11 | 2024 | |
| Dunne, Regina | Lucy Franks – A pioneer in establishing rights and opportunities for women . | 10 | 2022 |
| Volunteer Aid Detachments of Queens County | 11 | 2024 | |
| Remembering a Matriarch of Laois Local History – Johanna O’Dooley |
11 | 2024 | |
| Dunne, Seamus | Rising Private Byrne from Flanders Field | 9 | 2018 |
| Fennelly, Teddy | Legislation that ended the power of the Landlords | 1 | 2003 |
| The William Mosse Enigma | 2 | 2004 | |
| A battle royal for Maryborough in first County Council elections, | 2 | 2004 | |
| Portlaoise Heritage Trail | 3 | 2006 | |
| John Jacob (1754-1827) – Founder of the Queen’s County Infirmary | 3 | 2006 | |
| John Edmund Jacob (1805-1864) | 4 | 2008 | |
| Shedding light on Mosse mysteries | 4 | 2008 | |
| A joint German-Irish flight into aviation history | 4 | 2008 | |
| Arthur Jacob (1790-1874) – Laoisman and famous eye surgeon | 5 | 2010 | |
| David and William Jacob – the last of the medical family in Portlaoise | 5 | 2010 | |
| Protecting our heritage is the responsibility of us all | 6 | 2012 | |
| Laois Heritage Society – talks and main events since 2002 | 6 | 2012 | |
| The Devastating Cholera outbreak of 1832 | 7 | 2014 | |
| Sir Dermot Boyle – the Laoisman who became Marshal of the R.A.F | 10 | 2022 | |
| When a future King of England visited Laois . | 10 | 2022 | |
| “Sweet Inniscarra” – First Irish Made Talkie Movie | 11 | 2024 | |
| Joe Kerry – Irish national boxing champion who took on the Pros | 11 | 2024 | |
| Fennelly, Teddy and Roy Meredith | The first beet factory in Ireland | 10 | 2022 |
| Finn, Martin | Squadron Leader Ossie Lalor from Ballacolla – gave his life to save Europe from Nazi terror | 10 | 2022 |
| Fleming, Jim | Coal-mining in south-east Laois | 6 | 2012 |
| Historic walking tour from the Swan to Wolfhill | 7 | 2014 | |
| Foran, Bernie | Portlaoise’s new library – a modern state-of-the art facility | 10 | 2022 |
| Ganly, Ellen | Investigating the Laois origins of St. Abban | 9 | 2018 |
| Goode, P.J. | Sic transit gloria mundi | 1 | 2003 |
| Major Barnaby O’Dempsey | 2 | 2004 | |
| Dangans or Commons of New Church Graveyard | 3 | 2006 | |
| Who was John Joseph Byrne? | 3 | 2006 | |
| Patients received into Queen’s County Infirmary, 1824-1825 | 4 | 2008 | |
| O’Dempsey book launch | 5 | 2010 | |
| The Ballyfin Strike | 6 | 2012 | |
| An O’Dempsey letter | 7 | 2014 | |
| The Mountmellick Otter | 8 | 2016 | |
| O’Dempseys get-together | 8 | 2016 | |
| Thomas Mathews of Maryborough, journalist and author | 9 | 2018 | |
| Guyon, David | Portarlington and Guillaume Guyon | 8 | 2016 |
| Healion, Colm | A brief history of the Laois Association in Dublin | 5 | 2010 |
| Heskin, Anne Marie | FAS/Leinster Express Indexing Project | 2 | 2004 |
| Hodkinson, B.J. | History sources of Dunamaise in the Medieval Period | 1 | 2003 |
| Hogarty, Patrick | Lest We Forget those who died in WW1 | 2 | 2004 |
| Holland, Sinead and Catherine Casey | Extensive Ronnie Mathews Collection Acquired by Laois County Council | 10 | 2022 |
| Holland, Sinead | Laois Local Studies: A Space for All | 11 | 2024 |
| Laois Heritage Society Update | 11 | 2024 | |
| Horner, Arnold | A map of the town of Mountrath 200 years ago | 7 | 2014 |
| Huddie, Dr. Paul | Portlaoise’s Crimean Cannon | 9 | 2018 |
| Hughes, Sinead | A profile of the thatched building stock of County Laois | 4 | 2008 |
| Hume, Noel | The Burial Ridge – centuries of history on our doorstep | 5 | 2010 |
| Hyland, Jackie | Notes on the Commons of Maryborough | 1 | 2003 |
| Maryborough New Chaple 1792 | 1 | 2003 | |
| A list of Protestant men of Parish of Ballinakill, June 1778 | 1 | 2003 | |
| 1920 Mountjoy Hunger Strike – The Heath connection | 8 | 2016 | |
| Valuation of Great and Little Burriss, Maryborough, 1822 | 2 | 2004 | |
| Father Matthew in Maryborough 1840 | 3 | 2006 | |
| The Portarlington Cup | 4 | 2008 | |
| Magh Reta | 5 | 2010 | |
| Maryborough Sports 1901 | 6 | 2012 | |
| The Viceroy’s visit to the Heath | 7 | 2014 | |
| Heath House | 8 | 2016 | |
| Maryborough Hockey Club’s quest for the Cup | 9 | 2018 | |
| A Queen’s County Lease | 10 | 2022 | |
| Union and The Commons of Maryborough | 11 | 2024 | |
| Keane, Dr. Michael C. | The Transplantation of the Laois Septs to Kerry | 9 | 2018 |
| From Laois to Kerry: Commemorating the flight of the Seven Septs | 10 | 2022 | |
| Kelly, Sharon & Niall Moore | The O’Mórdha Chieftains & the Seven Septs of Leix | 11 | 2024 |
| LaCumber, Yvonne | Heritage is alive and well in Laois schools | 8 | 2016 |
| Lalor, Mary | Another busy year for the Society | 2 | 2004 |
| Laois Heritage Society very active in 2006 | 3 | 2006 | |
| The Heath Hall is 100 years old | 8 | 2016 | |
| LaPorte, Tom | The Bowles and Ballickmoyler connection | 4 | 2008 |
| Mac Cotter, Paul | The early history of Dunamase | 11 | 2024 |
| McDonald, Jack | My Grave Memories | 6 | 2012 |
| McEvoy. Enda | On the Gamekeeper’s Trail | 6 | 2012 |
| The Everly Brothers | 7 | 2014 | |
| History of Portarlington Library | 8 | 2016 | |
| The Orange Pole | 10 | 2022 | |
| An “Unofficial” Family History | 10 | 2022 | |
| All Aboard! – The Proposed Portarlington to Mountmellick Tramway |
11 | 2024 | |
| John Kinder Labatt Mountmellick’s Distinguished Brewer |
11 | 2024 | |
| McEvoy, Dolores | Talks Programme – a major feature of the Society | 9 | 2018 |
| McEvoy, JJ | John McEvoy – the talented Laois sportsman | 10 | 2022 |
| McGahey, Mervyn | The History of the Maltings, Portlaoise | 2 | 2004 |
| McGinley, Regina | Queen’s County and the 1918 Election | 9 | 2018 |
| McHugh, P.J. | Clondarrig – a Hidden Townsland | 8 | 2016 |
| McLoughlin, Richard | Conservation of the Old Fort of Maryborough | 8 | 2016 |
| Maher, Gerry | The Local Studies Dept. of Laois County Library | 1 | 2003 |
| Mathews, Ronnie | Miss Helen M. Roe (1895-1988) | 1 | 2003 |
| Emo Hunt Races 1848-1850 | 2 | 2004 | |
| Lord Carlow’s Emo Park and Dr Thomas Rice | 2 | 2004 | |
| The Canal Drawbridge at Portarlington | 3 | 2006 | |
| The Mountmellick Windmill | 3 | 2006 | |
| The Portarlington Tennis Clubs | 3 | 2006 | |
| C.F. Wynne, Photographer | 4 | 2008 | |
| Jack Adair (1823-1885) – No ordinary man | 4 | 2008 | |
| Portarlington – the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo | 5 | 2010 | |
| St. Germain’s School, Portarlington | 5 | 2010 | |
| Squire John Weaver | 6 | 2012 | |
| 1913 telephone numbers | 6 | 2012 | |
| Crow Lane, Portarlington | 7 | 2014 | |
| Inscription on Timogue Church window | 7 | 2014 | |
| Long lost gravestone to one of O’Dempsey clan | 7 | 2014 | |
| Aldritt and Sons Aeroplane | 7 | 2014 | |
| Robert Hood | 7 | 2014 | |
| Portarlington’s Grand Smoking Concery | 8 | 2016 | |
| Public Lighting – The Dawson Chambers System | 8 | 2016 | |
| Meehan, Frank | Loyal Jack Sgt. Jack Moyney, V.C. WW1 Hero | 1 | 2002 |
| Sgt. Jack Moyney, V.C. WW1 Hero | |||
| Meredith, Roy | Mountmellick – The Manchester of Ireland | 2 | 2004 |
| Irish Provincial Directories 1788 | 2 | 2004 | |
| Meredith, Roy and Teddy Fennelly | The first beet factory in Ireland | 10 | 2022 |
| Moore, Niall & Sharon Kelly | The O’Mórdha Chieftains & the Seven Septs of Leix | 11 | 2024 |
| Mulligan, Dermot and Catherine Casey | Co-Operation between County Councils | 10 | 2022 |
| Murtagh, Dr. Harman | Queen’s County Jacobites and Williamites | 2 | 2004 |
| Murray, Col. J. Darrach | Prince Edward Island, Canada | 4 | 2008 |
| Murray, Sean | Coolbanagher Medieval Font – an insight | 8 | 2016 |
| The Grand Canal in Laois . | 10 | 2022 | |
| Nelligan, Dr. Thomas P. | Shrahanboy – rich archaeological landscape | 7 | 2014 |
| Ni Dhubhluin, Mairead | Fraughan Sunday, Slieve Bloom Mountains | 6 | 2012 |
| Ni Urdail, Meidhbhin | The Battle of Clontarf and Gortnaclea | 7 | 2014 |
| O’Brien, Patrick Pascal | Dunamase – The Acropolis of Laois | 3 | 2006 |
| O’Carroll, Col. Donal | The Pass of the Plumes | 6 | 2012 |
| O’Daltuin, Mairtin | An Architectural History of Leix-Offaly Plantations | 3 | 2006 |
| Garryhinch House | 4 | 2006 | |
| Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 2nd Baron Upper Ossory (1535-1581) | 5 | 2010 | |
| Tentore House | 11 | 2024 | |
| O’Leary, Dan | The O’Moores, Lords of Laois | 6 | 2012 |
| Onions, Mark | The Fallen remembered in St. Peter’s Church | 7 | 2014 |
| Orford, David | The Lea Castle Conservation project | 7 | 2014 |
| O’Rourke, Shane | The Old I.R.A . of County Laois | 8 | 2016 |
| Parsons, Michael | The late Frank Meehan | 6 | 2012 |
| James Fintan Lalor statue | 6 | 2012 | |
| Peter Lalor – His Life and Times | 8 | 2016 | |
| Powell, John S. | Emo Court – a pavilion of splendour | 1 | 2002 |
| The Portarlington Maces and its Borough history 1669-1777 | 5 | 2010 | |
| Laois local history – mind the gaps! | 10 | 2022 | |
| The Tholsel, Portarlington: past into future | 10 | 2022 | |
| Mapping Portarlington in the seventeenth century | 11 | 2024 | |
| The Portarlington Tholsel | 11 | 2024 | |
| Rafter, Mike | Robert Perry & Sons – 150 years Brewing in Rathdowney | 5 | 2010 |
| The Battle for Abbeyleix, July 1922 . . | 10 | 2022 | |
| Ryan, James G. | Servants of Castle Durrow, Laois from 1720-48 | 11 | 2024 |
| Scully, Tony | Lageniensis | 3 | 2006 |
| Shortall, P.J. | Curraclone | 3 | 2006 |
| Spiegelmann, Robert | From Laois to America and back – Jack Adair | 4 | 2008 |
| Stanley, Trevor | Donaghmore Workhouse and Agricultural Museum | 7 | 2014 |
| Tierney, Andrew | Ballyadams – An Anglo-Norman castle in disguise | 4 | 2008 |
| Troy, Louise | An early Medieval Vertical Watermill on the Heath | 4 | 2008 |
| Tynan, P.J. | La Bergerie – a house and its memories | 1 | 2003 |
| Book Review | 3 | 2006 | |
| The Fort of Dunrally | 6 | 2012 | |
| Buried History | 8 | 2016 | |
| Vocational School, Portlaoise St . Peter’s Graveyard, Maryborough | 1 | 2003 | |
| Walsh, Fr. Jack | Rath Church of the Sacred Heart | 5 | 2010 |
| Wheeler, Dr. Diarmuid | Plantation and Rebellion – Rory Og O’Moore | 9 | 2018 |