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The O’More (Ó Mórdha) of Leix (County Laois)

Following the O’Mores of Laois from legendary origins and the Seven Septs through Norman and Tudor upheavals, focusing on their shifting lordship, the Abbeyleix Cistercian foundation, and Melachlin mac Owny O’More’s effigy within the wider story of Queen’s County.