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Cosby of Stradbally, County Laois

Tracing the Cosby family from their English origins to their emergence as major Tudor-era planters in County Laois, charting Francis Cosby’s military career, conflicts with the O’Mores, massacres and ambushes, and the long-running feud that shaped Stradbally’s landscape.

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