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| | Ballyfin House - Ancestral Research, Family History, Laois, Offaly, Genealogy |
 | | In 1600 all the country of Leix, except the town of Maryborough, was in the hands of Owny MacRory O'More, the chief of the name. |
 | | William Wellesley, younger son of Garrett, first Earl of Mornington, who assumed the name and arms of Pole; and married, 17th May, 1784, Catherine Elizabeth, daughter of Admiral John forbes, In 11821 he was created Baron Maryborough, and on the death of his brother, Richard, in. |
 | | The estate of Ballyfin lies within the bounds of the parish of Clonenagh, in the barony of Maryborough, a place of very remote antiquity. |
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