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James Fintan Lalor statue adorns County Hall in Portlaosie.
The year 2024 is a special one for the members of the extended Lalor clan as the members will be celebrating their 30th anniversary.
The Manor Hotel, Abbeyleix will be the venue and the dates for the events will be July 12,13 and 14. If you are a Lalor, Lawlor or a Lawler or married to a person of one of those names then you are eligible to become a member of the clan. Some of the most illustrious of the name are Patt Lalor of Tennakill, Raheen who was elected one of the first Catholic MPs along with Daniel O’Connell, “The Liberator” in 1830 after the passing of the Catholic Emancipation legislation in Westminster.
Three of Patt’s sons were James Fintan, champion of land reform; Peter who led the gold miners at the Eureka Stockade rebellion in Australia and who went on to become Speaker of the House of Parliament in Victoria State and Richard who succeeded his father as MP and constantly opposed the Act of Union legislation which brought Ireland under the direct control of the British Government.
Others of the name who have become involved in politics and public life have done so in America, England and Spain with representatives of those families attending the annual clan rallies down through the years.
Anyone wishing to attend the events in July are welcome to do so.
Details are available from Mary Lalor O’Mahony, Boley, Abbeyleix, and her phone number is 087-9015280 or any clan member.
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