Edward Massey
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Sir Edward Massey, also spelt Massie, was an English soldier and politician from Cheshire, who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1646 and 1674. He fought for Parliament in the First
Sir Edward Massey
Abbeyleix
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Abbeyleix is a town in County Laois, Ireland, located around 14 kilometres south of the county town of Portlaoise. Abbeyleix is in a civil parish of the same name.
Edward Massey
…knighted and sat as MP for Gloucester until his death. Appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in 1661, he spent much of his time on his estate at Abbeyleix, where he died sometime in 1674. A modern biographer has said of him that "Massey rose from obscurity through a mixture of outstanding qualities of…
Main Street
Monument to John Vesey, 2nd Viscount de Vesci
Abbeyleix Bog Walk
Plaque on Market House