Lalor Entries in 1855 Griffith's Valuation Fossy or Timahoe Parish, Co. Queens Lalor is the only spelling I found in this region. No Lawler or Lawlor, just Lalor. There were 5 in this parish accourding to the index. There were no Lalor's in Orchard townload (Lower or Upper). There is also at least one Lalor in the 1824 Tithe Allotment book for this parish. tenant landlord Area Valuation ------ -------- ---- --------- land bldgs total A R P # s d # s d # s d Ballinaclogh, Upper townland (ord. S.2.4) Finton Lalor Maxwell Close 108 2 31 41 15 0 2 5 0 44 0 0 house,offices,land Mary Lalor Maxwell Close 98 3 2 41 0 0 2 15 0 43 15 0 house,offices,land Garryglass townland Mary Lalor 15 0 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 land Daniel Lalor 25 1 24 15 5 0 0 0 0 15 5 0 land Rheenduff, Little townland Patrick Lalor (under Charles Cocoran's 98 acres) 0 8 0 0 8 0 house Area is listed in Acres, Roods (not rods) (4 Roods=1 acre), and Perches (perch=rod = 30.25 sq. yards) One linear rod (pole, perch) = 5.5 yards. 40 square poles (rods, perches) = 1 Rood. 640 acres = one square mile. Valuations are in pounds (#), shillings (s), and pence (d). Fossy or Timahoe Parish is one parish with two different names. It is the parish which includes the town of Timahoe and Orchard townland. Taken from Griffith's Valuation, 1855 ("General valuation of rateable property in Ireland" compiled by Richard Griffith, pub. 1962. On microfiche at the Univ. Wisc. main library, fiche call #3299, fiche location 3.E.7 of the fiches for Co. Laois. Researched by Dennis Nicklaus, 1995.