placenamesMaryborough East
Port Laoise Thoir
Lewis recorded the hospital’s organisation and the different funds supporting treatment.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Port Laoise Thoir · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Maryborough East · English · main form
Place & story
Hospital and dispensary in 1836
Maryborough’s county infirmary opened in 1808. Samuel Lewis described a three-storey building with eleven wards, each able to accommodate five patients. It received money from parliamentary grants, county presentments, subscriptions and petty-session fines. His account recorded 868 admissions during 1836 and expenditure of £990. An associated dispensary separately provided relief to 8,650 patients treated outside the hospital, showing the institution’s work beyond its inpatient wards. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Maryborough East. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Maryborough: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-02-18. How this page was prepared.