The Lalor Clan are celebrating their 30th anniversary in The Manor Hotel in Abbeyleix on July 12-14.
If you are a Lalor, Lawlor or Lawler by blood or marriage you are eligible to join the clan and celebrate this event in July.
The three day event should be a thoroughly enjoyable weekend, Friday will kick-start the event as an AGM will be held before music concludes the evening.
Saturday will have a tour of the surrounding areas in Laois before attendees travel back to the Manor Hotel for a dinner dance and the election of a chairperson for the forthcoming year.
On Sunday, mass will be said in Killermogh Church, Ballacolla at 12pm before visitors return to the hotel for a carvery lunch.
The Lalor name has huge historical significance in Ireland. Patt Lalor of Tennakill, Raheen was elected as the first Catholic Member of Parliament way back in 1830 after the Catholic Emancipation Act was passed.
Patt’s three sons also hold huge acclaim, James Fintan Lalor, the champion of land reform, Peter Lalor who led the gold miners at the Eureka Stockade Rebellion in Australia and Richard Lalor who succeeded his father as an MP.
Denis Lalor was a part of the Laois Senior Football team that lost the Leinster Final to Meath in 1991 as well as Mike Lalor who was an ice hockey player in the NHL.
The name has certainly travelled far and wide as members of England, Australia, America and Canada have attended the event in previous years.
Anyone attending the event is welcome to do so.
Details are available from Mary Lalor O’Mahony, (087-9015280).
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