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Kings Co, Ireland

Historical place region IE 52.651, -8.639

Renamed County Offaly, Ireland

King's County, the county now called Offaly; relation 'renamed' to #10767 County Offaly, Ireland. existedTo is deliberately left null: unlike Queen's County, no statute formally changed the name from King's County, so no end date is safely assertable. The row was pinned at 52.65, -8.64, in County Limerick, and now inherits Offaly's coordinates. Its two events, births in 1795 and 1816, both fall inside the King's County period. Duplicate of #10562.

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  1. Born 1795
  2. Born 1816
  3. Born OCT 1836
  4. Born 1844

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Sources for this place

County Offaly Section Lead Secondary

County Offaly · Wikipedia (en)

It was formerly known as King's County, in honour of Philip II of Spain, who was at the time King of Ireland by jure uxoris.

Supports the identification of #10767 County Offaly, Ireland as the same county under its modern name; relation 'renamed'. The same article's Name section records that no legislation was ever enacted after independence explicitly changing the name from King's County, which is why existedTo is left null here.