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The town is named after the Lawrence family.
The first Lawrence in the area came from Lancashire, England as a follower of Sir John Perrot, a Lord Deputy of Ireland in the reign of Elizabeth I. He married an O' Madden woman, daughter of the local chieftain.
Walter Lawrence (1729-1796) arranged for the erection of a victory arch to mark the success of Henry Gratten and the Volunteers.
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The Volunteers were a military force raised to repel a threatened French invasion which never materialised; they turned their attention to domestic politics and under the leadership of Henry Gratten and Henry Flood, by means of a series of intimidatory marches in Dublin, forced several important concessions from the Government leading to a period of significant commercial prosperity after 1780. The arch is still standing, but the stone urn which surmounted it has sadly been removed.
Life & leisure in a country village - site dedicated to Lawrencetown, East Galway.
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