Laurens County's gorgios
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- Laurens County: a county in Georgia, USA; founded (or so Joyce thought) by the Dubliner Peter Sawyer on the river Oconee. Its motto: Doubling all the time. (cf. also Joyce's letter, 15 November 1926, to Harriet Shaw Weaver)
- Saint Lawrence: the adopted name of Sir Amory Tristram, after the third-century martyr, whose feast day falls on 10 August, the supposed day of the Battle of Evora (in 1177 CE), in which Amory Tristram conquered Howth
- Saint Laurence O'Toole: the patron saint of Dublin (1128-1180), a contemporary of Amory Tristram; contrasted in FW with St Thomas à Becket
- Saint Laurence of Canterbury: (died 3 February 619) was the second Archbishop of Canterbury
- Saint Lawrence: Spanish martyr and one of the seven deacons of Rome, where he was martyred in 258
- Laurence Sterne: the Irish-born author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
- Laurens County: there is also a Laurens County in South Carolina. Both counties are twins
- St Lawrence Road: a street in Clontarf, Dublin
- Lauren's cunt
- Lauren's cunny