Laurens County's gorgios
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Jump to navigationJump to search- 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.
- Laurence Sterne, the Irish-born author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
- Saint Lawrence: Spanish martyr and one of the seven deacons of Rome, where he was martyred in 258 (further information).
- St Laurence O'Toole (I Lorcán Ua Tuathail): patron saint of Dublin (1128-1180), a contemporary of Amory Tristram; contrasted in FW with St Thomas à Becket
- Saint Laurence of Canterbury (d. February 3, 619) was the second Archbishop of Canterbury (further information).
- Other uses of the name "St. Lawrence" are listed here.
- Laurens County, Georgia, founded (or so Joyce thought) by the Dubliner Peter Sawyer on river Oconee. It's motto: Doubling all the time. (cf. also: letter, 15/11/26 to Harriet Shaw Weaver)
- There is also a Laurens County, South Carolina. Both counties are twins.
- Laurens County: Lauren's cunt/cunny.
- St Lawrence Road, Chapelizod, in Dublin
