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Maryborough is the former name of the town of Portlaoise, established in 1548 and named after Queen Mary I; it was given its current name in 1929. [ citation needed ] Geography
Maryborough Gaol was built c. 1789 in a Neoclassical style. It is a seven-bay, two-storey building over a concealed basement with a three-bay central breakfront, built of limestone and Portland stone. [2] It was renovated in the 1990s, and opened in 1999 as Dunamaise Arts Centre, named for the nearby Rock of Dunamase, a medieval fortress. [3]
Portlaoise [2] (/ p ɔːr t ˈ l iː ʃ / port-LEESH), [3] or Port Laoise (Irish pronunciation: [ˌpˠɔɾˠt̪ˠˈl̪ˠiːʃə]), is the county town of County Laois, Ireland. It is located in the South Midlands in the province of Leinster. Portlaoise was the fastest growing of the top 20 largest towns and cities in Ireland from 2011 to 2016. [4]
The book was brought in by relatives of its borrower. The late fee was waived. [36] The Golden Grove, or A Manual of Daily Prayers and Litanies: Jeremy Taylor: Royal Holloway, University of London library Dec 1975 Apr 2019 43 The prayer book was returned alongside a letter including clues about who had borrowed it, which the library did not ...
Maryborough (now Portlaoise) () ( ()) –1801 () Seats: 2: Maryborough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
The Settlement of Laois and Offaly Act 1556 (3 & 4 Phil. & Mar. c. 2 (I)) was an Act of the Parliament of Ireland passed in 1556 which resulted in the creation of Queen's County and King's County in the midlands of Ireland, and the establishment of two shire towns at Maryborough and Philipstown (), named in honour of Queen Mary I and King Phillip II. [1]
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by religious parents to keep their children out of classes in a Maryland public school district when LGBT storybooks are read, the ...
4 Port Laoise or Portlaoise. ... 4.2 Part 2. 5 Maryborough to Portlaoise. 4 comments. 6 "Historical population" box needs attention. 2 comments. 7 Picture. 2 comments.