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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]
It has its source in the Cullenagh Hills, south of Portlaoise. [1] It enters the town of Portlaoise from the south, passing under Main Street and flows north before joining the River Barrow at Clonterry north east of Mountmellick.
Originally meetings of Laois County Council were held in Portlaoise Courthouse. [1] After the courthouse became inadequate, a purpose-built facility was built in May 1982. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] An extension, linked to the existing County Hall building by a single storey glazed corridor, was completed in 2007.
Portlaoise (previously Maryborough) is the main town of the county. Loígis was the subject of two organised plantations or colonisations by the Kingdom of England in 1556 and 1607. During the first plantation, Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex attempted to dispossess the ruling O'Moore clan, who had been engaging in costly raids on The Pale ...
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]
The population figures listed are for the urban area around each settlement excluding areas that fall within the boundary of another town or city. The figures for settlements in Northern Ireland are based on the preliminary 2021 Northern Ireland Census, [ 1 ] while the figures for the Republic are based on the 2022 Census. [ 2 ]
Portlaoise (formerly Maryborough) railway station opened on 26 June 1847. [2] It was designed by Sancton Wood. [3]In March 2008, Irish Rail opened a new Traincare depot south-west of Portlaoise town centre (officially opened on 25 July 2008).
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