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Maryborough East or East Maryborough [1] (Irish: Port Laoise Thoir [2]) is a barony in County Laois (formerly called Queen's County or County Leix), Ireland. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Etymology
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 offices of the Leinster Express are based in Portlaoise. [2] The Leinster Express was originally published in Maryborough (renamed Portlaoise in 1929), Queen's County (renamed County Laois in 1922), Ireland in 1831 - an archive of its papers are available in Laois County Library in Portlaoise. [citation needed]
Portlaoise Prison (Irish: Príosún Phort Laoise) is a maximum security prison in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland.Until 1929 it was called the Maryborough Gaol. [1] It should not be confused with the Midlands Prison, which is a newer, medium security prison directly beside it; or with Dunamaise Arts Centre, which was the original Maryborough Gaol built c. 1789.
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 ...
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Maryborough Correctional Centre; ... Portlaoise Prison, Portlaoise, County Laois; Richmond General Penitentiary, Grangegorman, Dublin 7 (closed)
Maryborough (now Portlaoise) () ( ()) –1801 () Seats: 2: Maryborough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.