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Laois County Council (Irish: Comhairle Chontae Laoise) is the local authority of County Laois, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 19 ...
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]
Laois received its present Irish language name following the Irish War of Independence. Laois was also sometimes spelt "Leix". 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.
Abbeyleix (/ ˈ æ b i ˌ l iː k s /; [2] Irish: Mainistir Laoise, meaning 'Laois Abbey') [3] is a town in County Laois, Ireland, located around 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south of the county town of Portlaoise. Abbelyleix is in a civil parish of the same name. [3] Abbeyleix was formerly located on the N8, the main road from Dublin to Cork. At one ...
An election to all 19 seats on Laois County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Laois is divided into 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Portlaoise (3 C, 8 P) S. Stradbally (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Towns and villages in County Laois" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.
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.
There are approximately 1,162 townlands in County Laois, Ireland. [1] A plain version of this list showing townland names only is also available for easy alphabetical navigation and convenient overview. Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the county.