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County Laois (/ l iː ʃ / LEESH; Irish: Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. [3] The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medieval kingdom. Historically, it has also been known as County Leix.
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.
The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island.They began as Norman structures, and as the powers exercised by the Cambro-Norman barons and the Old English nobility waned over time, new offices of political control came to be established at a county level.
Map all coordinates using ... List of towns in the Republic of Ireland; By county: Carlow; Cavan; Clare; Cork; ... Pages in category "Towns and villages in County Laois"
Rosenallis (historically Rossinallis, from Irish: Ros Fhionnghlaise, meaning 'wood of the clear stream') [2] is a village in north County Laois, Ireland. It is in the foothills of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R422 Mountmellick to Birr road, [3] 6 km north-west of Mountmellick. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. [2]
Mountmellick or Mountmellic (Irish: Móinteach Mílic) is a town in the north of County Laois, Ireland. It is on the N80 road, 6 km north of Portlaoise. The town is within Mountmellick Roman Catholic parish.
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]
This is a list of the counties of Ireland ordered by area. ... County Area (km 2) Density ... Laois: 1,720 [21] 53.4 Leinster 24 Kildare: