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The Gothic revival Roman Catholic parish church of Raheen is dedicated to St. Fintan and dates from 1857. [2] The first Catholic church, a thatched chapel, was built in 1729 on a site granted by a Protestant family named Baldwin.
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 Church of Ireland Bishop of Kildare came to Portarlington to consecrate the new French Church, 1694. [11] The present-day Church of Ireland church sits on one of the town's main thoroughfares, still named 'French Church Street', with the original French church (1694) situated just off the market square.
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 ...
Queen of Peace church, at the corner of Putland Road and Vevay Road, was built in 1946 on land donated by the Presentation Brothers of nearby Presentation College, Bray. [7] [8] Originally part of Bray (Holy Redeemer) parish, it was constituted as its own parish in 1954. [9] Bray (St Fergal's) St Fergal's, Ballywaltrim 1976
Rathdowney or Rathdowny (Irish: Ráth Domhnaigh, meaning 'ringfort of the church') [2] is a town in southwest County Laois, Ireland.It lies some 32 km southwest of Portlaoise in the Irish Midlands, at the point where the R433 regional road from Abbeyleix to Templemore is crossed by the R435 from Borris-in-Ossory to Johnstown.
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