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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.
Blackhall Bridge. Portarlington was founded in 1666, by Sir Henry Bennet, who had been Southern Secretary to Charles II and to whom that King, on his restoration, had made a grant of the extensive estates of Ó Díomasaigh, Viscount Clanmalier, confiscated after the Irish Rebellion of 1641.
Maryborough Gaol was built c. 1789 in a Neoclassical style. It is a seven-bay, two-storey building over a concealed basement with a three-bay central breakfront, built of limestone and Portland stone.
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The hospital, which replaced Laois County Infirmary, was designed by Drogheda born Irish architect Michael Scott, and was built between 1933 and 1936. [2]On 5 March 2008, reports were published regarding the breast cancer misdiagnosis scandal at the hospital.
Portlaoise GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) affiliated hurling, Gaelic football and camogie club based in Portlaoise, the county town of Laois in Ireland. Founded in 1887, the club has won several Laois Senior Football, Laois Senior Hurling and Laois Ladies' Senior Football Club Championships.
There was a settlement at Abbeyleix as early as 1183, that grew up near the River Nore, around the Cistercian monastery - which gives the town its name.. The monastery, known as Clonkyne Leix or De Lege Dei, was reputedly founded about the year 600 AD, but of which there is limited account until 1183, when it was refounded and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin by Conogher or Corcheger O'More ...
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.