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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.
Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland Coordinates 53°02′04″N 7°18′00″W / 53.0345113100419°N 7.299980844412765°W / 53.0345113100419; -7.299980844412765
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]
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.
Under a new sponsorship deal it is known as "Laois Hire O'Moore Park". [ 2 ] Although it may have been in use as a GAA ground since 1888, and was acquired by Maryborough GAA Club in 1908, it was not purchased as the county grounds until 1917, becoming then one of the first grounds acquired by a county board (just six years after the purchase of ...
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.
The courthouse, which was designed by Sir Richard Morrison in the neoclassical style and built in ashlar stone, was completed in 1805. [1] It was re-modelled to the designs of James Rawson Carroll in 1875. [1]