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It was an important town in the medieval period, as the site of the Fort of Maryborough, a fort built by English settlers in the 16th century during the Plantation of Queen's County. Portlaoise is fringed by the Slieve Bloom mountains to the west and north-west and the Great Heath of Maryborough to the east. It is notable for its architecture ...
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. [2] It was renovated in the 1990s, and opened in 1999 as Dunamaise Arts Centre, named for the nearby Rock of Dunamase, a medieval fortress. [3]
Maryborough East or East Maryborough [1] (Irish: Port Laoise Thoir [2]) is a barony in County Laois (formerly called Queen's County or County Leix), Ireland. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Etymology
Dunamase or the Rock of Dunamase (Irish: Dún Másc [2] "fort of Másc") is a rocky outcrop in County Laois, Ireland. [2] Rising 46 metres (151 ft) above a plain, it has the ruins of Dunamase Castle, a defensive stronghold dating from the early Hiberno-Norman period with a view across to the Slieve Bloom Mountains.
Sediul Muzeului de Științele Naturii (Mureș County Museum, Natural History Department), Târgu Mureș; Székely National Museum (Székely Nemzeti Múzeum), Sfântu Gheorghe; Szekler Museum of Ciuc (Csíky Székely Múzeum), Miercurea-Ciuc; Vrancea Museum, Natural Sciences Department, Focșani
Of the migrants landed at Brisbane in 1862 from the ship Suldanha, 160 came to Maryborough by the paddle steamer Clarence. The 42 Germans among them had already been engaged for work on nearby sheep runs. The first migrant ship to call direct at Maryborough was the barque Ariadne (built in 1861 of 671 Tons). She arrived on 9 October 1862.
Portlaoise (formerly Maryborough) railway station opened on 26 June 1847. [2] It was designed by Sancton Wood. [3]In March 2008, Irish Rail opened a new Traincare depot south-west of Portlaoise town centre (officially opened on 25 July 2008).
The hospital, which was designed by William Murphy, opened as the Maryborough Asylum in 1833. [1] It was extended in 1865 and again in 1898. [1] It became Portlaoise Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become St. Fintan's Hospital in the 1950s. [1]