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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.
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 [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]
Laois County Council was established on 1 April 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 for the administrative county of County Laois, then called Queen's County. [1] [2] It included the judicial county of Queen's County except for the part in the town of Carlow, which became part of the administrative county of County Carlow. [3]
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 ...
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 ...
In 2009, Clough–Ballacolla won their first Laois Senior Hurling Championship title in 91 years. They beat Portlaoise in the final. In 2011, Clough–Ballacolla regained the Laois Senior Hurling Championship beating Portlaoise in the final. In 2015, Clough–Ballacolla regained the Laois Senior Hurling Championship beating Camross in the final.
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]