Broomfield House

Broomfield House is a country house in County Laois, Leinster.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Portlaoise and Midlands Prison.

Portlaoise

Railway station

Portlaoise railway station is a station on the Dublin to Cork/Limerick lines in Ireland. It is also the terminus for the South Western Commuter also called the Portlaoise Commuter Line which forms part of the Dublin Suburban Rail network in the commuter belt for Dublin. Portlaoise is situated 2 km southwest of Broomfield House.

Midlands Prison

Prison

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The Midlands Prison is a medium security prison in Portlaoise, County Laois. It receives prisoners who are aged 17 years and over. It has a bed capacity of 870 and its daily average number of inmates resident in 2009 was 512. Midlands Prison is situated 1¼ km south of Broomfield House.

Portlaoise Prison

Prison

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Portlaoise Prison is a maximum security prison in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland. Until 1929 it was called the Maryborough Gaol. It should not be confused with the Midlands Prison, which is a newer, medium security prison directly beside it; or with Dunamaise Arts Centre, which was the original Maryborough Gaol built c. 1789. Portlaoise Prison is situated 1½ km south of Broomfield House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portlaoise and Emo.

Portlaoise

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Portlaoise or Port Laoise is the county town of County Laois, in the south midlands of Ireland. It's a large town that acts as a transport hub for the region and is within an hour's travel of Dublin.

Emo

Village

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Emo is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It is located near Portlaoise on the R422 regional road just off the M7 Dublin–Limerick motorway. Emo is situated 7 km northeast of Broomfield House.

Mountmellick

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Mountmellick is a town in County Laois, with a population of about 4900 in 2022. It's difficult to believe that this small place was once a large industrial town: English Quakers settled in the 17th century and founded breweries, a distillery, woollen mills, cotton, tanneries and glassworks.

Broomfield House

Type: Country house
Categories: residential building and building
Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.05028° or 53° 3′ 1″ north

Longitude

-7.28667° or 7° 17′ 12″ west

Elevation

99 metres (325 feet)

Open location code

9C5J3P27+48

GeoNames ID

3313627

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