Abbeyleix
Abbeyleix is a town in County Laois, Ireland about 14 km from Portlaoise and located on the N77 national secondary route. Formerly the N8 National Primary Route ran through the centre of the town, making Abbeyleix an infamous bottleneck on the Dublin-Cork corridor with up to 15,000 vehicles passing through the main street everyday.
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Raheen
Village
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Abbeyleix
- Type: City
- Description: town in County Laois, Ireland
- Category: townland
- Location: County Laois, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
Latitude 52.9133° or 52° 54' 47.9" north | Longitude -7.3446° or 7° 20' 40.4" west |
Population 1830 | United Nations Location Code IE ABB |
Elevation 111 metres (364 feet) | GeoNames ID 2967092 |
Also Known As
- Basque: Abbeyleix
- Belarusian: Абілейкс
- Belarusian: Пасёлак Абілейкс
- Cebuano: Abbeyleix
- Chinese: 阿比莱克斯
- Chinese: 阿比萊克斯
- Czech: Abbeylaois
- Czech: Abbeyleix
- Dutch: Abbeyleix
- Finnish: Abbeyleix
- French: Abbeyleix
- German: Abbeyleix
- Irish: Mainistir Laoise
- Italian: Abbeyleix
- Japanese: アビーリーシュ
- Lithuanian: Abbeyleix
- Lithuanian: Abilaiksas
- Lithuanian: Abileiksas
- Persian: ابیلیکس
- Polish: Abbeyleix
- Portuguese: Abbeyleix
- Russian: Аббилейкс
- Russian: Аббиликс
- Slovak: Abbeylaois
- Slovak: Abbeyleix
- Spanish: Abbeyleix
- Swedish: Abbeylaois
- Swedish: Abbeyleix
- Swedish: Mainistir Laoise
- Ukrainian: Аббілейкс
Other Places Named Abbeyleix
- AbbeyleixTown, County Laois, Ireland
In the Area
Localities
- RalishLocality
- RaheenabrogueLocality
- Old TownLocality
- Tullore Cross Roads
- CorballyLocality
- Cobbler’s Hill Cross RoadsLocality
Landmarks
- Water CastleCastle
- Cullenagh MountainSummit
- Shean HillSummit
- Knock ArdagurMountain
- Castle DurrowEstate
- ClonaddadoranHill
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