Portlaoise

Portlaoise or Port Laoise is the county town of , 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.
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  • Type: Town with 23,500 residents
  • Description: county town of County Laois, Ireland
  • Also known as: Maryboro”, “Maryboro‘”, “Maryborough”, “Port Laoise”, and “Port Leix

Places of Interest

Highlights include Portlaoise and O’Moore Park.

Railway station
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 Commuter Line which forms part of the Dublin Suburban Rail network in the commuter belt for .

Stadium
O'Moore Park is a GAA stadium in Portlaoise, , . It is the home of the Laois Gaelic football and hurling teams. Under a new sponsorship deal it is known as "Laois Hire O'Moore Park".

Courthouse
is a judicial facility in Portlaoise, , Ireland.

Portlaoise

Latitude
53.034° or 53° 2′ 2″ north
Longitude
-7.3001° or 7° 18′ 0″ west
Population
23,500
Elevation
101 metres (331 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE PTL
Open location code
9C5J2MMX+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52245817
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2962026
Wiki­data ID
Q822871
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Portlaoise” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بورتلاويس
  • Asturian: Port Laoise
  • Basque: Port Laoise
  • Basque: Portlaoise
  • Belarusian: Порт-Ліш
  • Breton: Port Laoise
  • Breton: Portlaoise
  • Bulgarian: Портлийш
  • Bulgarian: Портлийшъ
  • Bulgarian: Портлиш
  • Catalan: Port Laoise
  • Catalan: Portlaoise
  • Cebuano: Portlaoise
  • Chinese: 莱伊什港
  • Chinese: 萊伊什港
  • Czech: Port Laoise
  • Czech: Portlaoise
  • Danish: Port Laoise
  • Danish: Portlaoise
  • Dutch: Port Laoise
  • Dutch: Portlaoise
  • French: Portlaoise
  • Galician: Port Laoise
  • Galician: Portlaoise
  • Georgian: პორტ-ლიში
  • German: Port Laoise
  • German: Portlaoise
  • Hebrew: פורט ליש
  • Indonesian: Port Laoise
  • Indonesian: Portlaoise
  • Irish: Port Laoighise
  • Irish: Port Laoise
  • Irish: Portlaoise
  • Italian: Port Laoise
  • Italian: Portlaoise
  • Japanese: ポート・レーイシュ
  • Japanese: ポートラアス
  • Korean: 포트 리셔
  • Korean: 포트리셔
  • Latvian: Portlīša
  • Lithuanian: Portlaoisas
  • Lithuanian: Portlaoišas
  • Lithuanian: Portlaoise
  • Lithuanian: Portlišas
  • Northern Frisian: Portlaoise
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Maryborough
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Portlaoise
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Maryborough
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Port Laoighise
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Port Laoise
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Portlaoise
  • Norwegian: Portlaoise
  • Persian: پورتلوئیز
  • Persian: پورتلیشه
  • Polish: Portlaoighise
  • Polish: Portlaoise
  • Portuguese: Port Laoise
  • Portuguese: Portlaoise
  • Romanian: Portlaoise
  • Russian: Порт-Лиише
  • Russian: Порт-Лише
  • Serbian: Portlaoise
  • Serbian: Portliš
  • Serbian: Портлиш
  • Slovak: Port Laoise
  • Spanish: Portlaoise
  • Swahili: Portlaoise
  • Swedish: Maryborough
  • Swedish: Port Laoise
  • Swedish: Portlaoise
  • Turkish: Port Laoise
  • Ukrainian: Порт-Ліїше
  • Urdu: پورٹ لیش
  • Welsh: Port Laoise

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