Portlaoise Prison
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.Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Midlands Prison and St. Fintan’s Hospital.
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 290 metres northeast of Portlaoise Prison.
St. Fintan’s Hospital
Hospital
St. Fintan's Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland. St. Fintan’s Hospital is situated 300 metres southeast of Portlaoise Prison.
Portlaoise
Railway station
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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 1 km west of Portlaoise Prison.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portlaoise and Ballyfin.
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.
Ballyfin
Hamlet
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Ballyfin is a village and parish in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Laois, Ireland. It is around 8 km west of Portlaoise, on the L21121 local road which joins the R423 regional road between Mountrath and Mountmellick. Ballyfin is situated 8 km west of Portlaoise Prison.
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 8 km northeast of Portlaoise Prison.
Portlaoise Prison
- Type: Prison
- Description: Maximum Security prison built in the town of Portlaoise, Ireland.
- Category: government building
- Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.03745° or 53° 2′ 15″ northLongitude
-7.28806° or 7° 17′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C5J2PP6+XQOpenStreetMap ID
way 96260217OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonWikidata ID
Q14466340
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Japanese—“Portlaoise Prison” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “سجن بورتلاواز”
- Irish: “Príosún Phort Laoise”
- Japanese: “ポートレーイシュ刑務所”
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