Decoy Wood
Decoy Wood is a forest in County Laois, Leinster. Decoy Wood is situated nearby to the locality Derryoogh, as well as near the hamlet Alley Cross.Places of Interest
Highlights include Emo Court and Church of the Assumption, Greatheath.
Emo Court
Photo: AnTuisealGinideach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Emo Court, located near the village of Emo in County Laois, Ireland, is a large neo-classical mansion. Architectural features of the building include sash-style windows, pavilions, a balustrade, a hipped roof, and large dome.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mountmellick and Portlaoise.
Mountmellick
Photo: Trenchspike, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Portlaoise
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Decoy Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.0856° or 53° 5′ 8″ northLongitude
-7.2519° or 7° 15′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C5J3PPX+76OpenStreetMap ID
way 976463317OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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