Mountmellick
Sign in to saveMountmellick or Mountmellic () is a town in the north of County Laois, Ireland. It is on the N80 road, 6 km north of Portlaoise. The town is within Mountmellick Roman Catholic parish.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mountmellick
- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 3,547
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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Key facts
- Settlement.timezone
- WET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- ±0
- Settlement.name
- Mountmellick
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mountmellick3824.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The southern approach to Mountmellick
- Settlement.image_shield
- Mountmellick Coat of Arms.png
- Settlement.shield_size
- 155px
- Settlement.motto
- "Friendship through Partnership"
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Leinster
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- County
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- The Manchester of Ireland
- Mountmellick lace
- Coat of arms
- Education
- Economic activity
- Sport
- Transport
- Road
- Bus
- Rail
- Canal
- Notable people
- See also
- Further reading
- Notes
- References
- External links
Mountmellick or Mountmellic () is a town in the north of County Laois, Ireland. It is on the N80 road, 6 km north of Portlaoise. The town is within Mountmellick Roman Catholic parish.
==Name== thumb|right|alt=The Monument Bar, Mountmellick|The Monument Bar, Mountmellick Mountmellick, sometimes spelt Montmellick or Montmellic, is an anglicisation of the Irish name Móinteach Mílic, which means "(the) bog of/by (the) land bordering a river". Older anglicisations include Mointaghmeelick, Montaghmelick, Montiaghmeelick and Monteaghmilick.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mountmellick” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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