Port Laoise
Sign in to savePortlaoise ( ,), known until 1929 as Maryborough, is the county town of County Laois, Ireland. It is in the South Midlands in the province of Leinster.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Portlaoise
- Settlement.other_name
- Maryborough
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- Town
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- Portlaoise COA.svg
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- Ireland#Europe
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- Country
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- Ireland
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- Province
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- Leinster
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- County
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- Laois
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- Local authority
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- Laois County Council
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- Local electoral area
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- Portlaoise
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- Dáil constituency
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- Laois
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- EP constituency
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Portlaoise ( ,), known until 1929 as Maryborough, is the county town of County Laois, Ireland. It is in the South Midlands in the province of Leinster.
Portlaoise was the fastest growing of the top 20 largest towns and cities in Ireland from 2011 to 2016. However, the 2022 census shows that the town's population increased by 6.6% to 23,494, which was below the national average of 8%. It is the most populous and also the most densely populated town in the Midland Region, which has a total population of 317,999 at the 2022 census.