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Portlaoise

British  
/ ˌpɔːtˈliːʃə /

noun

  1. a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Portlaoise Panthers have said replaying the final 0.3 seconds of the game would be in "nobody's interest"

From BBC Apr. 3, 2024

But after he was locked up with prominent I.R.A. men for two months in Portlaoise Prison in Ireland, the charges were dropped and the priest was released.

From New York Times Aug. 12, 2016

He then moved to Portlaoise with his family before the Easter Rising to work as a journalist for the Nationalist.

From The Guardian Mar. 27, 2016

Slaughtneil set up an All-Ireland Club SFC Final against Corofin as they came from five points down to beat Austin Stacks 1-14 to 2-10 at Portlaoise.

From BBC Feb. 15, 2015

In the Portlaoise case, the judge, claiming that Britain had failed to identify the suspect formally, refused to extradite Patrick McVeigh, who is accused of complicity in four London bombings between 1981 and 1983.

From Time Magazine Archive

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