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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

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

The charges against Father Moloney were dropped after he spent two months in Portlaoise Prison, Ireland’s maximum-security lockup, with notoriously militant I.R.A. men.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2012

Officials in Dublin promised to appeal the Portlaoise ruling.

From Time Magazine Archive

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