Portlaoise
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Portlaoise appealed on the grounds the free throws should not have been allowed as the clock had expired at the same time the foul was called.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 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
They were eventually introduced, and Mr. Pringle, who had served a long stretch in Portlaoise Prison in Ireland, offered Ms. Jacobs a ride to her next day’s speaking engagement, a five-hour drive to Quark, Ireland.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2011
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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