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Emo Court, located near the village of Emo in County Laois, Ireland, is a large neo-classical mansion. Architectural features of the building include sash-style windows, pavilions, a balustrade, a hipped roof, and large dome. It was designed by the architect James Gandon in 1790 for John Dawson, the first Earl of Portarlington.
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Accounting Technicians Ireland is an organisation providing accounting education in Ireland. They have over 10,000 members and students in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland. The organisation was established in 1983. Accounting Technicians Ireland is a non-profit organisation.
Shanahoe (Irish: Seanchua) [1] is a small village in County Laois, Ireland, situated in the centre of the county, 8 km west of Abbeyleix and 7 km south of Mountrath. [ 2 ] History and development
County Laois (/ l iː ʃ / LEESH; Irish: Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster . It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. [ 3 ]
County Laois suffered during the Great Famine (1845–1847), and the county's population dropped from over 153,000 in 1841 to just over 73,000 by 1881. [17] Famine graveyards are known locally. [18] The population of Portarlington itself doubled between the 2002 and 2016 census (from 4,001 to 8,368 people), [19] [20] reaching 9,288 in 2022. [1]
Portlaoise [2] (/ p ɔːr t ˈ l iː ʃ / port-LEESH), [3] or Port Laoise (Irish pronunciation: [ˌpˠɔɾˠt̪ˠˈl̪ˠiːʃə]), is the county town of County Laois, Ireland.It is located in the South Midlands in the province of Leinster.
Castletown is known as "The Tidiest Village in Laois". [citation needed] Chairman of the Tidy Towns committee is Seán Fleming, TD. In 1998, Castletown were just four points behind the national winner. [citation needed] The village won the overall Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 2002. [3]