Laois, Province of Leinster, Ireland 作者： 来源： 发布时间：2021-01-27
I. Population and Area
Population in 2016:84,697
Population Density: 49 people per square km
Total Area: 664.10 sq miles
II. Natural Geography (Environment, resource and transportation)
County Laois is a county in Ireland. It is located in the south of the Midlands Region and was formerly known as "Queen's County." The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medieval kingdom. It has also been known as County Leix.
Laois is the 23rd largest of Ireland's 32 counties in area and also has the 23rd largest population. [10] It is the seventh largest of Leinster's 12 counties in size and tenth largest in population. The county is landlocked and, uniquely, does not border any other county which touches the coast. This is known as being doubly landlocked. It is therefore considered to be "the most landlocked county in Ireland".
Laois is the only county in Ireland not bordered by a county with a coast and much of the county is covered by blanket bog. County Laois was established in 1588 by the Queen of England Mary I and was originally titled Queens County. The county town of Portlaoise was originally called Maryborough, when the county was first planted by English settlers under the Earl of Sussex.
Transportation:
The M7 road runs through County Laois. This is one of the busiest roadways in Ireland connecting Dublin and Limerick and acts as a trunk route for the M8 which connects Cork to Dublin. The M8 joins the M7 to the south of Portlaoise. Road infrastructure has improved greatly in the county over the past decade. Most major interurban routes through Laois have now been upgraded to motorway standard. All major traffic bottlenecks in Laois such as Abbeyleix and Mountrath have been bypassed following the opening of the M7/M8 tolled motorway project in May 2010. Both towns were major intercity bottlenecks for motorists especially Abbeyleix where delays of up to 30 minutes or more were commo.Bus Éireann provides regular intercity bus services in the county. The Dublin to Limerick service runs every hour through towns and villages on the old N7 road (now R445) while the Dublin to Cork inter city bus service runs every two hours through towns in the county.
Closest airport to Portlaoise is Dublin Airport (DUB). Distance from Dublin Airport to Portlaoise is 50.3 miles / 81.0 kilometers.
III. Economy
IV. Industrial Characteristics:
1) Guinness products
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2) Laois Sawmills Ltd
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V. Attractions
Donaghmore Famine Workhouse Museum
The workhouse has been restored to envision the conditions the poor of the poor lived in to try to survive the great famine.Our tour guide was very interesting and really made the history come alive.
Ballykilcavan Brewery
Tours available by appointment or on selected weekends. Please see our website for tour dates or to book a tour on a different date. The new Ballykilcavan craft brewery is set on a 380 year old farm that has been in the same family for 13 generations. A visit to the brewery includes a look at the original 18th century stone farmyard at Ballykilcavan, a walk through the brewery, an explanation of the brewing process, a chance to taste the raw ingredients and to sample some of the finished beers.
VI. History
The first people in Laois were bands of hunters and gatherers who passed through the county about 8,500 years ago. They hunted in the forests that covered Laois and fished in its rivers, gathering nuts and berries to supplement their diets.
Next came Ireland's first farmers. These people of the Neolithic period (4000 to 2500 BC) cleared forests and planted crops. Their burial mounds remain in Clonaslee and Cuffsborough.
Starting around 2500 BC, the people of the Bronze Age lived in Laois. They produced weapons, tools and golden objects. Visitors to the county can see a stone circle they left behind at Monamonry, as well as the remains of their hill forts at Clopook and Monelly. Skirk, near Borris-in-Ossory, has a Bronze Age standing stone and ring fort. The body of Cashel Man indicates that ritual killing took place around 2000 BC.
The next stage is known as the pre-Christian Celtic Iron Age. For the first time, iron appeared in Ireland, showing up in the weapons used by factions who fought bloody battles for control of the land. At Ballydavis, archaeologists have discovered ring barrows that date from this time period.
The county name derives from Loígis, of which the modern county is only a part. In the 11th century, its dynastic rulers adopted the surname Ua/Ó Mórdha. They claimed descent from a member of the Red Branch Knights.
By the first century AD, the western third of Laois was part of the Kingdom of Ossory. The eastern part was divided roughly into seven parts, which were ruled by the Seven Septs of Loígis: O’More (O’Moore), O’Lalor, O’Doran, O’Dowling, O’Devoy (O’Deevy), O’Kelly and McEvoy.
VII. Other information:
Formerly known as "Queen's County", Laois got its current name after the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. The county town, Portlaoise, has seen a fair bit of industrial development over the past decade, but many Laoise residents opt to commute to Kildare or as far afield as Dublin for high-tech jobs.
VIII. Contact information
Mayor: Rotimi Adebari
Áras an Chontae,
JFL Ave.,
Portlaoise,
Co. Laois
R32 EHP9
Email: corpaffairs@laoiscoco.ie
Phone: (057) 86 64000
Reference website: https://laois.ie/contact-us/get-in-touch/