Laois may have the least defined of all county identities. The rich contrast in the landscape makes it easy to spend many an enjoyable hour in this county and good old country pubs are never far away. From the Slieve Bloom Mountains to the woods of Abbeyleix or Durrow, there are many beautiful walks in this midland county. Laois ( Self Catering, Laois, Ireland) has excellent local wildlife-chiefly in the pubs and friendly people who know how to enjoy them.
This is a typically seventeenth-century market town while the ruins of Ballinakill Castle represents a late seventeenth-century castle built by the Dunnes (but never inhabited). This castle had been erected on the site of one that was once destroyed by Cormwellian troops under Fairfax. The streets around the large rectangular square was characterised by an eighteenth-century configuration. is marked by Two trees known as Toll Trees marked the town’s entrance from Abbeyleix and a toll had to be paid here by visitors to the town. This town had important carnivals, a brewery, and factories producing wool and tan.
Abbeyleix that lies 14 km to the south of Portlaoise is named after a Cistercian abbey founded here in 1183 by Conor O’ More. Today, with tree-lined streets, golf, tennis and game fishing, this town is a real attraction. The tomb of Malachi O’ More, a Laois chieftain situates in the grounds of the de Vesci demsne (which is not open to the public).
| Abbeyleix Manor Hotel |
Rating: 3 Star |
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| Castle Arms Hotel |
Rating: 1 Star |
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Abbeyleix, Co. Laois |
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Laois |
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Abbeyleix |
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3 Star |
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