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Encyclopedia > Emo, County Laois

Emo (Ioma in Irish) is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It is located near Portlaoise just off the N7 DublinLimerick road. Emo is praised for its local music and residents which act like the sheep which they raise. County Laois (pronounced Leash), also spelt Laoighis or Leix (Irish: Contae Laoise) , is a county in the midlands of Ireland. ... Portlaoise (older spelling Portlaoighise; former name Maryborough), is the county town of County Laois (formerly Queens County) in the midlands of the Republic of Ireland. ... The N7 road is a National Primary Route in the Republic of Ireland, connecting Dublin to Limerick. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ... Limerick (Irish: Luimneach) is a city and the county seat of County Limerick in the province of Munster, in the midwest of the Republic of Ireland. ... A typical Irish road sign in Mullingar, County Westmeath Ireland, both north and south of the border, has an extensive network of roads. ... Species See text. ...

See also: List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

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Ireland Travel Guide: County Laois (1045 words)
Laois is an inland county, one of the smallest at 664 square miles (1,726 square km), and is surrounded by Kildare, Offaly, Tipperary and Kilkenny.
Laois was created out of a number of unrelated Gaelic territories and became Queen’s County in 1556, when Mary was on the throne of England.
The county’s capital was founded by Queen Mary in 1555 as a walled fort to protect the southern end of the Pale, and was named Maryborough after her.
Omnipelagos.com ~ article "County Laois" (569 words)
County Laois (), also spelt Laoighis or Leix (), is a county in the midlands of Ireland.
Laois was the subject of two Plantations or colonisations by English settlers.
Finally, the county became home to a community of French Huguenots in the 1690s, who were settled in Ireland after their service to William of Orange in the Williamite war in Ireland.
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