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    Abbeyleix (/ˈæbiˌliːks/; Irish: Mainistir Laoise, meaning 'Laois Abbey') is a town in County Laois, Ireland, located around 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south...
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    Abbeyleix House, sometimes called Abbeyleix Castle, is an Irish country house that was the residence of the Viscounts de Vesci in County Laois, Ireland...
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    Abbeyleix railway station served the town of Abbeyleix in County Laois, Ireland. The station opened on 1 March 1865. Passenger services were withdrawn...
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  • October 2023 at Laois Hire O'Moore Park in Port Laoise, between Camross and Abbeyleix St Lazarian's, in what was their second meeting in the final overall and...
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    Abbey, while the Cistercians took over an older religious community at Abbeyleix. The Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169–71 affected Laois as it was a...
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  • Susan Anne Armstrong-Jones, sister of the 1st Earl of Snowdon. He sold Abbeyleix Castle, saddled with £1.5 million in death duties, in 1994 to the financier...
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  • has organised it since 1888. Camross are the title holders, defeating Abbeyleix St Lazerians by 4-18 to 0-14 in the 2023 final. The trophy presented to...
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  • Abbeyleix St Lazerians is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Abbeyleix, County Laois, Ireland. The club grounds are called Fr Breen Park and the club...
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  • version of The Red Beggar (An Brocach Rua) of Abbeyleix, a story from the local folklore of Abbeyleix, a small town in rural County Laois. It tells of...
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    Viscount de Vesci, of Abbeyleix in the Queen's County, now called County Laois (pronounced "leash"), is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created...
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    politician and peer. Around 1790, Vesey planned and developed the new town of Abbeyleix because the original settlement was subject to flooding of the River Nore...
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  • clubs. Ballypickas are the 2021 champions, defeating near-neighbours Abbeyleix in the final. As of then, they and Camross have won the most (8). The...
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    brothers are citizens of Ireland. In 2021 and 2022, Collison bought the Abbeyleix Estate and the derelict Millbrook House, neighbouring properties in County...
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  • 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022. Fletcher, Laura (6 October 2023). "Abbeyleix named Ireland's Tidiest Town for 2023". RTÉ News. Tidy Towns website The...
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  • Laois championships". Hogan Stand. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024. "Abbeyleix desperate to end 74-year wait for Laois SHC glory against county kingpins...
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  • July 2011. Horan, Liam (6 February 1999). "Reeling on the ropes over Abbeyleix fracas". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 13 September...
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  • was found on 10 August 2011 by Bord na Móna employee Jason Phelan from Abbeyleix. The body was a young adult male, around 20–25, who had been intentionally...
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    Kilkenny, Castlecomer, Freshford, Urlingford, Gortnahoe 057 Portlaoise, Abbeyleix, Tullamore, Birr 058 Dungarvan 059 Carlow, Bagenalstown, Athy, Baltinglass...
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    is a regional road in Ireland linking Templemore, County Tipperary and Abbeyleix, County Laois. It passes through the village of Clonmore, County Tipperary...
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    5% alcohol by volume. The liqueur is made by First Ireland Spirits in Abbeyleix, Co. Laois, in the Republic of Ireland. In the 2016 US market, Carolans...
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  • v Portlaoise Abbeyleix St Lazerian's v The Harps Abbeyleix St Lazerian's v Clough–Ballacolla Rathdowney–Errill v Abbeyleix St Lazerian's Camross...
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    grandmother and step-grandfather, Winifred and Kerry Supple, at Farmleigh, Abbeyleix, County Laois, although the rest of the family again moved to Straffan...
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    Ferbane, Kilcormac, Kinnitty, Shinrone 51 Portlaoise Laois/Offaly LY Abbeyleix, Arles, Ballylinan, Borris-in-Ossory, Clonaslee, Durrow, Mountmellick...
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  • Clevedon, North Somerset, England 155MB Gillespie, Mr. William Henry 34 Abbeyleix, Laois, Ireland Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Givard, Mr. Hans Kristensen...
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    Edward Massey (category People from Abbeyleix)
    Council of Ireland in 1661, he spent much of his time on his estate at Abbeyleix, where he died sometime in 1674. A modern biographer has said of him that...
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  • P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Abbeydorney Abbeyfeale Abbeyknockmoy Abbeylara Abbeyleix Abbeyshrule Abbeyside Achill Sound (Gob a' Choire) Achonry Aclare Adamstown...
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  • Succeeded by Thomas Vesey Baron Knapton 1958–1983 Baronetage of Ireland Preceded by Yvo Vesey Baronet (of Abbeyleix) 1958–1983 Succeeded by Thomas Vesey...
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    Clonakilty, Rosscarbery R14 Athy R21 Muine Bheag/Bagenalstown R32 Portlaoise, Abbeyleix, Portarlington R35 Tullamore R42 Birr, Banagher R45 Edenderry R51 Kildare...
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  • Laois Live. Retrieved 16 September 2023. Gannon, Tom (2 October 2022). "Abbeyleix runaway winners of the Laois premier intermediate final". Laois Live....
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  • Paul Nunn (category People from Abbeyleix)
    Council in 1994), and an author and economic historian. Nunn was born in Abbeyleix, County Laois, Ireland, in 1943 but was brought up by adoptive parents...
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