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County Laois County Laois ( ; gle, 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. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medie ...

, Ireland. It stands at the point where the R427 regional road crosses the Grand Canal.

Sport

Annanough (''Áth na nEac'' in Irish) is the local

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

team. Vicarstown is the location of the only parkrun in

Facilities

The village has a Catholic church, a community hall and a Gaelic Athletic Association field. The village also has a bar and a place to rent canal barges.

Notable people

* Henry Grattan, the orator and politician, having been awarded £50,000 by the Irish Parliament in 1782 to purchase lands, bought property in this area from the Cosby family of Stradbally. * Patrick Noel Turley, rugby player who was capped for Ireland against England in 1962. Was later not allowed to play GAA for local team.

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{{County Laois Towns and villages in County Laois Townlands of County Laois

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