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Portlaoise Courthouse
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National rating (NIAH)

Portlaoise Courthouse

Also known as Port Laoise Courthouse

Main Street, Church Street, Portlaoise

Rated National on the National InventoryOne of 6 rated National in Portlaoise
CCourt houseBBuilt 1790–1820
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗

Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About Portlaoise Courthouse

Portlaoise Courthouse is one of 6 buildings in Portlaoise the National Inventory rates National. Its record dates Portlaoise Courthouse to 1790–1820. 137 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

This neo-classical courthouse is one of the finest public buildings in the town with its symmetrical façade composition, limestone doorcase and curious curved corner. Built at the beginning of the nineteenth century to replace a mid-eighteenth century building.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 12506023 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 12506023↗

National is the National Inventory’s second-highest rating: a building of significance across Ireland.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes

Portlaoise · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Portlaoise CourthouseStart here
  2. 2Medical HallRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3Scoil na gCeardRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  4. 4Fort of MaryboroughNational rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  5. 5Sacred Heart Primary SchoolRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Farther afield
FitzpatrickRegional rating (NIAH)300 mPortlaoise Methodist ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)300 mPortlaoise Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH)300 mPortlaoise Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH)300 mPortlaoise Railway Station (foot bridge)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mPortlaoise Railway Station (post box)Regional rating (NIAH)300 m
Around it

44 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

RegDunamaise Arts Centre29 mRegHouse, 66 Main Street, Portlaoise29 mRegHouse, 70 Main Street, Portlaoise31 mRegWhelan35 mRegBank, 38-39 Main Street, Portlaoise36 mRegHouse, 27 Church Street, Portlaoise37 mRegHouse, 65 Main Street, Portlaoise37 mRegHouse, 26 Church Street, Portlaoise39 mRegHouse, 72 Main Street, Portlaoise39 mRegHouse, 25 Church Street, Portlaoise42 mRegHouse, 37 Main Street, Portlaoise44 mRegHouse, 63 Main Street, Portlaoise45 mRegHouse, 73 Main Street, Portlaoise46 mRegHouse, 24 Church Street, Portlaoise48 mRegHouse, 36 Main Street, Portlaoise50 mRegHouse, 23 Church Street, Portlaoise54 mRegHouse, 62 Main Street, Portlaoise54 mRegOffice, Church Street, Portlaoise61 m
Show the other 26
RegGraveyard, Railway Street, Portlaoise66 mRegChurch, Railway Street, Portlaoise74 mRegHouse, 33 Main Street, Railway Street, Portlaoise79 mRegHouse, 32 Main Street, Portlaoise85 mRegHouse, 78 Main Street, Portlaoise86 mRegHouse, 31 Main Street, Portlaoise90 mRegHouse, 58 Main Street, Portlaoise91 mRegHouse, 79 Main Street, Portlaoise94 mRegHotel, 30 Main Street, Portlaoise98 mRegHouse, 80 Main Street, Portlaoise100 mRegMedical Hall106 mRegScoil na gCeard112 mRegOutbuilding, Bank of Ireland112 mRegHouse, 52-53 Main Street, Portlaoise113 mRegHouse, 82 Main Street, Portlaoise115 mRegHouse, 54 Main Street, Portlaoise122 mRegHouse, 13 Market Square, Portlaoise125 mRegPost office, 27 Main Street, Portlaoise126 mRegHouse, Church Street, Portlaoise129 mRegHouse, Church Street, Portlaoise135 mRegHouse, 26 Main Street, Portlaoise135 mRegBank of Ireland136 mRegHouse, 12 Market Square, Portlaoise137 mRegHouse, 86 Main Street, Portlaoise144 mRegHouse, 24-25 Main Street, Portlaoise144 mRegHouse, 10 Kellyville Park, Portlaoise150 m
More like it

Near Portlaoise: more houses of national importance

The nearest is White Castle in Athy, 22 km away. All 3 are pictured and within 40 km. Damer House in Roscrea is the farthest, at 35 km.

White CastleAthy · 22 km away
Charleville CastleMucklagh · 29 km away
Damer HouseRoscrea · 35 km away

Questions about Portlaoise Courthouse

Is Portlaoise Courthouse on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated National (record 12506023).

Can you visit Portlaoise Courthouse?

Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.

When was Portlaoise Courthouse built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1790–1820.

Is Portlaoise Courthouse protected?

Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.

Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).

Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).