Talk:Portlaoise

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Gay Capital?

Where is the reference for this and the "1 in 10" people are gay statistic? There has only been one gay event in the town in recent years and oddly enough that took place last week, possibly around the time of the edit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.153.4.102 (talk) 10:16, 29 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Out of date

"Portlaoise is home to the maximum security Portlaoise Gaol, home to most of the Northern Irish terrorists, and to the Midlands Prison."

This sentence taken from the article is out of date. Portlaois jail is not used for persons convicted of "terrorist" offences anymore to any great extent. Many have been released under the terms of the Good Friday agreement and most of those remaining have been transferred to another facility in Ballinasloe.

"Port Laoise" to Portlaoise

This article needs to be moved to Portlaoise, the town's official name. However, "Portlaoise" already exists as a redirect to "Port Laoise". Techno-savants, please help. -- Picapica 19:33, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agree fully. I just hate people breaking names up like that and trying to be posh! - whether it is Castle Island for Castleisland, FitzPatrick for Fitzpatrick, Glasnevin North for Ballymun or Oylegate for Oilgate! (Sarah777 00:04, 5 November 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Move now effected. The redirect thing seemed not to matter. Sometimes, it seems, I worry too much! -- Picapica (talk) 21:17, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I can tell Portlaoise is the English name and Port Laoise is the Irish name...per the TSM, road signs only read "Port Laoise" (with a space, and in italics only) and not "Portlaoise" (well, that is the way most of them read, but there are some ones with both). Since this is the English Wikipedia of course we should use the English name. --Rdd (talk) 12:14, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

When was the name changed from Maryborough to Portlaoise? 1922, or later? If anyone knows, could they add it to the history section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.47.242.160 (talk) 19:44, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This change needs to be reversed. Port Laoise is the Irish for Port Laoise. Ie. Port Laoise is also how it is spelt in English. I refer to logainm.ie, the official source on town names in Ireland which states: "Port Laoise gin. Phort Laoise ainm deimhnithe (Gaeilge). Port Laoise (Béarla)". Can we please have this changed back. 08:46, 31 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.44.94.194 (talk)

No discussion has been forthcoming on this topic and seeing as there is an official source mentioned by user @ 86.44.94.194, I have affected the move. I have also cited the official documentation. Jamesnp (talk) 23:00, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Maryborough to Portlaoise

As with other place names in the Republic of Ireland, it would be useful to know when the name was changed, in this case from Maryborough to Portlaoise. I'm guessing it was in 1922, but I don't know. If somebody does, could they add it to the history section? Thanks.