Complex sentence: It spans the entire area of County Laois Known before independence as Queen's County and most of County Offaly, Previously known as King's County and includes the towns of Abbeyleix, Birr, Edenderry, Mountrath, Portarlington, Portlaoise and Tullamore.
Split into simpler sentences: It spans the entire area of County Laois Known before independence as Queen's County and most of County Offaly. It includes the towns of Abbeyleix, Birr, Edenderry, Mountrath, Portarlington, Portlaoise and Tullamore.