Talk:Portlaoise

message: The link for Alison Miller does not go to the proper person
:fixed.  --Wikipelli Talk 22:51, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Link for Alison Miller

message: 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)
replies: text: It's a wind-up, surely, based on it being in the former "Queen's County"?Red Hurley (talk) 11:31, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Gay Capital?

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title: Part 1

message: 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.
:In the 1970s, as I recall, and many of us country folk still call it Maryborough because we always have. Portlaoise was definitely invented after 1922 to make us forget about the plantation of the 1550s.Red Hurley (talk) 12:35, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Only 50 years off, Red.  "Local Govt. Order 233/1929 alters the name of Maryborough Urban to Portlaoiġise (one word)". The Irish name was not "invented" after 1922; it was the name of the pre-plantation fort, and had continual currency in Irish, though not in English. If you will be snide, I suggest "resurrected" or "commandeered" would be a more accurate put-down. jnestorius(talk) 13:39, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but I'm referring to what the inhabitants and neighbours called it in daily usage; the plain people of Ireland as distinct from the official class. By the 1970s Portlaoise was being used widely.Red Hurley (talk) 11:30, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I certainly remember listening to an RTE program, before the Queen arrived, in which a fellow from Portlaoise claimed that Portlaoise was a 'made up name'. This seems to be a rather persistent view in some places.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.97.57.207 (talk) 10:11, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maryborough to Portlaoise 

message: Open it up, and it's got red error messages! PamD (talk) 14:41, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That is fixed now. — O'Dea 17:39, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Historical population" box needs attention 

message: I think the current infobox picture (a stack of beerkegs outside a pub) is awful and should be changed. I've searched the Commons, Geograf and Flickr but I can't find anything suitable. ~Asarlaí 22:38, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

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message: Details on History of this Church which is now known via Shalom World TV 85.211.117.182 (talk) 14:16, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ss Peter and Paul's Church 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Lennart97 (talk) 17:04, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Port Laoise →  – The Town's name on all street signs,, ,  and in all government publications is Portlaoise. Port Laoise is one of several Irish translations, albeit the most prominent Irish translation used by CIE and above Portlaoise on street signs. Berocca Addict (talk) 12:06, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 18 June 2021