Port Laoise or Portlaoise (pron.: /p?rt?li???/), historically also known as Maryborough from 1557 until 1929,[6] is the county town (capital/administrative centre) of County Laois in the Midlands region of Ireland. The population in 2011 was 20,145.
The site where the present town is situated is referred to in the Annals of the Four Masters as Port Laoighisi during the 16th century. The present town originated as a settlement around the old fort, "Fort of Leix" or "Fort Protector", the remains of which can still be seen in the town centre. Its construction began in 1548 under the supervision of the then Lord Deputy Sir Edward Bellingham in an attempt to secure English control in the county following the exile of native Celtic chieftains the previous year. The fort's location on rising ground, surrounded to the south and east by the natural defensive barricades of the River Triogue and an esker known locally as 'the Ridge', greatly added to its strategic importance.
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